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Britain replaces South Korea as hosts of ice hockey qualifier for Beijing 2022

  • Ice Hockey

Britain has replaced South Korea as hosts of next month’s women’s pre-qualification second round group for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.

The Gangneung Hockey Centre, used during the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics, had been scheduled to

host the Group F event.Korea Ice Hockey confirmed their withdrawal as hosts to the International Ice

Hockey Federation (IIHF), citing COVID-19 restrictions in South Korea.Restrictions currently prevent

IIHF has confirmed the event will now take place at the National Ice Centre in Nottingham, with Ice Hockey

hosting one of the groups in the latest round of Olympic qualifying," said Clifton Wrottesley, Ice Hockey


Fanatics secures exclusive license deal with MLB and MLBPA

  • Collecting and Heritage News

Sports memorabilia company Fanatics has secured a deal with Major League Baseball (MLB) and the MLB Players Association (MLBPA) for the exclusive licenses to produce baseball cards.

Topps is left with licenses for Major League Soccer, Bundesliga, UEFA Champions League, and National Hockey


United States beats Canada to top spot in IIHF Women's World Ranking despite World Championship loss

  • Ice Hockey

The United States remains the best team in the world in the latest International Ice Hockey Federation

(IIHF) Women's World Ranking, despite finishing as runners-up of the 2021 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World

Hungary's 12th place as it dropped out of the top 10.The United States' victory at the 2019 IIHF Ice Hockey

Women’s World Ranking includes a record number 42 countries that have been entered in the IIHF Ice Hockey

Championship programme.The IIHF Council made a proposal to its membership to play the top-level IIHF Ice Hockey


IOA and FIH President Batra suggests India's hockey teams will skip Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games

  • Birmingham 2022

Narinder Batra, President of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) as well as the International Hockey

Federation (FIH), has suggested that India's men’s and women’s hockey teams could miss next year’s Commonwealth

Based on my preliminary discussions with Hockey India, it seems doubtful as of now whether Indian men

and women hockey team's will participate in Commonwealth Games 2022," said Batra."

Hockey India will not like its hockey athletes to peak 35 days before the Asian Games 2022 and would

The Commonwealth Games in 2022 are just 35 days before the Asian Games in China and in hockey the winners

Hence, winning gold medal in the Asian Games is a must for both men’s and women's hockey teams."


Deal agreed for NHL players to feature at Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics

  • Ice Hockey

The men's ice hockey tournament at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics is set to feature the best players

in the world after an agreement was reached for National Hockey League (NHL) stars to take part.

The NHL - the world's premier ice hockey league league, made up of Canadian and American teams - had

had cast doubt on players' availability.Those doubt now appear quashed, after the International Ice Hockey

I know that I can speak for hockey fans around the world when I say that we absolutely welcome the decision

to bring back best-on-best ice hockey to the Olympics," IIHF President René Fasel said.

Canada won men's ice hockey gold at Sochi 2014, while at Pyeongchang 2018 - with NHL players absent -


IIHF Presidential candidate Bříza stresses importance of "we" to his bid

  • Ice Hockey

International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Presidential candidate Petr Bříza has emphasised the importance

Bříza became an Executive Committee member of the Czech Ice Hockey Association (CIHA) in 2008 and later

I dreamed as a kid to play and then I was lucky to fulfil my dream as a player in professional hockey

many of the negotiation and diplomatic skills you need, especially in relationships with other ice hockey

The Czech Ice Hockey Association, with whom Petr Bříza has served since 2008, hosted the IIHF Men's World

And of course we have relationships with the National Hockey League (NHL), the NHL Players' Association


"Flying High" unveiled as official Lucerne 2021 Winter Universiade song

  • Winter World University Games

Student project song "Flying High" has been unveiled as the official song for the Lucerne 2021 Winter World University Games, which are now less than 100 days away.

alpine skiing, biathlon, cross-country skiing, curling, freestyle and freeski, figure skating, ice hockey


Construction and management agreement reached with CTS Eventim group for Milan Cortina 2026 ice hockey

  • Milan Cortina 2026

The Milano Santa Giulia project, controlled by Italian company Risanamento SpA, has signed an agreement with the German CTS Eventim group for the construction of the Arena Santa Giulia, one of the venues set to be used at the 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo.

including an initial €2 million (£1.7 million/$2.4 million).The Arena Santa Giulia is set to host ice hockey

to create a sustainable new district in the south-east of Milan.The Arena Santa Giulia will host ice hockey





Denmark men's ice hockey team through to first Olympic Games

  • Ice Hockey

Denmark beat Norway 2-0 in the final men's Olympic qualification round to earn its first-ever trip to the Olympic Games as five other deciders also took place.

The last teams for women's ice hockey will be determined in November.Full overview: https://t.co/XtqK0OQCDB

as Italy’s goal-shy offence continued to falter.All 12 teams set to compete at the Beijing 2022 ice hockey




Mikhail Grabovski set to join Belarus ice hockey coaching staff

  • Ice Hockey

Former Belarus ice hockey player Mikhail Grabovski is set to join the country's men's coaching staff

bench at the international level.He has been an assistant with  Dinamo Minsk in the Kontinental Hockey

 Belarus has qualified for the 2022 International Ice Hockey Federation World Championship and will