The Netherlands women's hockey team will be looking for Olympic redemption when they compete here at

years ago, the Dutch have won the World Cup, three European titles and the first two editions of the Hockey

Eight matches are scheduled to be held on the first day of hockey action at Tokyo 2020 ©Getty ImagesPool

men's matches and two women's games are due to be held on the opening day of the competition at Oi Hockey

A decision on whether National Hockey League (NHL) players will be allowed to compete at the Beijing

2022 Winter Olympics will not be made until after Tokyo 2020 , according to International Ice Hockey

mid-October, with the break for the Games set for February 5 to 22 in 2022.The Beijing 2022 men's ice hockey

The Canadian Paralympic Committee (CPC) has launched a new campaign featuring some of the nation's top athletes as it looks to create conversation about disability before the Tokyo 2020 and Beijing 2022 Paralympics.

wheelchair basketball champion Patrick Anderson, Rio 2016 swimming gold medallist Katarina Roxon and ice hockey

Tokyo Governor Yoriko Koike is set to welcome the Olympic Flame tomorrow as it reaches the end of its 121-day journey around Japan.

Cauldron together, they would invoke memories of when the United States' 1980 gold medal-winning ice hockey

Germany women's hockey captain Nike Lorenz will wear a rainbow-coloured band on her socks at Tokyo 2020

Games.Twenty-four-year-old Lorenz will first wear the rainbow band in her team's opening match against Britain at Oi Hockey

activism at Tokyo 2020 ©Getty Images"We are pleased that we have found a way together that enables the hockey

Three-time Olympic gold medallist Cherie Piper has been appointed as Hockey Canada's senior manager of

Piper joins Hockey Canada having served as the Ontario Women’s Hockey Association (OWHA) high-performance

pic.twitter.com/IzwM0J2EIy— Hockey Canada (@HockeyCanada) July 20, 2021Piper also brings to the role

experience as an assistant coach with Markham Thunder of the Canadian Women’s Hockey League, where she

operations at Hockey Canada Gina Kingsbury said: "We are thrilled to welcome Cherie to our staff and

Hockey Canada in May announced its coaching staff for Canada’s women’s ice hockey team at the 2022 Beijing

Pistol shooter Khalil Akhtar and badminton player Mahoor Shahzad will carry Pakistan’s flag at the Tokyo 2020 Opening Ceremony here on Friday. 

competing in athletics, judo, swimming and weightlifting.Pakistan has not won an Olympic medal since its hockey

Plans are being made for coronavirus countermeasures at the Santiago 2023 Pan American and Parapan American Games, should they be required.

venues.The National Stadium and surrounding sports park will a the focal point, with stadiums for both hockey

Niall McEvoy has resigned from the Irish national ice hockey team over the Irish Government’s policy

McEvoy, who represented the Irish national ice hockey team for 13 years, also added: "I can no longer

Sergei Fedorov, a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Hall of Fame and two-time

Olympic medallist, has taken over as head coach of Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) club CSKA Moscow.

since June 2020.Fedorov began his playing career with CSKA, before enjoying 18 seasons in the National Hockey

career with three years at Metallurg Magnitogorsk in the KHL.At international level, Fedorov won the Ice Hockey

colours.In 2016, Fedorov was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame - a year after being added to the Hockey

Hall of Fame.The Hockey Hall of Fame, in Toronto, is now the permanent residence for the IIHF Hall of

A multi-lingual announcement system has been installed at 12 Tokyo 2020 venues here.

Slalom Centre, Musashino Forest Sport Plaza, Ariake Tennis Park, Toyo Aquatics Centre, Tokyo Stadium, Oi Hockey

Olympic ice hockey champions Caroline Ouellette and Vicky Sunohara have been named as the head coaches

coaches will benefit them as they prepare for the upcoming season," said Gina Kingsbury, the director of hockey

operations with Hockey Canada."

Italian developers COIMA SGR and their partners Covivio and Prada Holding have released plans for the Olympic Village for the 2026 Winter Games in Milan Cortina.

completed in July 2025.It will host athletes whose events are taking place in Milan, including ice hockey

Britain’s men’s ice hockey head coach Pete Russell has pledged to change the culture and performance

within the game in England after securing a new position with the English Ice Hockey Association (EIHA

Russell - considered the most successful ice hockey coach in British history - has been appointed to

development programme" by establishing a "best-in-class" education and coaching system, according to Ice Hockey

Clifton Wrottesley, chair of Ice Hockey UK, believes Pete Russell will play a "crucial" role in bringing

participants," said Clifton Wrottesley, chair of Ice Hockey UK."

Pete Russell has no equal in British ice hockey and there is nobody more relevant to what we need than

The inaugural world Hockey5s event has been postponed to 2022 by the International Hockey Federation

far, and in particular the City of Lausanne, the canton of Vaud, the Fond du Sport Vaudois, the Swiss Hockey

I look forward to pursuing our preparations together and invite all hockey fans to join us next year!

Hockey5s is a short format of hockey designed to generate mass interest in the sport and to inject a

- as opposed to the standard 11 - and a playing surface approximately half the size of a regulation hockey