The United States will seek a sixth successive gold at next month’s International Ice Hockey Federation

said Katie Million, director of women's national team programmes for USA Hockey.The US women's ice hockey

head coach Joel Johnson ©Getty Images"While he’s stepping away, he’ll always be a big part of the USA Hockey

The Vancouver Canucks' return to National Hockey League (NHL) action after a COVID-19 outbreak within

Tonga - July 2022Birmingham 2022 would surely have felt insignificant in Tonga when a massive volcano blast rocked the Pacific country in January.

island of Tongatapu.The baton was also taken to Captain Cook’s Landing Place by a member of the youth hockey

New Zealand - May 2022Representing your country in one sport is a fantastic achievement, but Nigel Avery has done so in three.

netball world champions and the reigning Olympic gold medallists in women's rugby sevens.Men's rugby and hockey

Pakistan - July 2022You have to go all the way back to Edinburgh 1970 to find the last time Pakistan won more than two gold medals at a single edition of the Commonwealth Games.

Pakistani heritage.They will be competing in athletics, aquatics, badminton, boxing, cricket, gymnastics, hockey

wrestling ©Getty Images"I am also quite confident that we may spring some major surprises in squash, hockey

squash champion in the 1980s, comes from a golden era of Pakistan sport which also includes the men's hockey

Malaysia - January 2022Malaysia's Chef de Mission for Birmingham 2022 is a rugby man, and clearly remembers his country going up against the might of New Zealand at their home Kuala Lumpur 1998 Commonwealth Games.

cycling, gymnastics, judo, lawn bowls, squash, triathlon, table tennis, weightlifting, beach volleyball, hockey

South Africa - July 2022South Africa is still eyeing a piece of sporting history at this year's Commonwealth Games, despite losing the opportunity to host them.

Simelane, also a vice-president of South Africa Hockey, will be serving as Chef de Mission for the first

Kenya - July 2022Kenya has long dominated distance running at the Commonwealth Games but will arrive at Birmingham 2022 with a point to prove.

Birmingham in all, and will also compete in 3x3 basketball, badminton, beach volleyball, boxing, cycling, hockey

Scotland - May 2022Scotland did not need to work hard to convince its top stars to compete at Birmingham 2022.

mark.Numbers have been boosted following qualification in men's and women's rugby sevens, men's and women's hockey

Cyprus - July 2022Before Gold Coast 2018, the best performance from Cyprus at the Commonwealth Games came at Delhi 2010 when they won four gold medals.

Papageorgiou, who plays hockey as a goalkeeper, is enjoying the challenge of being Chef de Mission, despite

Barbados - October 2021The Barbados Chef de Mission for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games has said representing the West Indies in the women's cricket tournament would be a "tremendous honour". 

vice-president of the Barbados Olympic Association and retired meteorologist, who has an extensive hockey

October 2021 - Falkland IslandsYou would be hard pushed to find a team more enthused about the Commonwealth Games than the Falkland Islands.

 "They took part in about 10 different sports, ranging from netball to hockey and great competitiveness

Canada's latest selection camp for their home International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Women's World

gathering of the team in Calgary in January.Gina Kingsbury, director of the women's national team at Hockey

said more than 400 tests for COVID-19 had been taken during the camp, which also involved the Para hockey

Adapted test events for all ice competitions at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics have been successfully concluded, organisers say.

sports were tested, including curling, speed skating, short track speed skating, figure skating, ice hockey

, Para ice hockey and wheelchair curling.As a response to the pandemic, the International Olympic Committee

An international team to masterplan the Olympic Village for Milan Cortina 2026 has been announced, with a consortium including London-based PLP Architecture and New York City’s Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Carlo Ratti Associati of Turin and Gross Max of Edinburgh.

2026 Winter Olympics, either at the San Siro or a new stadium planned to be built in its stead.Ice hockey