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Russian Paralympic chief resigns due to WADA doping sanctions

  • Paralympics

Vladimir Lukin has resigned as President of the Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC) because of the sanctions imposed on the country for its "cover-up of the cover-up" in the state-sponsored doping scandal.

Federation head Peter Ivanov, who also hopes to return once the punishments expire, and International Ice Hockey


Hockey Australia appoints first female head coach of women's team

  • Hockey

medallist Katrina Powell has been appointed as the first female head coach of the women's Australian hockey

opportunity that is in front of me,” said Powell, who won gold as part of the victorious Australian women's hockey

postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games ©Getty ImagesPowell steps into a role vacated by Gaudoin, who quit with Hockey

staff and directors also left.An independent inquiry into allegations of a toxic culture within women's hockey

the right person to get the best out of this group and continue in its Olympic preparations," said Hockey


IMMAF submits evidence to DCMS Concussion in Sport Inquiry and rebuffs criticism of the sport

  • Mixed Martial Arts

The International Mixed Martial Arts Federation (IMMAF) has submitted evidence online to the United Kingdom Government's Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) Inquiry into Concussion in Sport, following criticism of the sport by elected politician Julian Knight.

The DCMS has heard evidence from boxing, ice hockey, skeleton, boxing, football and rugby figures to


Serbian ice hockey coach and Olympian Andjelic dies age 80

  • Ice Hockey

Serbian ice hockey coach Aleksandar Andjelic, who represented Yugoslavia at the 1964 Winter Olympic Games

level.Andjelic's last club role came with Dutch team the Zoetermeer Panthers, who play in the top ice hockey

 "I still do, and everything is hockey," said Andjelic in an interview with the International Ice

Hockey Federation to mark his 80th birthday in October.


Men's and women's England Hockey Leagues declared null and void due to COVID-19

  • Hockey

England Hockey has confirmed the men's and women's England Hockey Leagues have been declared null and

season now null and void, there will be no promotions or relegations in the league this year.Grassroots hockey

out everything you need to know here ➡ https://t.co/PuDgPIyMBJ pic.twitter.com/EE6zi9R7aV— England Hockey

(@EnglandHockey) March 27, 2021There will also be a change to the hockey structure with the addition

of the England Hockey League Conference Division."

We all hope next year will see the England Hockey Leagues and Super 6s return in earnest."


The highs and lows of the Olympic Torch Relay

  • The Big Read

The sun shone on Thursday (March 25) as Iwashimizu Azusa carried the Olympic Flame with her 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup winning team-mates at J-Village Soccer Training Centre, for the "Grand Start" of the 121 day journey to Tokyo.

father's place and we welcome you to our country," Kunmanara Uluru said.The first official bearer was 1996 hockey



World Skate delays elective Congress until after Tokyo 2020 Olympics

  • Skateboarding

World Skate has postponed its elective Congress until after this year's Olympic Games, where skateboarding will be on the programme for the first time.

World Skate also acts as a governing body for multiple disciplines beyond skateboarding, including rink hockey


Top ice hockey coach Tourigny signed up by Canada in time for Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics

  • Ice Hockey

André Tourigny, the Canada Hockey League’s coach of the year, will help guide the national team’s efforts

Tourigny, currently coach of the Ottawa 67s in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL), will return to his post

after a spell in which he will assist at the 2021 International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Championship

2022 IIHF World Championship in Helsinki and Tampere.Tourigny, who was assistant coach for National Hockey

Canada as a full-time coach for the 2021-22 season, as his extensive hockey pedigree makes him a key

asset to our national teams," said Scott Salmond, senior vice-president of national teams for Hockey



British hockey’s golden boy Jackson to "step away" from Tokyo 2020 programme

  • Hockey

Ashley Jackson, regarded as the outstanding British player of his generation, has opted to "step away" from from the country's senior programme ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics for a mixture of personal reasons and injuries.

Jackson has scored a record 137 goals for the England and Great Britain hockey teams and has has the

move on from the programme and focus on his wellbeing and exciting interests away from international hockey

," an English Hockey release said.Following the disappointment of Rio 2016, where Britain - having missed

for Basingstoke Bison and helped make hockey history as Britain played at Harlequins' Twickenham Stoop

Britain are one of 12 teams set to compete in the men's hockey tournament at Tokyo 2020 and have been