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Mokoena and Hartley among six athletes on new SASCOC Athletes Commission

  • ANOCA

Six athletes representing a range of sports have been appointed to the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) Athletes' Commission for the next four-year cycle following virtual elections earlier this month.

breaststroke champion at the London 2012 Games and silver medallist at Rio 2016, under the chairmanship of hockey



Hockeyroos boss Gaudoin resigns as damning review finds women's set-up "dysfunctional"

  • Hockey

Hockey Australia has been rocked by the departure of Hockeyroos head coach Paul Gaudoin following a scathing

Gaudoin becomes the latest high-profile resignation from Hockey Australia and leaves the troubled organisation

"not conducive to athlete well-bring or sustained on-field success".Matt Favier, chief executive of Hockey

the findings and recommendations from the independent review that has been undertaken, Paul informed Hockey

Australia that he has decided to stand down from the role," said Matt Favier, chief executive of Hockey

This outcome has been confronting and distressing for Hockey Australia, its management, board, athletes


FIH to stage first world hockey5s event in Lausanne

  • Hockey

The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has announced plans to host its first senior world hockey5s

launched in December and closed earlier this month.The FIH has also announced the third season of its Hockey

are set in stone, while the following cycle will be a "draft" and confirmed "on an annual basis".The Hockey



University of Birmingham

  • Birmingham 2022 Venues

Location: Edgbaston, BirminghamSports: Hockey and squashThe University of Birmingham will be the venue

for the squash and hockey events during the 2022 Commonwealth Games, as well as the principal Athlete

Village for competitors.The two international-standard hockey pitches, built in 2017 as part of the

seats for spectators.Lily Owsley and Sophie Bray, who were part of Britain’s gold-medal winning women’s hockey


IIHF sets deadline for Presidential candidates as Tretiak leaves Council

  • Ice Hockey

The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) has set a deadline of June 15 for officials to submit

receive an annual stipend of CHF180,000 (£140,000/$194,000/€163,000).It has also been confirmed that Ice Hockey

Protection Committee, which falls under the list of Government offices the CAS verdict applies to.Ice Hockey

cannot be on the Council, but he will be with us, so this will not affect relations with the Russian Ice Hockey

He is a hockey man, it's always good. "We'll see if there are other candidates."


Ice Hockey UK appoints former Olympian Wrottesley as new chair

  • Ice Hockey

Clifton Wrottesley has been appointed as the new chair of Ice Hockey UK (IHUK) to replace Richard Grieveson

Ice hockey will be the second Olympic winter sport in the United Kingdom that Wrottesley has overseen.He

It’s a hugely exciting time for Ice Hockey UK and Great Britain, as well as the sport nationally, as

earned consecutive promotions in 2017 and 2018 to rejoin the top division of the International Ice Hockey

The Elite League, Scottish Ice Hockey and the EIHA (English Ice Hockey Association) are affiliate members

of IHUK, and they’re governed and operated under separate structures to Ice Hockey UK."



Lake Placid raising funds to erect statue commemorating "Miracle on Ice"

  • Collecting and Heritage News

Placid to build a statue to raise money to commemorate the “Miracle on Ice” when the United States ice hockey

for the statue based on the work of sculptor Robert Eccleston, which will depict members of the US hockey

Images and Monument to a MiracleAs part of its centennial celebration in 2008, the International Ice Hockey

Federation named the “Miracle on Ice” as the best international ice hockey story of the past 100 years

Miracle Committee, told the Niagara Gazette.The campaign is supported by the Friends of the 1980 Miracle Hockey

Living in Lake Placid for almost 20 years, you feel the impact of the 1980 miracle hockey team every


Mensah facing Akpokavie challenge in Ghana Olympic Committee Presidential election

  • ANOCA

Ben Nunoo Mensah has pledged to leave a "huge" legacy if he defeats Richard Akpokavie to secure another four-year term as Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC) President.

term at the helm on social media.Presidential hopeful Akpokavie captained the Ghana’s men’s national hockey

team before going on to hold the roles of vice-president and President of the Ghana Hockey Association

and member of the Africa Hockey Federation.He is also the only Ghanaian serving as a Court of Arbitration


Alexander Lukashenko criticises "political" IOC decision not to recognise son's election as NOC President

  • Olympics

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has claimed the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) decision to refuse to recognition his son’s election as National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Belarus (NOCRB) President is "political", and that the country will seek to "hold out" for its independence.

protests against Lukashenko’s controversial re-election as Belarus President last August.Belarusian Ice Hockey


Coudron to challenge Batra for FIH Presidency in May election

  • Hockey

Royal Belgian Hockey Association (KBHB) President Marc Coudron has launched a bid to replace India’s

Narinder Batra as the head of the International Hockey Federation (FIH).

at London 2012.Indian Olympic Committee President Narinder Batra has been head of the International Hockey

Just like me, Batra has a great passion for hockey."

I have my project and if I am elected I will do everything I can to further develop hockey worldwide.

Hockey should not only be regarded as a top sport, we must get millions of people worldwide to play hockey

Hockey is not only played on the field, the framework must also be top-notch."


Moscow to stage IIHF Council meeting despite Russian anthem replacement being on agenda

  • Ice Hockey

The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Council is set to hold its next meeting in Moscow on Monday

According to Russian state news agency TASS, Russian Ice Hockey Federation President Vladislav Tretiak

meeting of the IIHF Council would discuss the issue of using an alternative song for a Russian Ice Hockey

Federation team set to compete at the upcoming IIHF Men's Ice Hockey World Championship in Riga in Latvia.Latvia

IIHF.Tretiak is a State Duma deputy and a member of the health protection committee in Russia.A Russian ice hockey


FISU selects countries for ice hockey and curling contests at Lucerne 2021

  • Lucerne 2021

International University Sports Federation (FISU) has selected the countries set to participate in the ice hockey

while teams from the United States - the 2023 Winter Universiade host country - will compete in ice hockey

 The men's ice hockey contest will feature ten teams, including defending champions Russia, Canada

 The women's six-team ice hockey event is to include Canada, Japan, China and Russia, who are also

I was surprised by the quality of the ice hockey matches at the Krasnoyarsk 2019 Winter Universiade,"

sports event will take place from 11-21 December 2021 and here are the teams for the Curling and Ice Hockey