Russian Sports Minister Oleg Matytsin has supported a proposal put forward by the Russian Olympic Committee Athletes' Commission to replace the country's national anthem at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games with the song Katyusha.

at the Olympics will be down to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and not Russia.Russian ice hockey

International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) President René Fasel has admitted that his visit to Minsk

player and National Hockey League hall of famer."

and "slaves can't play hockey" were among the other messages displayed, while performance art groups

enacted street theatre to reinforce their message.Posters showed an ice hockey rink with floodlights

Our ice hockey players are proud of the IIHF President.

 "We believe ice hockey players support freedom and human rights.

opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya has denied her representatives spoke with International Ice Hockey

Therefore, #SKODA will withdraw from sponsoring the 2021 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship if #Belarus

Therefore, #SKODA will withdraw from sponsoring the 2021 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship if #Belarus

published and have prompted further criticism online.Fasel was also pictured at a match with Belarus Ice Hockey

But it was always clear to us that the image of ice hockey and our association should not be jeopardised

Belarus Ice Hockey Federation President Dmitri Baskov is accused of involvement in the murder of Raman

Hockey Australia high-performance director Toni Cumpston has resigned just over six months before the

widespread criticism from players and said in a statement that she felt she had lost the support of the Hockey

Australia Board.An independent inquiry into allegations of a toxic culture within women's hockey in

from the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games ©Getty Images"I have worked assiduously to improve the culture of Hockey

a very short space of time it has become evident that I no longer have the support of the Board of Hockey

Australia has won three Olympic gold medals in women's hockey, the last coming on home soil at Sydney

International Ice Hockey Federation President Rene Fasel has revealed that Latvia have made an offer

National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Belarus.Fasel was also pictured at a match with Belarus Ice Hockey

Anyone who is serious about solidarity with Belarus cannot seriously want to hold an Ice Hockey World

who took the world title that year.Meanwhile a Change.org online petition initiated by Belarusian ice hockey

Do not compromise the IIHF and ice hockey in general in front of the international community."

If you are the President of an International Federation (IF), it is a not a good look to have a photo with the person your own organisation is investigating for alleged murder.

This seems like common sense, but it is exactly what International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) President

Pictures have emerged of Fasel with Belarusian Ice Hockey Association President Dmitry Baskov at Dynamo

Minsk's Kontinental Hockey League clash against Metallurg Magnitogorsk.Baskov is considered a suspect

movement".IIHF President René Fasel (centre) raised eyebrows after he was pictured with Belarusian Ice Hockey

President Dmitry Baskov ©TwitterSo why was Fasel, an IF President and IOC member, watching Belarusian ice hockey

The Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) Athletes’ Commission has proposed the folk song “Katyusha" to replace the country’s national anthem at the Olympic Games.

decision over what anthem is used at the Olympics will be down to the IOC and not Russia.Russian ice hockey

England Hockey and Great Britain Hockey have secured a three-year deal with health and life insurance

’s history as the two organisations have linked up with Vitality to encourage more women to try out hockey

s visibility.The announcement follows banking company Investec's nine-year partnership with England Hockey

and Great Britain Hockey coming to an end in August last year.

 Vitality will become the principal partner of England and Britain’s women’s hockey teams and the

chief executive for both England Hockey and Great Britain Hockey, said they were "very excited" to welcome

This year's Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games (AIMAG) in Thailand have been postponed until March 2022 because of the coronavirus pandemic.

thai, jujitsu, BMX cycling, hoop takraw/speak takraw, kurash, floorball, netball, taekwondo, indoor hockey

The Global Esports Federation (GEF) reports that its "#worldconnected" series attracted more than 500,000 viewers - a demonstration of its capability for "drawing the world’s esports community together", according to President Chris Chan.

International Olympic Committee (IOC) Olympic Games executive director Christophe Dubi and Olympic ice hockey

Two-sport Paralympic athlete Liam Hickey is set to focus on preparations for Beijing 2022 rather than Tokyo 2020 in a bid to avoid burnout.

the Canadian team that suffered a heart-breaking 2-1 overtime defeat to the United States in the ice hockey

Hockey Canada and Wheelchair Basketball Canada are two great organisations with great leaders on both

The team investigating allegations of bullying at Hockey Australia has been changed to avoid any potential

Richard Redman and Ernst and Young partner Adam Carrel were to head up the independent investigation.But Hockey

investigation.This followed concerns being raised about the original investigation team's links to current Hockey

the Australian Associated Press.Allegations of bullying, body-shaming and homophobic behaviour within Hockey

Cumpston and coach Paul Gaudoin have come in for particular criticism.The axing of 2019 International Hockey

Australia's intention that this review to be robust, transparent and independent," said Hockey Australia

International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) President René Fasel has claimed a meeting with Belarus President

IIHF President René Fasel (centre) has been criticised after being pictured with Belarusian Ice Hockey

significant backlash after he was filmed warmly embracing Lukashenko and pictured with Belarusian Ice Hockey

The construction of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Village is expected to be finished by June, according to Chinese officials.

Olympics and Paralympics, and has been converted into the venue for curling at the Winter Games.The ice hockey

International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) President René Fasel has been pictured with the Belarusian

Ice Hockey Association President Dmitry Baskov, who the world governing body are supposed to be investigating

for his role in an alleged murder, at a Kontinental Hockey League in Minsk.

Baskov were pictured together at Dynamo Minsk's match with Metallurg Magnitogorsk in the Kontinental Hockey

violations" under article 6 of the IIHF's statutes.In the photograph of Fasel and Baskov, shared by hockey

 "If the International Ice Hockey Federation cannot cope with the pressure of some political circles

The group has also demanded the IIHF "conduct the investigation and bring the head of the Belarusian Hockey

pressure on sports specialists and players for their civic position by the leadership of the Belarusian Hockey