As soon as I stepped off the plane, I was faced with what looked like a scene from a disaster movie. Several men dressed in hazmat suits appeared slightly on edge as passengers arrived from Paris to an almost empty Beijing International Airport.

announced its intent a few days ago with the signing of agreements with the International Federations of hockey

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victory in the women's 10km marathon swimming event ©Hangzhou 2022India beat Japan 5-1 to win men's hockey

The Indian men's hockey team has secured its place at the Paris 2024 Olympics following a dominant victory

India is the most successful men's hockey nation in Olympic history with eight titles but have not won

Hangzhou has agreed deals with the International Federations of hockey, badminton, and canoeing with

increase the number of sporting events held in the city ©Hangzhou 2022President of the International Hockey

David Jones, a member of the British 4x100 metres relay team that won Olympic bronze at the Rome 1960 Games, has died aged 83.

13.9sec, beating Radford.Despite finishing third in the 100m qualifiers, Jones, who was also a promising hockey

The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) have congratulated the five Olympians who are among the seven athletes that have become the latest to be selected for inclusion in the Sport Australia Hall of Fame.

nominated is Nova Peris who represented Australia at two Olympics in two sports, including winning hockey

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar bin Ibrahim has promised the country's Road to Gold programme will be "intensified" in a bid to achieve success at next year's Olympics in Paris and then the 2028 Games in Los Angeles.

have topped a podium.A group of 18 athletes are currently part of Road to Gold, alongside the national hockey

New Zimbabwe Olympic Committee (ZOC) chief executive Marlene Chiedza Gadzirayi has revealed that she wants to raise people’s awareness of the Olympic Games in the periods between them taking place.

Olympics for the first time under its current name at Moscow 1980 when, against all the odds, its women’s hockey

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has voted to partially suspend the National Paralympic Committees (NPC) of Russia and Belarus, allowing their athletes to compete as neutrals at Paris 2024.

major events in the six sports still governed by the IPC - Para athletics, Para dance sport, Para ice hockey

The International Hockey Federation (FIH) have chosen Oman to replace Pakistan as host country for the

tournament from Pakistan because of concerns around interference in the operations of the country's hockey

tournament is due to be held in Muscat from January 15 to 24 next year.Oman is set to be the centre of the hockey

prestigious tournament, and we are happy to host it just ahead of the FIH Hockey5s World Cup," Oman Hockey

Oman will shine brightly on the global hockey stage in January, and I extend my gratitude to the Ministry

men’s teams qualifying directly for next year’s Olympics, as well as the countries playing the FIH Hockey

Worldwide Olympic and Paralympic partner Procter & Gamble (P&G) is to award $24,000 (£19,500/€22,000) grants to 20 athletes who will use the cash to help charities they support.

tennis player Daniel Caverzaschi and American Para-athlete Ezra Frech.They are joined by New Zealand hockey

Hugo Inglis, British rugby player James Farndale, American Para-triathlete Melissa Stockwell, Canadian hockey

Cyclist Nicole Murray of New Zealand and Italian swimmer Simone Barlaam have been named as best respective female and male summer sports athletes at the inaugural Para Sport Awards.

Declan Farmer earned the accolade for best male winter sports athlete after helping lead the US Para ice hockey

US records for the most points and most assists in any single Paralympics.Meanwhile the US Para ice hockey

2023 and at the Para-Ski World Cup 2022-2023 he had 16 wins in 16 World Cup starts.The US Para-ice hockey

The Reliance Foundation is urging Indians to get behind the nation's athletes competing at the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games here with its latest #LehraDoTeamIndia campaign.

medallist PV Sindhu, first Indian Olympic shooting champion Abhinav Bindra, as well as Asian Games hockey

Graham Child has claimed that he would "make sure Oceania is well represented" if elected to represent the region on the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) Sports Committee.

governance and sporting experience to the role if given an opportunity.Child, who is a former international hockey

2016 to 2022.His administrative background also comes from the time when he served as the chair of Hockey

The Italian Ice Sports Federation (FISG) has renewed its partnership with FILA through to Milan Cortina 2026 Olympics after a successful outing at Beijing 2022.  

Apart from figure skating, short track, long track, curling, and field hockey, athletes non-Olympic sports