The first quota places for next year’s Olympics in Paris are set to be allocated when the Asian Games officially gets underway with the opening day of competition.

athletes per category gaining a place at the Games.Japan will be looking to retain the men's and women's hockey

October 5, with bouts held at the Hangzhou Gymnasium.Intensity is set to be high in the women’s and men’s hockey

Fiji has named a squad of 592 for this year's Pacific Games in the Solomon Islands - and will compete in 23 sports.

Fiji will compete in are archery, athletics, basketball, beach volleyball, boxing, football, golf, hockey

Malaysia has been set the task of winning 27 medals at the Asian Games as it sends a team of nearly 300 athletes to Hangzhou.

Chia-Soh Wooi Yik and Pearly Tan.Other sports where Malaysia is expecting to enjoy success include hockey

The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has named an even split of men and women to serve as officials

This is remarkable and I'd like to thank each and every hockey official, anywhere in the world."

of our full confidence, support and respect.The Stade Yves-du-Manoir is set to host the Paris 2024 hockey

who aim to achieve this across all sports at the Olympic Games Paris 2024," read an FIH statement.The hockey

Chile's President Gabriel Boric declared "we are motivated and ready" to welcome athletes after inaugurating the Pan American Village in Santiago.

centre, was given a tour of the Pan American Village ©Panam SportsCamila Caram, part of Chile's women’s hockey

The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has withdrawn a men's Olympic qualifier from Pakistan because

of concerns around interference in the operations of the country's hockey federation.

took the decision due to non co-operation and undue interference in the operations of the Pakistan Hockey

 Lahore in Pakistan, plus Spain and China, were scheduled to host men's and women's Olympic hockey

Federation of its decision to withdraw the hosting of the Men’s FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifier tournament

of our sport - remains a high priority on the FIH agenda that will be welcomed by the global hockey

 "Therefore, we will continue to work closely with the Pakistan Hockey Federation in the future.

As part of my preparations for Paris 2024, I have been dipping into the journalism of Antoine Blondin, the French sportswriter.

A rendition of the Yves-du-Manoir Stadium in Colombes, scheduled to host the field hockey matches during

ordinaire.I will think of him - and Madame Louise - if I happen to find myself at one of the Olympic field hockey

A new minimum age limit has been approved for the short track speed skating competition at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo.

short track speed skating qualification systems are the latest to be approved by the IOC after ice hockey

On November 29 2022, 55 years of Global Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF) history closed after its members controversially voted to disband the organisation.

Lenin on the site where he met his successor Joseph Stalin for the first time and a proven host of ice hockey

More than 600 athletes are set to represent India at the Asian Games in Hangzhou after participating in an official send-off ceremony.

send-off ceremony where India’s ceremonial and competition outfits for Hangzhou 2022 were unveiled.Indian hockey

Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) vice-president Gennady Timchenko has lost an appeal against European Union (EU) sanctions imposed against him in response to the war in Ukraine.

ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin since the early 1990s, and is also chair of the Kontinental Hockey

the EU had insufficiently justified their sanctions.Gennady Timchenko, centre, is also Kontinental Hockey

Spain's Marcos Hofmann has won the European Hockey Federation (EHF) Presidential election, beating The

facilities including training for referees and coaches and increase the number of teams in the Euro Hockey

votes to 13, with his term set to run until 2027.Hofmann is also now a member of the International Hockey

the support and humbled by the challenge in front of me to lead EuroHockey, the big house of European hockey

working closely with him, also in his capacity of new member of the FIH Executive Board, to develop hockey

The new logo aims to "put players at its heart" by featuring a hockey stick and bold EuroHockey writing

drawn with The Netherlands, Malaysia and Fiji in the women's tournament for the inaugural International Hockey

the 11-a-side format and are reigning Olympic and world champions.Pool B features well-established hockey

been pitted against the US, Poland and Namibia in Pool C.The women's draw is concluded by last year's Hockey

role models" for the future.India and Pakistan in action at the inaugural Men's Hockey5s Asia Cup ©Hockey

not only sets up the path to the gold medal for our teams, but also heralds the dawn of a new era in hockey

Hockey5s is not just a very exciting format, but it is also a highly accessible version of hockey that

The University of Nebraska has beaten the record for a one-day women's sports event after attracting a crowd of 92,003 to its Volleyball Day.

Williams said a crowd of 90,000-plus was among the largest for a non-football game.A 2010 outdoor ice hockey

The volunteers who helped make the World Athletics Championships in Budapest such a success have been nominated for a prestigious international fair play award.

boxer László Papp, Spanish cyclist Miguel Indurain, English footballer Sir Bobby Charlton, Canadian ice hockey