Latvia’s Para ice hockey players will be able use a new ice rink in Riga next year as the country bids

The arena will be Latvia’s venue for the 2021 International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Men’s World

and through funding from the European Union.Mareks Matisons, secretary general of Latvia’s Para Ice Hockey

Federation, said: "We are fortunate to have the Latvian Ice Hockey Federation’s management, experts

In the future [mid-2021], we will be able to practice Para ice hockey on a proper ice, in proper team

ice hockey.The new ice rink in Riga is set to be a big boost to Latvia’s hopes of competing in ice hockey

Former Scottish hockey player Rhona Toft is seeking a second term as chairperson of the Commonwealth

The Hockey Canada Foundation has launched a CAD1 million (£580,000/$760,000/€640,000) initiative to help

young players impacted by the coronavirus pandemic return to ice hockey.

any extracurricular activities and certainly we want to help out the best we can in getting them into hockey

According the Hockey Canada Foundation, 45 per cent of hockey parents are concerned about the mental

the COVID-19 pandemic and 40 per cent are worried about their physical health.An important return-to-hockey

https://t.co/39McY8tE7w pic.twitter.com/GiGSYTPWMy— Hockey Canada (@HockeyCanada) October 16, 2020It

The 2021 International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Men's World Junior Championship is expected to be

Russian Sports Minister Oleg Matytsin insists he is "not backing down" from setting his country’s Tokyo 2020 hopefuls the "ambitious" goal of finishing in the top three of the medals table - despite the prospect of having to field a neutral team.

We did not get the right to play in football, baseball, field hockey."

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach is to receive the Seoul Peace Prize remotely after deciding against travelling to the South Korean capital to accept the award because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Ceremony, while the two countries, still technically at war, also combined to form a joint women's ice hockey

Next year's National Hockey League (NHL) All-Star Game has been postponed due to the uncertainty created

Head coach Craig Ramsay will be looking to guide to Slovakia’s men’s ice hockey team to Beijing 2022

be extended to 2022 if he secures Slovakia’s place at the Winter Olympic Games.The International Ice Hockey

A reviewed gender equality policy has been approved by the International Hockey Federation (FIH) Executive

review of the organisation's gender equality policy.Fleuren, an FIH Executive Board member and European Hockey

play following approval of the policy.It also stressed the need to implement gender balance across all hockey

 On the pitch, the FIH Hockey Pro League is set to continue on Tuesday (October 27).The Netherlands

United States national security advisor Robert O’Brien has reportedly suggested next year's Olympic Games in Tokyo could be used to help end the diplomatic impasse between the country and North Korea.

took part in a joint march at the Opening Ceremony and competed together in a combined women's ice hockey

Today Birmingham 2022 is confirming that it will be the first major multi-sport event to award more medals to women than men for the first time in history.

announced venue at Smithfield in the centre of Birmingham, artistic gymnastics at Arena Birmingham, and hockey

Switzerland is set to take on Slovakia on December 25 in the opening match of the International Ice Hockey

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has announced the reopening dates for two more Tokyo 2020 venues, with sports federations and the public able to access tennis and table tennis facilities in the coming months.

and September 5.Other venues that have opened for use due to the delay include those for swimming, hockey

U SPORTS has confirmed there will be no Canadian university winter national championships in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The impacted events include the women’s and men’s championships in basketball, hockey, swimming, track

The Global Esports Federation (GEF) has announced Sports Innovation Lab as its new global supporter for content strategy.

Innovation Lab was co-founded by Angela Ruggiero, a sports leader and Olympic gold medallist in ice hockey

The resumption of sporting events has unsurprisingly led to a rise in the number of athletes testing positive for coronavirus in recent weeks.

could be impacted most should positive tests occur, given the likes of baseball and softball, football, hockey