Canada's Paralympic snowboarder Curt Minard has announced his retirement from the sport.

10 finishes in both the SB-UL banked slalom and snowboard cross.Minard is also an accomplished ice hockey

The International Canoe Federation (ICF) has confirmed José Perurena's term as President has been extended following the postponement of its Congress because of the coronavirus crisis.

Movement to have been granted an extension to their Presidential term.Others include International Ice Hockey

Federation head René Fasel, who had also been due to leave his position this year, and International Hockey

Finland's triple Olympic ice hockey medallist Lasse Kukkonen has announced his retirement from the sport

Olympics and 10 World Championships, while his club career took him to the top level in the National Hockey

The World Curling Federation (WCF) has announced that Norwegian city Lillehammer will host the European Curling Championships later this year.

competition for men and women will be held in the Håkons Hall, which was built as the venue for ice hockey

Organisers of the Lucerne 2021 Winter University Games have launched a search for roughly 3,800 volunteers to help stage the event.

Having already worked with the UEFA Euro 2008 tournament and the two Ice Hockey World Championships,

A rare rookie card of Canadian ice hockey player Connor McDavid sold for a record $135,811 (£109,650/

 John had acquired the card after paying to be part of a "hockey card case break" at Jaspy's Sports

Twenty-three year-old McDavid is captain of National Hockey League team Edmonton Oilers and is considered

one of the best ice hockey players in the world.He triumphed at the Ice Hockey World Championships with

Klaus Hartmann was elected to replace incumbent Gernot Mittendorfer as Austrian Ice Hockey Federation

 "The entire Austrian ice hockey family is important to us - kids, veterans, Para ice hockey, high-performance

 "We will have talks with everybody who wants to contribute towards Austrian ice hockey and who

wants to lead our ice hockey into a successful future."

 Gernot Mittendorfer was replaced as Austrian Ice Hockey Federation President ©Erste Group Bank

AGHartmann previously served as vice-president of the ice hockey association for the state of Carinthia

Twenty-six players have tested positive for coronavirus since phase two of the National Hockey League's

Robert Kalaber has been appointed as the new head coach of Poland's men's ice hockey team.

The 50-year-old Slovak has been hired by the Polish Ice Hockey Association (PZHL) to replace the departing

Tomek Valtonen, a former National Hockey League player with the Detroit Red Wings.He will first be working

towards the 2021 International Ice Hockey Federation World Championship Division I Group B tournament

Slovakia, he steered the team to a pair of Polish Cup titles and silver and bronze medals in the Polish Hockey

Coach Kalaber knows the realities of the Polish Hockey League very well,"said PZHL President Miroslaw

British hockey coach Danny Kerry has admitted he could leave the sport after the postponed Tokyo 2020

a unique back-to-back achievement in the sport.In July 2017, Kerry suffered a heart attack during a Hockey

Softball Australia has announced that Peter Jon Hartshorne is to chair its Board of Directors, with John Hollingsworth departing.

in November 2013.He is the majority owner of Melbourne Ice, a club competing in the Australian Ice Hockey

Qualification for the women's ice hockey contest at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games is due to start

Canada, Finland, Russia, Switzerland and Japan qualified after being seeded by the International Ice Hockey

 The United States are the defending champions of the women's Olympic ice hockey competition ©Getty

nbsp;The United States and Canada are the only two nations to earn an Olympic gold in the women's ice hockey

Long-serving National Hockey League (NHL) player Jarome Iginla has been rewarded with an illustrious

21-year career with an induction to the Hockey Hall of Fame.

history.Internationally he also shone, representing Canada for the first time at the International Ice Hockey

Federation World Junior Championship in 1996, winning gold.Welcome to the Hockey Hall of Fame, Jarome

#HHOF2020 | #HHOF pic.twitter.com/UFnySXXgm4— Hockey Hall of Fame (@HockeyHallFame) June 24, 2020A year

winning Olympic gold at the 2002 and 2010 Winter Olympic Games as well as Canada's 2004 World Cup of Hockey

Pierre said: "Hockey has always been my passion and this is a very special honour."

The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has signed a four-year deal with official licensed products

Running until December 2023, the partnership will see the creation of hockey merchandise in various categories.All

 "Together, we will strive to ensure that hockey fans have easy access to exciting official licensed

partner up with FIH to build further together on the implementation of official licensed products for the hockey

New Zealand women's hockey player Gemma McCaw has called time on her bid to compete at a fourth Olympic

her first child in December 2018.However, last year McCaw made a comeback in the New Zealand National Hockey