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Many celebrations moved online as NOCs mark Olympic Day

  • ANOC News

National Olympic Committees from all five regions have been marking a unique Olympic Day, with many forced to take festivities online.

Caroline Ouellette.Four-time Olympic gold medallist Ouellette established the Celebration of Women's Hockey

project, an ice hockey tournament for players aged between five and 12.Caroline Ouellette helped Canada

win four straight women's ice hockey Olympic gold medals from 2002 to 2014 ©Getty ImagesMitchell's Pass


Child appointed to New Zealand Olympic Committee Board

  • ONOC

Former international hockey player Graham Child has been appointed to the Board of the New Zealand Olympic

trust with the vision to make Auckland the world's most active city.He was previously the chairman of Hockey

Growing up in rural Northland my weekends were spent at either cricket, rugby or hockey, and this has


IIHF confirm dates for 2021 Men's World Championship in Minsk and Riga

  • Ice Hockey

The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) has confirmed the dates for the 2021 Men's World Championship

IIHF Council last month came during the virtual Extra-Annual Congress yesterday.Next year’s Men's Ice Hockey

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IIHF President Fasel's term extended by a year as Semi-Annual Congress postponed

  • Ice Hockey

The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) President Rene Fasel's term is to be extended by at least

return to the traditional length of four years.Meanwhile, details were announced for the 2021 IIHF Ice Hockey

from April 7 to 17.Dates were also announced for various other tournaments in 2021.The 2021 IIHF Ice Hockey

place in Plymouth and Ann Arbor in Michigan in the United States from April 15 to 25.The 2021 IIHF Ice Hockey

tournaments scheduled in the spring of 2020 will have the same hosts in 2021 including the IIHF Ice Hockey

the IIHF were also approved - Malaysia and the Philippines - with the growth of both countries ice hockey


Austrian Ice Hockey Association announces plan to build women's performance centre

  • Ice Hockey

The Austrian Ice Hockey Association (ÖEHV) has announced plans to construct a performance centre in the

in cooperation with the Federal Government, the state of Carinthia, the city of Villach and the Ice Hockey

talented female players in the country would be brought to the venue at the age of 14 and go through a hockey

academy, including schooling.The centre will combine high standards of hockey, education, personality

women's world rankings ©Getty Images"The essential advantages of this place are the high value of ice hockey

in the summer of 2023 if construction goes to plan.Austria are ranked 14th in the International Ice Hockey


Japanese men's hockey captain "cannot wait" for Tokyo 2020

  • Hockey

Japanese men's hockey captain Manabu Yamashita says he "cannot wait" for next year's Olympic Games.

wait for the Olympic Games to take place in my country," Yamashita said, speaking to the International Hockey

Japan produced a big upset two years ago to win gold in men's hockey at the 2018 Asian Games - while


Olympic ice hockey silver medallist Pennington dies aged 80

  • Ice Hockey

Olympic ice hockey silver medallist Cliff Pennington has died at the age of 80.

Petersburg in Florida, moved to the National Hockey League after the Squaw Valley Games and played for

Montreal Canadiens and Boston Bruins.He also won two Eastern Professional Hockey League titles during

his career and was named as the International Hockey League's most valuable player in 1970.Born in Winnipeg

, Pennington was inducted into the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame in 2005.He retired from the sport in


IOA vice-president slams IOC and FIH for refusing to take action against Batra

  • Olympics

vice-president Sudhanshu Mittal has criticised the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the International Hockey

which is due to host the 2021 IOC Session and has a close commercial relationship with the worldwide hockey

Of the two, one of them is also the sponsor of Hockey India, so Hockey India is also a source of funding

Justice for the sport of hockey should prevail over money.

 "The governance of the International Hockey Federation has a glorious past.

 "These recent incidents will go down in the history of the sport of hockey as the darkest episode


IIHF Continental Cup expands to cope with COVID-19 delays

  • Ice Hockey

The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) has announced an enlarged format for the Continental Cup

Find out more: https://t.co/saYb6xXkhQ #hockey #icehockey pic.twitter.com/Ahb2egXLBd— IIHF (@IIHFHockey

Gothiques, Yertis Pavlodar of Kazakhstan, Hungary’s Ferencvarosi TC and a second-placed qualifier.Asiago Hockey

pandemic.The teams come from all across Europe except for the six founding leagues of the Champions Hockey

only battle for the Continental Cup winners’ plate but also for an invitation to play in the Champions Hockey



Ice hockey legend Fetisov named Russian environmental ambassador

  • Ice Hockey

Russian ice hockey legend Viacheslav Fetisov has been named his country's United Nations Environment

after previously being appointed the UNEP Patron of the Polar Regions.One of the best defenders in ice hockey

Antarctica ©Getty ImagesFetisov, who was one of the first Soviet players to make the move to the National Hockey

pandemic.Fetisov has two Olympic gold medals and one Olympic silver medal to his name and medalled in every Ice Hockey


Michael Pavitt: Squeezing more out of less - IFs eyeing new Paris 2024 events

  • Inside the Blogs

When the International Olympic Committee (IOC) revealed that 20 of the 27 Olympic International Federations (IFs) had requested changes to the Paris 2024 event programme, the task was a simple one. Try to determine who has asked for what.

they are seeking new events for Paris 2024.Unsurprisingly the larger team sports such as football, hockey


Exclusive: ASOIF defend governance review after World Karate Federation criticism

  • Karate

The Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF) has defended its governance review process from criticism from the World Karate Federation (WKF), after it was revealed the governing body were the only International Federation to decline to participate.

category.Each scored between 140 and 158 points.The International Gymnastics Federation, International Hockey


IIHF produces roadmap to support safe return of ice hockey

  • Ice Hockey

The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Medical Committee has produced a roadmap aiming to support

immediately.The third phase allows team practice, in smaller groups than usual to ensure social distancing.Ice hockey