Certain foreign professional athletes will be allowed to enter the United States for sports events and leagues after the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) lifted some of its measures imposed in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

this exemption".The order applies to the likes of the National Basketball Association, the National Hockey

Members of the men and women's Indian hockey teams are set to return home after being in lockdown in

 Hockey India has now said players can return home if they wear a mask and carry hand sanitiser

 The Indian men's hockey team were recently ranked fourth in the world ©Getty ImagesTackles will

training equipment such as balls, sticks and towels will be sanitised after every session.Like all sport, hockey

 The International Hockey Federation (FIH) Hockey Pro League has been put on hold until at least

Thailand's Dato Seri Chaiyapak Siriwat has been appointed as a vice-president of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA).

month.Siriwat is vice-president of the National Olympic Committee of Thailand and the head of the country's hockey

association.He is also vice-president of the Asian Hockey Federation (AHF), which congratulated him

Thai official, left, is a vice-president of the National Olympic Committee of Thailand and the Asian Hockey

nbsp;"In the sports world he has held many important positions over his career in tennis, football and hockey

The National Hockey League Players’ Association (NHLPA) has approved a plan for a 24-team playoff format

The professional ice hockey league, which features teams from Canada and the United States, was suspended

Ireland’s Ayeisha McFerran has admitted to doubts over the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games taking place amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The goalkeeper is a key part of Ireland’s women’s hockey team, who were due to make their Olympic debut

Ireland's women's hockey team are due to make their Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020 ©Getty ImagesIreland

are one of 12 teams due to compete in the women’s hockey tournament at Tokyo 2020.The country was drawn

Japan, Argentina, Australia, China, New Zealand and Spain.The Irish were runners-up at the 2018 Women's Hockey

When Michelle Ford stood on the starting block of lane three for the Olympic 800 metres freestyle final on July 26 1980, she had East Germans to her left and right, in lanes one, four and five. A quick look at the results from the first five days of competition - and at the past two Olympic Games - showed what the Australian teenager was up against.

few weeks before the US hosted the Winter Olympic Games in Lake Placid, where the host nation’s ice hockey

Alexander Gerasimov, a member of the victorious Soviet Union ice hockey team at the Sarajevo 1984 Winter

The CSKA hockey club mourns with the fans and relatives of the famous hockey player," said Gerasimov's

Flooding in the north of the United States has impacted an industrial site owned by Dow, the giant chemicals company which is a worldwide sponsor of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), forcing the shutdown of on-site operating units.

involvement in the actual Olympic Games has included field-of-play technologies in sports ranging from hockey

International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) plans to push back the dates of the 2021 Ice Hockey World

additional year.Fasel, 70, had been due to step down after 26 years as IIHF President.Next year’s Ice Hockey

June 6.Approval would need to be granted by the IIHF Congress.The move would also apply to the Ice Hockey

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Belgium's men's hockey coach Shane McLeod has said that the playing field is now level again due to the

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Before its premature stoppage, Belgium were top of the International Hockey Federation League Pro League

after six matches, in a competition involving nine of the world's best hockey nations, extended over

a two-year period.McLeod, who has worked in Belgian hockey for two decades, was intending to take a

Australia's women's hockey co-captain Jodie Kenny has said she will delay her retirement until 2021 so

Kenny and fellow co-captain Emily Chalker are two of the highest-capped players in Australian hockey,

and 243 appearances respectively.Australia will be looking for their first Olympic medal in women's hockey

René Fasel looks set to remain International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) President for an additional

The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has admitted a return to normal global competition may not

there will be a return to normal competition "once a vaccine is in place".The second season of the FIH Hockey

need to be hugely conscious of safety measures that will need to be implemented, in order to keep the hockey

mouth and nose protection masks for non-playing personnel and disinfection of the playing surface.All hockey

assessment "prior to resuming any activity".The document, which can be read in full here, concedes hockey

Global sports sponsorship rights fees are set to fall by more than $17 billion (£14 billion/€15.5 billion), or 37 per cent year-on-year, according to a new projection.

second-biggest spender in 2019.Investec last month ended a nine-year sponsorship arrangement with Great Britain Hockey

and England Hockey ©Getty ImagesSaid Two Circles: "The COVID-19 pandemic has seen most new sponsorship

The Olympic Youth Development Centre (OYDC) Zambia and the National Olympic Committee of Zambia (NCOZ) are celebrating 10 years since the opening of the centre, promoting development in the region.

Youth Sports Challenge which engages hundreds of young talented athletes in beach volleyball, swimming, hockey

namely; athletics, judo, boxing, volleyball, football, handball, badminton, netball, weightlifting, hockey

To date, there are football and hockey pitches at the OYDC Zambia, as well as an athletics track.A boxing