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IIHF postpones women's high performance camp to 2021 over coronavirus

  • Ice Hockey

International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) has postponed a women’s high-performance training camp until

is now expected to take place in the summer of 2021, with an adjusted schedule and will replace the hockey

the invitational camp.This would have included some of the top female junior-age players.A Women’s Hockey




Qualified athletes for Tokyo 2020 to keep places at rearranged Olympic Games

  • Tokyo 2020

Athletes who had qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games will keep their places at the rescheduled event after it was postponed until no later than the summer of 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic.

August next year.Qualification for Tokyo 2020 had already been completed in sports including equestrian, hockey


NHL Draft postponed as coronavirus impact on major leagues continues

  • Ice Hockey

The National Hockey League (NHL) has confirmed the postponement of the NHL Draft and Awards events as

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

, as well as the postponement and cancellation of a series of major sporting events.The Kontinental Hockey



IWAS President vows to help ensure postponed Paralympics are a "tremendous success"

  • Wheelchair Fencing News

International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) President Rudi van den Abbeele has backed the decision to postpone the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games and said the body would work hard to ensure the rescheduled event is a success.

of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.Van den Abbeele said both the wheelchair fencing and powerchair hockey


IIHF announce sanctions for three players over positive drug tests

  • Ice Hockey

The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) has confirmed the suspensions of Michael Budd, Kirill

Scorpions following the positive test.Budd confirmed that he continued to play and coach in recreational hockey

of cocaine – on November 2 2019.The test was conducted following Admiral Vladivostok’s Kontinental Hockey

meldonium.He admitted that he did not disclose to the responsible medical personnel that he is an ice hockey

a doctor was part of a treatment.The IIHF said he should have informed the doctor that he is an ice hockey



International Federations support Tokyo 2020 postponement

  • Tokyo 2020

International Federations have expressed unanimous support for the decision to postpone this year's Olympic Games in Tokyo to 2021.

Union and International Shooting Sport Federation all supported the postponement as well.International Hockey

 Weil said: "This decision brings clarity to the global hockey community and I'm sure it's supported


IIHF to evaluate impact of Men’s World Championship cancellation

  • Ice Hockey

International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) President René Fasel has said the world governing body will

using all available means to evaluate the organisational and sportive implications of the 2020 IIHF Ice Hockey

holding an Annual Congress in Zürich at a later date," Fasel wrote in a letter addressed to the ice hockey

Ice hockey has been heavily impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.The 2020 IIHF Women's World Championship

The coronavirus epidemic has severely disrupted the international ice hockey season, causing loss of


Canadian ice hockey official suspended for obstructing drug tester

  • Ice Hockey

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has confirmed a suspension of Hockey Canada vice-president of

hockey operations Scott Salmond, after he was found to have obstructed a doping control officer from

Salmond was initially given a one-year ban by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), following

Salmond’s appeal and upheld WADA’s appeal.The IIHF said Salmond will remain ineligible for all ice hockey

this year.Scott Salmond failed in his appeal to CAS ©IIHFSalmond is suspended from any and all ice hockey


Poland and Belarus air forces to team-up as part of planning for 2023 European Games

  • Kraków 2023

Poland and Belarus will carry out a joint air exercise in Kraków in preparation for the 2023 European Games in the Polish city. 

The drill will also be used as preparation for the 2021 International Ice Hockey Federation World Ice

Hockey Championship, to be held in Belarus and Latvia.Both nations will exchange information on flights

the Belarussian Defence Ministry said.Belarus and Latvia are also set to host the 2021 IIHF World Ice Hockey



IIHF announce Men’s World Championships cancelled over coronavirus

  • Ice Hockey

International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) have announced the 2020 Men’s World Championships in Zurich

This is a harsh reality to face for the international ice hockey family, but one that we must accept,

We have to set sport aside for now and support both the Government bodies and the ice hockey family.”

The Men's Ice Hockey World Championships have been held annually since 1989 ©Getty ImagesThe IIHF said

Annual Congress in Zurich can be held at a later date is set to be discussed by the IIHF Council.Ice hockey