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Miracle on Ice team to be reunited for 40th anniversary as US TV announces celebration schedules

  • Ice Hockey

All but two players from the United States Olympic ice hockey team that beat the Soviet Union in the

“I’m a captain amongst captains” - @MERUZIONE on being named captain of the 1980 US Olympic Hockey Team

#miracleonice #lakeplacid #olympics #hockey @TeamUSA @Olympics @usahockey pic.twitter.com/iyiPI4G65x

— 1980 Olympic Hockey (@MiracleOnIce) February 9, 2020“The impact of the ‘Miracle on Ice’ game and eventual


The Miracle on Ice - a sporting gift that keeps on giving 40 years on

  • The Big Read

Al Michaels, commentating for ABC on the Lake Placid 1980 Winter Olympics ice hockey medal-round game

on in one form or another since that now relatively distant February evening.The United States ice hockey

Federation named it as the best international ice hockey story of the previous 100 years.For any English

sports followers, the parallels are very strong between this glorious US hockey triumph and the victory

commentary, in this case from the BBC’s Kenneth Wolstenholme.Al Michaels' commentary on the US ice hockey

team - a hockey team - could do that and make everybody feel so much better about themselves?”


Olympic medallist replaces Chernyshenko as Kontinental Hockey League President

  • Ice Hockey

Alexei Morozov has been announced as President of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL), following the

Championship gold medals in 2008 and 2009.He now takes charge of running the KHL, a professional ice hockey

league founded in 2008, having served as the managing director of their Junior Hockey League.Morozov

of KHL President to Alexey Morozov, who was previously vice-president for the development of junior hockey

Alexey has great authority in the world of hockey among players, coaches, club managers, journalists

For almost five years he has worked effectively as the head of the Junior Hockey League and I’m sure


Olympic Winter Sports Federations show support for China against coronavirus

  • Beijing 2022

A group of Olympic Winter Sports Federations have expressed their support for the work in China in the fight against the coronavirus epidemic.

the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation, International Biathlon Union, International Ice Hockey

2022 promising that they will do their best to "build and preserve a positive legacy for Chinese ice hockey


Philip Barker: Anna Korakaki and the history of women carrying the Olympic Flame

  • Inside the Blogs

In less than a month, the Olympic Flame will be on its way to Tokyo. Rio 2016 pistol shooting gold medallist Anna Korakaki will be the first Torchbearer. When she receives the first Flame, it will represent the latest Olympic milestone for women.

Nova Peris, a member of the gold medal-winning 1996 Australian women’s hockey team, took the Flame in

Torchbearers from the combined Korean women’s ice hockey team carried the Flame together.


India's women's hockey tour of China cancelled due to coronavirus

  • Hockey

India's women's hockey team have cancelled their upcoming tour of China due to ongoing fears related

 "A lot of teams are also not available to play with because they are participating in the Pro-hockey

four-week training camp prior to their planned tour.Australia and China were set to face off in the FIH Hockey

in the qualifiers, it will be the third time the Indian team has made the Olympics.The International Hockey

Federation (FIH) also announced that the FIH Hockey Pro League matches between Australia and China,


Korean Peninsula peace resolution declared on second anniversary of Pyeongchang 2018

  • Pyeongchang 2018

The second anniversary of the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games has been marked with the staging of a Peace Forum in Gangwon Province, where participants agreed on a peace resolution in relation to the Korean Peninsula.

Unification Flag at the Opening Ceremony and competed together as a united team in the women's ice hockey


India claim FIH Rising Star of the Year awards

  • Hockey

India won both the men's and women's Rising Star of the Year awards at the International Hockey Federation

(FIH) Hockey Stars Awards.

 She first appeared at senior level at the Hockey Women's World Cup in 2018 and was one of the best

 Lynch would often win Player of the Match for the Hockeyroos during the FIH Hockey Pro League with


US beats Canada in front of record-breaking crowd to finish Rivalry Series

  • Ice Hockey

A record-breaking crowd of 13,320 fans were treated to an overtime thriller as the United States squeezed past Canada to take the Rivalry Series 4-1.

played at Handa Center in Anaheim, known best for being the home of the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey

@mckeon_austin) pic.twitter.com/oL2AmcmwNu— USA Hockey (@usahockey) February 9, 2020The Rivalry Series

US.With only two exceptions, Canada and the US have clashed in the final of every International Ice Hockey


Coronavirus causing major shortage of NHL sticks

  • Ice Hockey

Coronavirus' impact on life in China has reportedly led to a "major shortage" of National Hockey League

obtain new stock.During last week’s NHL match between Buffalo Sabres and Detroit Red Wings, NBC Sports hockey

Hockey stick manufacturers disputed Maguire’s claims, but admitted they are concerned.Bauer Hockey, CCM

Hockey and True Hockey all make their pro sticks, used by approximately 75 per cent of the NHL’s players

, in China.In an e-mail, Bauer Hockey chief executive Ed Kinnaly said the manufacturer was monitoring

cases in 28 countries and territories, with the vast majority of these in China.The International Ice Hockey


Choue "honoured" to attend taekwondo festival in India

  • Taekwondo

World Taekwondo President Chungwon Choue said he was "honoured" to attend a cultural festival dedicated to the sport in India.

Tathagata Roy.Narinder Batra, the President of the Indian Olympic Association and the International Hockey



Britain beat New Zealand in dramatic shoot-out in FIH Pro League

  • Hockey

Britain dramatically defeated New Zealand in a shoot-out in the women's International Hockey Federation

The match between the two teams at the North Harbour Hockey Stadium in Auckland finished at 2-2, with

Saturday (February 15), with New Zealand taking on the US in the women's competition at Nga Puna Wai Hockey