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Winter Deaflympics set to start in Sondrio despite controversial build-up

  • Winter Paralympic Sports

The 19th edition of the Winter Deaflympics is due to begin in the Italian town of Sondrio tomorrow, having weathered a difficult and controversial build-up. 

 Six sports are due to be contested, with curling, ice hockey, alpine skiing, cross-country skiing


Nurdauletov and Tursynbayeva receive Kazakhstan NOC athlete of the year awards

  • OCA

Bekzad Nurdauletov and Elizabet Tursynbayeva received Athlete of the Year awards from the Kazakhstan National Olympic Committee at their annual award ceremony.

, head coach of Kazakhstan's freestyle skiing team, won Best Winter Sports Coach.The Kazakhstan Ice Hockey

Committee named Elizabet Tursynbayeva Summer Athlete of the Year ©Kazakhstan NOCThe men's national ice hockey

team, promoted to the top division of the Ice Hockey World Championship, was named Team of the Year.


Fasel foresees re-run of Pyeongchang if WADA’s Russia sanctions confirmed before IIHF World Championships

  • Ice Hockey

René Fasel, President of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), has moved swiftly to reassure

Swiss ice hockey fans that Russia will take its place at next year’s World Championships.

criticised for permitting them to compete under the title "Olympic Athletes from Russia" (OAR).The OAR ice hockey

string of adjustments up to and including, in some cases, possibly finding a new host.The 2020 Ice Hockey




Olympic Summit "strongly condemns" Moscow Laboratory data manipulation but warns will not support total ban of Russia

  • Olympics

The Olympic Summit has "strongly condemned those responsible for the manipulation of the data from the Moscow Laboratory" before it was transferred in January this year - but again vowed to make sure that Russian athletes are allowed to compete at Tokyo 2020 and signalled it would not support a total ban on the country hosting major international events. 

Cesar Maglione, the International Gymnastics Federation's Morinari Watanabe, the International Ice Hockey


JOC President backs Ota with IOC Athletes' Commission election bid

  • Olympics

Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) President Yasuhiro Yamashita is hopeful Yuki Ota can join him in becoming a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), after the fencer was confirmed among the 30 candidates for election to the Athletes' Commission.

Olympic pole vault champion Katerina Stefanidi, Irish hockey captain David Harte and Qatar's two-time


Philip Barker: Disney's 1960 Winter Olympics forever frozen in time

  • Inside the Blogs

In its first fortnight, Frozen 2 has grossed over $742 million (£565,000/€670,000) in worldwide ticket sales and seems set to break all cinematic records for an animated film.

story of the 1988 Jamaican bobsleigh team, and in 2004 came Miracle.This starred Kurt Russell as ice hockey

coach Herb Brooks and told the story of the fabled 1980 ice hockey gold medal won by the USA.


Canada and United States through to final at Para Hockey Cup

  • Para Ice Hockey News

Hosts Canada and the United States are set to contest the Para Hockey Cup final after coming through

https://t.co/2gJdIdEtkC#CTParaCup pic.twitter.com/5Dh9dXaKjI— CT Para Hockey Cup (@HC_ParaCup) December

which will precede the gold-medal match on Saturday.The US are seeking to win a sixth consecutive Para Hockey


Infantino proposed for IOC membership but conflict of interest prevents place for Coe

  • Olympics

FIFA President Gianni Infantino is in line to join the International Olympic Committee (IOC) after he was proposed for membership by the Executive Board, but World Athletics counterpart Sebastian Coe will have to wait because of a conflict of interest.

the third Swiss member of the IOC, joining Executive Board member Denis Oswald and International Ice Hockey


US down Canada to top preliminary round standings at Para Hockey Cup

  • Para Ice Hockey News

period to down hosts Canada 4-1 and clinch first place in the preliminary round standings at the Para Hockey

https://t.co/c8Ue9J9O3v#CTParaCup pic.twitter.com/zK03JgtXas— CT Para Hockey Cup (@HC_ParaCup) December

bronze-medal matches are on Saturday (December 7).The US are seeking to win a sixth consecutive Para Hockey


FASANOC elect new Athletes' Commission with focus on increased support

  • ONOC

The Fiji Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee's (FASANOC) Athletes' Commission are hoping to provide greater support and guidance to athletes following the election of their new board.

Elections took place to determine the nine-member Commission, with hockey player Tessa-Maree Harman,


Tickets for Lausanne 2020 Opening Ceremony sold out in two hours

  • Lausanne 2020

Tickets for the Opening Ceremony of next month's Winter Youth Olympic Games here sold out within two hours, Organising Committee chief executive Ian Logan has revealed.

 Seats for indoor sporting events in Lausanne, including ice hockey, figure skating and short track