Russian ice hockey player Evgeny Kuznetsov has been given a four-year doping ban after testing positive

for cocaine during this year's International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Championship.

Republic to win the bronze medal at the World Championship in Slovakia.Kuznetsov, who plays for National Hockey

We are forever being told that governing bodies in sport always have the best interests of athletes at heart.

left thinking about this when reading the stories in South Africa regarding their men’s and women’s hockey

teams at next year’s Olympic Games in Tokyo.For the South African Hockey Association (SAHA), this is

the men’s and women’s teams earned a place at Tokyo 2020 by winning their respective International Hockey

Olympic Committee’s (SASCOC) strict and prohibitive criteria, which prevented the men’s and women’s hockey

The opportunity to attend an Olympic Games is massive for South African hockey on the world stage," SAHA

Spain held off a late Dutch fightback to dump the defending champions out of the EuroHockey Nations Championship and reach a first final since 2007 in Antwerp.

than 5 minutes to go #EHC2019WATCH LIVE: https://t.co/dxuMZIkJFC pic.twitter.com/q5th8OAYP3— Euro Hockey

South African Hockey Association (SAHA) chief executive Marissa Langeni wants the country's National

The nation's participation in the men's and women's Olympic hockey tournaments remains in doubt because

(SASCOC).Both South African teams secured a spot at next year's Olympic Games at the International Hockey

athlete qualification criteria.The same conditions saw SASCOC refuse to enter the men's and women's hockey

Series final event, while the women's side was fourth.And the @sawomenshockey take the African Hockey

The opportunity to attend an Olympic Games is massive for South African hockey on the world stage."

Mark Pavelich, a member of the famous United States ice hockey team which masterminded the "Miracle on

India won both the men’s and women’s finals at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic hockey test event, but it is the

International Hockey Federation's (FIH) verdict on the venue that will please the organisers most.

, as well as the facilities.The FIH claims one of the greatest learnings is that the newly-built Oi Hockey

The Oi Hockey Stadium is a remarkable facility to boost the development of hockey in Japan," FIH chief

I invite all hockey fans to come and see matches in this venue and urge them to invite families and friends

Board member, an International Olympic Committee Commission member and chief executive of the Asian Hockey

For us, this event was very important to prepare for the FIH Hockey Olympic qualifiers and getting every

England ladies survived a scare against Belarus to book their place in the semi-finals of the EuroHockey Nations Championship in Antwerp.

relegation pool.The bottom two countries in the relegation pool will drop out of the top tier of European hockey

Double Olympic gold medallist Ester Ledecká has received the Czech Republic's highest sports award for her history-making performance at last year's Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang.

at Pyeongchang 2018 – were also nominated.The others shortlisted were tennis star Petra Kvitová, ice hockey

Mikhail Zakharov has been re-appointed as the head coach of the Belarus men's ice hockey team.

Winter Olympics will take place in August next year.He was the unanimous choice of the Belarusian Ice Hockey

victories.The Kazakhstan-born coach will continue to coach his club who will play in the Champions Hockey

The 2021 World Championship will be held in Minsk, we talked a lot with the colleagues, today our hockey

secured their place in the men's and women's finals as action resumed today at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic hockey

men's event, Mandeep Singh bagged a hat-trick to help India to a 6-3 win over hosts Japan at the Oi Hockey

battle tomorrow ⚔#IndiaKaGame #ReadySteadyTokyo #Tokyo2020@WeAreTeamIndia pic.twitter.com/x39pM3KsAD— Hockey

Spain qualified for the semi-finals of the men's EuroHockey Nations Championship for the first time in 10 years, with a 2-2 draw against England in Antwerp.

Slovakian ice hockey side Slovan Bratislava are to re-join the country's Tipsport Liga after dropping

out of the Russian-dominated Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).

resume domestic rivalries.Their bid for a Tipsport Liga licence has been approved by the Slovak Ice Hockey

The KHL is largely considered to be the best ice hockey league in the world behind the North American

National Hockey League.As well as several Russian clubs, it also features sides from Finland, Latvia

Reigning champions The Netherlands are on the verge of group stage elimination from the women's EuroHockey Nations Championship after being held to a draw by Spain.

The Hellenic Federation of Modern Pentathlon (HFMP) has responded defiantly to the Rugby League International Federation (RLIF) as the peculiar feud involving the two sports in Greece continued. 

Rugby union is part of the handball federation, field hockey, baseball, softball and bowling are part

More than 4.5 million website visits were registered during Tokyo 2020's second-chance Olympic ticket lottery for residents of Japan, which closed today.

volleyball, canoe sprint, cycling, diving, equestrian, fencing, football, golf, gymnastics, handball, hockey