South Africa's preparations for Tokyo 2020 appear to have hit another obstacle after the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) revealed it had not yet signed deals with 16 federations regarding selection criteria.

Olympics, a prominent issue for SASCOC in recent years.The SASCOC refused to send men's and women's hockey

had not qualified through the highest-level route available to them.South Africa's men's and women's hockey

overshadow the build-up to next year's Games in Tokyo after Independent Online reported governing bodies in hockey

India women’s hockey coach Sjoerd Marijne has taken an unusual approach to improving his players’ skills

and balance, as reported by The New Indian Express.Dutchman Marijne was impressed when he witnessed hockey

“If you train only as a hockey player, you are always making the same kind of movem­ents,” Marijne said

“Taekwondo helps with coordination and balance.The Indian women's hockey team have been put through their

future.Last month, Marijne guided India to a 3-1 victory against Japan in the final of the International Hockey

Yevgeni Bobariko has been appointed head coach of the Russia women's ice hockey team.

years without winning a major championships medal.Russia finished fifth in the 2017 International Ice Hockey

youth side.More information: https://t.co/bDBhqPxoK1 #TeamRussia pic.twitter.com/rI1bIj5a6i— Russia Hockey

Forward Jan Hrbatý, who represented Czechoslovakia’s men’s side on 57 occasions, has died at the age of 77 following an illness.

finish second behind the Soviet Union.Hrbatý was born in the village of Stražisko, where he played ice hockey

on a pond in the winter and football on a field in the summer.He started to play ice hockey regularly

also worked for the team until the mid-1990s in the top Czech league.He was inducted into the Czech Hockey

Hall of Fame in 2015.Hrbatý’s legacy in hockey in Jihlava has been continued by his family, with his

Hockey player Kathleen Sharkey will serve as the United States’ flagbearer for the Lima 2019 Pan American

the squad which finished fifth at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.It marked the best finish by an American hockey

team at the Summer Olympics since Los Angeles 1984.She will be the first hockey player to serve as the

amazing feeling.”Kathleen Sharkey will look to help the United States win a third straight women's hockey

Argentina in the 2011 and 2015 finals.The two nations have gone head-to-head in seven of the eight women’s hockey

Panam Sports President Neven Ilic is confident the Lima 2019 Pan American Games will prove the "greatest", despite admitting the organisation of the event had got off to an "uncertain" start. 

, artistic roller skating, bowling and squash will be held at the former, while the latter welcomes hockey

Brazilian athletes and officials marked one year to go until the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games here at the Lima 2019 Pan American Games Village. 

for Tokyo 2020 in athletics, badminton, handball, swimming, artistic swimming, diving, equestrian, hockey

Double Olympic medallist Linda Välimäki is the latest Finnish ice hockey player to announce her retirement

29-year-old has decided to hang up her skates after winning her third medal in the International Ice Hockey

zQlQY1mGj7— Linda Välimäki (@VlimkiLinda) July 24, 2019"I’m really grateful how many friends I made in ice hockey

countries I was able to go to play, as well as the broad range of emotions that I have experienced as a hockey

 The announcement by Välimäki follows last month's decision by Finnish ice hockey legend Riikka

Hockey player Scott Tupper has been named as Canada’s flag bearer for the Lima 2019 Pan American Games

The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) labelled the 32-year-old as arguably one of the greatest hockey

Committee/Christopher MorrisTupper has represented Canada at three Pan American Games, with the men’s hockey

levels.His involvement extends to the international scene, having been appointed to the International Hockey

Jordan's Prince Faisal bin Hussein met with World Taekwondo President Chungwon Choue during a visit to the Azraq Refugee Camp.

initiatives.The pair held a joint event staged by taekwondo and wrestling ©World TaekwondoTable tennis, judo, hockey

USA Hockey has announced that National Hockey League (NHL) Network will televise live the final three

The event, due to take place at USA Hockey Arena from Friday (July 26) to August 3,  will include

Sweden.They will be auditioning for a spot to represent their country at the 2020 International Ice Hockey

season with USA Hockey's National Team Development Programme (NTDP), which is based out of the USA Hockey

The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) have announced that 643 American athletes will compete here at the Pan American Games, including five-times Olympic swimming champion Nathan Adrian.

qualification for next year's Olympic Games in Tokyo in 12 sports, including archery, diving, equestrian, field hockey

Russian ice hockey star Alex Ovechkin will run youth clinics and business development meetings during

a National Hockey League (NHL) visit to China in August.

It is a huge honour to be an ambassador for the Washington Capitals organisation and the National Hockey

It is very important to spend time to help make people all over the world see how great a game hockey

I can’t wait to spend time with all the hockey fans there and I hope to meet young kids who will be future

He is the perfect person to represent the NHL’s efforts to grow hockey in China.”The announcement advances

the NHL and the National Hockey League Players' Association's (NHLPA) commitment to growing the game

The world’s best swimmers and divers are currently competing in the South Korean city of Gwangju at the International Swimming Federation (FINA) World Aquatics Championships. 

 There are more obvious examples as well, such as the joint ice hockey team at the Pyeongchang 2018

Games.Several federations have claimed to be working towards this goal, including the International Hockey

There will not be a joint team in the women’s hockey competition, however.South Korea heard nothing from

Swiss Orienteering President Jürg Hellmüller has targeted permanent inclusion of ski orienteering at the Winter Universiade after it was added to the Lucerne 2021 programme by the International University Sports Federation (FISU).

sports – biathlon, cross-country skiing, Alpine skiing, freestyle skiing, snowboarding, curling, ice hockey