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Fifty years on, the political shock waves from the Mexico Olympic Games still resonate

  • The Big Read

Politics has been intermingled with sport in every one of the modern Olympics. That mixture was at its most violent and shocking at the 1972 Munich Games, when the Palestinian Black September group took 11 Israeli Olympic team members hostage, seeking a release of prisoners, and ended up killing them along with a West German police officer.

"Then he asked me how many tickets I wanted for the hockey."



Great Britain to play final FIH Pro League matches at Twickenham Stoop

  • Hockey

Great Britain Hockey have agreed terms with the International Hockey Federation (FIH) and Harlequins

about the prospect of taking both of our national teams to the Twickenham Stoop," said Great Britain Hockey

size.Twickenham Stoop, which is usually home to the Harlequins Rugby Club, will be transformed into a hockey

The FIH Hockey Pro League will start its first year of competition in 2019 and the top nine men's and

tournament.Home and away fixtures will run from January to June, with the competition also offering Hockey

Having witnessed the electric atmosphere created during the Vitality Hockey Women's World Cup in London


Van Basten to leave as FIFA's chief technical development officer

  • Football

Dutch football legend Marco van Basten is to leave his role as FIFA's chief technical development officer at the end of the month.

the forward the idea that matches could be changed from two halves to four quarters, as well as ice hockey-style



NCAA announce finalists for Woman of the Year award

  • Universiade

Nine former college athletes have been named as finalists for the 2018 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Woman of the Year award.

eight-time NCAA individual national champion.Peters, from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, is a ice hockey

helped Minnesota become NCAA national champions in 2015 and 2016, as well as the Western Collegiate Hockey


FIH "investigating solutions" after deal for Pakistan to play home matches in Scotland falls through

  • Hockey

The International Hockey Federation (FIH) said they are "investigating solutions" after the Pakistan

Hockey Federation (PHF) failed to reach an agreement on playing "home" matches in Scotland.

Following the breakdown of talks with Scottish Hockey, Pakistan currently have nowhere to play their

Centre in Glasgow.However, after "lengthy negotiations" Scottish Hockey announced that they could

across Scotland, allowing us to not only put on a world-class event, but develop hockey in Scotland,

We wish the International Hockey Federation every success with the FIH Pro League."

I have no doubt the tournament will be a game-changer for hockey on a global scale."



Pyeongchang 2018 claim $55 million surplus from Winter Olympics as IOC vow to give share to Korean sport

  • Pyeongchang 2018

Pyeongchang 2018 President Lee Hee-beom has claimed they achieved a surplus of $55 million (£42.1 million/€48 million) from this year’s Winter Olympics.

major issues and also highlighted the risk of unused venues becoming white elephants.The Gangneung Hockey

no finalised legacy plan ©Getty ImagesSo far, no legacy plans have been finalised at the Gangneung Hockey


Ice Hockey UK announce schedule for 2019 Women's World Championships in Dumfries

  • Ice Hockey

The schedule for next year's International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Women’s World Championship Division

 Dumfries Ice Bowl will host the 2019 IIHF Women’s World Championship Division II Group A ©Ice Hockey

were ratified at this month’s IIHF Semi-Annual Congress and have been approved by all the teams," Ice Hockey

Ice Hockey UK and Dumfries have previously hosted a Division II tournament in 2015.The 2019 IIHF Women's



Koreas march together at Asian Para Games Opening Ceremony

  • Paralympics

North Korea and South Korea marched together under the unified flag as the Asian Para Games began in Jakarta with the Opening Ceremony.

Opening Ceremony at the Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium ©BalichThe nations fielded a joint women's ice hockey



IOC vice-president backs Beijing 2022 legacy plan

  • Beijing 2022

Juan Antonio Samaranch has expressed his confidence that International Federations (IFs) will work closely with Beijing 2022 to ensure the use of competition venues beyond the 2022 Winter Olympics.

2018 Winter Olympics, less than a year after the Games.No legacy plans are place for the Gangneung Hockey


Krasnoyarsk 2019 ice hockey venues host test event

  • Krasnoyarsk 2019

The ice hockey venues which will be used at the Krasnoyarsk 2019 Winter Universiade have hosted a test

Both the Crystal Ice Arena and the Pervomaysky Ice Arena held matches held as part of the Student Hockey

If the opening games are anything to go by, these two venues will see scintillating ice hockey action

was singled out for praise, and was said to have "attracted almost as much attention as the game".Ice hockey

impressed by the Crystal Ice Arena," said Yaroslav Straka, the President of the European University Hockey

 Ice hockey is one of 11 sports on the Krasnoyarsk 2019 programme, alongside Alpine skiing, bandy