Russia was reduced to the status of a provisional, non-voting member of the International Biathlon Union (IBU) on December 10 of last year. Yet it remains central to the prospects and fortunes of this beleaguered international sports federation which has, in the space of the last three years, plumbed depths unmatched - as yet - by any other.

is clearly showing that money is more important than the safety of athletes".Biathlon challenges ice hockey

The International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Championships have been opened in Changwon, South Korea.

between North and South Korea, who took part in a joint march and competed on a combined women's ice hockey

Tottenham Hotspur star Son Heung-min will no longer have to serve two years of military service after captaining South Korea to men's football glory here at the 2018 Asian Games today.

restarting, and promptly beat two defenders to make it into the box.Japan triumphed in an incredible hockey

victory brought.Japan might have lost that match, but they had a much better time of it in the men’s hockey

seal the most unlikely of victories.He promptly scored, securing Japan their first gold in Asian Games hockey

65 bronzes.Japan are second with 74 golds, having also won a handful more today.As well as the men's hockey

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consecutive men's rugby sevens triumph with an impressive 14-0 win in the final ©Getty ImagesA dramatic men's hockey

Hosts Poland maintained their 100 per cent start at the International Hockey Federation Hockey Series

tomorrow it puts the Poles in the driving seat to win the event.Two spaces will be available at the Hockey

https://t.co/pyfEGEzDgf pic.twitter.com/aZZOjL4Q6j— FIH Hockey Series (@HockeySeries) September 1, 2018Lithuania

Republic play Ukraine in other matches tomorrow.Tournaments are being held across the world as part of the Hockey

Series.The event is a second-tier tour below the new top-tier Hockey Pro League.Places are available

at the Hockey Series Finals which in turn offer a route to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

Rikard Grönborg is to leave as head coach of Sweden's men's ice hockey team after the 2019 World Championship

year-old has opted to focus on moving to North America where he dreams of becoming a coach in the National Hockey

World Para Ice Hockey has announced that Vierumaki in Finland will host the 2018 World Championships

2016 event which was won by Austria.The competition will be the first international event in Para-ice hockey

since Pyeongchang 2018 ©Getty ImagesBarbora Kohoutova, World Para Ice Hockey Manager, said: "We are

countries to compete on the same level, thereby contributing to the growth and development of Para-ice hockey

I want to thank the Finnish Sports Association of Persons with Disabilities and the Finnish Ice Hockey

Last week the official website for The Open Championship, golf's oldest major, announced that the 2019 Open was sold out 11 months before it starts at Royal Portrush.

more on a similar theme in the past couple of years - in football, rugby union, cricket, tennis and hockey

going well for next year.There was glowing praise for fans (120,000 of them) and hosts of the Women's Hockey

draw in total because of the number of games played - American football (NFL), basketball (NBA), ice hockey

Australia have announced a squad of 88 athletes for the Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympic Games (YOG).

his bronze medal performance at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games ©Getty ImagesThe Australian men's hockey

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In a more comfortable victory than in the football, Japan beat India 2-1 in the women's hockey final

Japan secured their first women’s hockey title in Asian Games history as two well-worked penalty

Former National Hockey League (NHL) players are among the coaches who will preside over the upcoming&

nbsp;28-member Para ice hockey selection camp, Hockey Canada has announced.

Calgary.They include Mike Foligno, who played over 1,000 games in the NHL and coached the national Para hockey

A benefit ice hockey match was played to pay tribute to Jim Johannson, the general manager of the

Stars and Stripes Showdown" took place in front of a sold out crowd of 3,890 people at the USA Hockey

Arena in Plymouth, Michigan.National Hockey League (NHL) players were among those to take part as Team

Blue defeated Team White 14-9.The game raised cash for the Jim Johannson Legacy Fund, The USA Hockey

It was a great tribute to a great person," said Pat Kelleher, executive director to USA Hockey.

and for hockey in our country."

International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) secretary general Franz Schreiber has claimed North Korea participating at the upcoming World Championships in Changwon in South Korea will be another example of sport being an "instrument of peace".

between North and South Korea, who took part in a joint march and competed on a combined women's ice hockey

Gangwon Province has been left with "massive debts" after hosting the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, according to reports.

No legacy plans are in place at the Gangneung Hockey Centre and the Gangneung Oval where speed skating