Organisers have announced that a bear will be the official mascot for the 2019 Men's Ice Hockey World

The mascot design was unveiled with the character claimed to be wearing ice hockey equipment and accessories

Last but not least, it also symbolises the desire to regain the strength of Slovak ice hockey."

next year.Sweden will seek their third consecutive World Championship title at the International Ice Hockey

Fiji doubled up with a pair of victories in the women's tournament on day two of the Hockey Series event

top-ranked side in the competition first thrashed Tonga 13-0 in their morning fixture at the Wan Smolbag Hockey

decide third and fourth place and then for bronze.Vanuatu's men celebrate after defeating Fiji ©Vanuatu Hockey

Islands yesterday, prior to tomorrow's final group fixtures.This competition is the first International Hockey

this year, with events taking place across the world.Teams who have not qualified for the new top-tier Hockey

Pro League will contest the tournaments, which will offer places at next year's Hockey Series Finals.Countries

The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) has praised the cooperation between North and South Korea at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang which begin on Saturday (August 18).

bringing the country more into the international sporting fold.Both Koreas formed a joint women's ice hockey

Hosts Vanuatu won twice in the women's tournament as the Hockey Series event in Port Vila began today

The home side first eased past Tonga 9-0 in their morning fixture at the Wan Smolbag Hockey Stadium.They

 Top ranked Fiji will begin their men's and women's campaigns tomorrow ©Fiji Hockey FederationThe

competition is the first International Hockey Federation (FIH) event in the Pacific country since the

this year, with events taking place across the world.Teams who have not qualified for the new top-tier Hockey

Pro League will contest the tournaments, which will offer places at next year's Hockey Series Finals.Countries

A joint cheering squad is being assembled to support the unified Korean team at the Jakarta-Palembang Asian Games later this month.

eyecatching performances at the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Pyeongchang.A unified women's ice hockey

The fifth Hockey Series event of the season will get underway in Vanuatu tomorrow, featuring both men's

Competition will take place until Saturday (August 18) in capital city Port Vila, at the Wan Smolbag Hockey

Stadium.It will be the first International Hockey Federation (FIH) event in the Pacific country since

fourth placed sides will meet for bronze.Vanuatu are hosting the tournament ©FIHThe FIH has launched the Hockey

this year, with events taking place across the world.Teams who have not qualified for the new top-tier Hockey

Pro League will contest the tournaments, which will offer places at next year's Hockey Series Finals.Countries

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has claimed the European Games will have a positive impact on the image of the country and provide a boost to tourism, despite ongoing criticism of the country's human rights record.

to 30 days.This system will be similar to the one used in Belarus during the 2014 International Ice Hockey

International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) President René Fasel has told the International Olympic Committee

(IOC) that there are four options "on the table" for men's ice hockey at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic

Fasel at the Hlinka Gretzky Cup in Edmonton.The first option, according to Miller, is to have National Hockey

League (NHL) players participate in the men’s Olympic ice hockey tournament as they did from Nagano

Pyeongchang 2018, while the third is to use under-23 players and the fourth is to have no men’s ice hockey

the Games, with efforts to change the decision proving fruitless in the months that followed.National Hockey

Indian has named Neeraj Chopra as its flagbearer for the Opening Ceremony of the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta on Saturday (August 18). 

Hockey captain Sardar Singh carried India's flag at the Opening Ceremony of the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon

©Getty ImagesFormer India hockey captain Sardar Singh was India’s flagbearer at the 2014 Asian Games

They would be forever known for the exploits of Dutch runner Fanny Blankers-Koen and a first Olympic gold medal for Czech Emil Zatopek.

featured the newly independent India and a proud nation rejoiced when they continued a winning streak in hockey

Slovenian ice hockey player Ziga Jeglic has been banned for eight months by the Court of Arbitration

According to the International Ice Hockey Federation, Jeglic requested a ban of only four months.However

Milan Mayor Giuseppe Sala has insisted the city remains part of the joint Italian bid for the 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games but he reiterated his criticism of the project by calling the proposal a "botched solution".

Under the joint proposal, Milan would still host sports including curling, ice hockey, short track speed

skating and figure skating.Speed skating and other ice hockey games would take place in Turin, with

Women’s Hockey World Cup organisers have been praised for a tournament in which London’s hockey centre

poured through the gates during the course of an event which lived up to the tournament slogan‘ "Pure Hockey

the Olympic programme after a struggle which had lasted through much of the 20th century.Male hockey

A separate International Federation of Women’s Hockey Associations (IFWHA) was launched shortly afterwards

"On what grounds can we accept rowing for women but reject women’s hockey?’’

" which was widely circulated."’It is in the general interest of hockey in general and women’s hockey

Chairman of Ice Hockey UK (IHUK) Richard Grieveson has announced his support to create a new unified

UK organisation for ice hockey.

The current system includes the IHUK, the English Ice Hockey Association (EIHA) and the Scottish Ice

Hockey Association (SIHA), but a new project hopes to simplify the organisation and unite them.The IHUK

is the national governing body for the sport of ice hockey in the United Kingdom and affiliated to the

International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF).The EIHA, formed in 1982, is responsible for the administration

IHUK chairman Richard Grieveso supports the creation of new unified governing body for ice hockey in

Finnish ice hockey pioneer Lauri Mononen has died aged 68 in Kesalahti

trailblazer for his country when he signed a professional contract with the Phoenix Roadrunners in the World Hockey

World Championships, one Olympics and one Under-18 European Championship.His induction into the Finnish Hockey