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IOC warns Paris 2024 boycott over Russia presence will "hurt" Ukrainian athletes

  • Paris 2024

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has warned Ukraine against boycotting qualifying events for next year’s Olympics in Paris due to the presence of Russians and Belarusians, claiming it will "only hurt" Ukrainian athletes and "in no way impact the war that the world wants to stop".

Ukrainian Fencing FederationThe meeting saw National Federations in sailing, boxing, canoeing, volleyball, hockey


Stanley Cup-winning Armstrong chosen as Canada’s general manager at IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship

  • Ice Hockey

Doug Armstrong has been named as Canada’s general manager for next month’s International Ice Hockey Federation

(IIHF) Ice Hockey World Championship.

Hockey Canada has announced Armstrong, the general manager of National Hockey League (NHL) outfit St.

been selected as associate general managers, with Scott Salmond appointed as senior vice-president of hockey

.The 58-year-old was also general manager when Canada emerged victorious from the 2016 World Cup of Hockey

had NHL players taken part, which ultimately did not happen as a deal with the world's biggest ice hockey

Canada will be looking to win the IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship for a 28th time when the tournament


Slovak Ice Hockey Federation decide not to call up KHL players for IIHF World Championship

  • Ice Hockey

The Slovak Ice Hockey Federation have decided not to call up players who participate for clubs in the

Russian-organised Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) to represent them at the International Ice Hockey

of Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk, and Michal Kryshtof, of Admiral Vladivostok in the KHL, the biggest ice hockey

club competition outside of the National Hockey League, consisting of 19 Russian clubs.



Russian Olympic ice hockey gold medallist announces retirement

  • Ice Hockey

Russia's Olympic ice hockey gold medal-winning goalkeeper Vasily Koshechkin has announced his retirement

decided to retire after his club Metallurg Magnitogorsk had reached the second round of the Kontinental Hockey

I have always enjoyed hockey, but my physical condition no longer allows a large number of matches in

Although Koshechkin was drafted by the Tampa Bay Lightning in the 2002 National Hockey League Entry Draft


ROC President dismisses latest IOC recommendations on Russia and Belarus as "a farce"

  • Paris 2024

Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) President Stanislav Pozdnyakov has castigated the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for its latest recommendations regarding the status of Russian and Belarusian athletes in world sport.

Russia's former Sports Minister and two-time Olympic ice hockey gold medallist Viacheslav Fetisov joined


International Ice Hockey Federation takes Learn to Play to Thailand and UAE

  • Ice Hockey

The International Ice Hockey Federation's (IIHF) development department and its Asia and Oceania office

member nations took part, with 28 instructors involved in all.Learn to Play has the aim of growing ice hockey

programme, which aims to equip all MNAs with the tools and resources they need to build their own ice hockey


Moose Jaw announced as host of 2023 World Para Ice Hockey Championship

  • Para Ice Hockey News

The Canadian city Moose Jaw has been announced as host of the 2023 World Para Ice Hockey Championship

The tournament is set to be the first major international Para ice hockey event in the country since

champions the United States will be the team to beat in Moose Jaw at the 2023 World Para Ice Hockey

World Para Ice Hockey is excited to bring the World Championship to Canada for the first time, a nation

sport, winning medals and helping grow the game," said Michelle Laflamme, manager of World Para Ice Hockey

the world to our beautiful city and world-class facility this May as we host the 2023 World Para Ice Hockey



IIHF looking for increased female participation with Inspire the Next scheme

  • Ice Hockey

The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) is aiming to inspire more women to get involved in ice

hockey with the launch of its new campaign Inspire the Next.

in terms of participation, awareness, and professional opportunities on and off the ice.Women's ice hockey

One of our main goals is to make ice hockey as accessible as possible," said IIHF President Luc Tardif

above all, we can help all of our member national associations, especially the ones where women's ice hockey

the goal of driving conversation and expanding connection, understanding and support for women in ice hockey

tells the stories of real life women - it seeks to empower as well as recruit girls and women to ice hockey


IIHF extends Russia and Belarus ban to next year's World Championships

  • Ice Hockey

The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) has extended a ban on Russia and Belarus from its World

the sport would not be discussed at this year's Congress in May in Tampere.Next year's men's IIHF Ice Hockey

May 12 to 28.Brampton in Canada is set to host the Women's World Championship from April 5 to 16.Ice hockey

(FHR) was reprimanded by the IIHF for failures to stop pro-war in Ukraine propaganda at Kontinental Hockey

Daly said the organisation would assess the impact of the IIHF decision on plans for a World Cup of Hockey

It had been hoped that a World Cup of Hockey could be held in 2024, but this was deemed "not feasible


Mike Rowbottom: Like father like son, like mother like daughter - when sport runs in the family

  • Inside the Blogs

Saturday March 18. The moon disappears for another day. The sun rises. Erling Haaland adds three more goals to his tally.

man to emulate their father in so doing.Gordie Howe established himself as one of the greatest ice hockey

quite match that on the ice, but he still enjoyed a phenomenal career and joined his father in the Hockey

F1 titles, celebrates his own in 1996 ©Getty ImagesBobby Hull was another tough act to follow in ice hockey

after a career in which he was elected to the National Hockey League All-Star First Team 10 times, won


KNSU Chancellor shares Korea's sports mindset for success after India taekwondo meeting

  • Taekwondo

Ahn Yong Gyu, the Chancellor for the Korea National Sports University (KNSU), shared his thoughts on empowering athletes through education, after a deal was signed with the University of Delhi to allow Indian taekwondo athletes to travel to the country for training.

create an environment for intellectual sports education as he sees potential for the country in field hockey

That is why we are looking at expanding field hockey and handball in our university."


Big questions remain for Olympic Movement as Russia and Belarus return nears

  • The Big Read

Russia and Belarus' status in international sport while the war in Ukraine is ongoing has been described as an "unsolvable dilemma" by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

Of course we [are] having the exchange with different athletes," the two-time Olympic ice hockey medallist

Athletes' Committee vice-chair Tayyab Ikram of Pakistan, who is based in Macau and is also International Hockey


Pakistan Olympic and World Cup hockey gold medallist dies at 81

  • Hockey

Pakistan’s Olympic hockey gold medallist Lala Fazal-ur-Rehman has died at the age of 81, it has been

Australia 2-1 in the final.Lala Fazal-ur-Rehman was a member of the Pakistan team that won the Olympic hockey

completed a hat-trick of titles the following year when they won the inaugural edition of the International Hockey

the highest civil award by the Government of Pakistan, in recognition of his contributions towards hockey

Germany.Lala Fazal-ur-Rehman was buried in Abbottabad after his death earlier this month ©TwitterAsian Hockey