Milan, Turin and Cortina d'Ampezzo have all submitted feasibility studies to the Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI) as an increasingly important process to decide the country's bid for the 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games intensifies.

the country.Cortina itself would host Alpine skiing and sliding sports on a renovated track.Ice hockey

Gennady Savilov has targeted an immediate return to the top division of the International Ice Hockey

Federation (IIHF) World Championship after he was elected chairman of the Belarusian Ice Hockey

We should continue to develop youth hockey, which is a source of new professional players," said Savilov

 "The task for the new leader and Belarusian hockey is to get prepared for the 2021 IIHF World Championship

world and Commonwealth champions Australia beat India in a shoot-out in the final of the International Hockey

Trophy as the FIH are axing it in favour of their new home and away competition.Elsewhere in today's hockey

play, Austria and Wales have both qualified for the FIH Hockey Series Finals after finishing first and

second respectively at the Hockey Series Open in Zagreb.The sides also provided the competition's two

 This stage of the new FIH Hockey Series is the first step on the road to Olympic qualification.Other

We have all been understandably distracted by what is already shaping up to one of the most entertaining FIFA World Cups on record, but there have also been some fairly interesting revelations over the last week about how the Olympic Movement has - or has not - changed.

Zinedine Zidane promising to promote the bid on social media.Can Calgary 2026 not get somebody like ice hockey

all-important draw against host nation The Netherlands today to set up a final with Australia at the Men's Hockey

into the fifth-place play-off against Pakistan.The two matches will precede the gold medal match.FIH Hockey

Centrekurort has been named as the official tour operator of the Minsk 2019 European Games.

the Games in the country's capital.It comes after the firm served in a similar role at the Men's Ice Hockey

Heinz Ehlers has signed a two-year contract to become the new head coach of Denmark's men's ice hockey

ImagesEhlers is the father of current Danish player Nikolaj Ehlers, who is on the books of National Hockey

Belgium beat Pakistan in the only game of the day at the Men's Hockey Champions Trophy in Breda in The

with the top two advancing to the gold medal match and third and fourth playing for bronze.Two FIH Hockey

A collective sigh of disappointment was audible across the footballing world yesterday as fans woke up to a troubling realisation.

This works in hockey, where a penalty corner is awarded when the ball touches a player's feet - 

Australia moved a step closer to retaining their Men's Hockey Champions Trophy title as they recorded

National Hockey League (NHL) Commissioner Gary Bettman is among individuals to have been added to the

 Hockey Hall of Fame.

in an NHL game before being hired as NHL director of youth development in 1998, was also added.The Hockey

 Canadian goalkeeper Martin Brodeur has also been added to the Hockey Hall of Fame ©Getty ImagesInductions

I would like for the @HockeyHallFame to return all personal items donated from my hockey career.

North and South Korea have agreed to compete together in three sports at the 18th Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang this August following a meeting between the two sides today.

North and South Korea have already come together to form a joint team this year, in the women's ice hockey

together at the Opening Ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, where a joint women's ice hockey

Australia maintained their unbeaten start to the defence of their Men's Hockey Champions Trophy title

Olympic champions Argentina take on Pakistan, India play Belgium and Australia entertain the hosts.At the Hockey

International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Hayley Wickenheiser has been appointed as vice-chair of Calgary's bid to host the 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, it was announced today. 

of the IOC Athletes' Commission after being elected at Sochi 2014, is one of Canada's greatest ice hockey

Retail company Canadian Tire has signed on as the title sponsor of the rebranded Para Hockey Cup, it

The first edition of the new event, previously called the World Sledge Hockey Challenge, is due to be

the Western Fair Sports Centre.The tournament features the host nation and three other top Para ice hockey

2018 ©Getty ImagesDunn added: "This event is one of the most prestigious on the international Para hockey

 "My team-mates and I are looking forward to having London and area hockey fans come out to cheer

Canada finished as runners-up at last year's World Sledge Hockey Challenge after losing to arch-rivals