VAR is the latest acronym to join sport's already overcrowded lexicon. Soon it will be as much in common usage as LBW, KO or even IOC. But those three new characters are already changing the very nature of the games we play and watch.

Ice hockey has successfully employed it for decades.Intriguingly, had it been in use in 1966, would England

among the sports employing some aspect of the VAR system are rugby union and league, field and ice hockey

Dragon boat racing has joined ice hockey and table tennis as the latest sporting vehicle for pan-Korean

joint team and are hoping for a final answer from North Korea early next month.A unified Korean ice hockey

of February's Winter Olympic Games in the South Korean county.An enlarged unified Korean women's ice hockey

A total of 300 young refugees and students from a refugee background had the opportunity of learning new skills and sports alongside New Zealand Olympians.

as a refugee, opened proceedings before the young people received coaching from Olympians including hockey

Departing secretary general Svein Romstad has been named an honorary member of the International Luge Federation (FIL).

Congress.He is the second longest-serving Winter International Federation President behind International Ice Hockey

North and South Korea will march under a unified flag and join together for combined teams in some sports at this year's Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, it has been announced today.

on unification.Another match is due to be held in Seoul later this year.North and South Korean ice hockey

the Opening Ceremony of February's Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang.A unified Korean women's ice hockey

A special documentary has aired on the Olympic Channel showcasing the negotiations that took place between North and South Korea before the 2018 Winter Games.

 It also follows the journey of the joint women's ice hockey team "from nervous introductions to

personal accounts and features interviews with athletes, coaches, dignitaries and others, including ice hockey

players Marrisa Brandt and Kim Hyang-Mi, figure skaters Kim Ju-Sik and Ryom Tae-Ok and unified ice hockey

I enjoyed my first-ever World Cup match on Saturday (June 16) and even witnessed footballing history in the form of the first goalscoring incident affected by VAR (Video Assistant Replay) technology, in France's 2-1 victory over Australia.

Prime Minister Vitaly Mutko improved on that one when explaining how two members of the women's ice hockey

Solomon Islands Prime Minister Rick Houenipwela has pledged the Government's full support for hosting the 2023 Pacific Games.

a secondary pitch with 4,000 seats.Refurbishment of tennis courts and the conversion of an existing hockey

Eight New Zealand Olympians are set to help young refugees at an Olympic Refugee Sports Day event this week.

activities.Three-time Olympic windsurfing medallist Barbara Kendall will be among those to attend, along with hockey

Germany's Josef Fendt has been officially re-elected for a seventh term as President of the international Luge Federation after standing unopposed at the Congress in Bratislava today.

nbsp;is the second longest-serving Winter International Federation President behind International Ice Hockey

Jim Paek, who led South Korea's ice hockey team during this year's Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang

continue to oversee the entire national team programme after signing the new deal with the Korea Ice Hockey

head coach of the men’s national teamThe 51-year-old was born in Seoul and played for several National Hockey

Federation (IIHF) Ice Hockey World Championship Division I Group A in Ukraine.

the Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang ©Getty ImagesThe South Koreans finished the Olympic men’s ice hockey

tournament with a 0-4 record and also lost all seven games at the 2018 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship

Tage Pettersen has been appointed as the new President of the Norwegian Ice Hockey Association.

representing the conservative-leaning Høyre party.He succeeds Nils Gerhard Nilsen as President of the ice hockey

but will now take on the more senior role.Tage Pettersen has been placed in charge of Norwegian ice hockey

fortunes ©Getty ImagesPettersen is also a former chairman of his hometown ice hockey club, IL Krakene

There is no doubting that the headline claim from last week’s official debrief on the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics, held in Beijing, was that the Games had achieved a multi-million dollar surplus.

much the facilities will actually be used.There remain no plans currently in place at the Gangneung Hockey

be the curling venue, while the National Indoor Stadium and Wukesong Sports Centre will host the ice hockey

Javier Mascherano has been named as an ambassador for the Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympic Games.

African swimmer Chad le Clos, Argentine basketball Olympic champion Luis Scola and four-time Olympic hockey

A team of 10 Australian Olympians are set to join more than 150 indigenous runners in taking part in a fun run around the base of Uluru, also known as Ayers Rock.

to take part in the 2015 event.He will be joined by fellow indigenous Olympians Baeden Choppy from hockey