Afghanistan's Test match debut against the mighty Indian team in Bangalore next week will be a crowning moment for Afghan cricket, but it might never have happened without one of the darkest episodes in the nation's history.

There was also Abdul Rahmin, a shot putter, and an Afghan hockey team.In 1948 their footballers had the

Argentina clinched women’s hockey gold on the penultimate day of the South American Games in Cochabamba

would claim gold in impressive style, brushing aside Uruguay by an 8-0 scoreline.It added to the men’s hockey

Milos Riha has been appointed as head coach of the Czech men's ice hockey team, but he was only the third-choice

Jandac, who guided the country to the quarter-finals at back-to-back editions of the International Ice Hockey

Zabransky for a long time, and he was really interested," said Tomas Kral, President of the Czech Ice Hockey

Riha has contacts from the Kontinental Hockey League and Petr from overseas.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) have revealed more details of an event in Lausanne which is billed as part of sport's role in the Korean peace process.

South in February.Both countries marched together at the Opening Ceremony while a joint women's ice hockey

It takes quite a lot for us to take notice of stories that break late on a Saturday afternoon, given the deluge of live sporting events inevitably facing us at the time.

Even men's hockey, an event they traditionally dominated, has not produced a medal since Moscow 1980.

Sindhu are superstars - as well as shooting and hockey are already immensely popular.Saina Nehwal is

Australia have confirmed that they will compete in 27 sports at the Buenos Aires 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games.

3x3 basketball, beach volleyball, boxing, canoeing, diving, equestrian, fencing, golf, gymnastics, hockey

four gold medals at Nanjing 2014 ©Getty ImagesThe largest delegations from the country will be in the hockey

Russian President Vladimir Putin has defended Vitaly Mutko and claimed it would be "impossible" to fire him given the international criticism after his role in the country's doping scandal.

responsibility.Mutko has also been ridiculed for many public statements, including a claim that female Russian ice hockey

International Skating Union (ISU) technical delegates have visited the construction site for the Beijing 2022 speed skating venue.

venue has the capability of hosting long and short track speed skating, along with figure skating, ice hockey

Canada's women began their Hockey Series campaign with a mammoth victory in Salamanca in Mexico.

Canadians, ranked 21st in the world, are favourites for the round-robin tournament at the Cancha de Hockey

with the American men facing the same opponents.Teams who have not qualified for the International Hockey

Federation's new top-tier Hockey Pro League will contest Hockey Series events across the world, which

Argentina and Brazil enjoyed canoe sprint success at the South American Games in Cochabamba, Bolivia.

in the C1 event, completing the 1,000m in a time of 4:18.81.Argentina clinched South American Games hockey

3:44.07.Colombia and Venezuela rounded off the top three in times of 3:46.68 and 3:59.06.The men's hockey

South Korea and North Korea will form a joint judo team for this weekend's East Asian Championships in the latest example of sport uniting the two nations.

©Getty ImagesA total of 22 athletes from North Korea competed at the Games and a joint women's ice hockey

Pyeongchang 2018 President Lee Hee-beom has praised the Beijing 2022 Organising Committee and predicted that the next edition of the Winter Olympic Games will be profitable.

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

Chinese athletes will prepare for their home Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics by training in Alaska.

heritage in sports including biathlon  ©Getty ImagesSports could include cross-country skiing and ice hockey

 Chinese ice hockey side Kunlun Red Star have joined the Canadian Women's Hockey League as part

enjoyed huge victories in both the men's and women's competitions as the inaugural event of the new Hockey

Teams who have not qualified for the International Hockey Federation's new top-tier Hockey Pro League

will contest Hockey Series events across the world, which are the first stage of qualification for the

Tokyo 2020 Olympics.The event at the Cancha de Hockey Siglo XXI features Pan American teams playing

‼️⏰ 3:30 pm EST https://t.co/dcZAYPyvwV— LIU Field Hockey (@LIU_fieldhockey) June 5, 2018Puerto Rico

this time it was 4-0.Countries taking part in this season's events have the chance to qualify for the Hockey

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has said the organisation is working on a special programme to allow North Korean athletes to prepare and to qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Summer and Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games.

Ceremony and, for the first time ever, they played side-by-side as part of a unified Korean women's ice hockey