He was a champion of local farmers, a newspaper man who left school at 13 and worked his way up, a lover of athletics who founded a prestigious club and became Canada’s Olympic team manager, a man who would never take "No" for an answer, and who could not stand arrogant Americans. 

Lou Marsh was Canada’s best-known sports writer at the time, as well being an Olympic ice hockey referee

Spain’s under-18 team showed that Spain could be future contenders for ice hockey glory after they claimed

the country's third gold of the season by securing the 2018 International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF

) Ice Hockey under-18 World Championship Division II Group B title.

week.President of the Spanish Ice Sports Federation (FEDH) Frank Gonzalez says this success proves that ice hockey

Europe, and we’re showing that we can compete against countries with a real tradition and culture in ice hockey

deserves a lot of credit.”FEDH President Frank Gonzalez believes the recent success of Spanish ice hockey

sides can help grow the game ©IIHFA large part of Spain’s recent ice hockey success can be traced to

stewardship, Spanish players have been gaining experience outside of Spain in nations with better ice hockey

An Australian cricket scandal and discussions about future editions of the Commonwealth Games may have dominated the past week but it is just a few days before sporting action gets underway on the Gold Coast.

of the Vancouver sevens last month.As well as the traditionally strong Commonwealth team sports of hockey

The Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) have announced that they have removed two teams from the competition

Mansiysk of Russia are the two victims of the cost-cutting drive by the KHL, Europe’s most popular ice hockey

the state funds which were spent on these outsider clubs will now, under the control of the Russian Hockey

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has reportedly committed to his country participating at Tokyo 2020 and Beijing 2022 during a meeting with International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach.

January 20, which also involved South Korea and Games organisers.This included a unified women's ice hockey

Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) President Louise Martin has revealed the organisation have met with the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) following the decision not to include the sport on the programme for Birmingham 2022. 

shooting not being included.Athletics, basketball 3x3 and wheelchair basketball 3x3, badminton, boxing, hockey

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has met with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un today during his visit to the country.

which are still technically at war, marched together at the Olympic Opening Ceremony and a joint ice hockey

An authorised resale site set up to by Gold Coast 2018 is due to officially close today.

have also revealed that tickets are still available for several sports, including athletics, boxing, hockey

German ice hockey player Christian Ehrhoff has announced his retirement after winning a silver medal

Canada before then.Ehrhoff last represented German club side Kolner Haie and appeared in the National Hockey

After 19 years of pro hockey I've decided to call it a career," said Ehrhoff.

played 118 times for Germany at four Winter Olympics, seven World Championships and two World Cup of Hockey

Christian and all German ice hockey can look back with pride at an extraordinary career," said German

;"He always presented himself on and off the ice as a leader and belongs to the best players German hockey

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has arrived in Pyongyang for a historic visit to North Korea.

which are still technically at war, marched together at the Olympic Opening Ceremony and a joint ice hockey

China's prospects for the Beijing 2022 women's ice hockey tournament are looking up following Shenzhen-based

Kunlun Red Star's second-place finish in the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL).

a medal at the Winter Olympic Games in Beijing in four years’ time.China is keen to improve in ice hockey

We based the national women's ice hockey club in Shenzhen, to popularise winter sports to the south,

play-off.It followed a 15-game winning run in league action.China last competed in the Olympic women’s ice hockey

England Hockey have reached an agreement with sports rights and marketing agency Sport Collective, to

support the development of hockey in Great Britain.

also see a revamping of England Hockey's sponsorship strategy in preparation for the launch of the new Hockey

Pro League in 2019.The Hockey Pro League is a new tournament which will see nine men's and nine women's

from January to June 2019.It has been described as a "game-changing competition" by the International Hockey

Collective to support our sponsorship growth strategy across all our key assets, including the new Hockey

Their incredible Olympic success, grassroots programmes and the development of the new Hockey Pro League

Commonwealth Games here has been struck by a further two withdrawals as netball star Kayla Cullen and hockey

reasons.Cullen has been replaced on the netball squad by Claire Kersten, while Jopp's place on the hockey

The exact reasons behind Tessa Jopp's withdrawal from New Zealand's hockey team have not been revealed

ImagesRobinson is an experienced replacement for Jopp as she has played 45 Tests for New Zealand's hockey

The International Hockey Federation (FIH) have announced that Frenchman Thierry Weil has been appointed

My mission, together with our team in Lausanne, will be to inspire the next generation and make the Hockey

Images"Thierry's vast experience and knowledge will prove invaluable to the FIH as an organisation and also to the Hockey

is claimed that his decision came as a result of being unable to secure a title sponsor for the new Hockey

Olympic double gold medallist Caster Semenya has been named South Africa's flagbearer for next week's Opening Ceremony of the Commonwealth Games here.

Australia today along with the remainder of South Africa's team.They will join the swimming squad and men's hockey