Australia’s Olympic gold medallist Nova Peris has insisted that her daughter Jessica, currently awaiting confirmation of a positive doping test, is a "clean athlete" and claimed she is being unfairly subjected to "a public ‘trial-by-media’".

controversial emergence of news that she has tested positive for drugs ©Getty ImagesPeris, who switched from hockey

Russia's chances of having their suspension lifted in time for the Closing Ceremony of the Winter Olympic Games here tomorrow appear to have been drastically reduced by a second doping case involving bobsledder Nadezhda Sergeeva.

to wish him happy birthday.It is now possible that the IOC decision will emerge during the men's ice hockey

United World Wrestling has signed a four-year strategic partnership with Nike Wrestling and its global distributor Athlete Performance Solutions (APS).

also distributes for Nike in sports such as boxing, weightlifting, fencing, volleyball, rowing and hockey

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©Getty ImagesRussian supporters cheer on the OAR team as they beat Czech Republic in the men's ice hockey

A second athlete representing the Olympic Athletes from Russia (OAR) has tested positive for a banned substance at Pyeongchang 2018.

positive test overshadowed OAR's best day at Pyeongchang 2018.The scandal broke during the men's ice hockey

Russian ice hockey player Anna Shokhina, cleared of wrongdoing by the International Olympic Committee

swinging motion with her right foot directed to her opponent's foot and leg area.The International Ice Hockey

of the 2019 World Championships in Finland.Six of Shokhina's team-mates on the Russian women's ice hockey

from competing at all future editions of the Olympic Games.The sanctions meant the entire Russian ice hockey

disqualified and their sixth-place result at the Games annulled.It had been claimed that two of the seven ice hockey

A film depicting the unified Korean women's ice hockey team which competed here at Pyeongchang 2018 will

The Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA) have confirmed sprinter Jessica Peris is under investigation over a possible anti-doping rule violation following a failed drug test.

"an unreliable witness".Peris is the daughter of Nova Peris, who was a member of the Australia hockey

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The United States ended a 20-year wait for the women's ice hockey gold medal at the Winter Olympic Games

after a tense final had finished all-square at the conclusion of the overtime period at the Gangneung Hockey

thanks to Monique Lamoureux-Morando in the 54th minute.The United States had not won the women's ice hockey

shoot-out as the only remaining method to decide the Olympic champions.It is the first time a women's ice hockey

Finnish ice hockey player Emma Terho and American cross-country skier Kikkan Randall have been elected

years.Slovakian Danka Bartekova will serve as vice-chair.Terho was part of the Finland teams which clinched ice hockey

is the third consecutive IOC Athletes' Commission election at the Winter Olympics that a female ice hockey

February 22, 2018Terho, 36, is already a Board member of the Finnish Olympic Committee and Finnish Ice Hockey

South Korean President Moon jae-in has hailed the participation of Russian athletes at the Winter Olympic Games despite criticism of the decision to allow them to compete amid the country's doping scandal.

former Russian Transport Minister Igor Levitin, OAR team head Stanislav Pozdnyakov and Russian Ice Hockey

Several members of the British Parliament have asked the Government to support basketball with the sport receiving no funding from UK Sport.

Why is it, then, that hockey received £28.1 million ($39 million/€31 million) and rugby league received

Voting has closed in the six-strong race to be elected onto two available positions on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Athletes' Commission.

from Norway and the United States respectively, Spanish skeleton athlete Ander Mirambell, Finnish ice hockey

gold medal here today in the team sprint event.Terho was part of the Finland teams which clinched ice hockey

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banished his Olympic demons by winning the men's ski cross ©Getty ImagesFinland won the women's ice hockey

ImagesNorway secured a dominant win in the men's event ©Getty ImagesSweden took on Germany in men's ice hockey

ImagesCrowds pictured attending the bobsleigh at Pyeongchang 2018 ©Getty ImagesSpectators cheer at the ice hockey