Pierre de Coubertin’s famous mantra that the Olympics are not about winning but about taking part rang true here tonight as sporting diplomacy was played out on the Winter Games’ fiercest battleground.

match itself which was truly significant.The message it sent went far beyond a preliminary round ice hockey

Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un, pictured together for the second evening in a row.The unified women's ice hockey

situation on the Korean Peninsula is far from straightforward and it will take a lot more than a joint hockey

It was an "I was there" moment, but not in the same way as an Olympic ice hockey final, where the sporting

that does not always produce positive results.North Korea's cheerleaders stole the show at the ice hockey

ranking at a packed Max-Schmeling-Halle in Berlin tonight as they reached the men’s final of the Indoor Hockey

with a 6-1 win over Ukraine.Ruhr compounded his position as the leading scorer in this International Hockey

Germany overcame Belarus in the women's semi-final of the Indoor Hockey World Cup in Berlin to set up

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Dutch podium sweep in the women's 3,000m speed skating event ©Getty ImagesThe joint Korean women's ice hockey

Korea's eagerly-anticipated joint ice hockey debut ended in defeat as the unified women's team were thrashed

as Switzerland racked up the goals with ease.The move to bring the two nations together for the ice hockey

4-2 win over Belgium earned Australia’s men their first appearance in the semi-finals at the Indoor Hockey

World Cup on day three of the International Hockey Federation (IHF) event at the Max-Schmeling-Halle

place after an 8-2 win over South Africa.Ukraine celebrate a place in the quarter-finals of the Indoor Hockey

South Korean President Moon Jae-in and Kim Yo-jong, sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, shared a historic handshake after their two countries marched together at an energetic and colourful Winter Olympic Games Opening Ceremony here today.

at war, marched under the unification flag to bring the athletes' parade to a close.North Korea ice hockey

front of the Korean athletes in another symbolic gesture, before two members of the joint women's ice hockey

Today, the entire world had its eyes turned towards Pyeongchang. Everyone watched the splendid pageant of the 2018 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony with excitement and emotion. 

 They will play together as one team in the female ice-hockey competition.

They won - and sometimes lost - together.Last year, with help from the International Ice Hockey Federation

we brought together players from the two countries for a historic photo as a side event to the ice hockey

initiative bearing the same name launched in 2015 by Peace and Sport, to promote peace through sport.Ice hockey

 By marching together, wearing the same t-shirt in the women's ice- hockey competition, by sharing

USA Hockey have announced that Dan Jablonic has joined their American Development Model (ADM) staff.

development for USA Hockey Kevin McLaughlin said: "Dan brings a wealth of knowledge and experience."

Great Job by @wlcdirector Dan Jablonic coaching young players from China with @Capitals & ORG Hockey

pic.twitter.com/zvYoIUeKDJ— Scott Paluch (@scottpaluch) January 31, 2017Jablonic previously served as hockey

director for the Washington Little Caps youth hockey programme where he oversaw a 50 per cent increase

level four certified coach, will begin his new role at USA Hockey on February 15.

Olympic Nordic combined champion Eric Frenzel will carry Germany’s flag at the Opening Ceremony of Pyeongchang 2018 here today, it has been confirmed.

champion Natalie Geisenberger, speed skater Claudia Pechstein, downhill skier Viktoria Rebensburg and ice hockey

Organisers of the 2021 Winter Universiade in Lucerne has taken the decision to re-locate the venues for biathlon and cross-country competitions with less than three years to go until the start of the event.

2021 Winter Universiade, while Lucerne will stage short track speed skating and figure skating.Ice hockey

their two wins yesterday with two more victories in the women’s event on day two of the International Hockey

Federation (IHF) Indoor Hockey World Cup at the Max-Schmeling-Halle in Berlin.

Eurosport has unveiled the first images of its studios in Pyeongchang for the 2018 Winter Olympic Games. 

’s gold medal-winning ski jumpers, Sven Hannawald and Martin Schmitt, as well as double Olympic ice hockey

dedicated roof-top studios for the duration of the Games as well as from studios at venues - such as ice hockey

from the Gangneung Hockey Centre - hosting some of the Pyeongchang 2018 action.The Eurosport Cube will

Organisers of this year's International Ice Hockey Federation Men's World Championship in Denmark have

A volunteer will carry the Olympic Athletes from Russia (OAR) flag at tomorrow's Opening Ceremony here, it has been confirmed.

open-air Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium.The Olympic Athletes from Russia squad, including the women's ice hockey

North Korea have dropped its threat of withdrawing from the Winter Olympic Games after warning they were considering pulling out in anger at comments made by United States Vice-President Mike Pence.

and, for the first time in Olympic history, compete together as part of a unified Korean women's ice hockey