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Jean-Claude Killy 50 years on - three times golden, all-time great

  • The Big Read

Jean-Claude Killy revisited Olympic history a couple of weeks ago. It was located on the slopes of Chamrousse, which hosted the men’s Alpine skiing events at the Grenoble Winter Olympics. Of which the impossibly dashing Frenchman won three. All three.

were pictured chatting amiably together before taking part in a training session with the Russian ice hockey





Ness appointed interim chief executive at International Hockey Federation

  • Hockey

German Delf Ness has been appointed interim chief executive at the International Hockey Federation (FIH

Executive Board he was on medical leave until the end of March.New Zealand's McCracken had shocked the hockey

December.It had been claimed McCracken, a businessman who was the technical delegate for the men's hockey

Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, quit as a result of being unable to secure a title sponsor for the new Hockey

following the departure of Jason McCracken ©Getty ImagesNess, a former vice-president of the Germany Hockey

over how the Indian official will juggle the responsibility of running the two organisations.Senior hockey


North Korean delegation arrives for historic Pyeongchang 2018 appearance

  • Pyeongchang 2018

Ten more North Korean athletes have arrived in South Korea prior to their historic Winter Olympic participation at Pyeongchang 2018.

figure skaters and two short track speed skaters were the athletes to travel.They join 12 women's ice hockey

countries will also march under a unified Korean flag at the Opening Ceremony while the women's ice hockey


CAS overturn 28 Russian appeals against Sochi 2014 disqualifications with 11 cases partially upheld

  • Pyeongchang 2018

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has overturned sanctions against 28 Russian athletes banned from the Olympic Games for life, with their results from Sochi 2014 being reinstated.

Kuznetcov, along with lugers Tatyana Ivanova and Albert Demchenko, have also had sanctions overturned.Ice hockey

Ivanova, Yulia Chekaleva and Anastasia Dotsenko have also had violations confirmed, as well as ice hockey


Datsyuk to captain Olympic Athletes from Russia men's ice hockey team at Pyeongchang 2018

  • Pyeongchang 2018

Pavel Datsyuk has been selected as captain of the Olympic Athletes from Russia (OAR) ice hockey team

team.The forward currently plays for the SKA Saint Petersburg team, who Znarok coaches in the Kontinental Hockey

claimed a bronze.Ilya Kovalchuk will also compete at his fifth Games, with the two previous National Hockey

Nikolai Prokhorkin, Ivan Telegin, Vadim Shipachyov and Sergei Shirokov.Olympic Athletes from Russia ice hockey

today before leaving for Pyeongchang 2018, where many see them as favourites ©Getty ImagesRussian Ice Hockey

indisputable favourites - quite a few players in our rival teams hold top positions in the Kontinental Hockey


Bach hopes to attend first joint Korean ice hockey match of Pyeongchang 2018

  • Pyeongchang 2018

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach hopes to attend the joint Korean women's ice hockey

the Opening Ceremony of the Games.Bach has claimed he is hopeful of watching the tie at the Kwandong Hockey

The unified Korean women's ice hockey team trained together for the first time last week ©Getty ImagesSouth

Players from the unified Korean women's ice hockey team held a special birthday celebration for Jin Ok

Sign of the "Olympic spirit" ©TwitterBach’s comments followed a mixed reaction to news of a joint ice hockey


Alan Hubbard: Memories of Harding and Kerrigan as Pyeongchang draws near

  • Inside the Blogs

Remember Joyce McKinney, the American Mormon beauty queen at the centre of a sex scandal back in the 1970s, who said she would be prepared to ski naked down Everest with a rose between her teeth to please her lover? 

of the British tabloids.Okay, so North and South Korea marching together and sharing a women's ice hockey


Ostrava to host first women's Para Ice Hockey World Cup

  • Para Ice Hockey News

Ostrava in the Czech Republic will host the first edition of the women's Para Ice Hockey World Cup in

World Para Ice Hockey had confirmed earlier this month that the tournament would be held from May 1 to

additional training and development sessions are due to be held both on and off the ice.World Para Ice Hockey

International Women’s Cup in 2014, the Women’s World Ice Sledge Hockey Festival in 2016, and the Women

’s Para Ice Hockey Development Camp in 2017.The ultimate goal for the governing body is to stage a the

, with a view to the sport eventually being added to the Paralympic Games along with men's Para ice hockey


Two-time Olympic gold medallist Semenya headlines South Africa's team for Gold Coast 2018

  • Gold Coast 2018

Two-time Olympic gold medallist Caster Semenya is among the leading athletes to have been selected to compete for South Africa at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games.

sports - athletics, badminton, bowls, boxing, mountain biking, road cycling, track cycling, gymnastics, hockey

announced at the end of February.Other team sports will see the women's rugby sevens, men's and women's hockey


Bach discusses joint Korean ice hockey team after arriving in Pyeongchang

  • Pyeongchang 2018

A joint North Korean and South Korean ice hockey team was among the issues discussed as International

Pyeongchang 2018 officials at the Organising Committee's headquarters.The pan-Korean women's ice hockey

meeting.According to South Korean news agency Yonhap, Bach claimed he was "surprised" to see the North Korean ice hockey


South Korean soldier working at Pyeongchang 2018 dies in freak shower accident

  • Pyeongchang 2018

A South Korean solider who was working on the operation of transport for the upcoming Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics has died after slipping while taking a shower, the Army and the Games' Organising Committee has said today.

athletes will march under a unified flag at the Opening Ceremony and compete on the same women's ice hockey