India's capital New Delhi will host the flame lighting ceremony prior to the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, it has been announced today.

for the 18th edition of the Asian Games will be lit on July 15.The venue is named after the legendary hockey

North Korea has cancelled a joint cultural event with South Korea planned for before Pyeongchang 2018, dealing a blow to the positive steps the two neighbours have made in the build-up to the Winter Olympics.

launches.Relations between North Korea and South Korea had improved, with initiatives such as the joint women's ice hockey

Games.Both nations will also march under a unified Korean flag at the Opening Ceremony while the women's ice hockey

North Korean athletes may use a South Korean chartered flight to travel to the host city of the Winter Olympic Games next month, officials in Pyeongchang said.

and administrative personnel as its national team for the Pyeongchang Olympics.Fifteen women's ice hockey

A senior official for Alibaba, which signed up last January as an International Olympic Committee (IOC) The Olympic Partner (TOP) sponsor until 2028, has insisted that the development of esports at future Games is not a high priority.

 "The story of an ice hockey team from Kenya who started playing hockey in smouldering heat with

a can for a hockey puck.Esports are not the main priority for Alibaba, it has been claimed"Despite never

The European Olympic Committees (EOC) have added four new members to its Athletes' Commission.

activities," an EOC statement said.Kanter deputy is Hungary's Balazs Baji, a 110 metre hurdler.Irish hockey

Russian athletes who meet "strict conditions" have been cleared to compete as neutrals at the Winter Paralympic Games in Pyeongchang in March but the country's suspension remains in place, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) announced here today.

curling, providing they adhere to the requirements outlined by the IPC.They will not take part in ice hockey

and men's Nordic skiing, however.The Russian team were not able to qualify in ice hockey due to the

I had a brief foray across the world to snowy Wuxi in China over the weekend to cover the final leg of World Taekwondo's flagship new Grand Slam Champions Series, a form of Asian aperitif before next week's Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang.

surrounding the IOC decision to proritise "peace through sport" by encouraging a Pan Korean women's ice hockey

The joint Korean women's ice hockey team put together for next month's Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang

Pyeongchang 2018 are restricted to 23 players.Before today, the North Korean and South Korean female ice hockey

Russia's team of 169 athletes for next month's Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang 2018 has been confirmed, it was claimed today.

will be joined by the likes of Ilya Kovalchuk and Pavel Datsyuk, two of the country's best-known ice hockey

been excluded despite never having been publicly implicated in the doping investigation before.Ice hockey

Betty Cuthbert and Gillian Rolton, who both died last year, have been highlighted for praise by the Australian Olympic Committee President John Coates following their recognition in Australia Day honours.

Officer of the Order of Australia (AO).AM awards also went to swimmers Shane Gould and Suzie O’Neill, hockey

The Falkland Islands will send a team of 26 competitors and officials to the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games - including the hugely experienced shooter Saul Pitaluga and badminton player Doug Clark.

yet, but they can boast an Olympic champion in Louis Baillon, a member of the British team that won hockey

Russia has scrapped plans to have its own dedicated house at Pyeongchang 2018, it has been revealed.

of the  iconic dome of the Science World building in Vancouver.Features included an interactive hockey

A delegation of North Korean officials has visited venues due to be used at next month's Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang as the country prepares for their historic participation at the event.

Yongpyong Alpine Center during the visit.The previous day, the delegation had visited the Gangneung Hockey

track speed skating, was also visited by the North Korean officials.It came after 12 North Korean ice hockey

among those to welcome the North Koreans at the centre, located 90 kilometres from Seoul.A Korea Ice Hockey

concerns over the impact the North Korean players would have on the South Korean squad.North Korean ice hockey

hold separate training sessions before the first joint practice takes place next week.The women's ice hockey

A total of 169 Russian athletes have been put forward for inclusion on the neutral team which will compete at next month's Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) has announced.

will be joined by the likes of Ilya Kovalchuk and Pavel Datsyuk, two of the country's best-known ice hockey

Fans attending next month's Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang will be free to wave Russian flags, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) confirmed today as the organisation published the eligibility criteria athletes from the country must meet to be cleared to compete.

said they had so far heard from athletes in the disciplines of speed skating, skeleton, luge and ice hockey