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

Switzerland has continued its preparations for the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics by selecting its ice hockey

Twenty-five players have been selected for men's ice hockey under the leadership of head coach Patrick

It has been announced that preparations for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games, including the building of venues, will accelerate in 2018.

The basketball arena from 2008 will be converted to an ice hockey rink for 2022 ©Manica ArchitectureThe

2008 Summer Olympics.Wukesong Arena, which hosted basketball at the 2008 Games, will be used for ice hockey

skating events in 2022.It is claimed that the "shift time" between a hardwood basketball court and an ice hockey

North Korean ice hockey players and officials crossed the border and met their counterparts from South

Seoul.A six-minute welcome ceremony was held in Jincheon to mark the arrival of the North Korean ice hockey

abroad" that the two nations should attempt to make a "breakthrough" for unification.The women's ice hockey

set to participate in three sports and five disciplines, including the pan-Korean women's ice hockey

Will Germany from the University of Bath has been announced as the winner of this year's Chris Potter Sports Bursary Award.

student Chris Potter, who served as Athletic Union President during the 1987-1988 academic year.Potter, a hockey

An 11-year-old table tennis player is among 93 more athletes confirmed for Wales' team at this year's Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast.

BBC.A total of 124 Welsh athletes have now been announced, with only team participants in rugby sevens, hockey

A total of 10 companies have been named as preferred turf suppliers by the International Hockey Federation

has expanded the preferred supplier category from seven to 10 as part of their Quality Programme for Hockey

year.The 10 companies "demonstrated their commitment to working with the FIH to provide high-quality hockey

FIH remains focused on improving the quality of hockey facilities around the world – that is key to the

which do not require water.The Quality Programme for Hockey Turf also forms part of the organisation's

10-year Hockey Revolution strategic plan.The scheme aims to ensure that good quality hockey fields are

Acting Krasnoyarsk Governor Alexander Uss and Presidential Plenipotentiary to the Siberian Federal District Sergey Menyailo have visited several facilities which are being constructed especially for the 2019 Winter Universiade in Krasnoyarsk.

operational in June 2018 while the Yenesei Stadium will hold its first test event, the World Youth Ice Hockey

Ten years ago, I was convinced that politics, in the form of China's internal system and place in the world, was set to overshadow the comparative trivialities of sport at the Beijing Olympics.

will probably exit long before the end.Even if this publicity burst drives interest in Olympic ice hockey

Well, with the National Hockey League (NHL) deciding against participating for the first time in 20 years

surplus to requirement.Yes, if given the choice between nuclear catastrophe and a 35-woman Korea ice-hockey

players joining forces with Manchester City would never be accepted in the way the Korean women's ice hockey

plenty of competition, from Champions League football to Six Nations rugby union and - splintering hockey

A military demonstration to mark the foundation of the North Korean regular army will be held on the eve of next month's Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, according to state media in the country.

compete at Pyeongchang 2018 in three sports and five disciplines, including a pan-Korean women's ice hockey

team.The women's ice hockey squad will include 12 players and one official from North Korea alongside

The Oman Olympic Committee (OCC) has announced that it will compete in 10 sports at this year's Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang.

compete in Indonesia are athletics, swimming, shooting, football, beach volleyball, tennis, sailing, hockey

Pyeongchang 2018 President Lee Hee-beom has dismissed criticism of South Korea and North Korea marching together under the unification flag at the Opening Ceremony of next month's Winter Olympic Games.

are set to participate in three sports and five disciplines, which includes a pan-Korean women's ice hockey

due to be accompanied by 24 coaches and officials and 21 media representatives.The women's ice hockey

The Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Torch has arrived in Gangwon, the home province of the Winter Games, after the most politically charged week of the Relay.

their distinct grey uniforms.Torchbearers gather in front of an ice carving ©Pyeongchang 2018An ice hockey

 Charland, a player in the original ice hockey match, was invited to carry the flame along with