South Korean authorities today started security checks on Olympic facilities in preparation for the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Games.

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

Protests were held against North Korea as a delegation from the country arrived in South Korea's capital Seoul and visited some of the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games venues.

International Olympic Committee on Saturday (January 20).The athletes include a unified Korean women's ice hockey

female flagbearer representing both countries.The acronym "COR" will be used both here and for the ice hockey

South Korea about the decision, with an online petition urging the Government not to form the joint ice hockey

asserting that North Korea had taken away attention from South Korea's hosting of the Games.The women's ice hockey

Jim Johannson, general manager of the United States Olympic men's hockey team, has died unexpectedly,

 USA Hockey executive director Pat Kelleher claimed they are "beyond shocked and profoundly saddened

 "As accomplished as Jim was in hockey, he was the absolute best, most humble, kind and caring person

Johannson began working for USA Hockey in 2000 after spending five years as the general manager of the

Twin Cities Vulcans in the United States Hockey League.

 He was promoted to assistant executive director of hockey operations in 2007, overseeing its teams

IOC) Athletes' Commission member Hayley Wickenheiser has raised concerns about how the Pan-Korean ice hockey

compete under the name "Korea", with the unification flag displayed.Wickenheiser, a four-time Olympic ice hockey

Angela Ruggiero, the IOC Athletes' Commission chair and winner of four ice hockey medals for United States

South Korean athletes will fall victim to the Government's decision to form the joint hockey team at

International Ice Hockey Federation President René Fasel was among those to defend the decision."

The impact this decision will have is going to be so big for women's hockey," he told insidethegames

It was a very different performance from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) at the weekend when they met to determine North Korean participation at next month's Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, than when making a similar decision about Russia in December.

Secondly, why should one women's ice hockey team have a squad of 35 women when all others must have 23

You can certainly argue that the benefits of the ice hockey decision outweigh the disadvantages,

together on the Olympic stage, but it is an uneasy compromise nonetheless.North and South Korean ice hockey

these talks and the composition of the women's team, then great," said IOC member and Canadian ice hockey

World Para Ice Hockey has confirmed the referees and linesmen who will officiate matches at the Winter

countries will handle the eight-team tournament, with the first puck due to drop on March in the Gangneung Hockey

Centre.The officials carry a range of Para ice hockey experiences from Paralympic Games, World Championships

 In addition to on-ice experiences in the United States Hockey League and American Hockey League

International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) President René Fasel has welcomed and defended the confirmation

The impact this decision will have is going to be so big for women's hockey," Fasel told insidethegames

Twenty-two North Koreans will participate at the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games in three sports and five disciplines, it has been approved at a four-party meeting here today.

The athletes includes a unified Korean women's ice hockey team, making it the first time that the two

female flagbearer representing both countries.The acronym "COR" will be used for here and for the ice hockey

, Pyeongchang 2018 and North and South Korea pose before the meeting today ©IOCThe women's ice hockey

participate in slalom and giant slalom Alpine skiing, as will female athlete Kim Ryon-hyang.The names of ice hockey

The Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Torch has passed within seven kilometres of Panmunjom, the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) at the border with North Korea at the launch of a special leg to promote peace. 

divided in the aftermath of the Korean War gather to offer prayers.There was also a special open air ice hockey

This is a tribute to the Canadian soldiers who played hockey on the frozen Imjin river during the Korean

A reenactment of an ice hockey match played by Canadian troops during the Korean War was one of the special

Korean Prime Minister Lee Nak-yeon has apologised for a suggestion that a unified Korean women's ice hockey

President Thomas Bach and also featuring Pyeongchang 2018 representatives tomorrow.The potential ice hockey

likely to go ahead, but a key issue involves the size of squad proposed.The South Korean women's ice hockey

A special event has been held at the Dongdaemun Design Plaza in Seoul to mark 50 days until the start of the 2018 Winter Paralympic Games in Pyeongchang.

behind the design.Pyeongchang 2018 volunteers also attended the event, along with a selection of ice hockey

Korea could participate in the figure skating, Alpine skiing, cross country skiing and women's ice hockey

invited.insidethegames exclusively revealed earlier this month that a joint North and South Korean ice hockey

Three-time Olympic medallists Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir will carry the Canadian flag at the Opening Ceremony for next month's Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang.

Ice dancers Virtue and Moir will follow in the footsteps of ice hockey player Hayley Wickenheiser, flag

An all-star luge team containing four double defending Olympic champions are among 43 athletes in three sports announced for the German team at Pyeongchang 2018.

Bruno Massot have been selected by Germany for Pyeongchang 2018 ©Getty ImagesA 30-strong men's ice hockey

Krasnoyarsk will host eight test events throughout 2018 in preparation for next year's Winter Universiade, it has been announced. 

Russia competition at the Platinum Arena, which is due to have been completed by that time.The Student Hockey

Challenge, held under the auspices of the Student Hockey League of Russia, will also be held in Krasnoyarsk