Denmark's Niels Nygaard has cited improved governance standards as a priority if elected vice-president of the European Olympic Committees (EOC) here tomorrow while Dutch opponent André Bolhuis wishes to foster greater collaboration between the continent's 50 member federations.

Bolhuis is a two-time hockey Olympian for The Netherlands who carried the nation's flag at the Opening

Three of the four-man Russian bobsleigh team which finished fourth at Sochi 2014 are being investigated by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Disciplinary Commission for alleged doping and gave evidence today.

from Sochi 2014 and barred for life from competing at the Games.As well as the bobsledders, seven ice hockey

I think that we should rather expect same decisions in regard to our bobsleigh racers and ice hockey

first national flagbearer to be named for the Pyeongchang 2018 Paralympic Games is Italian Para-ice hockey

- including Nagano 1998, Salt Lake City 2002 and Turin 2006 as an Alpine skier.After moving to ice hockey

Despite being few, in Italy, to practice hockey, we can compete with countries that have a strong tradition

Olympic silver medallists The Netherlands sealed their place in the last four of the Women's Hockey World

The Dutch side were in ruthless form on their way to a dominant 4-0 victory at the North Harbour Hockey

Russian ice hockey star Danis Zaripov will be free to return from a drugs ban tomorrow after the sport's

In a statement, the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) said they had reduced his ban after new

banned until May 22, 2019.Zaripov's future in the sport remains unclear, however, after Kontinental Hockey

A training programme for volunteers who will staff the 2019 Winter Universiade in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, has taken place in the nearby city of Norilsk.

compete for 76 sets of medals in 11 sports, including Alpine skiing, biathlon, cross-country skiing, ice hockey

On Thursday – a reassuringly traditional day, given the pace of change in cricket in recent times – the Ashes, the men’s Ashes I suppose I should say, get under way in Brisbane.

Twenty20 competitions may not depart the Antipodes until February 19, date of the women’s Olympic ice hockey

stunned defending champions Argentina with a shock 2-1 victory to reach the semi-finals of the Women's Hockey

nation fought back from a goal down to progress to the last four of the tournament at the North Harbour Hockey

A total of 13 American athletes will be supported by telecommunications conglomerate Comcast as they build towards the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Mantia and freestyle skier Torin Yater-Wallac are also included.Hilary Knight, a two-time Olympic ice hockey

silver medallist, who scored the winning goal in this year’s International Ice Hockey Federation World

has won three Paralympic bronze medals, completes the list of supported athletes, along with para ice hockey

players Rico Roman and Declan Farmer.Hilary Knight is one of three ice hockey players to be supported

Sport may be awash with allegations of doping, corruption and match-fixing to challenge the most resolute or forward-thinking administrations but a university professor aims to change all that.

will be delegates and speakers from a number of global organisations such as the International Ice Hockey

International Hockey Federation President Narinder Batra is considered the favourite to become the new

The German Ice Hockey Association (DEB) and the country’s 28--team two division ice hockey league

The agreement is designed to allow the nation to focus on the development of ice hockey in Germany with

is a very ambitious goal but not impossible,” said DEB President and member of the International Ice Hockey

procedure for players joining the national team, international relations, transfers, officiating, youth hockey

An update on the status of cases involving six Russian cross-country athletes identified in the McLaren Report is set to be provided by the International Ski Federation (FIS) later this week.

Seven ice hockey players, meanwhile, are preparing to become the latest Russians to appear in front of

six skiers were all provisionally suspended by the FIS until October 31.It comes as seven female ice hockey

the Commission earlier this month before their hearings were postponed.The identity of the seven ice hockey

claimed a comfortable 4-1 win over Germany as the quarter-final line-up was confirmed at the Women's Hockey

topped Pool B with a 100 per cent record as they dispatched the Germans with ease at the North Harbour Hockey

The Netherlands maintained their 100 per cent record at the Women's Hockey World League Final in Auckland

silver medallists from taking the lead in the opening period of the Pool A match at the North Harbour Hockey