The Vanuatu Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee (VASANOC) were involved as almost 200 women and girls attended a Women in Sport promotion event at the Wan Smolbag Theatre in Port Vila. 

Lawac.Proceedings were supported by VASANOC and the national federations for basketball, netball, rugby, hockey

A new scheme has been unveiled by the World Olympians Association (WOA) in which athletes will be able to officially receive the "OLY" letters after their name.

success".The scheme is supported by the IOC Athletes' Commission, chaired by United States' four-time ice hockey

The Russian Ice Hockey Federation (RIHF) has unveiled the shirts the country's players will wear at next

silver at Nagano 1998 and bronze at Salt Lake City 2002 - is expected to be made up of Kontinental Hockey

League (KHL) players at Pyeongchang 2018 after the National Hockey League (NHL) refused to officially

doping scandal.Alexander Ovechkin, captain of the Washington Capitals and Russia's most recognisable ice hockey

Dancer Ivan Sivak has won the International Paralympic Committee's (IPC) Allianz Athlete of the Month prize for October.

gold at the World Para Championships in London.Italian archer Alberto Simonelli, Japanese Para-ice hockey

The United Nations (UN)  will be asked to give their support to an Olympic Truce, to be observed throughout the Olympic period in Pyeongchang next year.

During the test events last April, North Korea’s ladies' ice hockey team was in Pyeongchang, and

N. Ramachandran has not yet decided whether he will run for a second term as President of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) after an apparent recent weakening of his grip on power.

body.An election is due to be held at an Annual General Meeting in New Delhi on December 14.International Hockey

2017 Live BlogsThe 2017 Asian Winter Games in Sapporo featured five sports: biathlon, curling, ice hockey

Want to bid for an Olympics - or come to that, a Commonwealth or European or Asian Games? Fine. So long as you understand that, whatever else you propose, it will have to be an "athlete-centred" event.

As did former Olympic hockey goalkeeper David Luckes and former junior Wimbledon champion Debbie Jevans.But

A referendum on whether Sion should launch a Swiss bid for the 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games is expected to take place on June 10 next year. 

jumping would take place in Kanderstag.A separate referendum is due to be held in Bern - where ice hockey

United States President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump have been served tea during a state visit to South Korea called "Serene Morning of Pyeongchang" to help promote next year's Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.

 "Girls wants to play basketball and hockey, and snowboard and ski.

After the speech, she watched some of the students play ice hockey, took group photos with the students

Pyeongchang 2018 official Twitter account wrote.Melania Trump watches as students try their hand at ice hockey

Next month's Indian Olympic Association (IOA) Annual General Meeting has been moved from Chennai to New Delhi by the organisation's Executive Council against the wishes of President Narayana Ramachandran.

in his absence.Elections to lead the national body are expected to be held at the AGM.International Hockey

Construction of the venues to be used for next year's Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Pyeongchang is 99.7 per cent complete, South Korean officials have claimed. 

 The Gangneung Hockey Centre is finished and ready to host events for Pyeongchang 2018 ©Korean Government"A

Leading summer athletes from Kazakhstan have participated in a special event celebrating the country's winter team before the Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Games.

Olympic Committee of Republic of KazakhstanYelessinov and Levit each replaced their usual gloves with ice hockey

Control, I have learned, is a concept considered particularly important in the Olympic Movement. 

The level of vitriol has been ramped-up in recent days after the Kontinental Hockey League President

already an impossible decision.Do they risk a fully-fledged boycott by Russia and its allies and an ice hockey

International Federation of Fitness and Bodybuilding (IFBB) President Rafael Santonja has said he is confident bodybuilding will feature at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, despite its omission from the initial programme.

bowling, boxing, canoeing, climbing and cycling were included as part of the bid.Equestrian, fencing, hockey