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Coates to support 2028 or 2032 Olympic bid if re-elected AOC President

  • Olympics

John Coates has vowed to help support a bid for the Olympic Games, should he be re-elected as the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) President on Saturday (May 6).

Coates, who has held the Presidency of the organisation since 1990, is being challenged by Atlanta 1996 hockey


Coates receives non-unanimous support of AOC Athletes' Commission but they call for change

  • ONOC

Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) President John Coates has received the "non-unanimous" backing of the organisation's Athletes’ Commission for re-election on Saturday (May 6), but the body have claimed there is an overwhelming desire for change.

Boyd, swimmer Cate Campbell, freestyle skiers Ramone Cooper and Lydia Lassila, boxer Shelley Watts and hockey

Modern Pentathlon Australia, Evelyn Halls by the Australian Fencing Federation and Rechelle Hawkes by Hockey



Australian Olympic Committee outlines voting procedure for upcoming elections

  • ONOC

The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) has outlined the voting procedure for its elections on Saturday (May 6), confirming that the total number of voters will be 93.

Modern Pentathlon Australia, Evelyn Halls by the Australian Fencing Federation and Rechelle Hawkes by Hockey

 In a blog post titled "My Vision for the Australian Olympic Movement", the Atlanta 1996 hockey


FIH progress 15 nations to next phase of home and away league selection process

  • Hockey

Fifteen countries remain part of the selection process for the International Hockey Federation's (FIH

tournament.Italy will also not participate in the competition, which is replacing the Champions Trophy and the Hockey

fantastic news for the home and away league, a game-changing competition that is central to our 10-year Hockey


Stauber to coach US women's ice hockey team at Pyeongchang 2018

  • Ice Hockey

Robb Stauber will remain as head coach of the United States women's ice hockey team for the Pyeongchang

The 49-year-old was at the helm when the Americans won gold at the 2017 International Ice Hockey Federation

title for the fourth time in a row and Stauber has been tasked with winning a first women's Olympic ice hockey

knows what it takes to win at the highest levels of the game," said Jim Smith, President of USA Hockey

Canadians have won all four Olympic titles since the American victory in Nagano, where women's ice hockey

 "It's a tremendous honour to represent USA Hockey and our country in this capacity," said Stauber


Coventry elected as ZOC vice-president

  • ANOCA

Swimmer Kirsty Coventry has been elected as a vice-president of the Zimbabwe Olympic Committee (ZOC).

 The only other medal was gold for the women's hockey team at the boycotted Moscow 1980 Games.


German dance group produce official song for IIHF World Championships

  • Ice Hockey

German dance music act Cascada, has been chosen as the official song of the 2017 International Ice Hockey

, France, Sweden and Canada.A special video has also been brought out featuring German national ice hockey

could allure a global musical export from Germany to provide the official song for the 2017 IIHF Ice Hockey

We feel honoured that Cascada were chosen for the official song of the French-German 2017 IIHF Ice Hockey


Roche claims widespread support for change at AOC

  • ONOC

Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) Presidential candidate Danielle Roche has claimed there is widespread support for "change and modernisation" of the organisation prior to the election on May 6.

The Atlanta 1996 hockey gold medallist is challenging incumbent John Coates, who has held the Presidency


IPC President Craven admits 2016 was his hardest year after receiving award

  • Paralympics

International Paralympic Committee (IPC) President Sir Philip Craven was awarded the Leadership in Sport prize at the BT Sport Industry Awards in London following his "hardest" year in office.

The award was handed to Sir Philip by Britain's Olympic hockey champion Kate Richardson-Walsh in recognition



World ice hockey champions in Paris - Obodiac's account reveals full glory of the 1951 Lethbridge Maple

  • The Big Read

Friday (May 5) seeking to become the first nation to win a hat-trick of consecutive International Ice Hockey

held 66 years ago, according to a piece written for the IIHF site by Trevor Esau, the Canadian Amateur Hockey

until 1977, which meant that Canada were unable to call upon representatives from their six National Hockey

And just last year the hockey players themselves organised this club chiefly for exercise, and to play

The Leafs played in a small town with grandstands made of snow to accommodate 2,500 hockey fans."

"We're Canadian ice hockey players," was the response. "Have just come from Paris.



Tokyo Metropolitan Government reportedly expecting annual loss on five new Olympic venues

  • Tokyo 2020

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government are reportedly estimating there will be an annual loss of around ¥1.1 billion (£7.6million/$9.8 million/€9 million) for five new venues being constructed for the Olympic Games.

Aquatics Centre, Sea Forest Waterway and the Olympic canoe slalom course to make a loss.The Seaside Park Hockey

estimated to have a yearly loss of ¥158 million (£1 million/$1.4 million/€1.3 million).Seaside Park Hockey