Biathlon legend Magdalena Forsberg has joined Eurosport Sweden’s team of former athletes spearheading its coverage of the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang.

 Forsberg joins ice hockey player Peter Forsberg, cross-country skier Anders Sodergren and Alpine

Gary Bettman, the National Hockey League (NHL) commissioner, has said "people should assume" the league

after negotiations stalled between the NHL, the NHL Players' Association (NHLPA), the International Ice Hockey

It seems a typically clever move by International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach to appoint his four vice presidents to a working group to, as the news release put it, “explore changes to the candidature procedure” with “everything…on the table”.

incidentally, we learnt this week, is facing a challenge to his AOC Presidency from Danielle Roche, an Olympic hockey

International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Camiel Eurlings is free to continue his role with the organisation after settling a "serious assault charge" out-of-court.

representative on the IOC following the scandal.Writing in the De Telegraaf newspaper, two-time Olympic hockey

Sebastian Coe and Marisol Casado are set to be elected onto the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF) Council at the organisation's General Assembly in Aarhus in Denmark next month.

Negre is also relinquishing his spot on the Council as he is no longer President of the International Hockey

The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has announced an extensive shake-up of its committees and panels

committee and panel membership after the June Executive Board meeting.”The move comes as part of the "Hockey

Revolution" strategic plan, deemed to be critical for the sport after hockey narrowly avoided being

and away league.The league, which is controversially replacing the Champions Trophy as well as the Hockey

It was critical that the FIH aligned our Committee and Panel structure to support the Hockey Revolution

The schedule for the 2017 World Para Ice Hockey Championships A-Pool, which is acting as a Pyeongchang

hosts South Korea and Sweden will be taking to the ice.The tournament will be played at the Gangneung Hockey

Centre, the same venue where the Para ice hockey matches will take place at next year's Games.Following

Progress appears to have been made in the dispute over wages between USA Hockey and the women's national

ice hockey team, amid threats of a boycott at the upcoming World Championships.

"nearly 20" players either attended in person or dialed in by phone.Senior representatives from USA Hockey

Today, nearly 20 players from the United States women's national hockey team and their Ballard Spahr

lawyers met with USA Hockey to negotiate equitable support and fair wages," a statement from the team

the group that represents our country at the upcoming 2017 IIHF Women’s World Championship," said USA Hockey

they would go through with the boycott.The team opted to let that pass without response, before USA Hockey

Danielle Roche says she will not take a salary if she is elected President of the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) after she announced her plan to run against long-standing incumbent John Coates.

Roche, who won Olympic hockey gold at the Atlanta 1996 Games, is the first person to challenge Coates

a salary of around AUS$700,000 (£440,000/$540,000/€502,000).Roche, nominated for the Presidency by Hockey

Ireland defeated France in a tense shoot-out to win the Hockey World League (HWL) Round Two competition

as Ireland claimed a 4-2 victory on penalties to clinch the trophy.Ireland will now compete at the Hockey

World League Semi-Finals for a chance to play at the 2018 Hockey World Cup ©Irish HockeyEarlier in the

Ireland and France edged closer to the 2018 Hockey World Cup after making the final of a qualifying competition

Both nations have now qualified for the Hockey World League Semi-Finals after winning today at the Hockey

The 2017 Special Olympics World Winter Games were officially opened this evening during a Ceremony at the Planai-Stadion in Schladming in Austria.

2017 Special Olympics World Winter Games, including Alpine skiing, figure skating, floorball, floor hockey

snowshoeing, speed skating and stick shooting.The Convention Center Graz will play host to floorball, floor hockey

The European Union (EU) has pledged significant financial support to the 2017 Special Olympics World Winter Games in Austria prior to the event's Opening Ceremony tomorrow.

and 68 years will compete in nine sports including Alpine skiing, figure skating, floorball, floor hockey

The semi-final line-up for the second men’s Hockey World League Round Two event in Belfast was completed

will battle to reach the final with the duo who reach Sunday’s showpiece earning qualification for the Hockey

SPORTEL chief executive Laurent Puons believes there are both positives and negatives to the growing influence of social media on the sports rights market and urged companies to work together with entities such as Facebook and Twitter.

NBC and CBS live and for free.The National Basketball League, Major League Baseball and the National Hockey