Iran’s ice hockey team have been disqualified from the 2017 Asian Winter Games competition here but will

, the Organising Committee of the Winter Asian Games announced that Iran's non-participation in ice hockey

delegation for the Games is also believed to have been declared ineligible to participate.In the ice hockey

Japan gained revenge over defending champion Kazakhstan with a thumping 6-0 win in the women's ice hockey

by an identically emphatic margin over Hong Kong.Japanese supporters cheers on their team in the ice hockey

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ImagesRui Wang of China roars after launching a stone in the curling competition ©Getty ImagesJapanese ice hockey

Russia finished at the top of the Winter European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) medals table as they marked the final day of competition in Erzurum with another dominant performance.

a total of 39 medals, 19 of which were gold.They concluded the competition by sealing the boys' ice hockey

Federations ranging from FIFA and the International Association of Athletics Federations to the International Hockey

A delegation of Russian lawmakers headed by two-time Olympic gold medal-winning ice hockey player Vyacheslav

Tokyo 2020 have vowed to learn from the Asian Winter Games starting here on Sunday (February 19) as Japan seeks another opportunity to showcase its event hosting credentials.

Athletes banner due to their ongoing suspension from the OCA and International Olympic Committee.Ice hockey

Mayor of Sapporo Katsuhiro Akimoto has promised unrivalled hospitality during the course of this week’s Asian Winter Games in the Japanese city.

at the Sapporo Dome on Sunday (February 19), competition will begin with preliminary curling and ice hockey

Pacific-Asia Curling Championships men’s gold medallists Japan will seek to impress in front of a home crowd when competition at the Sapporo 2017 Asian Winter Games begins on Saturday (February 18).

spots.Action is due to begin on Saturday (February 18) which makes it one of two sports, along with ice hockey

the penultimate day of the Games on February 24.Alongside the curling, the first fixtures in the ice hockey

The jokey phrase that has travelled the rounds within the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to describe lightweight rowing at the Games - "basketball for short people" - makes it clear what the leadership of the sport has been up against over the last couple of years in trying to maintain at least some lightweight elements in future Olympic programmes.

 Other sports that felt a similar draught before the London 2012 Games, such as hockey and modern

pentathlon, virtually performed back somersaults to please.Blue pitch for hockey?

the same time as International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach was visiting National Hockey

in harm's way, why should such payments not be deemed appropriate in other sports, in this case ice hockey

topical because of uncertainty over the participation of NHL players in next year’s Winter Olympic ice hockey

 When I asked them about the current and historical situation with regard to ice hockey, the IOC

responded:"In the past, the IOC has reimbursed the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) for the

International Roller Sports Federation (FIRS) President Sabatino Aracu has met with a delegation from Barcelona in Italian capital Rome to the discuss the progress of preparations for the 2019 World Roller Games.

see the World Championships in all FIRS disciplines contested.It will include artistic, speed, rink hockey

, inline hockey, roller freestyle and skateboarding, as well as inline alpine, inline downhill, inline

China will be represented by a delegation of 236 at the Sapporo 2017 Asian Winter Games, which are due to get underway on February 19.

skating, the country will be expecting a strong showing in the Sapporo 2017 medal table in the sport.Ice hockey

Turkey claimed their first medals in snowboarding as Russia dominated on day one of the European Youth Olympic Festival in Erzurum.

in the opening girls' giant slalom event.Russia thrashed the Turkish hosts in the opening men's ice hockey

Bubakova, in 2:13.95.Turkey also finished second best to the world's largest nation in the men's ice hockey

FIFA deputy secretary general Zvonimir Boban has labelled European Club Association (ECA) chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge's statement confirming his opposition to the expansion of the World Cup from 32 to 48 teams as "nonsense".

improved, including the abolition of the offside rule, scrapping extra-time, the introduction of ice hockey