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

International Skating Union (ISU) President Jan Dijkema has declared the governing body as "very satisfied" with the organisation of the World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships.

Olympic medals across the three disciplines which are governed by the ISU.Both the curling and men’s ice hockey

Japan and Switzerland secured the final two places in the women's ice hockey tournament at next year's

Switzerland followed Japan in booking a place in the ice hockey tournament at the 2018 Games as Alina

A seven-strong North Korean team is expected to participate at the Asian Winter Games beginning in Sapporo next week after special permission was given by the Japanese Government.

North Korean ice hockey players pictured competing at the last edition of the Asian Winter Games in Almaty

Winter Games in Astana.North Korea also participated in speed skating, short track and women's ice hockey

Japan's women's ice hockey team set up a winner-takes-all clash with Germany at their home qualification

Live coverage of seven of the nine sports on the programme at the Winter European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) in Erzurum will be broadcast on the Olympic Channel, it has been announced.

while 20-minute highlights packages will also be produced.Alpine skiing, curling, figure skating, ice hockey

The first-ever National Sports Day in Bahrain has been declared a success.

day.Sports which were part of the day included table tennis, athletics, mind sports, volleyball, badminton, hockey

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Taekwondo athletes kicked off proceedings in the Gangeung Ice Hockey Arena ©Getty ImagesA lively display

edged France with a thrilling shoot-out victory to get their pursuit of a place in the women’s ice hockey

Russia successfully defended their Winter Universiade men’s ice hockey title here tonight after beating

A decision on National Hockey League (NHL) players participation in the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics

is likely to be made next month, according to International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) President René

week that the country has made a "plan B" in the extent NHL players do not compete in the men’s ice hockey

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came out on top ©Almaty 2017Japan lost 5-4 to Sweden in the seventh-place play-off of the men's ice hockey

Mission for the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics, says the country has made a "plan B" in case National Hockey

League (NHL) players don't play in the men's ice hockey competition.

every edition of the Winter Olympics since their debut appearance in Nagano in 1998.International Ice Hockey

The sooner we get a resolution the better from the standpoint of our ability to plan with USA Hockey

A and a plan B and we’ll be ready for whatever the outcome is and do our very best to make sure our hockey

I’m really confident the USA Hockey team is focused on this and have a pretty good idea of where they