The Netherlands are famed for their total football tactical theory, which first came to global prominence at the 1974 FIFA World Cup, when the nation reached their first final. Their philosophy that any outfield player could take over the role of any other player in a team was revolutionary and was key to the development of the game.

controversial were the removal of the offside rule, the scrapping of extra-time and the introduction of ice hockey

Borrowing bits from handball and ice hockey, however, would not be welcomed. 

two bidders to host the 2018 International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) Powerchair Hockey

The IWAS Powerchair Hockey Sport Executive Committee has described both bids as "extremely promising"

website reads.Italy were beaten by hosts The Netherlands in the final of last year's IWAS Powerchair Hockey

Championships ©TwitterItaly finished runners-up to hosts The Netherlands at last year’s IWAS Powerchair Hockey

European Championships in De Rijp.Under its former name, electric wheelchair hockey, powerchair hockey

The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) has said whoever is appointed as its new chief executive will play a pivotal role in a possible bid for the 2028 Olympic Games.

Jenkins, archers Alec Potts and Ryan Tyack, rowers Olympia Aldersey, Fiona Albert and Lucy Stephan and hockey

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Mutko has claimed that female ice hockey players could have obtained

Two members of the host nation's ice hockey team at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games are accused of

cocaine on kissing women who had ingested the substance.Two members of Russia's female women's ice hockey

 Neither of the ice hockey players have yet been named.

will challenge a joint bid from Belarus and Latvia for the right to stage the 2021 International Ice Hockey

2006 and Minsk staging the 2014 event.Latvia and Belarus both held Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic men’s ice hockey

International Cricket Council (ICC) chief executive David Richardson has hailed Rachael Heyhoe-Flint as a “genuine trailblazer in our sport” following the former England women’s captain’s death at the age of 77.

honour.As well as her achievements in cricket, Heyhoe-Flint played as a goalkeeper for the national hockey

Bernard O'Byrne has upped the ante in the three-horse race for the Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI) Presidency by accusing his two rivals William O'Brien and Sarah Keane of being members of the "old guard".

honorary treasury candidate William Kennedy.All three were nominated by, among others, the Irish Ice Hockey

Ruggiero of the United States has been named as one of the latest inductees into the International Ice Hockey

embarked on a career in administration with the IOC.Koivu is considered one of Finland’s greatest-ever ice hockey

Sakic has also been inducted ©Getty ImagesKrupp became the first German competitor to win the National Hockey

and coach Tony Hand has been selected to receive the Richard “Bibi” Torriani Award, while French ice hockey

The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has chosen Berlin as the host city of the 2018 Indoor World

We are delighted to confirm Germany as host of the fifth edition of the Hockey Indoor World Cup," he

Germany is considered a traditional hockey nation which has earned great success over the years."

However, their passion for indoor hockey is renowned which proved key in the decision making process.

, packed and loud event in-line with our 10-year Hockey Revolution strategy."

Berlin is Germany’s sporting capital and a stronghold of hockey with more than 30 hockey clubs, all of

The Russian region of Khabarovsk has been awarded the 2018 World Bandy Championship, local officials have announced.

time Khabarovsk has played host to the men's tournament in the sport of bandy, dubbed "Russian ice hockey

Our region can be rightfully called the territory of the Russian ice hockey," Shport said."

Los Angeles 2024 have announced their proposed locations for archery, modern pentathlon and mountain biking should the American city be awarded the Olympic Games.

already been earmarked to take place at the multi-use arena in the first week, while tennis, field hockey

Preparations for the 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Beijing are expected to be the key focus of a meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach tomorrow.

gap on leading winter sport nations, while they have already sought to improve their lowly men's ice hockey

world ranking of 37th.Beijing-based Kunlun Red Star are now playing in the largely Russian Kontinental Hockey

Interim head William O’Brien will clash with Bernard O'Byrne and Sarah Keane in a three horse race for the Olympic Council of Ireland Presidency, it has been confirmed today.

O'Brien has been nominated by his own sport of archery as well as by national governing bodies for ice hockey

William Kennedy for the honorary treasurer position.Kennedy, however, was nominated by archery, ice hockey

German table tennis player Thomas Schmidberger has received the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Allianz Athlete of the Month honour for December after winning the gold medal in the men's class three singles and class four to five team events at the Para Table Tennis US Open in Las Vegas.

Moritz in Switzerland.He was the runner-up with 33.19 per cent of the votes cast.American Para-ice hockey

player Steve Cash finished third in the public polls ©Getty ImagesPara-ice hockey player Steve Cash,

match as the United States beat hosts Canada 5-2 in Charlottetown for their third straight World Sledge Hockey

Griffioen successfully defended her NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters women’s singles title at the Lee Valley Hockey

Former National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka President Roy de Silva has died at the age of 80, the governing body has confirmed.

De Silva was elected as President of the Sri Lanka Hockey Federation in 1979 and held the post until

1998.Under his leadership, the Women’s National Hockey Championship was introduced, with De Silva also

serving as the vice-president of the Asian Hockey Federation from 1979 to 1983.He would serve at President

) and the Commonwealth Games Association (CGA) of Sri Lanka and a former President of the Sri Lanka Hockey