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North Bay awarded 2018 World Women’s Curling Championship

  • Curling

The 2018 World Women’s Curling Championship will be held in North Bay in Canada, the World Curling Federation (WCF) has confirmed.

hosting its debut WCF event, between March 17 and 25.The venue can seat just over 4,000 fans for ice hockey

games when the Ontario Hockey League’s North Bay Battalion are in action."




Latvian weightlifter Koha keeps up the good work with another gold

  • Weightlifting

A lifetime-best performance by the 18-year-old Latvian Rebekah Koha earned her a second European junior title and continued her progression in what should be an illustrious weightlifting career at the European Junior and Under-23 Championships here.

who took up weightlifting aged 12 after trying "lots of other sports", including basketball and ice hockey


Batch leaves position as head coach of New Zealand men's hockey team

  • Hockey

Hockey New Zealand has confirmed that Colin Batch will step down as head coach of the Black Sticks men

for his dedication to the Black Sticks Men’s programme during his four years in New Zealand,” said Hockey

the Black Sticks Men one that we know will be sought after by coaches locally and around the world.”Hockey

December’s World League Final and secured gold medal finishes at the Hawke’s Bay Cup and International Hockey

Sticks finished fourth at Rio 2016, losing 2-1 to Germany in the bronze medal play-off.Inducted to the Hockey



German luger Frisch to be given South Korean citizenship according to Justice Ministry

  • Luge

Government officials in South Korea look likely to grant German-born luger Aileen Frisch citizenship and give her an opportunity to represent her adopted home at the 2018 Winter Olympics.

South Korea has attempted to fast-tracking citizenship for.In April it was reported that Canadian ice hockey

join four other North American-born players on the 22-man national team, coached by former National Hockey





India and Pakistan drawn together for 2017 Hockey World League semi-final in England

  • Hockey

India and Pakistan will renew their fierce rivalry at the men's Hockey World League semi-final event

sides will clash on the fourth day of the competition, due to run from June 15 to 25 at the Lee Valley Hockey

in Pool A.The two Asian nations will also go up against The Netherlands and two qualifiers from the Hockey

after earning victory over the hosts.Tensions have since escalated off the field after the Pakistan Hockey

World Cup in Lucknow.The event is due to be held at the Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre in London

©Getty ImagesAccording to the International Hockey Federation (FIH), the decision to officially withdraw




Czech Republic convincingly beat Japan to claim IPC Para Ice Hockey World Championships B-Pool title

  • Para Ice Hockey News

Czech Republic claimed the gold medal at the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) 2016 Para Ice Hockey

The bottom three teams from the 2017 World Para Ice Hockey World Championships A-Pool event will also

part of an extensive rebrand.The alterations to the names of the disciplines, including ice sledge hockey

changing its name to Para ice hockey, came into effect immediately.The change to Para ice hockey comes


The 2024 Olympic Games - A tale of two cities and a possible hat-trick

  • The Big Read

US President Elect Donald Trump has called International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach to "express his strong support" for Los Angeles 2024. 

the Japanese who dominated the aquatics and 14-year-old Kusuo Kitamura was outstanding while India’s hockey