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IOC Coordination Commission "very impressed" with Lausanne 2020 progress after first visit

  • Lausanne 2020

Danka Bartekova asserted that the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) Coordination Commission were "very impressed" by the progress made by Lausanne 2020 after conducting their first visit to the Winter Youth Olympic Games host city.

city construction which will become student accommodation for Lausanne University's campus.A new ice hockey


Pyeongchang 2018 venues praised as discussions continue over who pays for NHL participation

  • Ice Hockey

Pyeongchang 2018's ice hockey venues have been praised by National Hockey League (NHL) inspectors as

According to Mathieu Schneider, special assistant to the executive director of the National Hockey League

Players' Association (NHLPA), preparations on the Kwandong and Gangneung Hockey Centres compare favourably

is still not clear who will foot the transportation and insurance expenses, which International Ice Hockey


Schroder hails improvement of European team as women's ice sledge hockey festival held

  • Para Ice Hockey News

the improvement of Europe’s women’s team after their participation at the Women’s World Ice Sledge Hockey

six matches were held, with the hope that countries across the world will look to develop ice sledge hockey

six match festival was aimed at showcasing the sport to other countries ©Facebook/USA Women's Sled Hockey



German luger Frisch makes first appearance for South Korea

  • Luge

German luger Aileen Frisch has made her first appearance for South Korea with a proposed switch to the next Winter Olympic host country remaining on the cards.

the Korean Olympic Committee (KOC) believe they can challenge for a medal with Frisch on board.Ice hockey

one with many believing it is not in the correct spirit.In April it was reported that Canadian ice hockey


Alan Hubbard: Race for chairmanship of British Olympic Association is by no means a foregone conclusion

  • Inside the Blogs

Clinton v Trump it is not, but 16 days after the gruesome twosome vie for the Presidency of the United States on November 8, election fever will hit a vital corner of British sport in London’s Charlotte Street.

gold medallist Richard Leman, president of GB Hockey, will stand against him.Sir Hugh Robertson had

succeed Sebastian Coe as chairman of the BOA ©Getty ImagesA member of Britain's gold medal-winning hockey

taking soundings among the BOA electorate about their chances, as have their respective corner-men.GB Hockey

asset when financial and commercial viability is so essential for the non-Government funded BOA.Voted hockey

President Sebastian Coe as BOA chairman ©Getty ImagesBefore entering Parliament, Robertson, a club hockey



McCracken appointed chief executive at International Hockey Federation

  • Hockey

New Zealand’s Jason McCracken has been appointed as chief executive of the International Hockey Federation

McCracken, who was the technical delegate for the men’s hockey tournament at the Olympic Games in Rio

commercial partners, the International Olympic Committee, along with the talented FIH team and many hockey

It is an incredibly exciting time for the FIH, with the Hockey Revolution transforming the sport."

As hockey’s new chief executive, I will be leading by example as we aim to make hockey a global game

Our 10-year Hockey Revolution strategy is already having a significant impact on the sport, but with


NHL panel prepare to inspect Pyeongchang 2018 venues and meet with South Korean officials

  • Pyeongchang 2018

A major step is due to take place towards deciding if National Hockey League (NHL) players will compete

four-day trip in which they will also meet with officials from South Korea and the International Ice Hockey

arrive in the Asian host nation today.They will then attend a dinner reception hosted by Korea Ice Hockey

at which all ice sports will be located during the 2018 Games.A projected image of how the Gangneung Hockey

should look during Pyeongchang 2018 ©Getty ImagesVisits will be paid to both the Kwandong and Gangneung Hockey

how reaching a deal was "even more difficult" than before, and claimed during the recent World Cup of Hockey


FIH reveal line-ups for Hockey World League semi-final events

  • Hockey

Olympic gold medallists Argentina will clash with European champions The Netherlands during next year’s Hockey

are two of the six nations who are earmarked to take part in the men’s semi-final at the Lee Valley Hockey

set to stage a joint men’s and women’s HWL semi-final, which is scheduled to be held at the Randburg Hockey

Stadium in Johannesburg between July 8 and 23.Hockey World Cup, HWL and Champions Trophy winners Australia

the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro are likely to feature for England, and they will take on reigning Hockey


Peaty among six nominees for inaugural Great Britain’s Choice Award

  • EOC

Men’s 100 metres breaststroke world record holder Adam Peaty is one of six nominees for Team GB’s ‘Great Britain’s Choice Award’.

after he claimed two historic gymnastics gold medals at the Games.The final nominee is the women’s hockey

a dramatic penalty shoot-out victory over The Netherlands in the gold medal match.Britain's women's hockey



Finland and Slovakia awarded 2021 European Youth Olympic Festivals

  • EOC

Vuokatti in Finland and Košice in Slovakia were awarded the winter and summer editions of the 2021 European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) here today.

Committee ©Finnish Olympic CommitteeKošice, together with Bratislava, hosted the 2011 International Ice Hockey


IOC hunt continues to replace Bjørndalen on Athletes' Commission

  • Olympics

A process to replace Norway's Ole Einar Bjørndalen on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Athletes' Commission continues to stall, with no individual set to be elected until next September at the earliest.

five summer athletes elected during Rio 2016.This means the fifth winter position to join former ice hockey

Ruggiero, British skeleton bobsledder Adam Pengilly, Chinese speed skater Yang Yang and Canadian ice hockey


Minsk set to be announced as host of 2019 European Games

  • Minsk 2019

Minsk will step in to host the 2019 European Games, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko is expected to announce here tomorrow.

There are enough successful examples, such as the 2014 IIHF [International Ice Hockey Federation] World