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Ireland hockey coach praises impact of injury prevention technology ahead of historic Olympic appearance

  • Hockey

Ireland's men's hockey team head coach Craig Fulton has described the use of Kitman Labs' injury prevention

Fulton is the man tasked with guiding Ireland to success at Rio 2016, where hockey competition is due

Ireland's men's hockey team is preparing for its first Olympic appearance for more than 100 years ©Getty

ImagesKitman Labs' system features three components - Capture, Athlete and Profiler.Ireland’s men’s hockey

Earlier this week, the Olympic Council of Ireland and Hockey Ireland announced the 16-strong men’s hockey

at an Olympics in 68 years is a historic achievement," said Rob Johnson, acting chief executive for Hockey



Rio 2016 unveils official posters for Olympic Games

  • Rio 2016

The official posters for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games have been unveiled at the host city’s iconic Museum of Tomorrow.

to the Deodoro Olympic Park, which will host 11 Olympic events, including rugby sevens, BMX cycling, hockey



Falkland Islands youth ice hockey team triumphs at tournament in Chile

  • Ice Hockey

A youth ice hockey team from the Falkland Islands has won this year’s Copa Invernada tournament in Punta

, Bombers and Dragons.With no ice on the Falkland Islands, most of the players had never played ice hockey

Panthers player Grant Budd, the current national coach and founding member of the Falkland Islands Hockey

We came home with an ethos, a plan to develop youth hockey here and right now we have 35 players involved

We’re playing inline hockey, dek hockey - where we use sticks and pucks but not skates - and we’re trying



Dutch prepare for defence of IWAS Powerchair Hockey European title on home soil

  • Parasport

begin the defence of their International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) Powerchair Hockey

misunderstanding and political issues had led to the withdrawal.Under its former name, electric wheelchair hockey

, powerchair hockey was one of nine new sports or disciplines to apply for inclusion at the Tokyo 2020



Forty-two countries represented at IIHF Referees Summit

  • Ice Hockey

A total of 42 countries were represented at this year's International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) National

manager Konstantin Komissarov said the gathering had been a success.The Summit covered all aspects of ice hockey


Olympic future for golf looks bleak as withdrawals continue but IGF confident Rio 2016 can change negative perception

  • The Big Read

The International Golf Federation (IGF) and its President Peter Dawson should, in the words of the famous Kool and the Gang hit from 1980, be celebrating good times as the sport prepares to make its Olympic return after a 112-year hiatus from the programme.

“I think it is appalling," Maister, winner of an Olympic gold medal in hockey at Montreal 1976, told


Los Angeles 2024 stage meeting of Olympians at US Olympic Trials

  • Paris 2024

Fifty American Olympians have been given the chance to give their views on Los Angeles’ bid for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games during a meeting at the USA Swimming House in Omaha.

with so many Olympians who were eager to contribute to LA 2024’s Games Plan,” Ruggiero, an Olympic ice hockey



Two-time ice hockey Olympic champion Campbell-Pascall appointed to Order of Canada

  • Ice Hockey

Two-time Olympic champion and former Canadian ice hockey captain Cassie Campbell-Pascall has been appointed

before continuing to work as a commentator and broadcaster.In 2007 she became the first female ice hockey

Sports Hall of Fame.She currently remains vice-chair of the Board of Directors for the Canadian Women’s Hockey

League and has been an active advocate of "safe hockey" initiatives.Established in 1967, the Order of



Sapporo 2017 extend volunteer application deadline

  • Sapporo 2017 Asian Winter Games

The Sapporo 2017 Asian Winter Games Organising Committee (SAWGOC) has extended the deadline for volunteer applications to July 31.

made up of 11 disciplines and 64 events.Competition will take place in skiing, skating, biathlon, ice hockey