The introduction of the Kunlun Red Star ice hockey team into the Kontinental Hockey League has been hailed

at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.The 18,000 seat venue, though, will become accustom to hosting ice hockey

©Getty Images“I think it’s a good step before the 2022 Olympics in Beijing,” said International Ice Hockey

Cricket is set to feature at the Durban 2022 Commonwealth Games after the International Cricket Council (ICC) submitted an application for the women’s version of the sport to be included on the programme for the event.

the Durban 2022 bid: aquatics, athletics, badminton, basketball, beach volleyball, boxing, cycling, hockey

It is a decision which managers, coaches and executives across a range of industries often battle with - when exactly is the right time to step away and move on to pastures new?

For outgoing International Hockey Federation (FIH) chief executive Kelly Fairweather, the answer was

public in May has been one of surprise rather than satisfaction.After all, it comes during a time where hockey

The view in the media room at the Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre, which played host to the hockey

low-profile the sport has in Brazil, but Fairweather remains upbeat and convinced the exhibition of hockey

“I’m pretty confident on the hockey, our lights are a little bit delayed but what impressed me when I

Hosts Fiji secured the gold medal in both the men’s and women’s tournaments at the International Hockey

Federation (FIH) Hockey World League Round 1 event on home soil in Suva.

2 competition in Kuala Lumpur in January, where they will be hoping to book their place at the 2017 Hockey

they wrapped up the title ahead of the last round of matches at the event, played using the shorter Hockey

Ice Hockey UK (IHUK) has announced plans to launch under-12 and under-14 elite development squads to

Disability sports were presented throughout the Old Town Square in Prague as the International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) Under-23 World Games was officially declared open.

with several stations having been set up throughout the square.Wheelchair basketball, table tennis, hockey

Former Soviet Union international ice hockey player Yuri Shipitsyn has died of a heart-attack at the

The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) have confirmed the news, with Shipitsyn dying on

The United States women have risen two places to fifth on the latest International Hockey Federation

Rankings after they secured the bronze medal at the recent Champions Trophy tournament at the Lee Valley Hockey

-0 reverse at the hands of Argentina in the Champions Trophy final.The result handed Argentina, the Hockey

Gernot Mittendorfer has replaced Dieter Kalt as President of the Austrian Ice Hockey Federation (OEHV

confidence of the General Assembly to work the next four years for the development of Austrian ice hockey

between the federation, leagues and clubs, so that we promote our sport further and bring more kids to hockey

 "We will launch a Junior Hockey Advisory Board with Hofer as chairman.

 "The project will create ideas to bring kids and teenagers to hockey.” 

International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) Under-23 World Games Organising Committee chairman Paul Zbožínek hopes the upcoming event in Prague will help generate excitement ahead of this year's Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. 

will be given the chance to try out a range of sports, including wheelchair basketball, table tennis, hockey

Beijing based ice hockey team Kunlun Red Star will compete in the Kontinental Hockey League for the forthcoming

official visit from Russian President Vladimir Putin to China, with the chairman of the Kontinental Hockey

addition of the team to the league, widely considered as one of the strongest outside of the National Hockey

Russian and Chinese Ministries of Sport approved the move, in addition to the heads of the country’s ice hockey

club will include numerous Chinese players, as well as highly experience professionals from major ice hockey

from both the Chinese and Russian federations to help stage matches and develop the Kunlun Red Star hockey

Czech Republic earned their fourth International Roller Sports Federation (FIRS) Inline Hockey World

women's junior competition with a 100 per cent record ©FIRS“I am so glad to see how fast the inline hockey

A "Team Up" initiative bringing together the upcoming women's World Cups in cricket, hockey and netball

has been officially launched during the final day of the International Hockey Federation Champions Trophy

, starting with the International Cricket Council Women's World Cup in 2017.The next edition of the Hockey

the netball tournament in 2019.Each of the national governing bodies of the three sports - England Hockey

which is thought to be one of the first of its kind worldwide, will increase participation in cricket, hockey

and netball and get more schoolchildren involved in team sport.England Hockey chief executive Sally

It's great to have this increased collaboration between sports," England Hockey chief executive Sally

Argentina sealed a record-breaking seventh International Hockey Federation (FIH) women's Champions Trophy

The defending champions and Hockey World League holders, who were on the back foot for the majority of

Republic in the men’s gold medal match at the International Roller Sports Federation (FIRS) Inline Hockey