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Canada announce mental health investment in sport to address culture of abuse

  • PASO

Canada's Minister of Sport, Pascale St-Onge, has announced the Federal Government will be investing CAD 2.4 million (£1.44 million/$1.76 million/€1.67 million) to assist with mental health for the high-performance programmes of the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) and Canadian Paralympic Committee (CPC).

for zero-tolerance towards abuse in sport with the emergence of several scandals in sports like ice hockey


Former judge and Olympic sprinter Fraser set to be next Hockey Canada chair

  • Ice Hockey

Retired judge and one-time Olympic sprinter Hugh Fraser is poised to lead embattled Hockey Canada's next

consulting firm Korn Ferry have put forward nine names for the Board.Should they be rubber-stamped by the Hockey

with four women.Other nominees include Cassie Campbell-Pascall, who captained Canada to women's ice hockey

of Canadian society: bringing together the knowledge and experience necessary to create a new era in hockey

new Board was recommended by former Supreme Court justice Thomas Cromwell in a governance review into Hockey

Québec and Hockey Nova Scotia said they would not send money to Hockey Canada because of the crisis


CIP to conduct tourism workshop with focus on Milan Cortina 2026

  • Winter Paralympics

A tourism workshop is set to be organised by the Milano Cortina 2026 Foundation, Cortina Hoteliers Association, Municipality of Cortina d'Ampezzo and the Italian Paralympic Committee (CIP).

subject.The inaugural address will be given by Gianluca Lorenzi, Mayor of Cortina D'Ampezzo.Italian Para ice hockey

Milano Cortina 2026 will be giving a presentation of the Adaptive Winter Sport project.Italian Para ice hockey


End date on Russia's CAS sanctions nears - perhaps. And with what results?

  • The Big Read

How to describe the effect of the sanctions imposed on Russia in response to its orchestrated doping programme and subsequent attempts to cover it up?

implicated or even mentioned in the database or the circumstances of the noncompliance".Russia's ice hockey

athletes competed as the "Olympic Athletes from Russia" - and indeed where Russia's victorious men’s ice hockey




Brisbane 2032 chief executive set to be announced this month

  • Brisbane 2032

The chief executive of the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games is set to be announced this month, before Christmas.

the Brisbane Aquatic Centre, which is due to host water events, the Ballymore Stadium, likely to host hockey


Former IIHF general secretary Jan-Ake Edvinsson dies at age of 81

  • Ice Hockey

Former International Ice Hockley Federation (IIHF) general secretary Jan-Ake Edvinsson has died aged 81 due to illness.  

role as IIHF expanded from 34 National Federations to 64 in 2006.Edvinsson also developed the IIHF Ice Hockey

is with immense sadness and regret that we have learned of the passing of Jan-Ake Edvinsson, a true hockey

executive, a valuable and impressive representative of the Swedish Ice Hockey Association and the IIHF

," said Tardif.Jan-Ake Edvinsson served as the finance manager of the Swedish Ice Hockey Association

Edvinsson also served as the finance manager of the Swedish Ice Hockey Association in 1972 and became


Final decision on Indian NOC to be made after elections as IOC notes "significant progress"

  • OCA

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board has observed "significant progress" here to address its concerns at the Indian Olympic Association (IOA), with a final decision on whether it has avoided suspension to be taken after elections later this week.

role.She would succeed Narinder Batra who stood down as leader of both the IOA and the International Hockey


FISU Volunteer Leaders Academy webinar zooms in on the Americas

  • Universiade

The Americas was the latest focus of an International University Sports Federation (FISU) Volunteer Leaders Academy (FVLA) and student ambassadors webinar in the series that aims to educate participants on culture, history, people and sport around the world.

territories while also discussing Canada's sporting culture, including its professional team across ice hockey


ROC President Pozdnyakov invited to Olympic Summit in Lausanne despite Ukraine war

  • Olympics

Russia's Stanislav Pozdnyakov is one of only three Presidents of National Olympic Committees (NOCs) to be invited to the Olympic Summit in Lausanne later this week, despite his country's invasion of Ukraine, it was announced here today. 

with Johan Eliasch and Luc Tardiff, who lead the International Ski Federation and International Ice Hockey




Cooper to lead Australia again at Winter Youth Olympics

  • Gangwon 2024

Ramone Cooper has been named Australia's Chef de Mission for the Gangwon 2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games, returning to a role he held at Lausanne 2020.

used again during Gangwon 2024.Seven sports are on the programme, which includes three-on-three ice hockey


Four new members voted onto British Olympic Association Athletes' Commission

  • EOC

Four new members have been voted onto the British Olympic Association (BOA) Athletes' Commission, and two re-appointed.

arrivals are Non Stanford, representing triathlon, Abigail Irozuru, representing athletics, former hockey

Athletes' Commission for the first time in 2023, while former artistic gymnast Kristian Thomas and retired hockey

Twigg, who also took hockey bronze and gold at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics, said: "I am delighted to have