The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) has denied that it has splashed out on an all expenses paid trip to the Rio 2016 Olympics for three politicians - which was said to include business class flights.

South Africa has already faced criticism for not sending hockey teams to Rio, despite qualification

has already faced criticism in the run-up to Rio 2016 by deciding not to send their men's and women's hockey

competitions but SASCOC said that this was not good enough, ruling they could only qualify through the Hockey

An online petition has been launched against the appointment of Bollywood superstar Salman Khan as a goodwill ambassador of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) for Rio 2016. 

medal-winning flyweight boxer Mary Kom.Sardar Singh and Ritu Rani, captain of the Indian men’s and women’s hockey

“Autonomy” is among the top words of today in sporting circles. This has chiefly concerned National Olympic Committees and ensuring they are free of Government interference. But in recent weeks we have also seen the emergence of conflict on several fronts between established sporting events and unsanctioned rivals.

“There needs to be someone in control of what is happening,” claims International Ice Hockey Federation

In ice hockey, everyone recognises the potential of the Chinese market, particularly after Beijing

But both the IIHF and the National Hockey League (NHL) are pursuing rival ways to do this.

Fans attending this month's men's International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Championship in Russia

American First Lady Michelle Obama has announced that the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) has pledged to help get two million children in the United States active as part of her Let’s Move! initiative.

sign up to the initiative ©Getty ImagesThe national governing bodies of archery, cycling, equestrian, hockey

made improving player safety a "top priority" for his sixth term as President of the International Ice Hockey

“I think ice hockey is getting so much faster, so a top priority is therefore the health and safety

head-hits must be eradicated, although this view is not universal, with a clarification to the National Hockey

My first experience of ice hockey politics came during a press conference in Sochi midway through the

2014 Winter Olympics, where world governing body chief René Fasel appeared alongside National Hockey

I urge all hockey fans to go to Toronto in September, they will enjoy it so much.

He is the only candidate so success is virtually guaranteed.World Cup of Hockey action will take place

An ice hockey aficionado, he played for amateur team HC Fribourg Gottéron for 12 years before spending

“Russia is a hockey country,” he said. “Hockey is more important than football in Russia.

Football is big, but hockey is national sport number one.

Last week it was 100 days to go, then there was the formal handover in Athens. But this latest milestone is particularly special as the Olympic Torch arrives on home soil.

There, aboriginal hockey player and athlete Nova Peris Kneebone symbolically removed her shoes before

Slovenia to a 2-1 victory over Austria today in the final round of matches at the International Ice Hockey

not finish in the bottom two places of their preliminary-round group of the upcoming 2016 IIHF Ice Hockey

Two venues under construction for the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics are to be maintained rather than demolished after the Games, it has been announced following a meeting chaired by South Korean Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-Ahn today.

Both the Gangneung Hockey Centre and the Gangneung Oval speed skating venue were originally planned to

been overturned with the aim of bringing high-level winter sporting facilities to the city.Gangneung Hockey

completed in November this year, will serve as the home arena for local semi-professional and youth ice hockey

and Tourism and the Gangwon Provincial Government, the Gangneung City Government and the Korea Ice Hockey

Curling Centre, the Gangneung Ice Arena for short-track and figure skating and the nearby Kwandong Hockey

International Ski Federation (FIS) President Gian-Franco Kasper has vowed to continue working to boost participation numbers in the sport after the recording of high levels over the last season.

signs are good, but can also be dangerous," said Kasper, who is expected to replace International Ice Hockey

United States’ national junior ice hockey team has appointed Bob Motzko as its new head coach.

The team is set to take part in the 2017 International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Junior Championship

Cloud State University's men's ice hockey programme, will make his debut as a head coach for the US at

It is a real honour to be asked to lead your country in what is considered one of the greatest hockey

tournaments on the hockey calendar," said Motzko."

Cloud, the 2014 NCHC Coach of the Year and two-time Western Collegiate Hockey Association Coach of the

Italy kept themselves in the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Championships Division

Austria on Friday in a battle for top spot and promotion to the top division for the 2017 IIHF Ice Hockey

A total of 80 per cent tickets have been sold for the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World

Finland won the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Under-18 World Championships for the first