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

An historic pledge has been made to strengthen winter Para-sport around the world following a three-day workshop in Östersund in Sweden.

present for formal endorsement by the end of this year.Östersund is a hub for winter sport ©Ice Sledge Hockey

and support the development of winter Para-sports.Östersund, which hosted the IPC European Ice Sledge Hockey

Four Sports Federations in South Africa have been banned from hosting or bidding for major events for a year by the country’s Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula after they each failed to offer enough opportunities to black players, it was announced today.

Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee for their selection process at Rio 2016, with International Hockey

President Leandro Negre claiming the reason for the body deciding not to send its men’s or women’s hockey

The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has appointed Bollywood superstar Salman Khan as a goodwill ambassador of its athlete contingent for Rio 2016 during an event held at the Olympic Bhawan.

Sardar Singh and Ritu Rani, captain of the Indian men’s and women’s hockey teams respectively, were

Ukraine bounced back to the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Championships Division

hockey.Britain settled for the silver medal after they were beaten 2-1 by eventual champions Ukraine ©Ice Hockey

The Olympic flame, currently touring around Greece, is set to burn in Rio de Janeiro later this year at a city centre location rather than at the Maracanã Stadium.

be lit by Canadian sporting stars including the man Canadians know simply as "The Great One", ice hockey

the Opening Ceremony was held indoors and although the flame passed through the Fisht Stadium, ice hockey

the International Olympic Committee (IOC) not to pay transportation or insurance costs for National Hockey

have now changed their stance, however, meaning there is far more pressure on the International Ice Hockey

International Ice Hockey Federation President Rene Fasel, left, and National Hockey League Commissioner

claims to understand why the IOC have made their decision.He believes, however, the situation in ice hockey

The IOC have contributed to costs ever since ice hockey first appeared at Nagano 1998 ©Getty ImagesIt

The International Hockey Federation (FIH) have expanded their worldwide presence by opening an office

Discovery Communications has signed a deal which will see the Pyeongchang 2018 and Tokyo 2020 Olympics shown on Finland's national broadcaster YLE.

channels, and Eurosport.At Pyeongchang TV5 will have exclusive free-to-air broadcast rights for men’s ice hockey

sport in Finland with viewer share regularly reaching 80 per cent when the national team plays.Ice hockey

A near 50 per cent reduction in the budget for next year's Winter Universiade in Almaty has raised concern about completing construction at competition venues on time for the event as it has forced tender processes to be delayed, International University Sports Federation (FISU) secretary general Eric Saintrond admitted here today.

January 28 to February 8.Work on the main arena and the administrative building, which will host ice hockey

Adam Scott regrets he will be unable to attend the Rio 2016 Olympics golf competition owing to a subsequent engagement.

The dynamic is similar for the men’s basketball and ice hockey events, where the stars of the NBA and

Last month I spoke to Hayley Wickenheiser, Canada’s four-time Olympic ice hockey champion, and she made

The International Hockey Federation (FIH) have unveiled a new competition system here today which includes

axing the flailing Hockey World League (HWL) and Champions Trophy tournaments in favour of establishing

being in the bottom three along with wrestling and modern pentathlon, and forms part of the 10-year Hockey

Revolution strategic plan.The Hockey World League is one of two competitions to have been axed by the

“This is an exciting opportunity for hockey.

“We need the hockey family to embrace this change now to ensure we reach our 10-year aim of making hockey

“This is a historic decision for the sport of hockey - a game changer,” FIH chief executive Kelly Fairweather

A host for the 2019 European Games is still being sought after Russia's Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko claimed they had "never sent" an application to stage it.

events they Russia is already committed to host before that, including next month's International Ice Hockey

The future of Paralympic winter sport will be discussed at a conference in Östersund in Sweden between April 22 and 24.

Games in 1976.The town, which hosted the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) European Ice Sledge Hockey