As we head into a New Year and ever closer to Rio 2016, every athlete will be focused on achieving medal success in Brazil. 

just announced three new appointments in GB Rowing performance director Sir David Tanner, England Hockey

Norwegian residents will be able to enjoy daily coverage of the Winter Youth Olympic Games after Lillehammer 2016 announced national broadcaster NRK will screen the event, scheduled to take place from February 12 to 21.

and short track speed skating.They are also scheduled to show biathlon single mixed relay and the ice hockey

skating agility, fastest shot, passing precision and puck control.The broadcaster will also show ice hockey

Pentathlon GB today announced the appointment of Danielle Every, the former director of football operations at the English Football Association (FA), as its new chief executive.

Previously a keen National League hockey player, Every has now turned to triathlon as she tries to balance

American International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Anita DeFrantz feels more can be done to help women secure high-profile positions within sport, highlighting Rio 2016 as a key tool to inspire more females to get involved.

participate and lead in sport,” Ruggiero, a member of the American women's team which won the Olympic ice hockey

overtime winner to earn hosts Finland a 4-3 victory over Russia in the final of the International Ice Hockey

Hosts Finland fought back from a goal down to seal their place in the final of the International Ice Hockey

Pyeongchang 2018 has officially opened a hospitality venue at a ceremony held in Gangneung today.

preparations.Gangneung will be one of the key areas for Pyeongchang 2018 as the city is due to stage curling, ice hockey

Australian athletes due to compete at Rio 2016 will not be banned from using social media during the Games, the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) has confirmed.

ImagesAustralian Chef de Mission Kitty Chiller also called on athletes to limit their online use but hockey

The United States’ “Miracle on Ice” hockey team were named as the winners of the William E.

endowed funds following the surplus of Los Angeles 1984, honoured  the 1980 American Olympic men’s ice hockey

to the advancement of the Olympic and Paralympic Movements.The 1998 American Olympic women’s ice hockey

opportunities.With their team having beaten their rivals Canada twice on route to the first-ever women’s ice hockey

which they secured six straight victories, was hailed as having boosted the growth of women’s ice hockey

Canada with a thrilling 6-5 victory to book their place in the semi-finals of the International Ice Hockey

Sweden ensured they completed the Group A at the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Junior

The New Year promises no lessening of the turmoil and controversy within which football’s international governing body, FIFA, is currently embroiled. And while the game continues to purge itself of the corruption which appears to have reached so many of its loftiest branches, its roots – namely, the Laws of The Game – are also subject to imminent, sweeping change.

that was already established in sports such as Major League Baseball, to judge home runs, NHL ice hockey

Sweden secured top spot in Group A at the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Junior Championship

The Rio de Janeiro City Government have claimed that the Barra Olympic Park is 95 per cent complete as 2015 draws to a close.

three venues - the Olympic BMX Centre, Mountain Bike Park and the Whitewater Stadium - complete.The Hockey

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has a new champion Tweeter.

Step forward Angela Ruggiero, Olympic ice hockey gold medallist, Harvard MBA and vice-chair of the IOC

Ice hockey                                      88,300 @IIHFHockey6.

Hockey                                  59,000         @FIH_Hockey10.

will be interesting to observe how these rankings evolve.This time around, the sports of rugby, ice hockey

, field hockey and wrestling were higher than I would have predicted; by contrast, aquatics, tennis