sevens team to next summer's Olympics in Rio de Janeiro - after also opting to leave both of their hockey

that platform.”South Africa has already controversially rejected the chance to send imen's and women's hockey

is not good enough ©Getty ImagesThe same qualification rules applied to both the men's and women's hockey

African Championships.SASCOC, however, ruled that they needed to qualify through the International Hockey

easy for South African teams, giving their status as a major regional sporting power.The South African Hockey

African Under-23 Championships as South Africa earn Rio 2016 berthNovember 2015: South Africa Hockey

Beijing's Chinese Communist Party (CCP) secretary and former Mayor Guo Jinlong has been named President of the city's Organising Committee for the 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics.

are due to begin in just over six years time.Related storiesNovember 2015: Chinese ask Czechs for ice hockey

Canada were crowned winners of the Torino 2015 international sledge hockey tournament after convincingly

The 2015 International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships A-Pool silver

their performance by making the score 7-1.Canada finished as runners-up at this year's Ice Sledge Hockey

seasonOctober 2015: Italian star says European teams must focus on developing young ice sledge hockey

talentSeptember 2015: Women’s Sledge Hockey of Canada announce 16-strong squad for 2015 to 2016May 2015

ever finish with fifth place at Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships

Delfina Merino is one of five nominees for the Women’s Player of the Year Award after the International Hockey

Federation (FIH) released their shortlists for the 2015 Hockey Stars.

Merino top scored for Argentina at the Hockey World League Finals, with her three efforts helping the

“The ambition of the Hockey Revolution, our ten-year strategy for hockey, is to make it a global game

“Hockey Stars allows the hockey community to celebrate these stars and provide recognition to the very

best in international hockey.”Men's Player of the Year nominee Mark Knowles captained Australia to the

World Hockey League Final crown ©Getty ImagesFive candidates have also been named for the Goalkeeper

Hosts Argentina were crowned winners of the second edition of the International Hockey Federation's

Germans with a powerful effort in the third quarter.Related storiesDecember 2015: New Zealand book World Hockey

League final showdown with hosts ArgentinaDecember 2015: New Zealand on their Merry way to last four at Hockey

"Good governance and autonomy are strongly linked; they are two sides of the same coin.” This maxim, taken from the background document to the Olympic Agenda 2020 proposals approved almost exactly a year ago by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), meeting in Monaco, encapsulates why 2015 has been such a disastrous year for advocates of maximum autonomy for sports organisations.

alphabet soup, I will list them by sport: archery, badminton, cycling, equestrian, fencing, football, hockey

receiving our request for the information.In the case of two International Federations, equestrian and hockey

shrugged off their tag as a "fourth place" team as they beat Germany 2-1 in the semi-finals of the Women's Hockey

charges to a 1-0 success.Earlier in the day, Great Britain secured seventh place at the International Hockey

Related stories December 2015: New Zealand on their Merry way to last four at Hockey World League with

Wheelchair racer Tatyana McFadden, cyclist Joe Berenyi and the men’s national ice sledge hockey team

pursuit and time trial competitions at the US Paralympics Road Cycling Nationals.The men’s ice sledge hockey

reassert their status as the world’s top team in the sport and clinch the team prize.The men's ice sledge hockey

team took home the Paralympic Team of the Year prize ©Getty ImagesThey secured the IPC Sledge Hockey

to a record-equalling third crown.The Sochi 2014 gold medallists also sealed the 2015 World Sled Hockey

Olympic Committee announce contenders for 2014-15 Team USA AwardsMay 2015: United States claim Ice Sledge Hockey

Olivia Merry’s last-gasp strike handed New Zealand a place in the semi-final of the International Hockey

Federation (FIH) Hockey World League Finals as they claimed a dramatic 2-1 victory over Olympic bronze

the half-time interval and she then scrambled home an equaliser  to keep their pursuit of the Hockey

Germany in FIH Women's World League Final openerSeptember 2015: The Netherlands to begin women's Hockey

confirmed entrants in the 2016 International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) Powerchair Hockey

provide news and updates in the build-up to the competition.Under its former name, electric wheelchair hockey

, powerchair hockey was one of nine new sports or disciplines to apply for inclusion at Tokyo 2020,

eye to another Paralympic inclusion tilt.Related storiesMay 2015: Madrid to host European Powerchair Hockey

Championships in 2016March 2015: New international powerchair hockey tournament launchedJanuary 2015

: Powerchair Hockey International Committee launches logo design competition

Monaco’s Stade Louis II will play host to the men’s Olympic repechage qualification tournament and Dublin’s UCD Bowl will stage the women’s event, World Rugby announced today.

Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee will allow them to compete.The organisation prevented their hockey

they booked their place through the regional qualification process rather than SASCOC’s preferred Hockey

superb 3-1 victory over Germany to clinch the runners-up spot in Pool A today at the International Hockey

past Germany in FIH Women's World League Final openerSeptember 2015: The Netherlands to begin women's Hockey

World League title defence against GermanyJune 2015: Great Britain beat China to win at Hockey World

There will be 24 candidates standing for the four places on the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) Athletes' Commission at Rio 2016, including 11 gold medallists, it was announced today

Angela Ruggiero, America's four-time ice hockey medallist, including gold at Nagano 1998, is the favourite

China silenced the home crowd by clinching a shock victory over hosts Argentina at the International Hockey

past Germany in FIH Women's World League Final openerSeptember 2015: The Netherlands to begin women's Hockey

World League title defence against GermanyJune 2015: Great Britain beat China to win at Hockey World

League semi-finalJune 2015: Britain and China secure Rio 2016 after semi-final victories at Hockey World

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