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Key officials from Olympic Movement travel to Glasgow for Host City 2022

  • News

Leading figures from the Olympic Movement and representatives of cities, Organising Committees and marketing organisations have gathered here for the two-day Host City 2022 Conference and Exhibition.

Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympics Organising Committee, Global Esports Federation, International Hockey


Sindhu and Kom elected to first IOA Athletes' Commission

  • OCA

Two-time Olympic badminton silver medallist PV Sindhu and six-time world boxing champion Mary Kom are among 10 individuals unanimously elected to the Athletes' Commission of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA).

Bajrang Lal, table tennis player Achanta Sharath Kamal, fencer Bhavani Devi and two-time Asian Games hockey


Lake Placid 2023 executive director claims preparations running "very smoothly"

  • Lake Placid 2023

Organisers of the Lake Placid 2023 International University Sports Federation (FISU) Winter World University Games have insisted here that "preparations are coming along very smoothly" for the multi-sport event, which is now fewer than two months away.

The arena for hockey, the outdoor speed skating rink, those improvements are now complete and it is looking


Plans for 2024 World Cup of Hockey abandoned because of Russian war in Ukraine

  • Ice Hockey

Plans to stage a World Cup of Hockey in February 2024 have been abandoned amid continuing disagreement

The National Hockey League (NHL) and NHL Players' Association (NHLPA) announced in a joint statement

Over the last year, the NHL and NHLPA have been working on plans to conduct the next World Cup of Hockey

, the premier international best-on-best hockey tournament in February 2024," the statement read.

 "We continue to plan for the next World Cup of Hockey, hopefully in February 2025."

The World Cup of Hockey is a showcase for ice hockey in non-Olympic years but it has not been held since


OCM Hall of Fame member Jahendran Subramaniam dies aged 87

  • OCA

Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) Hall of Fame member Jahendran Subramaniam has died aged 87.

Subramaniam was a hockey enthusiast and dedicated his life to promote the sport and the Olympic Movement

in Malaysia.For his contributions to hockey, he was conferred the Pingat Jasa Kebaktian (P.J.K.) by

Selangor, Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah, in 1989.He served as the honorary treasurer of Selangor Hockey

Association from 1965 to 1993, and also held the position in the Malaysia Hockey Federation (MHF) from

Bangkok, he was appointed Chef de Mission of the Malaysian contingent.Jahendran Subramaniam, right, was a hockey


Santiago 2023 hockey venue becomes first site cleared for athlete use

  • Santiago 2023

The Santiago 2023 Pan American Games hockey venue has become the event's first site to be available for

Hockey becomes the first sport of our Pan American and Parapan American Games to receive its field,"

From Monday, November 7, Los Diablos and Diablas will be able to train at the Field Hockey Sports Center

officially open it, while the Santiago 2023 mascot Fiu was also in attendance.In March of this year, the hockey

EL #hockey se convierte en el primer deporte de nuestros Juegos Panamericanos y Parapanamericanos en

podrán entrenar en el Centro Deportivo de Hockey Césped del Estadio Nacional pic.twitter.com/kg0KHhSFkh


IOA adopts new constitution with "minor changes" amid confusion

  • OCA

Indian Olympic Association (IOA) secretary general Rajeev Mehta is going to announce the agenda for its elections today after the body adopted a new constitution following its Special General Meeting on Thursday.

in Mumbai, from May to September or October next year due to governance issues.Former International Hockey


New International Hockey Federation President Ikram aims to bring organisation closer to National Associations

  • Hockey

New International Hockey Federation (FIH) President Tayyab Ikram has called for the organisation to work

With unity, all hockey stakeholders will win."

Being an Olympic sport gives hockey a dimension - as well as financial resources - which are essential

It’s clear that the overall lack of financial resources impacts negatively the expansion of hockey,"

We have to look for synergies within our global hockey community.

It is great that FIH has just launched a global sustainability strategy for hockey and also, let’s be


Nike features in Laureus Sport for Good Index for second consecutive year

  • Latest

Adidas, Nike, and EA Sports are among 29 brands included in the second edition of the Laureus Sport for Good Index which highlights companies that are "leading the way globally in delivering positive social or ecological impact through sport".

director of purpose and impact Fiona Morgan, Power of Sport Lab director Eli Wolff, and the National Hockey


Argentine Olympic Committee awards Order of Honour to Japanese Mayor of Sakai for pre-Tokyo 2020 Olympics hosting

  • PASO

Masahiro Hashimoto, Mayor of the Japanese city of Sakai, has received the Order of Honour from the Argentine Olympic Committee (COA) for the hosting of its athletes and officials in a pre-Tokyo 2020 Olympics training camp last year.

We had many athletes from various sports such as the men's and women's hockey teams, the men's handball

unfavourable conditions that had to be overcome.The silver medal-winning success of Argentina's women's hockey

Hashimoto added that, having hosted the hockey delegation among others, the success of the Argentine

team and that is why they fervently told me to build a hockey field.

that made everyone in Sakai very happy, and from now on, we would like to train Sakai children to play hockey


Wide range of athletes attend Zambian NOC's engagement workshop

  • ANOCA

A total of 31 sportsmen and women attended the annual engagement workshop organised by the National Olympic Committee of Zambia (NOCZ) Athletes' Commission in Lusaka.

Representatives of judo, hockey, football, weightlifting, swimming, boxing, skateboarding, taekwondo,



New FIH President Ikram planning for waterless pitches at Los Angeles 2028

  • Hockey

New International Hockey Federation (FIH) President Tayyab Ikram has vowed to use waterless pitches at

before moving into the 11-a-side format of the game at Pro League matches.The 2026 Women’s and Men’s Hockey

tournament will be played on this surface, then step by step in 2024 we will start introducing it to hockey

Speaking prior to the Presidential election, Ikram’s rival Marc Coudron criticised water-based hockey



NHL still wants to hold World Cup of Hockey before Winter Olympics but Russian participation a stumbling

  • Ice Hockey

February 2024 remains the target for the National Hockey League (NHL) to stage the next World Cup of

Hockey, but officials have conceded there are factors complicating their plans.

A World Cup of Hockey has not been held since 2016 and whether or not it goes ahead could impact the

the next Winter Olympics.NHL players missed both Pyeongchang 2018 and Beijing 2022.The World Cup of Hockey

States.NHL players have not played at the Olympics since Sochi 2014 ©Getty ImagesThe International Ice Hockey

national teams from its competitions.It has not been involved in previous editions of the World Cup of Hockey

game".No agreement on IIHF involvement has yet been reached and the NHL is insistent the World Cup of Hockey