The 2015 International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Ice Hockey World Championship surpassed all previous

The IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship is a trademark for top-level ice hockey and the 2015 event has

Canada got the better of Russia in the 2015 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship final ©Getty ImagesRussian

great Alexander Ovechkin and Canadian captain Sidney Crosby, both stars of the National Hockey League

World ChampionshipMay 2015: Belarus seal last eight berth with narrow win over Norway at Ice Hockey

World ChampionshipsMay 2015: Forsberg inspires Sweden to important win at Ice Hockey World Championship

Doing well but could do better seems to be the verdict on Pyeongchang 2018’s preparations as the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Coordination Commission concluded their fifth visit to the South Korean county this week.

the adjacent cross-country course.Over at the Gangneung Olympic Park, which will play host to ice hockey

International Olympic Committee (IOC) Coordination Commission chair Gunilla Lindberg says she is “totally convinced” venues will be ready in time to stage Pyeongchang 2018 test events despite the hectic schedule, while reiterating that deadlines remain tight here today.

Games.Lindberg also confirmed to insidethegames that discussions remain ongoing regarding the use of National Hockey

2018 set for fifth IOC Coordination Commission visitSeptember 2015: Pyeongchang 2018 uses ice hockey

The Netherlands will begin their Hockey World League Final title defence with a London 2012 gold medal

rematch against Germany after the International Hockey Federation (FIH) confirmed the schedule for

The clash between the two hockey heavyweights, also a repeat of the recent EuroHockey Championships

of the season-ending event, the first to ever be held at the 3,000-capacity Raipur International Hockey

teams are due to compete at the Hockey World League Final competition, with number one ranked Australia

League Semi-FinalJuly 2015: Netherlands battle to final win over South Korea at World Hockey League

semi-finalJuly 2015: Australia and Belgium to battle for Antwerp Hockey World League semi-final crown

The passing of Yogi Berra, the celebrated New York Yankees Hall of Fame baseball catcher who died on Tuesday (September 22) aged 90, has prompted - in respectful and affectionate memory - widespread coverage of his celebrated non-sequiturs and verbal gaffes.The list of Yogi’s boo-boos - he was said to have been the inspiration for the Hanna-Barbera cartoon character Yogi Bear, indeed he even prepared a defamation lawsuit against the company, who insisted it was mere coincidence, before seeing the funny side and withdrawing it - is long. And of course one cannot neglect the opportunity to share again some...

golf course.”And this, from Tiger Woods, has a studied feel to it despite its arresting imagery: “Hockey

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach is due to speak at the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Summit 2015 in New York on Saturday (September 26), a key-step in his highly-publicised aim of including sport as one of the UN's goals following the event.

mentioned as “an important enabler of sustainable development".Bach will be joined by American ice hockey

Pyeongchang 2018 need to “increase the speed” of progress in its preparations to host the Winter Olympics and Paralympics in three years time, International Olympic Committee (IOC) Coordination Commission chair Gunilla Lindberg said here today.

Pyeongchang 2018 set for fifth IOC Coordination Commission visitSeptember 2015: Pyeongchang 2018 uses ice hockey

Gobs have never been quite as smacked as they were when Japan pulled off what Sir Clive Woodward called the greatest single moment in the history of the Rugby World Cup by snatching an historic and enthralling victory over mighty South Africa last weekend.

Ice" in the 1980 Winter Olympics at Lake Placid when, deep, in the Cold War, the United States ice hockey

Environmental campaign group Green Korea United have launched a scathing attack on Pyeongchang 2018 for destroying “sacred” trees in order to build a ski run for the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.

2018 set for fifth IOC Coordination Commission visitSeptember 2015: Pyeongchang 2018 uses ice hockey

Pyeongchang 2018 held a groundbreaking ceremony at the site of the Olympic and Paralympic Village here today, which signalled the official start to the construction of the venue.

2018 set for fifth IOC Coordination Commission visitSeptember 2015: Pyeongchang 2018 uses ice hockey

Members of the Pyeongchang 2018 International Olympic Committee (IOC) Coordination Commission are continuing to arrive here ahead of their fifth visit to the South Korean county, which officially begins tomorrow.

2018 following a meeting with organisers.Related storiesSeptember 2015: Pyeongchang 2018 uses ice hockey

The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has announced it has concluded testing on the five-a-side

“While 11-a-side hockey remains the pinnacle of our sport, we must continue to look at different ways

Loughborough University is that hockey5s is an incubator for new ideas that can be applied to other hockey

which the FIH claim attracted positive feedback, and it is hoped the shorter format will help develop hockey

used by organisers of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang in a bid to promote the Games to ice-hockey

The zones feature models of ice hockey players with Pyeongchang branding and have been put in position

at the homes of South Korean teams who play in the Asia League Ice Hockey (AL), at Goyan, Incheon and

which began on August 30, due to last until April 2016.Photo-zones have been used at Asia League Ice Hockey

spokesman Sung Baik-you said: "We will endeavor to grow public interest and encourage participation in ice hockey

South Korea's national team will make their Olympic ice hockey debut in 2018 after being awarded a host

The Mayor of Calgary has confirmed that there is interest in bringing the Winter Olympics back to the Canadian city in 2026.

Calgary hosted the Winter Olympics in 1988 ©Getty ImagesA new arena planned by the NHL ice hockey side

It might just be the greatest 12 months rugby has ever known. It will certainly be the most global. The 2015 World Cup will dominate the headlines over the next month and in 2016, rugby returns to the Olympic fold after the small matter of 92 years.

By 1930, it was still included in the regulations alongside basketball, lawn tennis, hockey, polo ,