Loughborough University are carrying out an independent research project on the manufacture and testing of boccia balls for competition.

previously completed similar projects for the International Tennis Federation (ITF), the International Hockey

Brazil held their nerve to claim a thrilling overtime victory over Argentina here tonight on a frenetic final evening of Pan American Games sporting action otherwise headlined by two incident-packed men's relays on the athletics track.

Veyre.There was a defeat, however, to Brazil in the men's basketball final and to Argentina in the men's hockey

Canada's Andre De Grasse completed the men's sprint double at the Toronto 2015 Pan American Games as the 20-year-old secured the 200 metres title here today to add to the 100m gold he won two days ago at the CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Athletics Stadium.

adrift in silver after posting 16.99m.The United States beat Argentina 2-1 to defend their women's hockey

States, by beating them in the men's final.However the United States were able to celebrate women's hockey

Canada have become the latest men's hockey team to secure a Rio 2016 Olympic qualification slot, while

securing a top-six finish earlier at these Games, with this the criteria stipulated by the International Hockey

beneficiaries, having been selected instead after being the next highest ranked placed team at the Hockey

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Brazil's men's hockey team have secured a place at next year's Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro in dramatic

Hockey, a sport in which Brazil have little international pedigree and have never competed at the Olympics

medal.They will join six other teams who have already secured Rio 2016 qualification at the recent Hockey

men's team.Related storiesJuly 2015: Australia claim last-gasp final victory over hosts Belgium at Hockey

World League Semi-FinalJune 2015: Germany win Hockey World League semi-final event with comfortable

England Hockey and the European Hockey Federation (EHF) have announced Dutch financial services company

Rabobank have a strong involvement with the sport having been the title sponsor of last year’s Hockey

“Rabobank has been the number one commercial supporter of Dutch hockey and it is fitting that they will

“I am happy that Rabobank will join England Hockey and ourselves in the Unibet EuroHockey Championships

women's titles at the 2015 EuroHockey Championships ©Getty ImagesThe announcement comes after England Hockey

opted to expand the Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre, a venue that was used for the 2012 Olympic

Pyeongchang 2018 President Cho Yang-ho has promised that the event will not waste "precious taxpayers' money" as he pledged to run a fiscally responsible Winter Olympics and Paralympics. 

Coastal city Gangneung is due to be used for the figure skating, curling, ice hockey, speed and short-track

Commonwealth Games England (CGE) have announced they have appointed Alex Danson and Dawn Newbery to its Board to help the team prepare for Gold Coast 2018. 

Paralympic sport to Commonwealth Games England’s first-class operation.”Alex Danson was part of the hockey

first time since Edinburgh 1986 ©Getty ImagesDanson has been a member of the England and Britain's hockey

since her England debut in 2001, when she was 16.Widely regarded as one of England’s leading female hockey

The Australian Olympic Committee was represented by five Olympians in the 2015 Indigenous Marathon Project's Deadly Fun Run Championships in Uluru, also known as Ayers Rock, to mark 30 years since the world-famous landmark was given back to its original owners.

indigenous quintet, including Beijing 2008 Olympic Games kayak bronze medallist Hannah Davis and Olympic hockey

Australian people, using running as a method to help develop sport among their communities.Beijing 2008 hockey

Pacific Games Council (PGC) executive director Andrew Minogue has hailed the participation of Australia and New Zealand at at the 15th edition of the event, which finished here yesterday. 

with a total of 114 medals, including 33 gold, to finish fourth on the medal table.They dominated the hockey

Papua New Guinea finished top of the Pacific Games medals table for only the second time in the their history as their athletes produced another excellent performance here on the final day of competition at Port Moresby 2015.

Guinea in three sets.Fiji also performed well on the final day of Port Moresby 2015, sweeping the hockey

since Suva 1979.Fiji’s women were equally dominant, beating Papua New Guinea 10-4.As well as their hockey

tag in the netball event, beating Papua New Guinea 68-51.Fiji's women claimed the gold medals in the hockey

Last week in a hotel overlooking London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Dame Tessa Jowell joined volunteers to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the day London was chosen as Olympic hosts for 2012.

idea was seen at an Olympic Park which staged athletics, aquatics , track and bmx cycling, handball, hockey

A head of operations has been appointed by the organisers of the 2017 International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships in London, it was announced today. 

Michelle Dite, a former England hockey international, will take on the role which will cover all operational

A highly emotional Thomas Bach paid his first visit back to the arena in which he won his Olympic team foil fencing gold medal 39 years ago today, fighting off tears as he paid tribute to a former team mate.

the Montreal 1976 fencing piste is recreated in the CEPSUM Sports Complex, which usually hosts ice hockey

Jeffery A. Jones has been appointed as director of sport by the National Wheelchair Basketball Association (NWBA) in the United States, it was announced today.

His past coaching experience includes sled hockey, quad rugby, wheelchair soccer, track and field, boccia