Great Britain beat China 2-0 to take first place at the International Hockey Federation (FIH) Hockey

win the coveted third automatic Olympic qualification place.All four teams have qualified for the Hockey

World League semi-finalMarch 2015: Hockey World League semi-final line-ups confirmed as race for Rio

2016 qualification heats upMarch 2015: Home nation Ireland claim Hockey World League Round 2 title March

2015: Hosts Ireland to face Canada in Dublin Hockey World League 2 finalMarch 2015: Hosts India seal

women's Hockey World League semi-final spot as France claim men's honours

Britain and China booked their places at the Rio 2016 Olympic women’s hockey tournament after winning

victories in the semi-final of the International Hockey Federation (FIH) Hockey World League semi-final

help her team progress.China beat Argentina in the second semi-final to ensure their progression ©FIH Hockey

having beaten Germany at last year’s Champions Trophy and the World Cup.Related storiesMarch 2015: Hockey

line-ups confirmed as race for Rio 2016 qualification heats upMarch 2015: Home nation Ireland claim Hockey

World League Round 2 title March 2015: Hosts Ireland to face Canada in Dublin Hockey World League 2

2015: Surprise package China reach final at Hockey World League Round 2 event

Marketing giants Dentsu Inc. have been appointed by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) to orchestrate promotional efforts in Japan for the 2020 Paralympics in Tokyo.

for.These consist of athletics; swimming, powerlifting, shooting; Alpine skiing, snowboard, ice sledge hockey

If anyone is planning to knuckle down this weekend with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)’s new 66-page report on anti-doping rule violations, then be aware of one thing: you’ll get much more out of it if you have a pocket calculator with a reliable percentage function to hand.

85531011.188Athletics249422931.179Taekwondo1588171.0710Table tennis1035100.97The highest Winter Olympic sport in this ranking, incidentally, was ice-hockey

Germany’s Henri Junghaenel defeated a stellar field to earn European Games gold medal in the 50 metre rifle prone men's event here, and the second gold of the day, in the new event of the mixed team trap, went to the Slovakian pairing of Zuzana Rehak Stefecekova and world champion Erik Varga, who earned an emphatic 27-21 win over Russia’s newly crowned men’s champion Alexey Alipov and Elena Tkach.

Maybe it would make more people see the sport, because we are not like football or ice hockey now."

Norwegian Snowboarder Silje Norendal and ice hockey player Mats Zuccarello have become the latest ambassadors

Three-time Winter X Games slopestyle champion Norendal and Zuccarello, who plays for National Hockey

“I know that Lillehammer will be even more awesome.”Ice hockey player Mats Zuccarello has also been named

England Hockey has announced the appointment of Royston Hoggarth as its new chair of the Board, replacing

at an exciting time for the sport ©Getty ImagesHis appointment at England Hockey is effective as of

I am delighted to be joining the Board of England Hockey at such an exciting time in the development

“I am looking forward to working with the Board and the hockey community at all levels to help raise

the sport’s profile and make hockey one of the leading sports in the UK.”Kimberley added: “I will be

2009: Hockey chairman joins UK Sport

Port Moresby 2015 have staged a test event at the recently-renovated Sir John Guise Stadium ahead of this year’s Pacific Games, which is due to begin with the Opening Ceremony on July 4.

was instrumental in them gaining independence from Australia in 1975, will host athletics, rugby, hockey

A triple-headed race for the 2020 Olympics, International Olympic Committee (IOC) Presidency and new sporting slot on the programme seemed basically all anyone talked about when I started at insidethegames in the summer of 2013, with speculation, predictions and idle gossip dominating virtually every conversation.

also, particularly as it is currently the off-season in their respective sports of biathlon and ice hockey

Olympic champions Germany silenced the home crowd as they won the Hockey World League semi-final event

on the final day of the event in the Argentinian capital, The Netherlands sealed the last available Hockey

World League semi-final victoriesJune 2015: Germany set up Olympic gold medal rematch at Hockey World

League event with victory over South KoreaJune 2015: Hosts finish pool stage at Hockey World League

semi-final with maximum points as last eight decidedJune 2015: Spain into last eight of Hockey World

League semi-finalJune 2015: Olympic champions and hosts both maintain 100 per cent record at Hockey World

both booked their spot at next year's Games in Rio de Janeiro with victories in the last four at the Hockey

2 draw after regulation time.Related storiesJune 2015: Germany set up Olympic gold medal rematch at Hockey

World League event with victory over South KoreaJune 2015: Hosts finish pool stage at Hockey World League

semi-final with maximum points as last eight decidedJune 2015: Spain into last eight of Hockey World

League semi-finalJune 2015: Olympic champions and hosts both maintain 100 per cent record at Hockey

World League semi-finalJune 2015: Olympic champions off to winning start at Hockey World League semi-final

rematch of the London 2012 gold medal contest with The Netherlands as they reached the last four of the Hockey

side prolonged their stay in the competition.Related storiesJune 2015: Hosts finish pool stage at Hockey

World League semi-final with maximum points as last eight decidedJune 2015: Spain into last eight of Hockey

World League semi-finalJune 2015: Olympic champions and hosts both maintain 100 per cent record at Hockey

World League semi-finalJune 2015: Olympic champions off to winning start at Hockey World League semi-finalJune

2015: Hosts Argentina begin Hockey World League semi-final event with comfortable win over Austria

Argentina maintained their 100 per cent record at the Hockey World League semi-final event in front

final takes place the following day on June 14.Related storiesJune 2015:  Spain into last eight of Hockey

World League semi-finalJune 2015:  Olympic champions and hosts both maintain 100 per cent record at Hockey

World League semi-finalJune 2015:Olympic champions off to winning start at Hockey World League semi-finalJune

2015:  Hosts Argentina begin Hockey World League semi-final event with comfortable win over AustriaMarch

2015:  Hockey World League semi-final line-ups confirmed as race for Rio 2016 qualification heats up

Triathlete Gwen Jorgensen’s superb winning streak continued as she was announced as the winner of the United States Olympic Committee’s (USOC) women's Best of May award.

second victory of the competition.Paralympic athletes claimed a second USOC award, with the ice sled hockey

team rewarded for securing their third International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Ice Sledge Hockey

receiving the team award.The United States saw off arch-rivals Canada in the final of the IPC Ice Sledge Hockey

streak to nine as Gómez pips Brownlee in sprint finishMay 2015:  United States claim Ice Sledge Hockey

Beijing 2022 produced a "slick and professional" presentation to International Olympic Committee (IOC) members today in the race for the 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympics, strongly batting off concerns about a lack of snow and winter vibe. 

: "Today, you can have natural or artificial snow, I do not see this as an issue".International Ice Hockey