A pledge to utilise a $75 billion (£49 billion/€67 billion) sovereign wealth fund formed a strong part of Almaty 2022's message to the International Olympic Committee here (IOC) at today's Candidate City Briefing, with Kazakh Prime Minister Karim Massimov playing a starring role.

United States IOC Athletes Commission member and ice hockey player Angela Ruggiero praised how the bid

Paralympic and world champion sprinter Martina Caironi has scooped the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Allianz Athlete of the Month award for May following her record-breaking performances at the IPC Athletics Grand Prix in Nottwil, Switzerland.

South African Lucas Sithole to claim the quad doubles crown.Also nominated was American ice sledge hockey

star Josh Pauls, who was an integral part of the team that won the Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships

Spain secured a last-eight spot at the Hockey World League semi-final event in Buenos Aires, beating

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Olympic champions Germany booked their place in the last eight of the Hockey World League semi-final

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win over AustriaMarch 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 final

Sailing and 7-a-side football’s faint hopes of being included on the Tokyo 2020 programme appear to have been ended after the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Governing Board confirmed their exclusion at a meeting in the Japanese capital, which concluded today.

programmes for the remaining sports of Alpine skiing, biathlon, cross-country skiing, ice sledge hockey

Olympic champions Germany got their Hockey World League semi-final campaign off to a winning start with

match out to secure their second straight win.Related storiesJune 2015: Hosts Argentina begin Hockey

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League 2 finalMarch 2015: Hosts India seal women's Hockey World League semi-final spot as France

At any major multi-sport event, the Athletes’ Village invariably provides the heartbeat.

grab-and-go cafés free to all residents.The super recreation centres also allow for athletes to play air hockey

A thrilling two-hour Opening Ceremony in Singapore’s National Stadium saw the 28th edition of the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games get underway today.

performance concluded with the reveal of more of Singapore’s former and current sporting heroes, with SEA hockey

The Brunei Darussalam National Olympic Council (BDNOC) have pulled out of hosting the 2019 Southeast Asian Games, it has been announced.

also announced that two winter sports have been added to the programme for the first time, with ice hockey

Host nation Argentina surged to the top of Pool B at the men’s Hockey World League semi-final event

at the tournament when they entertain Egypt, and Japan play New Zealand.Related storiesMarch 2015: Hockey

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finalMarch 2015: Hosts India seal women's Hockey World League semi-final spot as France claim men's honoursMarch

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Gert Van LooyChef de Mission, Belgium

I would like to see more athletics and hockey as well. 8) How interested do you think the public in

The International Academy of Sport Science and Technology (AISTS) are welcoming applications from current and former professional athletes for their Athlete Scholarship, to help in their dual and post-sport careers.

roles.Previous winners of the AISTS Athlete Scholarship have included the former captain Ireland’s women’s hockey

Italian T42 sprinter Martina Caironi is among the nominees for the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Allianz Athlete of the Month following a stunning performance at the recent IPC Athletics Grand Prix meeting in Nottwil, Switzerland.

been nominated following a record-breaking performance in Nottwil ©Getty ImagesAmerican ice sledge hockey

star Josh Pauls, integral to his side’s world title winning success at the 2015 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey

The Association of International Olympic Winter Sports Federations (AIOWF) and Association of International Olympic Committee (IOC) Recognised International Sports Federations (ARISF) have suspended their memberships with SportAccord.

four non-Olympic sports, it has now joined the exodus.Athletics, shooting, archery, canoeing, boxing, hockey

Indian Olympic Association (IOA) President N Ramachandran has hit back at the various State Olympic Associations (SOA) and National Federations calling for him to be replaced, accusing them of launching “a deliberate smear campaign”.

the number of IOA Executive Board members to 21 and would try to form new election guidelines.The Hockey

has been reported that Federations representing badminton, basketball, bowling, fencing, handball, hockey

, ice hockey, ice skating, modern pentathlon and rugby union have all supported the move to remove Ramachandran.The