Cyrille Mainguy has been re-elected secretary general of the Vanuatu Association of Sports And National Olympic Committee (VASANOC) during the body's Annual General Meeting in Port Vila, while it was also confirmed the Pacific nation will host next year's Oceania National Olympic Committees (ONOC) General Assembly.

a role he has served since 2001.Governing bodies for archery, athletics, boxing, cricket, football, hockey

The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) has announced that Slovakia will host the 2019 World

six years ago in Berne and Zurich-Kloten, plan to host the Championship under the slogan “Love Ice Hockey

”.The two venues proposed are Zurich's Hallenstadion, which has a capacity of 11,200 for hockey, as

Latvia face-off for 2018 ice hockey World ChampionshipsMarch 2013: Denmark and Latvia present joint

2017 World Ice Hockey Championship bidNovember 2012: Denmark and Latvia launch joint bid for 2017 Ice

Hockey World Championships

Hosts Czech Republic will play Canada in the Ice Hockey World Championship semi-finals thanks to a dramatic

Related storiesMay 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 ChampionshipMay

2015: Hosts Czech Republic book last-eight spot at Ice Hockey World ChampionshipMay 2015: Defending

champions Russia return to form by thrashing Belarus at Ice Hockey World ChampionshipsMay 2015: United

States bounce back from Belarus defeat with narrow win over Denmark at Ice Hockey World Championship

Belarus sealed the final qualification spot for the quarter-finals of the Ice Hockey World Championship

following a rest day tomorrow.Related storiesMay 2015: Forsberg inspires Sweden to important win at Ice Hockey

World ChampionshipMay 2015: Hosts Czech Republic book last-eight spot at Ice Hockey World ChampionshipMay

2015: Defending champions Russia return to form by thrashing Belarus at Ice Hockey World ChampionshipsMay

2015: United States bounce back from Belarus defeat with narrow win over Denmark at Ice Hockey World

ChampionshipMay 2015: Belarus score three in five minutes to shock United States at Ice Hockey World

Toronto 2015 have announced nine well-known Canadians who will participate in the Pan American Games Torch Relay, which gets underway at the end of the month.

new Torchbearers to receive the torch and will carry it through Cambridge, Ontario, on June 20.Ice hockey

brought Sweden from a goal behind against France to secure his country second spot in Group A at the Ice Hockey

do battle with Russia.Related storiesMay 2015: Hosts Czech Republic book last-eight spot at Ice Hockey

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ChampionshipsMay 2015: United States bounce back from Belarus defeat with narrow win over Denmark at Ice Hockey

World ChampionshipMay 2015: Belarus score three in five minutes to shock United States at Ice Hockey

World ChampionshipMay 2015: Canadian winning streak continues at Ice Hockey World Championship

Host nation the Czech Republic earned a quarter-final berth at the men's Ice Hockey World Championship

Group B.Related storiesMay 2015: Defending champions Russia return to form by thrashing Belarus at Ice Hockey

ChampionshipsMay 2015: United States bounce back from Belarus defeat with narrow win over Denmark at Ice Hockey

World ChampionshipMay 2015: Belarus score three in five minutes to shock United States at Ice Hockey

World ChampionshipMay 2015: Canadian winning streak continues at Ice Hockey World ChampionshipMay 2015

: Switzerland and Belarus gain contrasting wins at Ice Hockey World Championships

style to surge back to the summit of Group B with a thumping 7-0 win over Belarus at the men's Ice Hockey

storiesMay 2015: United States bounce back from Belarus defeat with narrow win over Denmark at Ice Hockey

World ChampionshipMay 2015: Belarus score three in five minutes to shock United States at Ice Hockey

World ChampionshipMay 2015: Canadian winning streak continues at Ice Hockey World ChampionshipMay 2015

: Switzerland and Belarus gain contrasting wins at Ice Hockey World ChampionshipsMay 2015: Defending

champions Russia suffer shock defeat to US at Ice Hockey World Championship

An historic change to the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) Constitution to recognise the nation’s indigenous population has been unanimously passed at the body’s Annual General Meeting in Sydney.

change was heralded by Senator Nova Peris, Australia’s first indigenous gold medallist as part of the hockey

Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) President John Coates has accused the Australian Senate of a lack of support in their battle to tackle doping in sport in the country.

“These commentators forget that the highly professional team sports of football, ice hockey, basketball

and volleyball and the other team sports of handball, rugby sevens, hockey and water polo, which have

Olympic Committee (USOC) have announced three-time Paralympic champion Tatyana McFadden, young ice hockey

star Auston Matthews and the women’s ice hockey team as the winners of their monthly awards for April

so.Matthews, meanwhile, was integral to the American team claiming gold at the recent 2015 International Ice Hockey

defended their title thanks to a 2-1 overtime victory against Finland.The United States women's ice hockey

second straight Women's World Championship title by beating Canada ©Getty ImagesThe American women’s ice hockey

disappointing defeat at the hands of Belarus by claiming a narrow 1-0 victory over Denmark at the men's Ice Hockey

competition.Related storiesMay 2015: Belarus score three in five minutes to shock United States at Ice Hockey

World ChampionshipMay 2015: Canadian winning streak continues at Ice Hockey World ChampionshipMay 2015

: Switzerland and Belarus gain contrasting wins at Ice Hockey World ChampionshipsMay 2015: Defending

champions Russia suffer shock defeat to US at Ice Hockey World ChampionshipMay 2015: Canada storm to

Group A summit at ice hockey World Championships

Belarus enjoyed a stunning 5-2 win over the United States today at the men's Ice Hockey World Championships

winners over Slovenia in Group B.Related stories:May 2015: Canadian winning streak continues at Ice Hockey

World ChampionshipMay 2015: Switzerland and Belarus gain contrasting wins at Ice Hockey World ChampionshipsMay

2015: Defending champions Russia suffer shock defeat to US at Ice Hockey World ChampionshipMay

2015: Canada storm to Group A summit at ice hockey World ChampionshipsMay 2015: Austria shock

Switzerland in shootout at men's ice hockey World Championships

Canada’s perfect record at this year’s Ice Hockey World Championship looked under threat tonight but

against France in Prague.Related storiesMay 2015: Switzerland and Belarus gain contrasting wins at Ice Hockey

World ChampionshipsMay 2015: Defending champions Russia suffer shock defeat to US at Ice Hockey World

ChampionshipMay 2015: Canada storm to Group A summit at ice hockey World ChampionshipsMay 2015: Austria

shock Switzerland in shootout at men's ice hockey World ChampionshipsMay 2015: Canada and United States

ease to victories to open men's ice hockey World Championships

Madrid will play host to the European Powerchair Hockey Championships next year, set to be the first

major event since the sport changed its name from electric wheelchair hockey last August.

IWAS).Action is scheduled to take place from July 10 to 17 in 2016.Under its former name, powerchair hockey

IWAS/FacebookIt is therefore hoped the European Championships will help to further promote powerchair hockey

Hagen, competition, events and development officer for the sport Executive Committee for Powerchair Hockey

They have proved they are dedicated to promoting and developing powerchair hockey in Spain.”Related

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