By Paul OsborneThe battle to be named host of the 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games has stepped up a gear following the submission of Candidature Files by the two remaining Candidate Cities, Almaty and Beijing.

storiesJanuary 2015: Beijing and Almaty submit Candidature Files for 2022 Winter OlympicsDecember 2014: Ice hockey

By Liam MorganMembers of the Halton-Peel Cruisers ice sledge hockey team were given the surprise of their

routine programme documenting their sport.Little did they know, however, that several top National Hockey

It doesn't matter if its sledge hockey, stand-up hockey, amputee hockey or blind hockey – at the end

of the day hockey is hockey."

The sport of ice sledge hockey is growing across the world and it has become one of the most popular

Federation sign MoU to promote sledge hockey

By Emily GoddardFiji has withdrawn from the Hockey World League due to a lack of funds, it has bee announced

Having advanced in the tournament thanks to wins on home turf at the National Hockey Centre in Suva last

India for their games in March.But financial restraints mean they will now abandon the International Hockey

of the Fiji Hockey Federation."

Papua New Guinea has now been invited to replace Fiji at the World Hockey League.This latest incident

This is not the first time we've made sacrifices," Fiji men's hockey head coach Hector Smith said."

Finland and the United States all earned victories at the preliminary stage of the International Ice Hockey

Savolainen and Sanni Hakala both found the net.Canada will be hoping for a repeat of their junior ice hockey

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By Paul OsborneBeijing and Almaty today submitted their Candidature Files to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in what is an important milestone in the race to win the right to host the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Contact the writer of this story at [email protected] storiesDecember 2014: Ice hockey

By Liam MorganCanada survived a late comeback from Russia to win their first International Ice Hockey

game was well and truly on when Sergei Tolchinski made it 5-3.Canada battled to victory at the Ice Hockey

with RussiaJanuary 2015: Hosts Canada cruise past Denmark to remain on course for World Junior ice hockey

By Nick ButlerInternational Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) President René Fasel has risked upsetting the

By Liam MorganHost nation Canada will face Russia in the final of the International Ice Hockey Federation

insidethegames.bizRelated storiesJanuary 2015: Hosts Canada cruise past Denmark to remain on course for World Junior ice hockey

It has never staged the Olympic Games, but Lausanne in Switzerland is about to celebrate a century as the "Olympic Capital." Even the city railway station is adorned with the five Olympic rings.It was in 1915 that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) first established their headquarters on the shores of  Lake Geneva -known locally as Lake Leman - for the first time.Frenchman Baron Pierre de Coubertin was IOC President at the time. He had been planning the move to the Swiss city since 1907.

eventually returned to the Games fold as Zimbabwe in 1980, with their women winning a gold medal in the hockey

By Daniel EtchellsAustralia's wheelchair rugby team has been shortlisted for Team of the Year at the inaugural Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) Sport Performance Awards (ASPAs) after winning the 2014 International Wheelchair Rugby Federation World Championship title in Odense, Denmark.

Australia's netball team, gold medallists at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games, and Australia's men's hockey

dominant victory over New ZealandJune 2014: Ciriello hat-trick helps Australia's men beat Dutch hosts at Hockey

Meanwhile, Canada refused to send an ice hockey team, maintaining that professional players from Communist

It was the first time Canada had not been represented in the tournament since 1920 when ice hockey had

They did not compete internationally again until 1977, when the International Ice Hockey Federation adopted

ButlerSweden, Russia, Slovakia and hosts Canada secured berths in the last four of the International Ice Hockey

rivals United States.The two superpowers have long endured perhaps the bitterest rivalry in senior ice hockey

By Duncan MackayPyeongchang 2018 today announced the names for the venues due to be used for the Winter Olympics and Paralympics.

2018 Gangneung, a city located on the East Sea, will host the ice sports in the Coastal Cluster.Yulgok Hockey

Centre will host men's ice hockey and then ice sledge hockey during the Paralympics.Kwandong Hockey

By Daniel EtchellsThe 2015 Winter European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) in Vorarlberg and Liechtenstein is set to get underway in less than a month's time as organisers complete their final preparations for the multi-sport event. 

year-olds will be vying for medals in Alpine skiing, biathlon, cross country skiing, figure skating, ice hockey

By Paul OsborneSochi 2014 has been named as the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) top moment of 2014.

which made the top five.Second on the list was NBC broadcasting the gold medal match of the ice sledge hockey