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British hope Reid through to face world number one at NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters

  • Wheelchair Tennis

By Daniel EtchellsGreat Britain's Gordon Reid set up a semi-final clash with world number one Shingo Kunieda after a gutsy three-set win against France's Nicolas Peifer on day three of the NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters in London.

Reid's 6-3, 4-6, 6-1 victory against Peifer at the Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre in the Queen Elizabeth


Esbjerg to host 2015 European Curling Championships and 2019 World Women's Curling Championship

  • Curling

By Daniel EtchellsEsbjerg in Denmark will host the 2015 European Curling Championships and the 2019 World Women's Curling Championships, it has been announced. 

The European Curling Championships A Division will take place in the 4,000 capacity Granly Hockey Arena

, home to the local elite ice hockey club Esbjerg Energy, while the B Division will be held at the Esbjerg

November 20 and 28, 2015.The World Women's Curling Championship is also due to be staged at the Granly Hockey

The Granly Hockey Arena hosted the 2011 Capital One World Women's Curling Championship ©WCF/Richard GrayThe






Legendary Russian ice hockey coach Tikhonov dies aged 84

  • Ice Hockey

By Emily GoddardRussian Viktor Tikhonov, one of international ice hockey's most successful coaches of all time, has died after a long illness at the age of 84.

he retired ©Getty ImagesTikhonov was inducted into the builders' category of the International Ice Hockey

be remembered forever thanks to the incredible legacy that he left in Russian and in international hockey

and was on the team that won this year's Ice Hockey World Championship gold medal in Minsk and also

story at [email protected] storiesMay 2014: Russia beat Finland to claim 2014 Ice Hockey

World Championships crown January 2014: NHL players dominate Russian ice hockey squad for Sochi 2014


London Mayor joins top players ahead of NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters

  • Wheelchair Tennis

By Paul OsborneLondon Mayor Boris Johnson today took part in a game of mini tennis ahead of the NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters, which is due to be held at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in the British capital. 

Wednesday (November 26) with competition coming to an end on Sunday (November 30) at the Lee Valley Hockey

end-of-season Wheelchair Tennis Masters at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park go on saleJune 2014: Lee Valley Hockey


Reid and Griffioen successfully defend Nottingham Indoor Wheelchair Tennis titles

  • Wheelchair Tennis

By Emily GoddardGordon Reid and Jiske Griffioen have successfully defended their men's and women's singles titles at the Nottingham Indoor Wheelchair Tennis Tournament to signal their intentions at the year-end Wheelchair Tennis Masters.

things she will use at the Masters, due toget underway on Wednesday (November 26) at the Lee Valley Hockey


Exclusive: Qatar's experience shows it will host a good World Cup, claims FIFA Executive Committee contender

  • World Cup

By Nick Butler at the Holiday Inn Resort Hotel in PhuketMalaysia's Asian Football Confederation (AFC) vice-president and FIFA Executive Committee candidate, Prince Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah has admitted Qatar was a controversial choice to host the 2022 World Cup but claimed they are "fully capable of making it happen".

that we have to give due respect to FIFA for the decision," the Crown Prince, who also heads the Asian Hockey




First ever Para-skeleton World Cup won by British ex-serviceman

  • Winter Paralympic Sports

By Nick ButlerGreat Britain's former soldier Matt Richardson has won the first ever Para-skeleton World Cup event in Park City, hailed afterwards as a "historic official start of a Paralympic sport".

present, the Winter Paralympic programme consists of Alpine and Nordic skiing, biathlon, ice sledge hockey


Pyeongchang 2018 Coordination Commission meeting cancelled

  • Pyeongchang 2018

By Paul OsborneThe fourth Coordination Commission for the 2018 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Pyeongchang has been cancelled, it was revealed today. 

International Olympic Winter Sports Federations (AIOWF) and Rene Fasel, head of the International Ice Hockey