By Zjan ShirinianMore than 100 children with a physical disability took part in a special tournament as the World Cup got underway in nearby The Hague at the weekend.

Cartouche Hockey Club hosted the tournament, as part of an effort to bring the sport to as many people

as possible.It was held as the Rabobank Hockey World Cup began yesterday for 16 days of top-level competition

limitations should not stop you from enjoying sport," said Henriette van Aalderen of the Royal Dutch Hockey

Hockey for people with disabilities has attracted support through the Dirk Kuyt Foundation, set up by

Fleuren, is keen to spread the word about disabled hockey as well."

By Mike RowbottomThe revised format for hockey matches of four quarters rather than two halves, adopted

"The next Olympics in Rio will see hockey played in quarters," the International Hockey League's chief

penalty corner or the scoring of a goal.The four-quarter format has already been trialled in the Euro Hockey

It is not in operation in the Hockey World Cup currently taking place in The Hague, but it will apply

"The Hockey India League has had this system for the last two years, and the European Hockey League for

We looked at a lot of other sports such as basketball and ice hockey."

seven months later by the IOC, but shock waves reverberated throughout the Olympic sporting world - and hockey

face being voted off the Olympic programme," Kelly Fairweather, chief executive of the International Hockey

The Hockey India League has had this system for the last two years, and the European Hockey League for

We looked at a lot of other sports such as basketball and ice hockey."

The next Olympics in Rio will see hockey played in quarters.

In the meantime, Fairweather's attention is being taken by the Hockey World Cup now underway."

By Paul OsborneThe Rabobank Hockey World Cup 2014 officially opened today as the Opening Ceremony was

The Hockey World Cup is the climax of the international hockey calendar and the culmination of several

Bond (KNHB), the governing body for hockey in the Netherlands."

We want to create a movement that will live on after the hockey tournament is over."

and Belgian women qualify for 2014 Hockey World CupAugust 2012: Stockey the stork flies in to become

Hockey World Cup official mascot

By Nick ButlerAlexander Zhukov has been reappointed President of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) following a meeting attended by around 300 guests in Moscow.

also appointed, along with Gennady Timchenko, chairman of the Board of Directors on the Kontinental Hockey

today following the death of former Malaysian ruler Sultan Azlan Shah, also the President of the Asian Hockey

Federation (AHF) and an Executive Board member of the International Hockey Federation (FIH).

who became the youngest High Court Judge in the Commonwealth, at the age of 37, in 1965.But it was hockey

a playing and an administrative capacity, for which he is widely lauded as the "father of Malaysian hockey

After taking up hockey as a schoolboy, he played locally for Perak before being elected as Malaysian

Hockey Federation vice-president in 1973 and then President in 1981, a position in which he remained

Shah was an icon in hockey"."

By Zjan ShirinianA chance to get inspired by the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games will be given to thousands of disadvantaged 14 to 25-year-olds across the United Kingdom this summer.

Games in the city - and is supported by Melbourne 2006 heptathlete champion Kelly Sotherton and former hockey

By Nick ButlerThe Druzhba Arena in Donetsk where a dozen pole vault world record have been set since 1990, has been looted and set on fire during the violence currently engulfing Eastern Ukraine. 

the upper part of the building has been badly damaged.The arena is home to the Donbass Donetsk ice hockey

team, who play in the Russia-based Kontinental Hockey League, with the club owned by local politician

question mark over whether Donetsk will be able to stage the second tier competition of the World Ice Hockey

By Gary AndersonA host of top entertainment acts including singing star Alyssa Reid are set to appear at the climax of the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) and Canadian Paralympic Committee (CPC) Sochi 2014 Celebration of Excellence tour in Calgary on June 6.

Dylan Moscovitch, and Jan Hudec will hit the stage for a "one night only" musical jam session.Olympic hockey

Sochi 2014 gold medal-winning form after the 2015 International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Ice Sledge Hockey

The eighth edition of the tournament, the most important in the ice sledge hockey calender outside the

Ice sledge hockey took the step into the popular consciousness during Sochi 2014, increasing popularity

Dave Ogrean, executive director of USA Hockey, added: "The athletes and fans will be treated to a state-of-the-art

facility in an area where hockey is an everyday passion".The 2015 event will also be the first major

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in the Olympic programme since 1924, though some sports took longer to make the breakthrough.Women's hockey

By Nick ButlerCaitlin Cahow, the former ice hockey player who was one of three openly gay figures leading

Images   Before announcing her retirement in 2013, Cahow was a long-standing member of the US ice hockey

Canada.The US medal haul included a silver for some of Cahow's former team mates in the US women's ice hockey

By Duncan MackayJapanese Tyre giant Bridgestone Corp will sign-up as a top tier worldwide sponsor of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in a 10-year deal that will cover Tokyo 2020, it has been reported. 

Ski Federation's Alpine Ski World Cup events and involved in the National Football League, National Hockey

By Emily GoddardThe International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) has extended its media and marketing partnership

with Infront Sports & Media for the Ice Hockey World Championship and Division I events until 2023

comprehensive agreement that holds such high impact for the development and growth of our sport of ice hockey

the spirit of the IIHF events, the objectives of its commercial partners as well as the needs of ice hockey

, the introduction of HDTV production in 2009 and the highest spectator attendance at an indoor ice hockey

Our partnership has not only enabled impressive growth for the IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship, but

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By Paul OsborneRussia has won the 2014 Ice Hockey World Championships, beating Finland 5-2 in the final

Held in Minsk, Belarus, the World Championships, the pinnacle of the International Ice Hockey Federation

(IIHF) calendar, brought together the top 16 national ice hockey teams from across the globe with the

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