By Paul OsborneThe Olympic gold medal won by American "Miracle on Ice" star Mark Pavelich has sold for $262,900 (£156,255/€191,660) at an auction house in Dallas.

Pavelich's 1980 Lake Placid ice hockey gold medal is the second to be sold through the Texas-based

two assists in the United States' dramatic victory over the Soviet Union in the 1980 Lake Placid ice hockey

He also said he had some other items from his hockey career that he was considering auctioning off in

By Nick ButlerRio 2016 have hit back at critics who claim venues will remain incomplete when the Olympic and Paralympic Games begin in a little over two years' time, by insisting 38 per cent of venues are already completed and there is progress with all the others. 

preparations for the four new venues, the Olympic BMX Centre, the Olympic Whitewater Stadium, the Olympic Hockey

By Gary AndersonThe Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) has announced the creation of the Randy Starkman Olympian Humanitarian Award in honour of the former sports journalist who died of pneumonia in May 2012.

he picked up the National Newspaper Award again for a story exposing the inadequacies of a popular hockey

By Duncan MackaySergey Gontcharov insists he remains in charge of Lviv's bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics, despite a press release being circulated today that he had been fired.

IOC Presidency last year.He has also been a member of the Event Committee of the International Ice Hockey

Federation (IIHF, and served as chief executive of the successful campaign for Minsk to host the 2014 Ice Hockey

By Nick ButlerVenues and hotels in Sochi used during the 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Games have been exempted from property tax in a move interpreted as a refection of the financial problems they are encountering.

the writer of this story at [email protected] storiesMay 2014: Sochi-based ice hockey

By Zjan ShirinianThe Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games is getting a one-off 156 million Australian dollars (£87.3 million/$146.6 million/€106.8 million) boost from the Government's federal budget.

projects, likely to include the velodrome in Brisbane.The money was announced by Federal Treasurer Joe Hockey

leisure centres at Carrara, massive new facilities at Coomera, we'll be upgrading squash facilities, new hockey

superstars, to take part in many sports, not least basketball, football, tennis, show jumping and ice hockey

By Nick ButlerRussian President Vladimir Putin was a surprise participant in a Night Hockey League gala

ice hockey match in Sochi, as he reiterated his sporting supremacy with a six-goal performance.

tournament featuring 114 teams representing 55 Russian regions and 12 countries.As well as judo and now ice hockey

By Zjan ShirinianPlayers competing in the World Ice Hockey Championships in Belarus are being urged to

speaking out against his inhumane laws and regulations," the letter says.Belarus was awarded the World Ice Hockey

We believe ice hockey players support freedom and human rights."

after new broadcast dealsSeptember 2013: Belarus President Lukashenko admits risk of 2014 World Ice Hockey

2012: No plans to move 2014 Ice Hockey World Championships from Belarus, says FaselAugust 2009: Belarus

to host 2014 World Ice Hockey Championships

By Paul OsborneIce hockey fans from 115 nations across the globe will be able to follow live action from

the 2014 International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Championships, which is due to begin today

TV.Infront, who have been in charge of handling all forms of electronic media rights for the IIHF Ice Hockey

Championships boycottMay 2013: Sweden crowned ice hockey world champions on home iceApril 2013: Actavis

become official sponsor of 2013 and 2014 Ice Hockey World ChampionshipsMarch 2012: No plans to move

2014 Ice Hockey World Championships from Belarus, says FaselAugust 2009: Belarus to host 2014 World Ice

Hockey Championships

By Gary AndersonSix national federations in Fiji have until the end of May to register the names of potential athletes they will plan to send to compete at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games, the Fiji Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee (FASANOC) has announced.

to send athletes to the Games for the first time since Melbourne 2006.The move came too late for its hockey

By Gary AndersonThe Kyocera Stadium in The Hague, which will be the main venue for this year's Hockey

Meijers, Danny Bakker and Robert Zwinkels - attended a ceremonial handing over of the stadium to Dutch hockey

matches in this year's World Cup which runs from May 31 to June 15 and will now be transformed into a hockey

is located next to the Kyocera Stadium.Hockey World Cup mascots Stockey and Storky joined the Dutch hockey

over of the stadium ©AFP/Getty ImagesThe Hague will be the third city in the Netherlands to host the Hockey

the stork flies in to become Hockey World Cup official mascot

By Paul OsborneThe United States edged out Ireland 3-1 to claim victory in the Champions Challenge 1 in Glasgow and book a spot in the 2016 Champions Trophy.

automatic berth into the 2016 Champions Trophy which will see them re-enter the top division of women's hockey

Emma Smyth goal giving them a 1-0 advantage after just three minutes of play in Glasgow's National Hockey

insidethegames.bizRelated storiesApril 2014: All eyes on Glasgow as city gets set to welcome two major hockey

eventsAugust 2013: Hockey Champions Challenge 1 heading to Malaysia and Scotland in 2014

By Emily GoddardPakistan's hockey players could miss out on the chance to compete at the Nanjing 2014

The Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF), which is tasked with sending the names of the selected players

storiesApril 2014: New coach Sheikh hopes to spark revival for Pakistan hockeyJanuary 2014: Pakistan hockey

player Butt warns team might miss Olympics due to lack of fundsDecember 2013: Pakistan Hockey Federation

calls on Government to ensure Asian Games participationSeptember 2013: Pakistan hockey players to miss

By Nick ButlerGerman Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) Honorary President Manfred von Richthofen, one of the leading and pioneering personalities of sport in the country of the postwar period, has died aged 80.

Born in Berlin in 1934, von Richthofen studied sports and social education and became an active hockey