By Emily GoddardApril 24 - Eight teams are currently preparing for the Men's Pahang Hockey Champions

The tournament is due to get underway with a match between New Zealand, who secured silver at the Hockey

on Saturday (April 26).The Black Sticks are one of three teams in Kuantan that will compete at the Hockey

coach Colin Batch has not yet written off any of their competitors.South Korea go into the Men's Pahang Hockey

By Paul OsborneApril 24 - Glasgow will become the home of hockey over the next week as the city gets

Scheduled to take place simultaneously, the two competitions will be held at the Glasgow National Hockey

robin, with the final and semi-final set to take place on Tuesday (April 29).As for the International Hockey

Scottish soil since 1986, when Edinburgh played host.The other three teams will be preparing for the FIH Hockey

points and promotion to the Champions Trophy.This year will be the last Champions Challenge One as the Hockey

World League is replacing it in the hockey calendar.The competition splits the eight teams into two

By Nick ButlerApril 23 - Canada's all-conquering wheelchair curling team are among the nominees for the International Paralympic Committee Best Team award for March, based on results at Sochi 2014. 

to be awarded the Best Team accolade, particularly from Russia, who are represented by an ice sledge hockey

Completing the line-up is the US ice sledge hockey team which completed a successful defence of the title

Federations and voting, which can be accessed here, will remain open until April 29.American ice sledge hockey

By Paul OsborneApril 23 - Germany's national hockey teams will be kitted out in Reece Australia apparel

and equipment for the next two Olympic Games following a new partnership with the German Hockey Federation

The deal will sees Reece Australia replace Adidas hockey as a premium partner of the DHB with the company

deal.From 2015 Reece Australia will also become the new supplier and premium partner of the German Hockey

long-term six year contract provides us with a wonderful opportunity to further develop the sport of hockey

With Leipzig set to host the 2015 World Indoor Hockey Championships, Arnold de Bruin, general manager

The sport of hockey is the most successful German Olympic team sport and offers us a perfect opportunity

By Nick ButlerApril 22 - An amusement park close to the Olympic Park in Sochi dubbed Russia's "Disneyland" will open its doors to visitors in May before a "Grand Opening" in early June, it has been revealed.

sprawling Imeret Lowlands adjacent to the Park, which it also borders, close to the Bolshoy Arena where ice hockey

By Paul OsborneApril 20 - America's Evelyn Furtsch has made history by becoming the first female Olympic champion in athletics to live for a century and the oldest living track and field gold medallist.

due lack of training opportunities, she ended her track career at an early age and instead took up hockey

By Emily GoddardApril 17 - Construction on the Rio 2016 Olympic Park has resumed after workers today ended their two-week strike over wages and benefits.

underway on the long-delayed Deodoro zone of venues, which are set to host events such as shooting, field hockey

By Gary AndersonApril 17 - French Alpine skier Marie Bochet has been chosen as the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Best Female Athlete at Sochi 2014 after a public vote.

the slopes in Sochi winning four gold medals ©AFP/Getty ImagesThe Frenchwoman now joins ice sledge hockey

By Emily GoddardApril 17 - Hockey Canada has begun its team selection process for Pyeongchang 2018, where

candidates for the under-18 team and 49 for the development squad, will also be considered for the 2015 Ice Hockey

, physical fitness, testing and training.Canada's women will be looking to defend their Olympic ice hockey

[email protected] storiesDecember 2013: Olympic gold medallists lead Canadian women's ice hockey

By Emily GoddardApril 16 - Shahnaz Sheikh, the former Hockey World Cup winner named as Pakistan's new

The Olympic silver and bronze medallist's appointment came at a Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) Executive

Hockey is a result-oriented sport; we've lost supporters and fans because we keep losing at international

Sheikh welcomed the move by current PHF President Akhtar Rasool and secretary Rana Mujahid to place hockey

I've told them that under my watch, every player in the camp will need to live, breath, and think hockey

Shahnaz Sheikh has promised to deliver results at Pakistan's new hockey head coach ©Getty ImagesThe PHF

By Nick ButlerApril 16 - Russia's sports hub Kazan will host the 2016 International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Junior Championships, it has been announced.

Championships in Moscow and the recent Olympic and Paralympic Games in Sochi, with the 2016 World Ice Hockey

By Nick ButlerApril 15 - New Zealand's International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Barry Maister has spoken of his honour and privilege after his 40 years of service in the sports world was recognised with a Lifetime Achievement Award by Sport New Zealand.

the honour at the annual New Zealand Sport and Recreational Awards in Christchurch, began life as a hockey

financial position.Two other Lifetime Achievement Awards were also handed out, to the former cricket and hockey

By Gary AndersonApril 11 – Russian Nordic skiers Elena Remizova and Alena Kaufman are among five nominees for the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Best Female Athlete at Sochi 2014 award, after claiming seven medals between them for the host nation last month.

of performances at Sochi 2014.Declan Farmer, who was part of the victorious United States ice sledge hockey

By Paul Osborne at at the Susesi Convention Center in BelekApril 11 - SportAccord has unveiled the 17 International Sports Federations which will make up the programme for the inaugural World Urban Games, expected to take place in 2016 following the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

and new disciplines being put forward for the roster.The likes of athletics, basketball, cycling and hockey

within the Urban Games are: cycling, roller, dance, floorball, baseball/softball, basketball, lacrosse, hockey

By Zjan ShirinianApril 11 - The Olympic and Paralympic flags are flying above Gangwon Province in South Korea - where the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Games will be held - to mark the 1,400-day countdown.

skater Lee Sang-hwa, who won 500 metres gold at Vancouver 2010 and Sochi 2014, was joined by ice sledge hockey