By Paul OsborneMarch 30 - Hockey India has dropped its threat to pull its men's team out of the Glasgow

Last week the national governing body asked the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) to pull the men's hockey

studies and then for the London 2012 Olympics, information the player had allegedly tried to keep from Hockey

I never spoke to any Hockey India official."

It will be better if you ask Hockey India, as I have been told to only concentrate on the national camp

He added that he was still confident Hockey India will continue to back him.Contact the writer of this

By Gary AndersonMarch 29 - The cities of Sarajevo and East Sarajevo have hosted their first inspection visit from members of the European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) Commission as preparations get underway for the 2017 Winter EYOF.

1,600 athletes who will be competing in alpine skiing, biathlon, cross country, figure skating, ice hockey

By Nick ButlerMarch 26 - A reception will be held at the White House to celebrate the achievements of the United States teams at both the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Sochi, it has been announced. 

medals.At the Paralympics meanwhile they finished down in eighth place with two gold medals in ice sledge hockey

involved in an unsuccessful bet with Canadian counterpart Stephen Harper over the outcome of an ice hockey

GoddardMarch 26 - Ric Charlesworth today announced he will step down as the coach of the Australian men's hockey

Under Ric Charlesworth, Australia won the hockey World Cup for the first time since 1986 ©AFP/Getty ImagesUnder

Charlesworth, himself an Olympic hockey silver medallist and widely regarded as the best hockey player

an unprecedented fifth consecutive Champions Trophy title ©Getty ImagesCam Vale, chief executive of Hockey

the writer of this story at [email protected] storiesJune 2012: Aussie men's hockey

team wins appeal against early morning starts at London 2012 December 2011: Australian men's hockey

By Gary AndersonMarch 26 - Nagano 1998 ice sledge hockey champion Eskil Hagen and Russian Nordic skier

By Gary AndersonMarch 25 - Glasgow 2014 partner Arena Group has revealed its plans for supplying overlay and temporary structures across 10 venues at this year's Commonwealth Games.

Edinburgh Royal Commonwealth Pool, the Tollcross International Swimming Centre and the Glasgow National Hockey

By Gary AndersonMarch 25 - Two members of the Indian squad heading to Fort Benning in the United States have been denied visas by the American Embassy forcing them to miss out on the first International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup event of the season.

and Mohinder Singh have stayed at home ©Getty Images The news follows after it was revealed Indian hockey

checks carried out by the UK Home Office which resulted in him being denied a visa.The move has led to Hockey

ago.Contact the writer of this story at [email protected] StoriesMarch 2014: India's hockey

By Zjan ShirinianMarch 24 - A trio of Paralympic athletes who posted video blogs on their experiences and thoughts while competing in Sochi have been awarded for their efforts.

The Most Creative award was won by Norwegian ice sledge hockey player Morten Vaernes, who predicted the

It was a great opportunity to expose ourselves and showcase our sport of ice sledge hockey."

By Gary AndersonMarch 24 - Hockey India has threatened to pull its men's team out of the Glasgow 2014

to August 3, following background checks carried out by the UK Home Office.The decision has angered Hockey

India, which has asked the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) to withdraw the team from Glasgow 2014.Hockey

] otherwise it is my personal opinion that the IOA as a matter of protest should withdraw the men's hockey

Batra also revealed he will be calling on the support of the Executive Board of Hockey India to back

: International hockey President Negre praises "globally appreciated" Indian league

By Duncan MackayMarch 24 - SportAccord International Convention President Marius Vizer has condemned the decision by the United States to place billionaire Russian businessman Arkady Rotenberg, a member of its Executive Committee, on its sanctions list , calling it "bizarre" but offered him the organisation's full support.

"At the same time he is highly involved in ice hockey, football and other sports through actions that

By Duncan MackayMarch 23 - Senior SportAccord International Convention official member Arkady Rotenberg still plans to travel to Turkey next month for this year's conference, despite being placed on a sanctions list by the United States.

He is also President of the multi-championship-winning hockey club Dynamo Moscow, which along with the

meantime, Britain is effectively contracting out of true Olympic team sports – all but – with only hockey

needs to bag 66 medals to hit its target.That averages out at just over £4 million per medal.Even if hockey

about double the average.Sixteen of Britain's 114 Olympic medallists at London 2012 came courtesy of hockey

By Emily GoddardMarch 20 - More than 8.8 million Canadians tuned in to watch coverage of the Sochi 2014 Winter Paralympics, CBC has revealed.

120,000 video views - including 10,000 live video views of the Canada versus United States ice sledge hockey

2014.Four separate venue feeds offering live streaming of alpine skiing, Nordic skiing, ice sledge hockey

ever before.There were 10,000 online live video views of the Canada versus United States ice sledge hockey

By Paul OsborneMarch 20 - Two-time Olympian Sandra Levy has been named Canada's Chef de Mission for the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics Games in Nanjing, China, it was announced today. 

During her 11 years on the Canadian hockey team Levy was a silver medallist at the 1991 Pan American

Winter Games.Sandra Levy has remained a key figure in the Canadian Olympic Movement since retiring from hockey

By Zjan Shirinian at Tackling Doping in Sport Conference at Wembley Stadium in LondonMarch 20 - The boss of UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) has warned an expected Government cut of its budget could harm its drug testing programme ahead of the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Sachenbacher-Stehle; Italian bobsledder William Frullani; Ukrainian cross-country skier Marina Lisogor; Latvian ice hockey

Pavlovs; Austrian cross-country skier Johannes Duerr and Polish bobsledder Daniel Zalewski.Swedish ice hockey

bobsledder becomes seventh athlete to fail drugs test at Sochi 2014 OlympicsMarch 2014: Swedish ice hockey