six of the Winter Paralympics comes to an end.We now know our curling semi-finalists, our ice sledge hockey

Until then, goodnight.BREAKING: Italian ice sledge hockey player suspended for 18 months after positive

It had been claimed the Italian ice sledge hockey player's positive test came from a cream he was using

With the United States remarkably still looking for a first gold from these Games, their ice sledge hockey

Canada will play Norway for bronze.21:25 End of the second period in the ice sledge hockey, and the United

By Nick ButlerMarch 12 - Repair and service work has been provided on 180 occasions by technical service providers Ottobock during the first half of the Winter Paralympics in Sochi, it has been revealed.

so far has come from Alpine skiing, with 92, while a further 58 have been carried out for ice sledge hockey

Paralympic involvement for "next 25 years" says company July 2013: Italy and Norway to receive ice sledge hockey

of the most upwardly mobile of English Premier League football clubs, has turned to the world of ice hockey

potential".A German citizen, though Canadian-born, Krueger, 54, coached the Swiss men's national ice hockey

team from 1997 until 2010, and the Edmonton Oilers National Hockey League (NHL) outfit in 2012-2013.

playing career was in the German Bundesliga; he also played 45 times for the West German national ice hockey

We will also have the two ice sledge hockey semi-finals: Russia versus Norway and Canada versus United

in the classification, while Korea will play Sweden to decide seventh and eighth in the ice sledge hockey

.20:32 End of the first period, and it's 0-0 between the Czech Republic and Korea in the ice sledge hockey

in action, the Shayba Arena is about to get noisy as the Czech Republic play Korea in an ice sledge hockey

going forward look even better.18:07 So Italy, against the odds, take the spoils in the ice sledge hockey

By Nick ButlerMarch 11 - Two Russian politicians have called for the United States to be removed from FIFA and banned from this summer's World Cup in the latest example of political tensions between the two countries being played out in a sporting arena.

delegation led by three openly gay figures, former tennis player Billie Jean King, two-time Olympic ice hockey

There are also six sprinting events in cross-country, as well as ice sledge hockey classification matches

Canada play Czech Republic in the final round robin ice sledge hockey match of these Paralympics.19:37

Not long to wait now for the Czech Republic versus Canada in the ice sledge hockey.

Sledge Hockey makes wheelchair rugby look genteel.

sees the last set of round robin matches in the ice sledge hockey.

By Gary AndersonMarch 10 - After being shortlisted for inclusion on the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic programme last week, Badminton World Federation (BWF) President Poul-Erik Høyer has urged everyone involved in the sport to "harness the momentum" generated by the decision which moves the prospect of badminton's debut in the Games closer.

week were powerchair football three-on-three, intellectually impaired basketball, electric wheelchair hockey

round-robin stage begins to heat up.But, perhaps most excitingly of all, we have the return of ice sledge hockey

were not expecting this time last week considering developments in Ukraine. 19:24 With an ice sledge hockey

first Winter Paralympic gold medal for Great Britain ©Twitter18:56 So with no afternoon ice sledge hockey

challenge of the Games so far. 15:48 No more medals action this afternoon in Sochi, and no ice sledge hockey

By Nick ButlerMarch 9 - Sochi 2014 has already broken a host of Winter Paralympic records both in terms of ticket sales and online views despite being scarcely two days old.

appeal" of the Paralympic Games as a whole.Spectators attend the Russia versus South Korea ice sledge hockey

As ever, there will also be more action in ice sledge hockey and wheelchair curling as the group and

Not to mention a Russian victory in ice sledge hockey and a good day for Britain, Canada and Slovakia

That shot was a nail in the coffin of Italy's Sochi 2014 sledge hockey hopes. 20:58 A big moment in the

, like ice hockey, is not immune to some violence as both teams receive penalties for "roughing"20:22

19:20 Michael Phelps, Barrack Obama, ice sledge hockey success... Ring any bells?

By Emily GoddardMarch 8 - Rima Batalova, vice-president of the Russian Paralympic Committee and a 13-time Paralympic champion, has been presented with the International Paralympic Committee's (IPC) International Women's Day Recognition award at a ceremony during the Sochi 2014 Games today.

the medal events are for women and to improve this by 2022, we hope to introduce women's ice sledge hockey

By Nick ButlerMarch 8 - Italian ice sledge hockey player Igor Stella has been sent home from the Winter

two days there will be proceedings against him where he can explain his reasons," said Italian sledge hockey

today's news follows six failed tests in the latter stages of last month's Olympics, where two ice hockey

player Nicklas Bäckström, Austrian cross-country skier Johannes Duerr and Latvian ice hockey player

this story at [email protected] storiesMarch 2014: Latvia facing Sochi 2014 ice hockey

second player "fails drugs test"February 2014: Sweden angry after top player barred from Olympic ice hockey

By Nick ButlerMarch 8 - Russian officials have backtracked over plans to turn the Iceberg Skating Palace in Sochi into a velodrome after admitting that it is likely to remain an ice arena.

Under existing plans, the 7,000-capacity Shaiba ice hockey arena and the hockey training hall are to

the Fisht Olympic Stadium is still set to be a venue for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, while the main ice hockey

arena, the Bolshoy Ice Dome, looks likely to host a Kontinental Hockey League professional team called

GoddardMarch 8 - Five African nations are preparing to do battle at the continent's Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic hockey

was also set to compete in the qualifiers but have since pulled out.The girls and boys national youth hockey

capital, Lusaka, from March 10 until the final on March 15.Clare Digby, development chair of the African Hockey

Federation (AfHF), said the Youth Olympic Games qualifier will be a milestone in the promotion of hockey

in Zambia, while Tayyab Ikram, an International Hockey Federation (FIH) development expert, added that

All times stated are Russian BREAKING: Italian ice sledge hockey player sent home after failing drugs

Sledge hockey aside, the Russians have enjoyed a glorious first day with 12 medals, four of them gold

You may remember that Putin turned up to all of Russia's ice hockey matches during the Olympics and we

China beat Norway 7-5. 18:04 The US are looking comfortable now in the ice sledge hockey as they move

United States versus Italy in the latest ice sledge hockey clash ©Getty Images17:02 Italy were one of