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

scheduled for 10:00.There are also six biathlon gold medals up for grabs, as well as four ice sledge hockey

"- Brad Bowden, assistant captain of the Canadian sledge hockey team.21:16 The performances now continue

Scroll down to 14:53, 14:49 and 14:22 for more.An American ice sledge hockey player got himself locked

Very excited to walk into Fisht Stadium tonight with all the Canadian athletes"- Canadian ice sledge hockey

player Tyler McGregorLocked in a bathroom, take two16:58 United states ice sledge hockey goalie Steve

By David OwenMarch 6 - UK Sport changed explanatory wording accompanying its high-performance investment principles shortly before announcing the withdrawal of funding from seven Olympic and Paralympic sports, including basketball, water polo and goalball, insidethegames has learnt.

team is.Of the 19 Olympic sports still earmarked to receive Rio cycle performance funding, only one - hockey

By Zjan ShirinianMarch 6 - Badminton and Para-taekwondo have been shortlisted in the race to be added to the programme for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.

Paralympics are powerchair football three-on-three, intellectually impaired basketball, electric wheelchair hockey

Nick ButlerMarch 5 - Latvia are facing possible disqualification from the Sochi 2014 Olympic men's ice hockey

general Zorzs Tikmer wrote on Twitter that he "can only confirm that there is another suspect test from hockey

player to have participated in Sochi - but this remains unconfirmed at this stage.Under IOC rules, ice hockey

overtime before losing 2-1 in their quarter-final clash.Latvia rose to 10th place in the International Ice Hockey

the seventh drugs case since the beginning of the Olympics in Sochi and the third involving an ice hockey

insidethegames.bizRelated storiesFebruary 2014: Sweden angry after top player barred from Olympic ice hockey

By Gary AndersonMarch 5 - Swimming Australia President John Bertrand has challenged his country's swimmers to become the "benchmark" by which all other nations, including great rivals the United States, judge standards by the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

their new high performance director and Dutchman Jacco Verhaeren as the country's new head coach.Former Hockey

By Nick ButlerMarch 5 - World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) President Chungwon Choue has outlined plans to further develop Para-taekwondo as the process continues to decide whether the sport will be included at Tokyo 2020.

and disciplines that have applied - along with badminton, powerchair football, electric wheelchair hockey

By Nick ButlerMarch 5 - International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Honorary Board members Princess Margriet of the Netherlands and Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden have each pulled out of attending the Paralympic Games in Sochi, insidethegames has learned.

Ceremony of the Games.Putin said he would also try to attend some sporting events, including the sledge hockey

By Emily GoddardMarch 3 - Hockey India has today been recognised by its Government as the sole body responsible

accountable for the overall management, direction, control, regulation, promotion and development of hockey

for both men and women.Narinder Batra, secretary general of Hockey India, spoke of the organisation's

Our endeavour will always be to make hockey the number one sport in the country and we aim motivate the

2013: Indian men and Belgian women qualify for 2014 Hockey World CupAugust 2013: International hockey

squadFebruary 2010: World Cup will revive hockey in India Negre predicts

Although the vibe did then improve massively, with just the two sports of ice sledge hockey and wheelchair

A medal in ice sledge hockey, where Russia are the third seeds, or in wheelchair curling, where they

By Zjan ShirinianMarch 3 - The Obama administration has said it will not send a Presidential delegation to the Winter Paralympics in Sochi in direct response to Russia sending troops into Ukraine.

delegation for the Olympics former tennis player Billie Jean King and Caitlin Cahow, a two-time Olympic ice hockey

By Nick ButlerMarch 2 - International Paralympic Committee (IPC) President Sir Philip Craven is among a list of figures announced today as the final wave of Sochi 2014 Torchbearers ahead of Friday's (March 7) Opening Ceremony of the Games.

Peter Neeser and Michael Peterson - who will represent Alpine skiing, Nordic skiing and ice sledge hockey

By Zjan ShirinianMarch 1 - The two Villages which will accommodate athletes at the Sochi 2014 Winter Paralympics have opened their doors today.

Olesya VladykinaIt will be home to around 350 athletes and delegation members involved in ice sledge hockey