By Duncan MackayJanuary 28 - Brazil's Government today revealed that it had budgeted 5.6 billion reals (£1.4 billion/$2.3 billion/€1. 7 billion) on projects for Rio 2016 but admit that the figure is set to raise significantly.

sports, including equestrian, mountain biking and BMX, modern pentathlon, shooting, slalom canoeing, hockey

By Nick ButlerJanuary 27 - Past champions, including Bode Miller have been included in a record-breaking 230 strong Olympic team for Sochi 2014, unveiled by the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) today.

by any country ©USOCLeading the way on the women's side are two three-time Olympic medallists, ice hockey

while Chu is looking to help her team reclaim the top podium spot for the first time since women's ice hockey

By Gary AndersonJanuary 27 - Norwegian Eskil Hagen, who won ice sledge hockey gold at Nagano 1998, is

By Gary AndersonJanuary 27 - Global food company McDonald's is unconcerned by an avalanche of protesters who have hijacked its #CheersToSochi social media campaign which was launched last week.

enlisted to promote the #CheersToSochi campaign including Canadians Drew Doughty, a Vancouver 2010 ice hockey

By Zjan ShirinianJanuary 27 - The Mayor of Winter Olympic and Paralympic host city Sochi has said gay people do not live there.

by openly gay athletes: former tennis player Billie Jean King, Caitlin Cahow, a two-time Olympic ice hockey

By Zjan ShirinianJanuary 26 - Canada is sending three ski jumpers to compete in the inaugural Olympic women's event at Sochi 2014. 

Wickenheiser named Canada Sochi 2014 FlagbearerJanuary 2014: World champions Canada reveal ice sledge hockey

squad for Sochi 2014December 2013: Olympic gold medallists lead Canadian women's ice hockey squad for

By Duncan MackayJanuary 25 - World Squash Federation (WSF) chief Narayana Ramachandran is set to be elected unopposed next month as the new President of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA), which is seeking to end its international isolation.

Mehta is currently vice-president of Hockey India and Khanna is President of the All India Tennis Association

By Emily GoddardJanuary 23 - Hayley Wickenheiser, a three-time Olympic ice hockey champion, has been

This is an incredible honour and one that means so much to me after having represented Canada in hockey

As well as her ice hockey career, which has seen her secure multiple World Championship gold medals,

Olympic Games, competing in softball at Sydney 2000.Hayley Wickenheiser has already won Olympic ice hockey

For 20 years, Hayley has been the cornerstone of Canadian women's hockey and an integral part of the

cross country skiing, curling, figure skating, freestyle skiing, long track speed skating, luge, ice hockey

By Nick ButlerJanuary 23 - Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has downplayed the nature of controversial anti-gay rights laws and described it as an issue "invented abroad" which is "non-existent" in his country.

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

By Emily GoddardJanuary 22 - Pakistan hockey Olympian Rehan Butt has warned that the nation's squad may

between two rival bodies both claiming to represent the Olympic Movement in the country already means the hockey

We are about to miss the Azlan Shah Hockey event, Commonwealth Games, [Summer] Youth Games and above

Asian Games, we will be unable to qualify for the Olympics Games," he told The Nation.The Pakistan Hockey

Cricket and hockey are the only two games in which Pakistan has been earning laurels across the globe

Pakistan is known as a great hockey playing nation and also has won medals many times at international

By Gary AndersonJanuary 22 - Swimming Australia has announced the appointments of Simon Rothery and Bevan Slattery to its Board, with both men set to take up their roles at the end of this month.

appoint former British Swimming head as new performance directorMarch 2013: Swimming Australia turns to hockey

By Nick ButlerJanuary 22 - Adapted versions of badminton, taekwondo and hockey are among the six sports

again after unsuccessful attempts to be added to the Rio 2016 programme, while electric wheelchair hockey

By Paul OsborneJanuary 21 - Alpine Canada and the Canadian Paralympic Committee oday announced the 13 Para-Alpine skiers that will represent Canada at Sochi 2014.

[email protected] storiesJanuary 2014: World champions Canada reveal ice sledge hockey

By Paul OsborneJanuary 21 - The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has signed an eight year strategic

Our partnership with STAR Sports is a major stride forward for hockey, and one that I am personally very

I consider it to be a game changer both for the sport of hockey and for the millions of fans who will

is presented and perceived" by building on the success of the Hockey India League.In its production

of the Hockey India League, STAR Sport's uses 18 cameras, more than double used in standard hockey games

The FIH are hoping production will build on the success of STAR Sport's coverage of the Hockey India

accompanied by Alex Coomber bobbing to bronze.Few will also recall that Britain actually won the ice-hockey