By Gary AndersonDecember 27 - Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko today revealeded a new ice hockey

The new team will be based at the Bolshoi Ice Dome in the Black Sea Resort, which will host the ice hockey

seen swimming close to the shore of the Black Sea city, is set to join the Russian based Kontinental Hockey

League (KHL), generally recognised as the strongest tournament in the world behind the National Hockey

appoints Infront as exclusive commercial partner of new club competitionApril 2013: Ice hockey Under

prepare for first test eventApril 2011: Sochi 2014 to be played on European-sized hockey rinks

By Paul OsborneDecember 27 - Three stamps featuring famous Olympic ice hockey champions have been launched

pictured top) are pictured on the dedicated stamps, of which replicas were presented to the CSKA Hockey

multiple world champions Vladimir Petrov and Boris Mikhailov, the management of CSKA ice hockey

times.Bobrov participated in both the Summer and Winter Olympics, having played football and ice hockey

By Nick ButlerDecember 25 - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has become the latest high profile international figure to announce he will not attend the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, although Swiss and Czech leaders will attend.

delegation to be led instead by three openly gay figures in former tennis player Billie Jean King, ice-hockey

By Emily GoddardDecember 23 - Hockey Canada today revealed the 21-strong women's ice hockey squad nominated

The Canadian women's ice hockey squad will be going to Sochi 2014 with their sights set on winning their

executive Bob Nicholson also congratulated the team.Sochi 2014 will mark the fifth time women's ice hockey

The Sochi 2014 women's ice hockey tournament is due to run from February 8, when Canada take on Switzerland

Canada reveals comprehensive broadcast coverage deal for Sochi 2014 Paralympic GamesOctober 2013: Hockey

By Emily GoddardDecember 23 - Two new hockey pitches featuring a Union Jack inspired design have today

been unveiled at the Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.

both competitions and training, and will play host to some of the biggest events on the international hockey

We're delighted with these eye-catching new hockey pitches which certainly invoke memories from London

2012 and I'm sure they will prove popular with hockey players and supporters alike," Lee Valley Regional

top hockey events at Queen Elizabeth Olympic ParkNovember 2013: England and India to host

2018 Hockey World Cup

By Nick ButlerDecember 23 - Canadian Minister for Sport Bal Gosal has claimed that "helping our athletes achieve their dreams" is the reason for the unprecedented levels of funding provided by the Government for aspiring Summer and Winter Olympians.

Repeating the success of Vancouver 2010, where the men's ice hockey team won one of 14 gold medals, Sochi

By Duncan MackayDecember 23 - SportAccord President Marius Vizer has urged the world to support Russia when its hosts the Winter Olympics and Paralympics in Sochi next year.

besides Sochi 2014, will also include the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, 2016 World Ice Hockey

By Nick ButlerDecember 23 - Top ice hockey is set to return to Sarajevo to mark the 30-year anniversary

Samaranch - formerly known as Zetra Olympic Hall, where the most important matches of the 1984 ice hockey

Soviet Union celebrate after defeating Czechoslovakia to win the men's title at the 1984 Olympic Ice Hockey

competition in Sarajevo ©AFP/Getty ImagesAfter the Olympics, ice hockey enjoyed a surge in popularity

just over eight years after Sarajevo so successfully hosted the Winter Olympics, Zetra and ice hockey

and Herzegovina's national team last played in a qualification tournament for the International Ice Hockey

the delegation will headed by two openly gay figures in former tennis player Billie Jean King and ice-hockey

By Gary Anderson at Alba di Canazei in TrentoDecember 21 - The 26th Winter Universiade came to a close here tonight with International University Sports (FISU) President Claude-Louis Gallien declaring them a huge success.

President of Granada 2015, and the city's Deputy Mayor Juan Antonio Merida.The crowds inside a chilly ice hockey

Ceremony, the final medals were handed out and here as the showpiece final saw Canada's men make it an ice hockey

outstanding team, we could not expect such a large victory because anything could happen in an ice hockey

Earlier Russia overcame the United States 6-2 also, in the bronze medal match.Canada completed the ice hockey

world claims head of Granada 2015December 20: Canada make it three-in-a-row as they claim ice hockey

By Emily GoddardDecember 21 - Sochi 2014 has unveiled the official ice hockey pucks to be used at the

The pucks, which are made according to International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) standards, were revealed

by three-time Olympic champion and Russian Ice Hockey Federation President Vladislav Tretiak and Sochi

each of the pucks used on Sochi's Olympic ice, will give all the fans unforgettable moments and the hockey

The Olympic ice hockey pucks feature the Sochi 2014 patchwork quilt branding and logo in colour, while

The puck is one of the most important attributes and symbols of hockey," Tretiak said."

By Gary Anderson at the Grand Hotel TrentoDecember 21 - Ahead of officially receiving the International University Sports Federation (FISU) flag at tonight's Trentino 2013 Closing Ceremony, the President of Granada 2015 has declared here they are ready for the next Games.

27th Winter Universiade ©Gary Anderson/ITG But, ice sports such as curling, skating and ice hockey

By Nick ButlerDecember 20 - Irish rugby captain Fiona Coghlan has been named Irish Sports Council Sportswoman of the Year at a gala event in Dublin in recognition for an unprecedented 12 month period highlighted by her country's first ever Six Nations triumph.

cross country champion Fionnuala Britton, as well as athletes from squash, swimming, basketball, hockey

TrentoDecember 20 - On the penultimate day of action at the 26th Winter Universiade here, Canada's women's ice hockey

earlier in the day, the United States saw off the challenge of Japan 3-1.Canada has the chance to do the hockey

By Nick ButlerDecember 20 - In the latest "will they won't they" saga involving an international leader travelling to Sochi 2014, Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius is set to attend although President Dalia Grybauskaitė has confirmed she will stay away.

instead be headed by three openly gay figures in former tennis player Billie-Jean King, two-time ice hockey