States and current world champions Canada will be joined by Russia and South Korea at the World Sledge Hockey

Hosts Canada will be going for their fifth World Sledge Hockey Challenge title and will be looking to

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Qualification TournamentOctober 2013: South Korea, Italy and Sweden secure Sochi 2014 ice sledge hockey

victory brings Sochi 2014 Paralympics test event to a closeJuly 2013: US holds Sochi 2014 ice sledge hockey

tryoutsApril 2013: Canada defeat USA to claim title at Sledge Hockey World Championships

By Gary AndersonNovember 27 - London 2012 medallists Andy Lapthorne and Lucy Shuker were on hand at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park today to mark the one-year countdown to the 2014 NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters.

The International Tennis Federation's (ITF) year-end championship will be held at the Lee Valley Hockey

"We're delighted to welcome these top Paralympic athletes to Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre to experience

The Masters will be one of many major tournaments taking place at Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre

The Scot joined his fellow Paralympians at the Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre, which will be opened

It was fantastic to see the impressive new facilities at Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre and the

By Gary AndersonNovember 27 - With exactly 100 days to go until the start of Sochi 2014, International Paralympic Committee (IPC) President Sir Philip Craven has claimed he is confident viewing figures for the Games will be the highest ever as big television contracts are already in place.

45 countries competing for medals across alpine skiing, biathlon, cross-country skiing, ice sledge hockey

In Nordic skiing they are absolute powerhouses, whilst in ice sledge hockey and wheelchair curling they

By Emily GoddardNovember 25 - Paralympic discus champion Josie Pearson and World Archery Championship gold medallist Richard Hennahane were among the athletes who joined visitors at the third ParalympicsGB Sports Fest, which came to a close today.

tennis star Louise Hunt, Beijing 2008 wheelchair rugby player Mandip Sehmi, and British ice sledge hockey

By Emily GoddardNovember 23 - South Africa's men and women have completed the line up for the 2014 Hockey

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Nick Butler at the Athenaeum Intercontinental Hotel in AthensNovember 22 - Director of the Agitos Foundation Georg Schlachtenberger has described his organisation's specific aims for 2014 as well as their general purpose to "change lives and contribute to an inclusive society".

athletics, these consist of powerlifting, shooting and swimming for the 2013-2016 period, and ice-sledge hockey

By Emily GoddardNovember 20 - Simon Clegg, the British Olympic Association's (BOA) first chief executive, is to to make a return to the organisation after securing a four-year term as a Director of the Board today.

host the 2012 Games.Clegg, now chairman of Great Britain Badminton, was named alongside Great Britain Hockey

By Duncan MackayNovember 20 - Peter Stanley, the man behind the incredible success of triple jumper Jonathan Edwards, and Alexei Evangulov, one of the world's best-known diving coaches, are among the 18 Team Leaders appointed by Commonwealth Games England (CGE) for Glasgow 2014, insidethegames can reveal.

Hallam; Cycling - Keith Reynolds; Diving - Alexei Evangulov; Gymnastics - Mike Weinstock; Hockey

By Nick ButlerNovember 17 - Dong Hoo Moon, vice-president and secretary general of Pyeongchang 2018, is the latest speaker confirmed for next year's International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Academy Campus.

Also announced last month as a speaker was Canadian five-time Paralympic ice sledge hockey player Todd

gearing up to compete at Sochi 2014, insists that preparations are going well despite the ice sledge hockey

insidethegames.bizRelated storiesOctober 2013: South Korea, Italy and Sweden secure Sochi 2014 ice sledge hockey

The Italian Paralympic Committee (CIP) has today announced the captain of the country's ice sledge hockey

place finish at the Sochi 2014 Qualification Tournament last month, has been a mainstay of ice sledge hockey

on to qualify for Vancouver 2010, where they finished seventh, and also win the European ice sledge hockey

picked up the phone, I confess I was confused, it's amazing," said Chiarotti, a promising able-bodied hockey

they were] able in a few years to become [the] Cinderella from the world of Paralympic sport of ice [hockey

qualification closerOctober 2013: Italy move closer to Sochi 2014 Paralympic spot as Ice Sledge Hockey

By Nick ButlerNovember 13 - Double gold medal winning short track speed skater Charles Hamelin has been named as one of six Canadian hopefuls who will be supported by BMW throughout their preparations for the Sochi Winter Olympics next February.

Kaillie Humpthries, who won two-man gold in Vancouver and is the reigning world champion, and the ice hockey

By Gary AndersonNovember 13 - German shooting star Natascha Hiltrop has picked up the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athlete of the Month award for October following her exploits at the IPC Shooting European Championships in Alicante.

and China's Pan Feng Feng.Boccia athlete Witsanu Huadpradit of Thailand and South Korean ice sledge hockey

By Gary AndersonNovember 13 - The United States Sports Academy (USSA) has announced Olympic and world champion gymnast Kohei Uchimura of Japan and world number two golfer Norway's Suzann Pettersen have been chosen as the male and female athletes of the month for October.

victory over the St Louis Cardinals.Pittsburgh Penguins centre Sidney Crosby, who led the National Hockey

By Duncan Mackay at the Sandton Convention Centre in JohannesburgNovember 11 - Kenya today named a 12-person taskforce to investigate allegations that its top runners have been involved in widespread doping, a topic set to be near the top of the agenda when the World Conference on Doping in Sport opens here tomorrow.

Committee of Kenya, along with representatives from several sports, including athletics, boxing, football, hockey