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

story at [email protected] storiesOctober 2013: Kenya to host rescheduled hockey

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

By Emily GoddardNovember 10 - Pakistan's men and Japan's women have claimed their respective Asian Champions Trophies as the competition came to a close in the Japanese city of Kakamigahara today.

By Duncan MackayNovember 8 - A day after winning its bid to host the 2018 women's World Cup, England Hockey

secured for August 2015, it means that England will host a series of major events at the Lee Valley Hockey

to have back-to-back events hosted in this country," said Sally Munday, chief executive of England Hockey

"This will really help us raise the profile of hockey and deliver a lasting legacy of participation."

Through UK Sport's Gold Event series we will be bringing major hockey championships to Great Britain

2013: Australia, England, India, Malaysia and New Zealand bid to host 2018 Hockey World CupsJuly

By Emily GoddardNovember 7 - England and India will host the 2018 women's and men's Hockey World Cups

respectively, International Hockey Federation (FIH) President Leandro Negre announced at a special ceremony

I wish to offer my sincere congratulations to England Hockey and Hockey India on their successful bids

to host the Hockey World Cups 2018," he said."

As a life-long hockey fan I'm delighted that England Hockey's bid has been successful and I know this

(left) and Hockey India's Elena Norman (right)"The decision certainly was not an easy one to make,"

The FIH Executive Board were hugely impressed by the bids from England Hockey and Hockey India, and are