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

By Nick ButlerNovember 7 - Poland and Slovakia officially announced the launch of their joint bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympics Games this afternoon, as was revealed last week on insidethegames.

skiing and biathlon would also be held in Poland in the nearby mountain resort of Zakopane, but ice hockey

By Paul OsborneNovember 7 - A new long term partnership has been announced between the Turkish Basketball Federation and international sports marketing company Infront Sports and Media.

writer of this story at [email protected] storiesOctober 2013: European Ice Hockey

England, India, Malaysia and New Zealand are all preparing to learn the fate of their bids for the 2018 Hockey

races entering their final stage, the four nations will make their last pitches to the International Hockey

Grant and with London 2012 still fresh in the minds of many.India is bidding to host the 2018 Men's Hockey

World Cup"We have a clear goal to increase the visibility of hockey in England, which in turn will help

World Cups July 2013: Exclusive - We are definitely going for the 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup

, says RobertsonMay 2013: Five nations gear up to bid for 2018 Hockey World Cup after dedicated

By Nick ButlerNovember 6 - A 12 month long process was launched today to decide which sports, and which disciplines, are included on the programme for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.

programme but are recognised by the IPC appear the ones most likely to be added.These consist of handball, hockey

By Gary AndersonNovember 5 - Table table players Robert Davies of Britain and China's Pan Feng Feng, along with shooters Natascha Hiltrop of Germany and Sweden's Jonas Jacobsson, are among the six athletes nominated for the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athlete of the Month award for October, it was announced today.

They are joined by South Korean ice sledge hockey player Seung-Hwan Jung and Thailand's boccia athlete

Seung-Hwan Jung was an instrumental part of his country's performance at the Sochi 2014 Ice Sledge Hockey

insidethegames.bizRelated StoriesOctober 2013: South Korean shoot-out success denies hosts gold at Ice Sledge Hockey

sporting advantages of university are variety and opportunity.Out of my first year neighbours we had hockey

But we also had a windsurfer, a table-tennis player and, bizarrely, an underwater hockey player.

3 - India's men and Belgium's women have become the latest squads to book their places at the 2014 Hockey

their spots and, therefore, opened up the door to squads that finished outside of the top three at the Hockey

Kyocera Stadium between May 31 and June 15 next year.Belgium's women's squad has secured a place at the Hockey

Australia beat hosts New Zealand to secure Oceania Cup titles October 2013: Kenya to host rescheduled hockey

after shopping mall massacreOctober 2013: Triple Olympian Walsh brought in to lead Indian men's hockey

By Emily GoddardNovember 3 - Australia's men's and women's hockey squads have both beaten their respective

this story at [email protected] storiesJune 2013: Australian women crowned Hockey

By Gary AndersonNovember 1 - Canada's Clean Air Champions (CAC) charity, supported by some of the country's top Olympic and Paralympic athletes, has been awarded the 2013 International Olympic Committee (IOC) Sport and Environment Award at the IOC World Conference on Sport and the Environment in Sochi.

which include the HSBC Clean Air Achievers, High School Climate Change and Air Aware campaigns.Canadian hockey

By Nick ButlerNovember 1 - Celebrations to mark 100 days to go to the start of Sochi 2014 have continued with the release of a final set of stamps completing the "Olympic Winter Sports" series which began in 2011.

nbsp;They feature athletes from three of the most popular Winter Olympic sports for spectators, ice hockey

By Duncan MackayOctober 31 - Poland and Slovakia will bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics with Krakow as the main centre, it was confirmed today.

would handle snowboarding, cross country skiing and the biathlon.The Slovaks are keen on hosting ice hockey

By Emily GoddardOctober 30 - The Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) has celebrated the Sochi 2014 100 days to go milestone today with the launch of a mobile phone application.

Albertville 1992 bronze medallist Seiko Hashimoto along with seven players from Japan's women's ice hockey

songs will then be shared with Japan's athletes competing at Sochi 2014.As well as the women's ice hockey