By Nick Butler at the Grand Arty Hotel in OlympiaSeptember 29 - Ice hockey superstar Alex Ovechkin has

during the Games.Yet, despite the tiring nature of his brief break from preparations for the National Hockey

I'm a hockey player not a politician so I'm not the best person to talk about it," he said."

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By Nick Butler at the Olympic Academy in OlympiaSeptember 28 - Alexander Zhukov, President of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC), has revealed here that the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Torch Relay will blend the Ancient and Modern Olympic traditions of peace, unity and friendship with "unprecedented and unique" elements.

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Paul OsborneSeptember 27 - Alberto "Coco" Budeisky has been named new President of the Pan American Hockey

van Ondarza had been President of the PAHF since 1987 and became vice-president of the International Hockey

1988.He received the 2010 Spirit of Sport Award of SportAccord in Dubai for his lifelong commitment to hockey

By Gary AndersonSeptember 27 - International vinyl flooring manufacturer Gerflor has been announced by Badminton England as the official floor supplier to the London Grand Prix taking place in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.

which have benefited from the flooring include badminton, basketball, netball, volleyball, handball, hockey

By Nick Butler at the Olympic Academy in OlympiaSeptember 27 - Ice hockey superstar and Sochi 2014 Ambassador

players and after starting his career with Dynamo Moscow he has enjoyed a hugely successful National Hockey

By James CrookSeptember 27 - Badminton England have announced the appointment of leading goal and posts manufacturers Harrod UK as an official supplier for next week's London Grand Prix Gold event at the Copper Box Arena on the Olympic Park.

Tuesday (October 1) to Sunday (October 6).Harrod were the sole suppliers to the London 2012 Olympics of hockey

By James CrookSeptember 27 - Sochi 2014 has released tickets for Russia's first Paralympic Games in Sochi next March, with entrance to events costing as little as 350 rubles (£6.70/$10.80/€8).

next year's Paralympics, vying for 72 sets of medals in biathlon, cross country skiing, ice sledge hockey

The Cauldron was lit by the entire 1980 gold medal winning ice hockey team.Posters for Torino 2006 promised

Hansen, speedskater Catriona Doan, basketball star Steve Nash, ski gold medallist Nancy Greene and ice hockey

How about ice hockey goaltender Vladislav Tretiak, whose grandson Maxim played in the 2012 Youth Olympics

postponed in the wake of the tragic siege in the Kenyan capital's Westgate Shopping Centre, the African Hockey

Kenyan Government said that the attackers were defeated, the AfHF decided to postpone the continental hockey

tournament, which offers qualification to the 2014 Hockey World Cup."

also encourage National Associations to spare a thought for our brothers and sisters in Kenya [Kenyan Hockey

A new date for the tournament is expected to be announced in the near future.The International Hockey

By Nick ButlerSeptember 24 - The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has announced that the Sochi 2014 and Rio 2016 Paralympics will receive 116 hours of combined coverage on American television station NBC and its sports network (NBCSN) in a partnership with the United States Olympic Committee (USOC).

for those events which are particularly popular in the USA such as athletics, swimming, ice sledge hockey

She found it "tremendous fun and so exciting".Playing hockey with Chloe RogersFollowing this, she ran

By Nick ButlerSeptember 23 - London 2012 Paralympic champion Richard Whitehead has proved his remarkable versatility across the athletics spectrum by completing an "epic journey" covering 40 marathons in 40 days in the most grueling of 1,000 mile runs spanning the length of Britain.

The 37-year-old, a double above-knee congenital amputee, was first an ice sledge hockey player

By Emily GoddardSeptember 23 - Argentine hockey star Luciana Aymar, widely considered the best female

player of all time, has said that the 2014 International Hockey Federation (FIH) Women's World Cup will

I love hockey, but I'm not 'Highlander'," Aymar admitted, while referring to the 1980s fantasy movie

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of the Year shortlistAugust 2012: Tears rather than silver or gold for GB's London 2012 women's hockey

By Gary AndersonSeptember 23 - Sochi 2014 President and chief executive Dmitry Chernyshenko has today signed media and broadcasting deals with three Russian companies that will provide support and promotion for next year's Paralympic Winter Games.

broadcasting services for the Games, which feature alpine skiing, biathlon, cross country skiing, ice sledge hockey

confirmed as the two nations that will do battle for the rights to host the 2018 International Ice Hockey

Championships.The 12,500-seat Boxen Arena in Herning is proposed as the secondary arena in the Danish Ice Hockey

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Championship bid November 2012: Denmark and Latvia launch joint bid for 2017 Ice Hockey World