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Kazakhstan declares interest in 2027 IIHF World Championship

  • Ice Hockey

Kazakhstan has declared its interest in staging the men's International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF)

stage top-tier tournaments, according to the President of Kazakhstan's press office.Kazakhstan's ice hockey

its popularity among young people.He also claimed that more than 14,000 people are involved with ice hockey

overall.Kazakhstan held the 2011 Asian Winter Games, with the host nation winning gold in men's and women's ice hockey


Gangwon 2024 qualification systems approved for all disciplines

  • Gangwon 2024

Individual qualification systems for all remaining disciplines on the Gangwon 2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games programme have been approved by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board.

Biathlon, bobsleigh and skeleton, three-on-three ice hockey, skating, skiing and snowboarding qualification



FIL official visits Ireland to discuss planned new luge facility

  • Luge

Head of the International Luge Federation's (FIL) Track Construction Commission Markus Aschauer took part in a meeting initiated by the Olympic Federation of Ireland (OFI) to discuss a new ice sports facility in Dublin.

sports.The meeting was attended by 17 officials from various sporting bodies such as International Ice Hockey

is yet to win a medal ©Getty Images"In addition to the greatly improved training facilities for ice hockey



Spain to host first FIH Women's Nations Cup featuring promotion to Pro League

  • Hockey

Spain has been announced as the host for the inaugural International Hockey Federation (FIH) Women's

On behalf of FIH, I'd like to thank wholeheartedly the Royal Spanish Hockey Federation for hosting this

Nothing less than a place within the FIH Hockey Pro League is at stake."

Deó, President of the Royal Spanish Hockey Federation."

Another great women's hockey event that we will be able to organise in our country."

team, play this great hockey competition."


Americans remain bitter about basketball defeat 50 years ago

  • The Big Read

On a grassy bank outside the Olympic Stadium in Munich, a series of plaques record the name of every gold medallist at the 1972 Games.

Germany.By a strange coincidence, there was also another controversial medal presentation after the men's hockey

 The Pakistan Hockey Federation was originally suspended as part of what were described as "grave


Olympic gold medal-winning Lamoureux twins to be inducted into US Hockey Hall of Fame

  • Ice Hockey

Lamoureux-Davidson and Monique Lamoureux-Morando are two of this year's headline inductees to the United States Hockey

These five individuals have had a tremendously positive impact on hockey in America," USA Hockey President

We look forward to honouring them as the 50th class of the US Hockey Hall of Fame in November."

20 years.Earlier in the competition, Lamoureux-Davidson set a record for the fastest consecutive ice hockey

It's not just the medals we won, but the change we made for women's hockey."

to end an end last year ©Getty ImagesThe goaltender was named Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the ice hockey


Pakistan Olympic Association backs weightlifting leaders in dispute over "biased" ban

  • Weightlifting

The Pakistan Weightlifting Federation (PWLF), which faces exclusion from the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, has vowed to ignore a "biased, arbitrary and unfair" ban imposed by a Government body which found "serious irregularities in its functioning, corrupt practices and violation of the anti-doping code".

The Pakistan Hockey Federation, also suspended by the PSB, had likewise refused to accept the decision.Talha



Paris 2024 update set to feature on day one of IOC Executive Board meeting

  • Paris 2024

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board is poised to stage its fifth meeting of the year here tomorrow and on Friday (September 9), with an update on Paris 2024 set to be provided.

recommendations "grossly violate" the principles of the Olympic Movement, and Russia's two-time ice hockey


Crisis-hit NOCs set to be discussed at IOC Executive Board's penultimate meeting of year

  • Olympics

Uncertainty surrounds the status of the Guatemalan Olympic Committee (COG) and Indian Olympic Association (IOA) going into the two-day International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board meeting due to begin here tomorrow.

Mumbai.Narinder Batra resigned as IOA President in July, also relinquishing his leadership of the International Hockey


Russian Olympic champions preparing to appeal to IOC President over ban

  • Olympics

Russia’s Olympic champions are poised to appeal to International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach in a bid to justify the decision to ban them from global sporting competitions.

Double Olympic ice hockey gold medallist and former Russian Sports Minister Viacheslav Fetisov told Russia's

Physical Culture and Sports, has questioned the reasoning behind the IOC's ban.Fetisov, who claimed ice hockey


Finland to meet Switzerland in 2023 Men's World Junior Ice Hockey Championship opener

  • Ice Hockey

The schedule for the 2023 International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Men's World Junior Championship

The 2023 World Juniors will be an unforgettable celebration of hockey across the Maritimes [region of

wait to drop the puck on Boxing Day," said Dean McIntosh, vice-president of events and properties at Hockey

on New Year's Eve, this year's schedule is extremely competitive and will showcase the best under-20 hockey

 Organisers blamed its out-of-sync hosting in August, as well as the ongoing Hockey Canada sexual

 Hockey Canada previously made a settlement with a woman who accused several members of the 2018


Olympic speed skating champion Zhang among those selected to WADA Athlete Council

  • Latest

Zhang Hong, the Chinese speed skater who claimed gold at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games, has become one of the 13 members selected to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Athlete Council so far.

this group by Kenyan former rugby sevens player and IOC member Humphrey Kayange, two-time women's ice hockey

Olympian Clare Egan of the United States, Croatian Para volleyball player Ivan Ćosić, two-time German ice hockey