By James CrookAugust 14 - Sochi 2014 have released tickets for the Four Nations ice sledge hockey test

and the Czech Republic at the tournament, which will take place at the Shayba Arena, where ice sledge hockey

will take at during the Paralympics.After making its debut at Lillehammer 1994, sledge hockey has become

built at a cost of around $27.5 million (£17.6 million/€20.6 million) and is also scheduled to host ice hockey

story at [email protected] storiesAugust 2013: Turin to host Sochi 2014 ice sledge hockey

qualifiersJuly 2013: Teams announced for Sochi 2014 ice sledge hockey test event

Natascha Keller of Germany has decided to call it a day by announcing her retirement from all forms of hockey

had retired from international competition following London 2012, where she became the first German hockey

The golf is great fun and I play a lot of tennis - I'm not missing hockey."

Hockey will always be a part of me but for now I'm looking to the future."

Cup titles in 2003 and 2011, the European Championships in 2007 and was named as the International Hockey

Earlier this year, she became the first of three players to be inducted into the European Hockey Federation

Turin, host city of the 2006 Winter Olympics and Paralympics, will stage the Sochi 2014 ice sledge hockey

In the lead-up to the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games, Torino will host six ice sledge hockey teams

fighting to make the sport's top international stage," Keith Blase, the IPC's Ice Sledge Hockey Technical

all qualified for Sochi 2014 earlier this year by finishing in the top five at the 2013 Ice Sledge Hockey

sixth in Goyang, while South Korea and Sweden, who have competed in every Winter Paralympic ice sledge hockey

2013:  Four teams secure Sochi 2014 spot at IPC Sledge Hockey World Championships 

By Emily GoddardAugust 13 - International Hockey Federation (FIH) President Leandro Negre has praised

the Indian hockey league brought in earlier this year to breathe new life into the sport in the nation

The Hero Hockey India League (HIL), which concluded its inaugural season in February, was established

After the inaugural season, the Hero Hockey India League is appreciated globally by everyone and I am

hopeful that the league will prove to be a new milestone for the future of Indian Hockey."

Hero Hockey India League has gained the right momentum in the inaugural season and it has the potential

Hockey India League chairman Narinder Batra added: "Hero HIL is putting in its best efforts to present

By Nick ButlerAugust 13 - Jamie Salter has been appointed as the new High Performance Pathway Manager of Swimming Australia in the latest bid to improve the countries fortunes after an underwhelming performance at last summer's London Olympic Games.

appoint former British Swimming head as new performance directorMarch 2013: Swimming Australia turns to hockey

By Nick ButlerAugust 2 - Four-time Grand Slam winning tennis superstar Maria Sharapova has been named as one of Samsung Galaxy's brand ambassadors ahead of Sochi 2014, in a list otherwise littered with star Russian names from Winter Olympic and Paralympic sports.

Movement and providing "direct contact" between Olympians and their supporters around the world.Ice hockey

To be part of the team is a great honour," said Malkin, who plays in the National Hockey League for the

By Nick Butler July 31 - The Swiss Ice Hockey Federation (SIHF) has announced Zurich Insurance as

Championships held in Sweden and Finland, their first since 1953.Marc Furrer, President of the Swiss Ice Hockey

It was not easy to find the right partner but Zurich and Swiss Ice Hockey are attractive and established

of Zurich Switzerland, was similarly pleased and is "looking forward to working with the Swiss Ice Hockey

Ice Hockey fascinates Swiss people," he said."

writer of this story at [email protected] storiesMay 2013: Sweden crowned ice hockey

By Gary AndersonJuly 30 - The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) has established a SafeSport Working Group which is tasked with developing possible models for sports organisations to use for the investigation, adjudication and sanctioning of prohibited conduct.

Four-time Olympic ice hockey medallist and International Olympic Committee member Angela Ruggiero is

By James CrookJuly 30 - The Canadian Paralympic Committee (CPC) today announced the volunteer Mission Staff that will assist Chef de Mission Ozzie Sawicki in leading Team Canada at Sochi 2014.

Team Canada at the Beijing 2008, Vancouver 2010 and London 2012 Games.The four media attachés will be Hockey

By Nick Butler at the Olympic Stadium in LondonJuly 28 - Brazilian sprinter Alan Oliveira produced the performance of the weekend to upset home favourite Jonnie Peacock, as well as American star Richard Browne, and bring the curtain down in style on the Sainsbury's Anniversary Games with a stunning 100 metres T43/44 victory.

biceps and pointing at the crowd.Whitehead, who before winning gold last year competed in ice sledge hockey

By Gary AndersonJuly 24 - USA Hockey has nominated its initial 18-player roster for the sledge hockey

Nine of the athletes chosen were part of the US team that went through the whole sled hockey tournament

conceding a single goal before defeating Japan 2-0 in the gold medal match to claim its second-ever sled hockey

the taste of silver", says US ice sledge hockey captain after losing world title to CanadaApril 2013

: USA set to face Canada for gold at IPC Sledge Hockey World ChampionshipsApril 2013: Four teams

secure Sochi 2014 spot at IPC Sledge Hockey World Championships

By Gary AndersonJuly 24 - Defending world champions Canada will join hosts Russia, the Czech Republic and Norway as the teams taking part in a test event for the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games.

The International Ice Sledge Hockey "4 Nations" Tournament is due to take place in the Russian city from

by virtue of their performances at this year's International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Ice Sledge Hockey

The Shayba Arena in Sochi will host the ice sledge hockey competition at next years Paralympic Winter

tryoutsApril 2013: We "don't like the taste of silver", says US ice sledge hockey captain after

losing world title to CanadaApril 2013: Canada defeat USA to claim title at Sledge Hockey World

By Duncan MackayJuly 24 - Leading beer manufacturer Heineken have renewed their deal to be the home base for Dutch athletes and their families, media, sponsors and fans during the Winter Olympics in Sochi 2014 and the Summer Games at Rio 2016, it was announced today. 

Minoru Arenas in Richmond, a suburb of the Canadian city and normally the home to the junior league ice hockey

The Dutch women's hockey team celebrated winning the Olympic gold medal at London 2012 by beating Argentina

By Emily GoddardJuly 23 - Blue hockey pitches, as seen at the London 2012 Olympics, will also be a feature

of the sport's tournament at Rio 2016, according to the International Hockey Federation chief executive

The Games marked the first time that a blue hockey pitch with pink surrounds and a yellow ball, had been

Blue is set to be the colour of the pitch for hockey at Rio 2016 after the success of London 2012, International

Hockey Federation Kelly Fairweather has revealed England Hockey chief executive Sally Munday claimed

World League pitch in LondonFebruary 2013: International Hockey extends Preferred Pitch deal with

Olympic supplier Polytan|STIMarch 2011: Blue is the colour for hockey at London 2012

Hockey's Ottobock equipment loaner programme, which provides equipment to interested countries or Ice Hockey

IPC Ice Sledge Hockey has a two-year partnership with worldwide Paralympic partner Ottobock to develop

with sledges for either six month or one year terms.The Italian Ice Sport Federation and Norwegian Ice Hockey

Federation, said: "The programme will enable the Norwegian Ice Hockey Federation to reach new potential

Another objective is to promote ice sledge hockey among children with spina-bifida."

Most of the Italian athletes who play ice sledge hockey at this time are amputees, and we believe we