By James Crook at the Evelyn Grace Academy in LondonJuly 2 - Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore and Sport England chair Nick Bitel have announced a three-year £16.8 million ($25.5 million/€20 million) deal to inspire thousands of British young people, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds, to get involved in new sports.

were given coaching from representatives from Fulham FC on the day of the announcement, and played hockey

By Emily GoddardJuly 2 - National Hockey League (NHL) Commissioner Gary Bettman has claimed a deal to

Olympics will be agreed "soon, very soon" after he attended a five-hour meeting with International Ice Hockey

Federation (IIHF) President René Fasel and National Hockey League Players' Association (NHLPA) executive

OlympicsJanuary 2012: Putin calls for players to be released from NHL for Sochi 2014February 2010: Hockey

By Emily GoddardJuly 2 - Gerardo Werthein, President of the Argentine Olympic Committee (COA), will lead a senior Buenos Aires delegation at the International Olympic Committee (IOC) extraordinary session this week where it will learn the fate of its bid to host the 2018 Youth Olympics.

Minister Claudio Morresi, and bid ambassadors Argentine rugby union legend Agustín Pichot and Olympic hockey

By Gary AndersonJuly 1 - Canadian athletes have taken part in an event showcasing Paralympic sports as part of Canada Day celebrations in Ottawa.

The Canada Day Noon Show saw a host of Canada's top Paralympic athletes including sledge hockey players

such a thrill today to be part of the Noon Show and to have the chance to showcase my sport of sledge hockey

By Emily GoddardJune 30 - Australia's women have secured the Investec Hockey World League Semi-Final

Both teams, who met earlier in the week and drew 1-1, were already qualified for the 2014 Hockey World

Cup and Round Four of the Hockey World League but goals from Ashleigh Nelson, Kellie White and Emily

This really gives us a lot of belief that we belong in the top echelons of world hockey."

pitch in LondonApril 2013: Olympic medallists return to new 29-strong Britain and England women's hockey

squadApril 2013: FIH confirms women's hockey World League semi-final schedules

be one of the two greatest moments in Canadian sporting history, on a par with the cold war-era ice-hockey

Duncan MackayJune 28 - Malaysian city Johor Bahru has been given the go-ahead by the International Hockey

"The FIH and the Malaysian Hockey Confederation (MHC) will continue to closely monitor the situation

The Taman Daya Hockey Stadium in Johor Bahru will host the semi-finals of the FIH World League after

Argentina, South Africa and Japan joining host nation Malaysia in the tournament at the striking Taman Daya Hockey

which hosted the 2009 men's Junior World Cup.A guaranteed three places at next year's Rabobank Hockey

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By Emily Goddard at George Square in GlasgowJune 26 - Glasgow 2018 bid director Paul Bush has claimed the Scottish city's proposal to host the Youth Olympic Games "can have a truly global impact" on youngsters with just over a week to go until the host city is announced by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

centre to support the festivities, which saw schoolchildren taking part in activities, including dance, hockey

By Emily GoddardJune 25 - Canadian Winter Olympic champions Kaillie Humphries, Jon Montgomery and Maëlle Ricker are among seven athletes named today to receive sponsorship from Sport Chek and Adidas ahead of Sochi 2014.

far right), fellow Vancouver 2010 gold medallists Meaghan Mikkelson (pictured top, centre), an ice hockey

By Emily GoddardJune 24 - The International Hockey Federation (FIH) is "closely monitoring" the air quality

affecting the predictability of the development of the situation.The FIH, along with the Malaysian Hockey

necessary to protect the health and safety of athletes and officials participating in the upcoming Hockey

Olympic Games is an experience I will never forget.Those few weeks playing for the Team GB women's hockey

against one another in a fun environment – and that can only be a good thing.Chloe Rogers is a field hockey

By Duncan MackayJune 23 - This week's International Olympic Committee (IOC) Athletes' Forum will go ahead in Singapore despite the record levels of smog which have hit the country.

Commission, Russia's four-time Olympic champion swimmer Alexander Popov and America's Nagano 1998 ice hockey

By Emily GoddardJune 21 - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has moved to quash fears of discrimination at Sochi 2014 following the passing of an anti-gay bill in Russia's Lower House of Parliament last week.

marriage.American figure skater Johnny Weir, a 2008 world bronze medallist; Canadian two-time Olympic ice hockey

By Duncan MackayJune 20 - Britain's ice hockey coach Tony Hand has stepped down from his post with immediate

Ice Hockey UK (IHUK) revealed that the 45-year-old, who has been in charge since 2011 after signing a

Premier League play-off title last season.A statement on the IHUK website read: "At this time, Ice Hockey

The Board of Ice Hockey UK would like to thank Tony Hand for his service to the National Programme and

can include traditional or adapted versions of games such as cardio tennis, instant ping-pong, rush hockey