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Czech Republic star as 2013 IPC Sledge Hockey World Championships begin

  • Para Ice Hockey News

Czech Republic have set the early pace at the 2013 International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Ice Sledge Hockey

Contact the writer of this story at [email protected] storiesApril 2013: Sledge Hockey

World Championships A-Pool open in South KoreaMarch 2013: 2013 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships

to be streamed live on YouTubeJanuary 2013: IPC launches new websites for Ice Sledge Hockey World

ChampionshipsMay 2012: Goyang to host 2013 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships


Sledge Hockey World Championships A-Pool open in South Korea

  • Para Ice Hockey News

By Duncan MackayApril 12 -  This year's International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Sledge Hockey World

themselves contenders in Goyang following their gold-medal performance at the 2012 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey

before Sochi 2014 is taking place at the Goyang SPART Complex and Park, organised by the Korea Ice Hockey

described it as 'the jewel in the crown' of the Sochi venues and said that if he was an ice sledge hockey

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World ChampionshipsMay 2012: Goyang to host 2013 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships


Exclusive: Getting right UK Sport and Sport England chairs is of "fundamental importance" says Culture Secretary

  • News

By Tom DegunApril 12 - Maria Miller, the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, has claimed that appointing the right new chairs for UK Sport and Sport England is of vital importance which is why her Department is taking their time over recruiting two individuals.

chair are former yachting supremo Rod Carr, financier and Gulf War veteran Mark Hanson and ex-England hockey



Australian swimmers tipped by Coates to bounce back at Rio 2016

  • Aquatics

By Duncan MackayApril 12 - Australia's swimmers have been backed by John Coates, President of the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) to put their troubles behind them and bounce back as a major force at Rio 2016.

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


"We're going to do everything to make sure we host 2018 World Cup," says Munday

  • Hockey

By Emily GoddardApril 10 - England Hockey chief executive Sally Munday has claimed her organisation is

going to do everything to make sure it wins the rights to host the 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup after

the nation was shortlisted for the event by the International Hockey Federation (FIH) last month.

in Lausanne on May 7.Although the bidding process is "competitive" due to the high importance of the Hockey

There are a lot of countries now that want to host these major events and the World Cup in hockey terms

So there's no lack of desire to see top level hockey here."

World CupMarch 2012: England to host 2015 European Hockey Championships at Olympic Park November

2010: London bid for 2014 Hockey World Championships fails


Ottobock unveil technical service team for Sochi 2014 Winter Paralympics

  • Sochi 2014 Paralympics

By Tom DegunApril 9 - Ottobock, the Official Technical Service provider for the Sochi 2014 Winter Paralympics, have confirmed the 30 orthopaedic technicians that will form the service team for the Games in Russia.

March, as well as tackling repairs on very different equipment, such as the sledges used in ice sledge hockey


Australia appoint former British Swimming head as new performance director

  • Aquatics

By James CrookApril  9 - Crisis-hit Swimming Australia kick-started their recovery attempts following their disastrous London 2012 campaign as they announced the appointment of former British Head of Swimming Michael Scott as their new high performance director.

They also confirmed former Hockey Australia boss Mark Anderson takes over from Kevin Neil as chief

lightAnderson takes the role of chief executive of Swimming Australia after leading the Australian men's hockey

Mark has had some outstanding success with hockey over the last four years, at both a governance and

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NOW: Pensions signs biggest ever sponsorship investment in England and Britain men's hockey

  • Hockey

By Emily Goddard at Devonshire Terrace in LondonApril 9 - England and Great Britain men's hockey have

England Hockey players Simon Mantell, George Pinner and Ashley Jackson show off the new look and new

As well as supporting the men's hockey league, NOW: Pensions is also behind England Hockey's London 2012

and grassroots elements of the sport and the journey begins next weekend at the NOW: Pensions Men's Hockey

League Finals, which will include prize money, a Rush Hockey zone and coverage on Sky Sports."

Together with the new sponsor and squad, England Hockey also revealed a new-look adidas kit here today


US Paralympic gold medallist arrested

  • Para Ice Hockey News

By Duncan MackayApril 7 - Taylor Chace, a member of the United States sledge hockey team that won the

PortsmouthChace was paralysed in 2002 after suffering a spinal cord injury while playing in a junior ice hockey

 He took up sledge hockey three years later and was a member of the US team that won bronze medals

award for December 2012 after scoring the winning goal in the gold-medal game of the World Sledge Hockey

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Pakistan win under-16 Asia Cup as Hockey5 makes competitive debut

  • Hockey

By James CrookApril 7 - Pakistan have been crowned the boys Under-16 Asia Cup winners following a 5-3 victory over Bangladesh as hockey's new format, Hockey5, makes its debut on the competitive stage.

earned the Goalkeeper of the Tournament award.The new Hockey5 format introduced by the International Hockey

comprises of three 12 minute periods on a playing surface which is around half the size of a regulation hockey


Michael Johnson signs deal with English Football Association national centre

  • Football

By Duncan MackayApril 6 - American sprint legend Michael Johnson has signed a deal to work with St George's Park, the English Football Association's new national centre, it has been announced.

the official training partner of NFL club Dallas Cowboys and official training centre of the ice hockey



Exclusive: Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson set to be new chair of Sport England

  • News

By Alan HubbardApril 6 - Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson is set to be installed as chair of one of Britain's top two major multi-sports organisations next week but it is likely to be to be Sport England, and not UK Sport as widely expected.

veteran Mark Hanson, a Cambridge modern pentathlon blue who once worked for MI6, and former England hockey


Rio 2016 host six International Federations ahead of Olympics and Paralympics

  • Rio 2016

By Tom DegunApril 5 - Rio 2016 have hosted six International Federations as delegations from each met with the Organising Committee to visit their competition venues and exchange ideas on the project.

Senior delegations from the International Hockey Federation (FIH), the International Table Tennis Federation