By Duncan MackayMarch 10 - National Hockey League (NHL) Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly has today

Daly will also be visiting the Bolshoi Ice Palace, the venue that will host the majority of ice hockey

 He claimed, however, that present discussions among the NHL, the National Hockey League Players

' Association, the International Ice Hockey Federation and the International Olympic Committee have been

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

Tom DegunMarch 10 - Ottobock have teamed up with International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Ice Sledge Hockey

The deal has seen Ottobock provide IPC Ice Sledge Hockey with 30 sledges and sticks to distribute to

NPCs) or organisations to build the future of the sport in their respective countries.IPC Ice Sledge Hockey

We are happy to help spread the highly attractive sport of ice sledge hockey into more countries and

  Ottobock will be using the Equipment Loaner Programme to help IPC Ice Sledge Hockey grow around

the world  In the past, IPC Ice Sledge Hockey has faced challenges in helping the sport develop

By Emily GoddardMarch 10 - Tickets have gone on sale for the Investec World League semi-final in London giving spectators a chance to relive the magic of the 2012 Olympic Games in the city.

added after they qualify from the World League Round Two.As well as watching world-class international hockey

, ticket holders will also gain access to additional entertainment such as the England Hockey Fun Zone

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By Duncan MackayMarch 9 - Detroit, which has bid for the Olympics more times than any other city without being awarded them, will not try again in 2024, the city's Mayor has announced.

recent years has hosted a number of major sporting events, including a NFL Super Bowl, NHL Stanley Cup hockey

By Emily GoddardMarch 9 - New Delhi has been named as the host of two of the International Hockey Federation's

Hosts India will compete at the Hero Hockey Junior World Cup later on this year "I can think of no better

venue for our inaugural Hockey World League final tournament than India," said FIH President Leandro

With this event we are bringing the future of hockey to a country that has one of the richest traditions

We get the see the future of hockey on display."

past athletes that have competed in the Junior World Cup, it reads as a who's who in international hockey

, who until 2010 shared the record of being the highest points scorer in the history of Olympic ice hockey

As an ice hockey player, Bubník scored 39 points in four Olympics, winning a bronze medal at Innsbruck

Emily GoddardMarch 8 - Ian Rutledge has been named the new head coach of the Canadian women's national hockey

I am looking forward to bringing my passion, skills and experience to a proud and growing hockey nation

role with the New Zealand women.He returned to his home nation in 2007 as the coaching manager for Hockey

Field Hockey Canada's general manager Gene Muller welcomed the appointment of Rutledge to the organisation

I am delighted Ian is joining the Field Hockey Canada team," he said."

By Tom DegunMarch 7 - Penny Briscoe, the ParalympicsGB Chef de Mission for Sochi 2014, says that securing a medal at Sochi 2014 in exactly one years' time would be a successful outcome for Britain given that they are not a winter sport nation.

At best, we will have three sports competing at Sochi 2014 with ice sledge hockey, curling and skiing

Ice sledge hockey has their qualifying event coming up shortly and they have a big challenge ahead just

having qualified as the world's second best team after winning the 2011 world title.Russia's ice sledge hockey

By Emily GoddardMarch 7 - Sir Philip Craven, President of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), has told Sochi 2014 to build on the success of past Winter Games and challenged the Organising Committee to follow Vancouver 2010 instead of emulating what happened at London 2012 six months ago.

events taking place in Sochi in Para-snowboard, alpine skiing and nordic skiing, with an ice sledge hockey

By Emily GoddardMarch 6 - Sochi 2014 is to mark the one year to go countdown to the Winter Paralympic Games tomorrow with a series of celebrations across Russia.

of medals in the five Paralympic sports of alpine skiing, biathlon, cross country skiing, ice sledge hockey

By Emily GoddardMarch 5 - Andrew Scoular has been confirmed as chief executive of the British Judo Association (BJA), after the former Rugby Football Union (RFU) community rugby director acted as caretaker in the position following the London 2012 Olympics and the departure of Scott McCarthy in October last year.

Scoular, a former hockey player and coach before beginning his sports administration career, was pleased

People think that if you have an ice hockey arena or a skating arena you can have curling but it is totally

By Duncan MackayMarch 3 - Switzerland's proposed bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics in St Moritz and Davos has been ended after a state referendum today rejected the idea. 

Graubünden 2022, whose Bid Committee included Rene Fasel, the Swiss President of the International Ice Hockey

Ice hockey made its Olympic debut in 1920 at the Summer Games in Antwerp.

at Antwerp's Palais de Glace d'Anvers refused to allow it to be used for figure skating unless hockey