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

MackayMarch 1 - Denmark and Latvia today officially presented its joint bid for the 2017 World Ice Hockey

The bid team from the Danish Ice Hockey Association (DIU) and the Latvian Ice Hockey Federation (LHF)

outlined their plans to the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Event Committee, chaired by Slovakia's

due for completion in 2015, would host the final if Denmark's joint bid to host the 2017 World Ice Hockey

"Creating an unforgettable event for the global hockey fans in a passionate hockey nation."

A world record crowd of 77,803 watched the opening match of the 2010 World Ice Hockey Championships at

By Mike Rowbottom at the Scandinavium Arena in GothenburgMarch 1 - A 2013 world-leading performance of 7.49sec by Russia's "Siberian Express" Sergey Shubenko in the men's 60 metres hurdles, and a European rankings-leading effort and Turkish record of 7.89 in the women's 60m hurdles by Nevin Yanit brought the first full day of action here at the European Athletics Indoor Championships to a thrilling conclusion.

Arena's specially constructed track, three and a half metres above a surface normally given over to ice hockey

GoddardMarch 1 - Bobby Crutchley has hinted that a significant overhaul of the British and English men's hockey

nation narrowly missed out on a medal to Australia His first major tournament in charge will be the FIH Hockey

July 7.Although the British men did not win a medal at London 2012, UK Sport increased its funding for hockey

As someone who has a strong passion for coaching and for hockey in Great Britain, I am absolutely delighted

story at [email protected] storiesFebruary 2013: Lee swaps England men's hockey

GoddardFebruary 26 - London's Olympic legacy continues to gather momentum with the women's Investec Hockey

two Investec London Cups – on June 22-30, will give sport fans another chance to watch world class hockey

This is a great start to the London 2012 hockey legacy for the country."

I would especially like to thank England Hockey for stepping in at short notice to host such an important

Hockey was the third largest spectator sport at London 2012 with more than 630,000 people visiting the

Following the success of hockey at the Olympic Games last summer we have seen unprecedented interest

By Tom DegunFebruary 25 - Five-a-side indoor football, known as futsal, could be a good addition to the sports programme at the Commonwealth Games, it has been claimed by the Movement's leading official.

by the CGF, comprises of 10 sports which are athletics, aquatics (swimming only), badminton, boxing, hockey

By Duncan MackayFebruary 24 - Olympic freestyle skiing gold medallist Jean-Luc Brassard has been appointed as the assistant Chef de Mission of Canada's team at Sochi 2014, it has been announced. 

positive vibration, because all the volunteers and all the people working the lifts and the guys in the hockey

Emily GoddardFebruary 22 - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board meeting which saw hockey

axed from the core sports programme for the 2020 Games was a wake-up call for the sport, International Hockey

Despite proving to be a big success at London 2012, hockey was in the final three sports, alongside wrestling

The hockey tournament was a success in the London Games in terms of crowd and finance," he explained.

We believe that hockey is very strong in the Olympics, but we need to see how we can make it better."

Hockey proved to be a big hit at the London 2012 Olympics Nevertheless, Negre was keen to point out

Most recently, the hockey President has been pushing the sport in Asia and has held talks with Hockey

By Duncan MackayFebruary 21 - Las Vegas will host the 2015 World Wrestling Championships, a year before what could be the sport's final appearance for a while at the Olympics unless a campaign to keep it in the Games is successful. 

seat multi-purpose arena in Paradise and home to the Las Vegas Wranglers ice hockey

By Tom DegunFebruary 21 - Great Britain's ice sledge hockey team will face Estonia in a three-game series

the start of a programme of international cooperation for both teams before the 2013 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey

experiences and ideas on how to strengthen para-sport activity in Estonia.Britain last competed in ice sledge hockey

this story at [email protected] storiesSeptember 2012: New British ice sledge hockey

By Duncan MackayFebruary 19 - Jeff Sauer will lead the United States sledge hockey team when they

nbsp;"He was the unquestionable choice for this position," Dave Ogrean, the executive director of USA Hockey

, said.Sauer is one of America's most successful collegiate ice hockey coaches and is in the Hall of

  While at Wisconsin, he led the Badgers to two NCAA men's ice hockey championships.The

 America's sledge hockey celebrate winning their third consecutive Paralympic gold medal at Vancouver

Committee, and is President of the American Hearing Impaired Hockey Association."