By James CrookJanuary 24 - Russia are considering a bid to host the 2019 International Basketball Federation (FIBA) World Cup, according to Russian Basketball Federation (RBF) Commissioner, Alexander Krasnenkov.

include this year's World Athletics Championships and the Rugby Sevens World Cup and the World Ice Hockey

By James CrookJanuary 24 - Russian ice hockey star Aleksey Morozov will be the first torchbearer for

 The Olympic silver medallist and current captain of Kontinental Hockey League side Ak Bars Kazan

Ice hockey is not part of the World University Summer Games, but I am very happy to be involved in this

By Emily GoddardJanuary 24 - Sport England today announced a further £16.6 million ($26.3 million/€19.7 million) investment into 310 projects to hit its London 2012 legacy target of supporting 1,000 local communities one year ahead of schedule.

received a £50,000 ($79,000/€60,000) funding boost to pay for a multi-use games area that can be used for hockey

Minister Hugh Robertson, who today joined Sport England and members Team GB's Olympic bronze women's hockey

secured a £50,000 ($79,000/€60,000) funding boost to pay for a multi-use games area that can be used for hockey

Helen Richardson, a hockey player from the London 2012 bronze medal team, added: "Good local facilities

It's fantastic to see that lots of hockey clubs are benefitting too."

By Emily GoddardJanuary 23 - The United States women's hockey team are set to move to what is soon to

be America's largest indoor sports complex, Nook Sports, after USA Field Hockey secured a deal with

their location on Spooky Nook Road in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, will also host national USA Field Hockey

We have been searching for a Home of Hockey in the northeast over the last several years and are excited

The Home of Hockey will provide us with a platform to best prepare our national teams for success in

and the far reaching hockey community."

To have a Home for Hockey so central to the majority of the field hockey population is exciting to say

By Emily GoddardJanuary 22 - Three-time Olympic hockey player Marcelo Garraffo has been named as the

medallists, taking over from Carlos Retegui.As well as Garraffo (pictured top, right), the Argentinean Hockey

after their 3-1 victory over Germany during the women's bronze medal at Beijing 2008 The Argentinean hockey

By Tom DegunJanuary 22 - Sochi 2014 Olympic Torch Relay Presenting Partner Coca-Cola has begun its campaign to select 2,014 Torchbearers with less than nine months before the journey gets underway.

actors and musicians.These include double Olympic pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva, double ice hockey

By Tom DegunIt was no real surprise earlier this month when the British Paralympic Association (BPA) appointed their performance director Penny Briscoe as the ParalympicsGB Chef de Mission for the Sochi 2014 Winter Games.For over a decade now, Briscoe has helped mastermind the British team's performances at the Paralympics, where they have maintained a top three position for the three consecutive Summer Games she has been involved with.

There are currently four sports at the Winter Paralympics - alpine skiing, nordic skiing, ice sledge hockey

ParalympicsGB are looking to compete in the three sports of wheelchair curling, alpine skiing and ice sledge hockey

By Tom DegunJanuary 21 - International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) chief René Fasel claims he is still

By Duncan MackayJanuary 16 - United States ice sledge hockey star Taylor Chace has been voted the International

The 26-year-old, who scored the winning goal in the gold-medal game of the 2012 World Sledge Hockey Challenge

their 3-2 overtime victory over the Canadians in Charlottetown.Chace had been a promising ice hockey

in an incomplete spinal cord injury and partial paralysis of his legs.Chace took up sledge hockey

International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has today unveiled two new websites for the 2013 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey

first time an Asian country hosts the World Championships, which will be organised by the Korea Ice Hockey

Alexi Salamone and defender Taylor Chace will be ones to watch at the 2013 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey

to qualify for the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games," Keith Blase, chairman of the IPC Ice Sledge Hockey

In addition, they will create great exposure for the top ice sledge hockey athletes, raising their profiles

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

By Tom DegunJanuary 15 - The British Paralympic Association (BPA) has today announced that their performance director Penny Briscoe will serve as the ParalympicsGB Chef de Mission for the Sochi 2014 Winter Games.

hoping to have a team competing in the three sports of wheelchair curling, alpine skiing and ice sledge hockey

By Lauren Mattera January 12 - Russian ice hockey star Alex Ovechkin has renewed his endorsement

The 27-year-old (pictured top) who captains the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League (NHL

Moscow.The deal is just one of many for Russia's most endorsed male athlete, as 2011 saw him leave ice hockey

USA's ice sledge hockey team will win their third straight World Championship titleThe Americans should

be the favourites to win gold at April's 2013 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey A Pool World Championships in Korea

summer's World Athletics Championships, and the 2018 World Cup finals, the forthcoming swimming and ice hockey

finishes on the international circuit, has been named as the new head coach of the United States women's hockey

Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004 Games, makes the move after having been assistant coach at Great Britain Hockey

Craig Parnham helped lead the British women's hockey team to a bronze medal at the London 2012 Olympic

lead the women's programme through to Rio 2016," said Steve Locke, executive director of USA Field Hockey

Cup.Upon his retirement after the 2004 Olympic Games, Parnham embarked on a career with the Scottish Hockey

Cup.Parnham is set to relocate to Chula Vista with his wife, Emma, in early February, and USA Field Hockey