launched three new websites for the Paralympic sports of alpine skiing, Nordic skiing and ice sledge hockey

The city of Nagano in Japan will host the 2013 International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Ice Sledge Hockey

commonly known as "Big Hat" due to its shape.The competition will be organised by the Japan Ice Sledge Hockey

On behalf of the local organising committee (LOC) and Japan Ice Sledge Hockey Association, I am glad

to announce that the LOC and IPC have happily signed the contract for hosting the 2013 Ice Sledge Hockey

see Paralympic winter sport continuing to grow in Asia and, for the first time ever, an ice sledge hockey

story at [email protected] storiesNovember 2012: Russia wins 2012 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey

By Tom Degun November 21 - Hockey star Alex Danson, who helped spearhead Team GB to a bronze medal at

Hockey proved one of the most attended sports at London 2012 as sell-out crowds flooded into the 15,000

Riverbank Arena on the Olympic Park in Stratford to watch the action.Since the conclusion of the event, hockey

The Olympics showed that there is a real appetite for hockey and that the public want to see it."

Alex Danson’s crucial goals helped take the Team GB women’s hockey team to a bronze medal at the London

will open at Eton Manor on the Olympic Park will further help the game develop in the UK.The Olympic Hockey

By Duncan MackayNovember 19 - Denmark and Latvia have launched a joint bid to host the 2017 Ice Hockey

We are committed to our goals of developing hockey worldwide and creating a truly global platform for

our fans," said Henrik Bach Nielsen, the President of the Danish Ice Hockey Association."

We have been working very hard to develop hockey in Denmark in recent years.

Latvian Ice Hockey Federation President, Kirovs Lipmans, headed the successful World Championship in

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

By Tom Degun November 17 - Russia's ice sledge hockey team have given themselves a major boost ahead

period, Russia came out on top in the gold-medal game despite having only started their ice sledge hockey

Selyukin captained Russia to World Championships success only a few years after the country's sledge hockey

Simon Kunst shared the goalkeeping duties for the winning side, combining to record 11 saves.Ice sledge hockey

By Duncan MackayNovember 14 - Sochi are to put more than 100,000 tickets on sale for test events in the build-up to the 2014 Winter Olympics, local officials have announced. 

 Iceberg Skating Palace from December 6 to 9, the biathlon World Cup on March 4-10 and the Ice Hockey

By Sara EvansNovember 10 - The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) are to countdown 2012's top 50 Paralympic moments.

some great competition seen at the Nordic Skiing World Cup, and the Wheelchair Curling and Ice Sledge Hockey

By Mike RowbottomIn the inky blackness of the Krasnaya Polyana mountains at night there is discernibly what looks at first glance like the constellation of the Plough. On second look, it is no such thing – merely a similar pattern of twinkling lights on a dormant crane.When daybreak arrives, the crane swings back into action as the remorseless business of transforming the landscape into one capable of hosting the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games continues. The organisers are not so much reaching for the stars – although, uniquely, their Torch Relay will reach outer space at one stage...

the Universiade, the track and field World Championships, the world championships in swimming and ice hockey

ISU World Cup event that is expected to draw all the main Olympic contenders.Facilities for the ice hockey

The second-string ice hockey arena is no less imposing than the Bolshoy.

By Tom Degun November 6 - Switzerland's International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board member René Fasel claims Lance Armstrong's credibility has already gone regardless of whether he is able to hold onto his Olympic bronze medal or not.

education in the war against doping in sport Fasel, who is also President of the International Ice-Hockey

It is the same with my sport of ice hockey, looking at protecting the athletes by not pushing them too

4 - The 2018 World Cup is set to be increased by only four countries to 16 after the International Hockey

Congress in Kuala Lumpur that "we will double the number of teams because we want to promote hockey

Board voted that an increase to 16 teams from the current 12 team format would best suit the growth of hockey

"This is a testament to the global development of hockey."

"We are fortunate in hockey that we have no gender gap and that our women's field is every bit as competitive

Contact the writer of this story at [email protected] storiesNovember 2012: Hockey

Spain's Leandro Negre (pictured) will serve another four year term as President of the International Hockey

of them for the first time.They included England's Sue Catton, a former board member of England Hockey

, who was the competitions manager for hockey and wheelchair rugby at the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic

insidethegames.bizRelated storiesDecember 2008: Negre replaces Vriesman as head of international hockey

By Tom DegunNovember 2 - GB Hockey have been honoured with the President's Award by the International

Hockey Federation (FIH) at its Congress in Malaysia.

The award was made to GB Hockey in recognition of its contribution to the development and promotion of

hockey in maximising the opportunity of the London 2012 Olympic Games.It also comes as recognition for

the work done to work towards securing a lasting legacy for hockey from London 2012."

everyone involved in hockey have been recognised with the President's Award from the International Hockey

Federation," said GB Hockey President Richard Leman."

it was not long before I ran into Swiss IOC Executive Board member René Fasel, the International Ice-Hockey

at the 2018 World Cup is set to be doubled from 12 to 24, it has been announced by the International Hockey

 "We will double the number of teams because we want to promote hockey throughout the world," said

Negre added that hockey is more popular in Europe and Asia and "we want to make it big in South America

 "Mexico has a big TV audience and following for sports...it will be a good place to promote hockey

the standard of their men's and women's hockey teams for the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics."

This is good for the development of hockey in South America."