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Why sustainable temporary structures are one of the leading legacies of London 2012

  • Sustainability

By David GoldDebate is now raging over whether London 2012 was the greatest Olympic Games ever. That, ultimately, will be a subjective judgment, to be debated endlessly but with little definitive proof. But what is certain is that this summer's Games used more temporary venues than any other major sporting event in history.

It is now being relocated further south in the park, and will be used for a number of sports, with hockey

In addition, the artificial turf pitches at Riverbank Arena– the venue that hosted the field hockey,


Batch set on getting New Zealand hockey a gold at Rio 2016

  • Hockey

By David GoldOctober 7 - New Zealand's new men's hockey coach Colin Batch is intent on making them a

take eight years, it might take 16 years, but you have to have that ambition," he said.Begium's men's hockey

Both of New Zealand's hockey teams are now coached by Australians, with Mark Hager in charge of the women


Olympic figure skating gold medallist Scott dies aged 84

  • Skating

By David GoldOctober 1 - Barbara Ann Scott, the only Canadian women to win a figure skating gold medal at the Winter Olympics, has died at the age of 84.

Olympic triumph at St Moritz 1948 was all the more impressive as it came on poor ice, damaged by ice hockey

the rules were changed to allow only athletes from that continent to enter and she has an ice hockey


IOC Coordination Commission praise Nanjing preparations for 2014 Youth Olympics

  • Nanjing 2014

By Tom DegunSeptember 29 - Greece’s Lambis Nikolaou, the stand-in chairman of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Coordination Commission for the Nanjing 2014 Summer Youth Olympic Games, has praised the Chinese city in their preparations for the event following their inspection visit.

The Sports Park will be home to hockey, BMX, rugby and beach volleyball during the Games before being


Trio of new faces welcomed into US ice sledge hockey squad

  • Para Ice Hockey News

By David GoldSeptember 29 - The United States Ice Sledge Hockey squad (pictured) has welcomed three new

and included 14 players who stormed to gold at the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Sledge Hockey

up for the next year's competition.The US is hoping to defend its title at the 2013 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey

and confirm its place at the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games.The team is to play in a World Sledge Hockey

writer of this story at [email protected] storiesJuly 2012: US names ice sledge hockey

squad for forthcoming campaignApril 2012: Lipsett treble helps dominant US retain World Ice Sledge Hockey


My Favourite Pin Story - Claire Bernthal

  • My Favourite Pin Story

of my shifts I worked orange which was team transport and here I helped send off the "perky" Dutch hockey

This was followed up by getting the chance to watch them play some sublime hockey from the front row.


Canadian Paralympic swimmers mark country's Sports Day

  • Swimming News

By David GoldSeptember 28 - Canada's Paralympics are set to celebrate the country's sports day, with gold medal winning swimmers Summer Mortimer and Stephanie Dixon among the athletes involved in promoting disability sport.

Street Hockey Championship in Niagara Falls, Ontario."


Special Olympics receives largest ever donation as Golisano gives $12 million

  • Latest (Paralympics)

By David GoldSeptember 27 - The Special Olympics has received its largest ever donation this week from Paychex chairman Tom Golisano, former United States President Bill Clinton revealed at the 2012 Clinton Global Initiative.

Healthy Communities.It is a hugely significant contribution from the former owner of the Buffalo Sabres hockey






Why grass pitches are losing the turf war

  • Sustainability

By Russ SwanThe phrase "a level playing field" has entered the English language as a metaphor for fairness in any competitive situation, whether giving schoolchildren an equal chance of scoring a good exam result, or making sure that elections to political office do not unfairly favour one candidate.

In hockey, the adoption of artificial turf came a little later and has seen rapid growth as the real

benefits of the system became apparent.The first synthetic hockey pitch in an Olympics was in 1976, at

slide, tackle and fall on more safely.For the first time ever at the Olympic Games, the London 2012 hockey

The London hockey turf made by Dow and installed by STI brings the components together in a system that

Nevertheless, a point worth remembering is that water-based hockey pitches only require watering before


Sochi 2014 unveil official slogan with 500 days to go until start of Olympics

  • Sochi 2014

By Duncan MackaySeptember 25 - Sochi 2014 today marked 500 days until the start of the Winter Olympics by unveiling their official slogan, which is "Hot. Cool. Yours."

part in flash mob to mark the 500-days before Sochi 2014 in MoscowIn Moscow, in an imitation of ice hockey

, participants completed the relay in hockey helmets on roller blades; the challenge was to avoid obstacles

while they were skating, keeping possession of the ball with a hockey stick and taking their shots at