capacity M-Wave Stadium.The Games consisted of 34 events in four parasports: alpine skiing, ice-sledge hockey

organised by the IOC.The Lillehammer 1994 Paralympic Winter Games saw the first inclusion of ice-sledge hockey

By Duncan MackaySeptember 10 - Sebastian Coe looks certain to become the next chairman of the British Olympic Association (BOA) after he confirmed that he would stand for election to succeed Colin Moynihan, who is stepping down. 

David Hemery, the BOA vice-chairman, and Richard Leman, the President of GB Hockey and a BOA Board member

By Tom Degun at Queen Victoria Memorial in LondonSeptember 10 - London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe has claimed the new British Olympic Association (BOA) chairman will be vital in creating a lasting legacy from the Olympic and Paralympic Games but has perhaps tellingly not ruled out taking up the position himself.

VIPs, including rower Katherine Grainger (right) and Dame Kelly Holmes during the London 2012 women's hockey

Zealand and Great BritainDavid Hemery, the BOA vice-chairman, and Richard Leman, the President of GB Hockey

By David GoldSeptember 8 - Bob Watson, a member of honour of the European Hockey Federation (EHF) and

Federation's Disciplinary Committee for 28 years as well as President of the Great Britain Olympic Hockey

With his vision and intellectual wit he could see the value of spreading and growing hockey throughout

We are forever grateful to him for his hockey knowledge, his passion for our sport and his sense of fun

I know that I am joined by the entire hockey family in passing on my condolences to his wife, Maureen

He had a wealth of experience in the hockey world," he said."

candidates including Moynihan's close friend, the award-winning Sussex businessman Richard Leman, an Olympic hockey

gold medallist now President of GB Hockey, already in the frame.Sport's oarsome knights Steve Redgrave

By Mike RowbottomSeptember 3 - Dame Kelly Holmes, Duncan Goodhew, Sean Kerly, Lynn Davies and Daley Thompson were among the Olympic champions who attended a surprise celebration at Belfast Airport to mark the 40th anniversary of the 1972 Olympic pentathlon victory by the city's favourite daughter, Dame Mary Peters.

the airport unveiling before attending a celebration at the Grand Opera House were Kerly's Seoul 1988 hockey

By David Gold at the Main Press Centre on the Olympic Park in London September 2 - Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak has claimed Sochi is more than two thirds ready to receive disabled visitors for the Paralympic Winter Games in 2014.

Paralympic sport at the Sochi 2014 GamesThe Sochi 2014 Paralympics will feature five sports: sledge hockey

By Duncan MackaySeptember 1 - A special four-wheel drive to celebrate Sochi hosting the 2014 Winter Olympics and Paralympics has been officially launched by Škoda at the Moscow Motor Show.

"Also, our involvement is the perfect complement to our long-standing support for the Ice Hockey World

By Duncan MackayAugust 28 - Another important step forward in a potential campaign from the United States for the Olympics and Paralympics came today when a five-person panel to assess a future bid was announced. 

pictured) and Angela Ruggiero, both members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), along with USA Hockey

By Tom DegunAugust 27 - Ajax in the eastern part of the city will host the baseball and softball competitions for the Toronto 2015 Pan American Games, it has been announced.

table tennis.The Etobicoke Pan Am Complex cluster will host archery, BMX cycling and bowling.Field hockey

By Duncan MackayAugust 24 - USA Fencing has appointed Val Belmonte as its new chief executive and executive director, they announced today. 

The USA Fencing board of directors selected Belmonte, a former executive with USA Hockey and US Figure

Belmonte is a former ice hockey player whose career was ended by a severe eye injury after he was checked

director of athletics at Union College in Schenectady, New York; and director of coaching education at USA Hockey

served on several committees with National Collegiate Athletic Association conferences, the USOC and USA Hockey

By David Gold in LondonAugust 21 - Russian telecommunications giant MegaFon's involvement in major sports events in the years to come is important for the country's youth, it has been claimed.

2013 World Athletics Championships and Sochi the Winter Olympics and Paralympics in 2014.The World Ice Hockey

During the last eight to 10 years, MegaFon has supported all sport events in Russia – football, hockey

contract as we are waiting to find out which kind of rights [are available].Russia hosts the World Ice Hockey

Aquatics Championships in 2015 and Moscow the World Athletics Championships in 2013.Throw in the World Ice Hockey

By David Gold at the London Media CentreAugust 16 - London Mayor Boris Johnson has pledged to turn this summer's Olympic and Paralympics into "gold for decades to come" here today.

coming to some of these venues.Among the tournaments to be staged in the capital, is the 2015 European Hockey