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Moynihan to step down as BOA chairman

  • ANOC News

By Tom Degun at the Main Press Centre on the Olympic Park in LondonAugust 13 - British Olympic Association (BOA) chairman Colin Moynihan has today announced he will be stepping down from the position in November after seven years in the role.

vice-chairman, will be the early favourite to succeed Moynihan while Richard Leman, the President of GB Hockey



Gold for orange as doughty Dutch douse Argentine fire to waltz off with hockey spoils

  • Hockey

From Andrew Warshaw at the Riverbank Arena on the Olympic Park in London August 10 - It did not quite live up to its billing as a thrilling, open encounter between the two best teams in the sport; in fact it was more solid than spectacular.

Netherlands (pictured top) who became only the second nation in history to retain the Olympic women's hockey

Cup, Champions Trophy and Olympic gold.Argentine skipper Luciana Aymar, the Diego Maradona of women's hockey

insidethegames.bizRelated storiesAugust 2012: Tears rather than silver or gold for GB's London 2012 women's hockey


Rampant Dutch crush GB men's hockey team's dream of gold

  • Hockey

By Tom DegunAugust 9 - Team GB's men's hockey team had their dreams of playing in a home Olympic final

said head coach Jason Lee.Ashley Jackson (centre) celebrates his goal during the men's Lonodn 2012 hockey

Lots of goals get scored in international hockey and we didn't perform how we aimed to perform, but we


Apologetic Spain hockey coach avoids rap following penalty corner furore

  • Hockey

By David GoldAugust 9 – Spain's men's hockey coach Dani Martin has escaped censure after demanding that

Leandro Negre, the President of the International Hockey Federation (FIH), apologises for the withdrawal

The draw was enough to give Britain a first semi-final since 1988, when they won the hockey gold in Seoul.They



Tears rather than silver or gold for GB's London 2012 women's hockey team

  • Hockey

By Tom Degun at the Riverbank Arena on the Olympic Park in LondonAugust 8 - Britain's female hockey team

had their hopes of a place in the Olympic hockey final against the Netherlands dashed when they lost

insidethegames.bizRelated storiesAugust 2012: No bad blood between us and Argentina, says GB women's hockey


Sochi 2014 gives us a real chance to show the solutions we provide, says Dow

  • Sponsor News

By Tom Degun at Sochi.Park in Kensington Gardens in LondonAugust 8 - Worldwide Olympic Partner Dow Chemical Company have said the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics and Paralympics will give them a real chance to show the solutions that they provide having only had two years to work on London 2012.

managed to accomplish so much at London 2012, with our solutions at many of the venues such as the hockey


No bad blood between us and Argentina, says GB women's hockey star Richardson

  • Hockey

By David GoldAugust 7 - Britain's women's hockey star Helen Richardson insists there is no bad blood

between the home side's hockey team and Argentina, ahead of their London 2012 semi-final tomorrow night

came at a time when tensions were particularly high between the two countries, after Argentine men's hockey

Hockey is a physical game, there are always little knocks people pick up, nothing is done deliberately

That is just hockey as a sport, there is no ill feeling at all towards the Argentinians."

Hopefully it will be an open game and we can play our running, good passing hockey"It will be nice to

match of London 2012May 2012: Argentine hockey player featured in controversial Falklands advert


RIOU announces 20 scholarships on launch on Sports Administration Masters

  • House of Russia

By David Gold at Russia.Park in Kensington Gardens in LondonJuly 31 - The Foundation of Vladimir Potanin, chairman of the Russian International Olympic University (RIOU) Supervisory Board, will award 20 scholarships to deserving students studying the new Master of Sport Administration (MSA) course.

United Kingdom's Minister of State for Universities and Science David Willetts and International Ice Hockey



Preparing for Winter Games is akin to building a small city, Sochi 2014 chief tells conference

  • GSIC 2012

By David Gold at Russia.Park in Kensington Gardens in LondonAugust 2 - Sochi 2014 chief executive and President Dmitry Chernyshenko told delegates here today at the Global Sports Industry Congress that preparing for the Winter Olympic and Paralympics is like building a small city.

related to the infrastructure for the Games.Construction work takes place on the Bolshoi Ice Dome ice hockey


Preparing for Winter Games is akin to building a small city, Sochi 2014 chief tells conference

  • Sochi 2014

By David Gold at Russia.Park in Kensington Gardens in LondonAugust 2 - Sochi 2014 chief executive and President Dmitry Chernyshenko told delegates here today at the Global Sports Industry Congress that preparing for the Winter Olympic and Paralympics is like building a small city.

the infrastructure for the Games.Construction work takes place on the Bolshoi Ice Dome ice hockey


Comprehensive victory over Belgium puts Britain on brink of medal contention

  • Hockey

By David Gold at the Riverbank Arena on the Olympic Park in London August 2 - Britain's women's hockey

I've learnt through the years that it's not going to be brilliant hockey all the time."

Belgium have probably been the fastest improving side in international hockey over the past couple of


London 2012 bus driver arrested after cyclist killed at Olympic Park

  • London 2012

By Duncan Mackay at the Main Press Centre on the Olympic Park in LondonAugust 1 - The driver of a London 2012 vehicle has been arrested after a cyclist was killed in a collision on the slip road outside the Main Press Centre (MPC) on the edge of the Olympic Park here tonight.

The crash happened close to the Olympic Hockey Centre, Velodrome and Paralympic tennis arena.Buses taking