By Tom DegunApril 24 - The city of Fredericton in Canada will host the 2013 World Mixed Doubles and World Senior Curling Championships, it was announced today by the World Curling Federation (WCF) and the Canadian Curling Association (CCA).

during the week.The first ice surface is Olympic-sized and has 500 seats while the second is National Hockey

contributions to help push it forward.Esther Vergeer (wheelchair tennis), Thomas Jacobsen (ice sledge hockey

By Tom DegunApril 23 - More than 4,000 athletes from 20 countries are set to compete together in Montreal as Défi sportif, an international event that assembles all types of disabled athletes from elite to newcomer, begins today.

the event, which runs for seven days, sees participants compete in the 13 sports of athletics, ball hockey

By Mike RowbottomApril 18 - Quadruple Olympic champion Sir Matthew Pinsent has endorsed the award of an extra £750,000 ($1.2 million/€916,000) towards final preparations for Britain's Olympians and Paralympians, marking the milestone of 100 days from the start of the London Games.

their final preparations:·  Additional training camps and competitions: for example, the men's hockey

David Faulkner, GB Hockey performance director, said: "With our men having no Champions Trophy before

By Tom DegunApril 15 - Gymnastic troupe Spelbound, the winners of the 2010 edition of Britain's Got Talent, will perform at the Closing Ceremony of the 2012 Sainsbury's School Games finals on May 9 at the Olympic Park in Stratford.

basketball will take place at the ExCeL Centre whilst rugby 7's will held at Barking Rugby Club and hockey

By Duncan Mackay in MoscowApril 13 - Vladimir Putin today admitted that Russia bids for so many top sports events because it helps develop the infrastructure of the country.

nbsp;27th Summer Universiade next year, the 2015 World Aquatics Championships and the 2016 World Ice Hockey

By Tom DegunApril 12 - Commonwealth Games Canada (CGC) have announced the creation of a new five-person Athlete Council which will be chaired by Suzanne Weckend-Dill (pictured).

nbsp;Benoît Huot, Commonwealth Games cycling competitor Erinne Willock and Commonwealth Games field hockey

By David GoldApril 11 - Russia's Nikolay Polukhin has won the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athlete of the Month award for March.

His victory was only a narrow one, however.He defeated the United States ice sledge hockey team, which

nine votes, scoring 321 to his rival's 313.Petushkov also came in ahead of the South Korean ice sledge hockey

By David OwenRemember Eyjafjallajökull?Anna Hellman does.The Icelandic volcano caused some of her most stressful days as executive director of SportAccord Convention, which – as Hellman and her colleagues prepare for the 10th anniversary edition from May 20 to 25 in Québec City, Canada – is firmly established as one of the key events in the international calendar for sports decision-makers.

convention presents.The Denver convention in 2009 saw a mass visit by delegates to a Colorado Avalanche ice hockey

By David GoldApril 4 - The entire American team which won gold at the recent Ice Sledge Hockey World

The United States retained their ice sledge hockey crown in Norway, becoming the first team to ever win

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By Duncan MackayApril 4 - A row has broken out after Fanny Blankers-Koen, winner of a record four gold medals at the 1948 Olympics, was snubbed by Transport for London (TfL), who have unveiled a special Olympic Legends Underground Map to mark the Games returning to the capital.

four-time Olympic champion, triple Olympic swimming gold medallist Pieter van den Hoogenband, two-time hockey

By Duncan MackayApril 2 - Former hockey player Ajitpal Singh has been appointed as the Chef de Mission

inspiration as the United States retained its International Paralympic Committee (IPC) World Ice Sledge Hockey

It was meaningful, for me personally as well as for the development of ice sledge hockey in Korea."

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world crown from USMarch 2012: US moves step closer to successful defence of ice sledge hockey

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;Canada's Ice Sledge Hockey team join soldiers in clinic 

By David GoldMarch 31 - Double world champion Liam Tancock has opened the Six Host Borough Swimming Championships, an opportunity for hundreds of youngsters to test out the pool at the Olympic Aquatics Centre before London 2012 opens.

Centre, one of a number of events the capital could stage in the Olympic Park in the years to come.The Hockey

the United States will meet in the final of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Ice Sledge Hockey

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world crownMarch 2012: Norway suffers double trouble at home at ice sledge hockey World ChampionshipsMarch

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;Canada's Ice Sledge Hockey team join soldiers in clinicMarch 2012: US ice sledge hockey squad looking