supporters item – the official scarf – as worn by HRH The Duchess of Cambridge when she met the GB hockey

Philip Kimberley (pictured right) has been reappointed as the non-executive chairman of the England Hockey

Kimberly will also be the English representative of the Great Britain Hockey Board, whose President Richard

The reappointment of Philip will give everyone inside and out of hockey the confidence that the excellent

reappointment came as the EHB won the right to host the 2015 EuroHockey Championships at the Lee Valley Hockey

Centre, the first major hockey tournament to come to the Olympic Park after this summer's Olympic and

GoldMarch 22 - The top eight teams in the world are on their way to Hamar in Norway for the 2012 Ice Sledge Hockey

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By David GoldMarch 22 - Ireland's men missed out in heartbreaking fashion in the International Hockey

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By Duncan Mackay at the Alpensia Convention Centre in PyeongchangMarch 22 - Pyeongchang's early preparations for the 2018 Winter Olympics and Paralympics were praised here today by Gunilla Lindberg, the head of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Coordination Commission, which completed its first visit to the South Korean city since they were awarded the Games last July.

biathlon, and Gangneung, the costal cluster which will be home to the ice sports, including skating and hockey

women's European Championships, which will be staged in the Olympic Park, making them the first major hockey

The Lee Valley Hockey Centre, which the arena will be called after the Olympics, with its distnictive

blue and pink pitch, will host the event in August 2015 after being selected by the European Hockey

This successful bid is some consolation to the English Hockey Board (EHB) for its failure to win its

"The England Hockey Board has been honest in its promise of a legacy to hockey, not only today with this

time the Lee Valley Hockey Centre."

By David GoldMarch 20 - SportAccord has announced that Allison Melangton, the President and chief executive of the 2012 Indianapolis Super Bowl Host Committee, will be speaking at their 10th anniversary convention in Québec City in May.

place at the Québec City Convention Centre from May 20 until 25 and joining Melangton will be National Hockey

€19 million (£16 million/$25 million) National Sports Campus (NSC) at Abbotstown in Dublin, including hockey

GAA), the Football Association of Ireland (FAI), the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) and the Irish Hockey

By Duncan Mackay at the Alpensia Convention Centre in PyeongchangMarch 20 - Pyeongchang today promised to make the 2018 Winter Olympics an "athlete-oriented Games" as it prepared to undergo it first inspection since being awarded the event last July. 

minute drive from Pyeongchang, to check the venues for speed skating, short-track speed skating, ice hockey

By Tom DegunMarch 18 - Atos, the leading international information technology corporation, has been unveiled as an Official Supporter of Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games, making the company the first worldwide Olympic and Paralympic Partner to become involved with the competition in Scotland.

Olympic and Commonwealth Games medallist Steve Cram (right) and athletes from the Scottish netball and hockey

By Tom DegunMarch 18 - Four-time Olympic medallist Angela Ruggiero (pictured) of the United States admits that she is delighted to be part the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Coordination Commission for the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics and Paralympics with the 11-member team set to make their first visit to the Korean city this week.

Province.The visit will be Ruggiero's first as part of an IOC Coordination Commission after the retired ice hockey

in Lillehammer.But the Harvard University graduate, who is also a three-time world champion in ice hockey

It is kind of like with ice hockey; if you don't notice the referee, they are probably doing a good job

Ruggiero to chair Lillehammer 2016 IOC Coordination CommissionDecember 2011: Ruggiero retires from ice hockey

By Tom DegunThe Organising Committee for the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics and Paralympics can consider themselves extremely fortunate that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has named a Coordination Commission of huge experience to help the South Korean city with their preparations for the Games.The 11-person Commission will be chaired by Sweden's Gunilla Lindberg, who was part of the Coordination Commission for the Turin 2006 and Vancouver 2010 Winter Games.She is also part of the Commission for Sochi 2014, which is still in working mode.

Gian-Franco Kasper of Switzerland and his compatriot René Fasel, President of the International Ice Hockey

I'll always miss hockey," she smiles."It was obviously a big decision for me."

The book detailed her hockey career, including her experiences with misconceptions about women's hockey

I knew that once I transitioned out of hockey, it would be really hard to go back."

"I want to stay involved with ice hockey and I think I definitely will.

Brad Emmerson (pictured below, centre), are relishing the chance to compete together at the Ice Sledge Hockey

Jeff Sauer, and since being put together have led the United States to a silver at the World Sledge Hockey

By Duncan MackayMarch 14 - More than 40,000 people are to be given the opportunity to be at the Olympic Stadium in London for its first major event, an occasion that is set to be marked by an evening of entertainment and which will give one person to be chosen from the crowd the chance to officially declare it open.

142,000 tickets priced from £3 ($5/€4) to £20 ($31/€24) will be available for synchronised swimming, hockey

current Olympic and world champions.From May 2 to 6, some of the world's best men's and women's hockey

By David Gold at City Hall in LondonMarch 13 - Transport for London (TfL) director of Games transport Mark Evers (pictured) has insisted that they have a number of contingency plans in place for during the Olympics and Paralympics this summer in the event of problems on the capital's tube network.

will take place at the Olympic Park, including the athletics at the Olympic Stadium, water polo and hockey