By David GoldFebruary 1 - Russia's deputy Sports Minister Yury Nagornykh has said the Youth Olympics should get wider television coverage than the competition currently receives.

I think Russians would gladly watch the hockey final, figure skating, skiing and biathlon, they'd support

By David GoldJanuary 31 - Crista Cullen (pictured) took her tally at the women's Champions Trophy to five as she struck twice in Britain's 3-1 win over China in the final pool A game in Rosario, Argentina.

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By Tom DegunJanuary 31 - Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak (pictured) has held a meeting in Moscow with a number of senior Government figures to discuss Dagestan's to host the 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games.

other important sporting events including the 2013 World Athletics Championships and the 2015 World Ice Hockey

By Duncan Mackay in MadridJanuary 30 - Madrid today launched the logo for its bid to host the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics, an event deemed to be a success despite the fact the logo was quickly mired in controversy with one poll claiming that 81 per cent of Spaniards did not like it and a leading commentator describing it as "naff".

to be joined in the team by another gold medallist, Virginia Ramírez, a member of the Spanish hockey

director, a role he also did for the 2016 bid.They will work alongside Rodrigo Garza, a member of the hockey

By David GoldJanuary 29 - Britain's women fought back from 2-0 down to claim a draw against reigning champions, the Netherlands, in the Champions Trophy in Rosario, Argentina.

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By David GoldJanuary 28 - Britain's women got their Champions Trophy campaign off to a perfect start as goals from Crista Cullen, Helen Richardson and Alex Danson helped them beat Japan 3-0 in Rosario, Argentina.

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By David GoldJanuary 27 - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (pictured centre) wants the National Hockey

consult with our friends and colleagues," Putin said during a meeting with double Olympic gold winning hockey

hockey's best players, beginning at Nagano in 1998 represented the historic debut of the NHL and Natilonal Hockey

League Players' Association (NHLPA) as partners with the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF)

match] not for the result but to pay our respects to what you and your friends did for the growth of hockey

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sailors dominate the World Championships in Perth with three gold medals and the Kookaburras defend their hockey

By David GoldJanuary 26 - Great Britain hockey forward Alex Danson says that the squad has been given

After we came together with the management, supported by GB hockey we wanted to go full time."

Investec are also involved with various football, hockey and rugby teams, as well as being a sponsor

of English test cricket.As part of their tie up with GB and English women's hockey, Investec are sponsoring

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dealAugust 2011: Investec signs landmark six-figure deal with England and Great Britain women's hockey

By David GoldJanuary 26 - Great Britain's women's hockey coach, Danny Kerry, has criticised the new format

FIH (International Hockey Federation) need to think much harder before they tinker with tournament format

delighted that they are involved, and says that their investment "allows us to raise the profile of women's hockey

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By Tom DegunJanuary 23 - The Canadian Paralympic Committee (CPC) have launched a new marketing campaign which sees their top athletes, such as seven-time Paralympic cross-country skiing champion Brain McKeever, feature in a series of 45-second animated mini-films or vignettes called "Super Athletes".

with wheelchair curler Sonja Gaudet, the Vancouver 2010 champion known as "The Brain", Canadian sledge hockey

{jcomments off}By Tom Degun in InnsbruckJanuary 22 - In keeping with the theme of the inaugural Winter Youth Olympic Games, an unspectacular yet charming and vibrant Closing Ceremony bought proceedings to a close at Innsbruck 2012 as an enthusiastic crowd of 4,000 gathered in the city centre at the Maria-Theresien-Strasse for the climax of the successful ten-day competition.

doubles competition in curling; the mixed sport event cross-country/biathlon; mixed gender luge and ice hockey

By Tom Degun in InnsbruckJanuary 21 - Short track speed skaters Jack Burrows and Aydin Djemal have made history as the duo became the first ever British athletes to win medals at the Winter Youth Olympic Games.

up a medal in the first seven days of competition despite Katherine Gale just missing out in the ice hockey

3-on-3 Singapore competition was.Following the example of 3-on-3 basketball, the International Ice Hockey

best 15 female athletes from nations other than those which have qualified to compete in the main ice hockey

much time to move from one challenge to another, or maybe it was because knowing that the best ice hockey

that you could potentially be very good at the skills challenge and not necessarily any good at ice hockey

with the opinion that they are fortunate to have the team tournament here and that is the only ice hockey

By Tom Degun in InnsbruckJanuary 15 - Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak has revealed here his biggest concern for the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics is, not that the venues will not be ready in time, but that Russia's top athletes put in poor performances at the competition and finish low down on the overall medal table.

constructing all the venues, such as the Bolshoi Ice Palace (pictured), which is due to host the ice hockey