By Tom Degun in St Kitts and NevisNovember 12 - Women's sport has received a major boost after both boxing and rugby sevens were voted onto the Commonwealth Games sports programme as optional sports while the other big winners were the triathlon mixed relay and beach volleyball.

one, compulsory sports remains unaltered with aquatics/swimming, athletics, badminton, men's boxing, hockey

By Tom Degun in St Kitts and NevisNovember 11 - The Gold Coast have been awarded the 2018 Commonwealth Games after holding off sole rivals Hambantota of Sri Lanka here at the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) General Assembly.

development of the Coomera Sports and Leisure Centre and upgrades to the Broadbeach Bowls Club, Gold Coast Hockey

By Mike RowbottomNovember 10 - A British Olympic Association (BOA) delegation including eight distinguished former Olympians will attend the Armistice Remembrance Day celebrations held annually in Ypres, Belgium on November 11 at 11.00am, with a particular view to honouring Olympic athletes who died during World War I.

a bronze medallist in rowing at the 2004 Games, Richard Leman, the BOA board member who won Olympic hockey

chair of The Olympians, and two World War II veterans in John Peake, a 1948 Olympic silver medallist in hockey

By Mike RowbottomNovember 1 - Darren Campbell's team of athlete mentors will be joined by a host of world champions and gold medallists from sports including athletics, boxing and swimming as they visit schools across the UK to help improve the lives of thousands of young people on behalf of Sky Sports Living for Sport during the new academic year.

and Olympic sprint relay champion, will be accompanied by elite competitors including British women's hockey

By David GoldOctober 28 - Russian ice dancer Olympic champion Tatyana Navka (pictured left) has been named as the newest Sochi 2014 ambassador, and will promote the Olympic and Paralympic values across the country in the two-and-a-half years before the Games come to the Black Sea coast.

Roman Kostomarov.She joins a list of illustrious ambassadors for the Winter Olympic Games, including hockey

By David Gold at the London Hockey Centre on the Olympic Park in LondonOctober 27 - With just a over

Robertson was speaking at the London Hockey Centre, which in itself was a stark reminder that even though

guarantee of success when it comes to bidding.London had last year surprisingly lost a bid to host the 2014 hockey

World Championships at Lee Valley Hockey Centre, the sport's legacy facility from the 2012 Olympic

By David Gold at the Hockey Centre on the Olympic Park in LondonOctober 27 - London 2012 today unveiled

the first ever blue hockey pitch to be used for a major international hockey tournament at the Olympic

Park's Hockey Centre.

The Hockey Centre will host all 76 hockey matches during the London 2012 Games and it was also revealed

, the London 2012 head of sport competition, said: "We are delighted with how the main pitch at the Hockey

International Hockey Federation (FIH) President Leandro Negre praised the venue's progress, and said

will be contested on the blue and pink surface at the Hockey Centre, which will be able to hold 16,000

spectators.After the Games, the Hockey Centre will be dismantled and parts used elsewhere, including

By David Gold at the London Hockey Centre on the Olympic Park in LondonOctober 27 -  A blue pitch

was unveiled for the Hockey Centre by London 2012 today, the venue of the five and seven-a-side football

Though seven-a-side football will be played on the same pitch as the Olympic hockey takes place, a separate

pitch will be created for the five-a-side football at the Paralympics.The Great Britain women's hockey

hoping that Paralympic football will be a big draw at London 2012 and I'm sure the brand new pitch and Hockey

the venue and watching on television alike, particularly for encouraging audiences for sports such as hockey

in place, the arena will not be completed until April, with a test event scheduled for May 2-6.The Hockey

By Tom DegunOctober 23 - The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) have shortlisted five nominees for Exemplary Paralympic Games Official at the 2011 Paralympic Sport Awards.

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star Landeros shortlisted for best Paralympic Games debut awardOctober 2011: USA ice sledge hockey

By David GoldOctober 23 - Wheelchair rugby is coming to Glasgow, with a new club being launched in the city as a hunt for players begins.

Glasgow Warriors to launch the new team.Wheelchair rugby, described as "a terrifying fusion of ice hockey

By Tom DegunOctober 22 - Four athletes have made the shortlist for the Paralympic Games Debut Category at 2011 Paralympic Sport Awards with the winner set to be announced in December, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) have announced.

produced the standout performance at their first Paralympics at Vancouver 2010 in and American ice sledge hockey

accident, the former wrestler and American football defensive lineman took up the sport of ice sledge hockey

writer of this story at [email protected] storiesOctober 2011: USA ice sledge hockey

most successful examples of this was Sporting Giants, which, in 2008, identified someone who played hockey

By Tom DegunOctober 21 - The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) have unveiled the five shortlisted contenders for the best team category at 2011 Paralympic Sport Awards, with the winner's trophy set be presented by the IPC's international partner Allianz in December.

performance at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Paralympic Games and the all-conquering United States ice sledge hockey

the dominant force in the Games.Despite their loss to the USA team in the final, the Japan ice sledge hockey

By David GoldOctober 20 - Paralympic world champion javelin thrower Nathan Stephens is aiming for gold at London 2012, after experiencing what he said was a "phenomenal year", during which he broke a world record.

fourth.He also took part in the 2006 Turin Winter Paralympic Games, when he was on the British sledge hockey

team.Stephens (pictured right) gave up sledge hockey as he saw more potential to reach the top in athletics

I couldn't see myself progressing to the standard I wanted [in sledge hockey] as we had a great squad

By Duncan MackayOctober 17 - Basketball will be included on the programme if the Gold Coast's bid to host the 2018 Commonwealth Games is successful, it was confirmed today.

core sports which must be part of the programme, including athletics, aquatics, badminton, boxing, hockey