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

By Mike RowbottomOctober 17 - Katherine Endacott (pictured left), the Commonwealth 100 metre silver medallist and relay gold medallist from Delhi 2010, spoke today of the "very exciting challenge" ahead of her as she joined her new teammates on the British bobsleigh team working towards the next Winter Olympics in Sochi 2014.

 British Bobsleigh will "leave no stone unturned" in Sochi 2014 medal questDecember 2010: Hockey

By Emily GoddardOctober 11 - Jeff Crow of Australia's Sport the Library has scooped the top prize in the photography category of the International Paralympic Committee's (IPC) 2011 Paralympic Media Awards with his image of Australian sit skier Shannon Dallas competing in the slalom event at the Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games.

Daisuke Uehara and Mitsuru Nagases (pictured below) of Japan celebrating after winning their ice sledge hockey

international heroes, with highlights including his story on Alexi Salamone, an orphaned Ukrainian-born hockey

and said he expected to receive submissions from groups championing adaptive snowboarding, standing hockey

By Tom Degun at the Aquatic Centre on the Olympic ParkOctober 7 - Jeremy Hunt, Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, today unveiled the plans for the 2012 School Games finals, which will see around 1,600 of Britain's top young sports stars competing in four key Olympic venues just two months before the London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony.

held in twelve current and future Olympic and Paralympic sports of fencing, rugby sevens, gymnastics, hockey

Biathlon Bobsleigh Curling Ice Hockey Luge Skating Skiing

Football Golf Gymnastics Handball Hockey