number of sports events take place at the venue, including the annual Snooker Masters tournament.Ice Hockey

proximity to the ExCel centre across the Thames, and has hosted a variety of sport events.Tennis, Ice Hockey

By Duncan MackayAugust 29 - Australia's and New Zealand women's hockey teams have both qualified

the Oceania Federation, they will now receive automatic qualification to the 2012 London Olympics," Hockey

By Tom DegunAugust 28 - England's two teams will leave the EuroHockey Nations Championships in Monchengladbach in Germany with bronze medals after they each claimed victory in their respective matches for a place on the podium.

feat as they beat Spain 2 -1 which means that they have picked up their fourth consecutive European hockey

coach Danny Kerry added: "It's very difficult to break down a team that is not interested in playing hockey

By Tom DegunAugust 22 - British firm AECOM has won the international competition to design the masterplan for the Rio 2016 Olympic Park, picking up the $62,000 (£38,000/€43,000) prize money.

and host competitions for the 10 Olympic sports of basketball, judo, taekwondo, wrestling, handball, hockey

By Duncan MackayAugust 19 - A record-breaking road-show, Sochi Drive, has begun in Moscow as a part of the build up to the 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.

people entertained there was exhibition performance of winter sports, including figure-skaters, ice hockey

By Duncan MackayAugust 15 - Leeds will be the main European base for China during the build-up to London 2012, it has been announced.

mountain biking, fencing, modern pentathlon, swimming, women's water polo, women's handball, women's hockey

for mountain biking (pictured), Bishop Burton near Beverley for modern pentathlon, and Wakefield for hockey

in LondonAugust 15 - Investec will be the principal partner of the England and Great Britain women's hockey

The next 18 months give us an unparalleled opportunity to motivate current hockey players and entice

of hockey for primary school children, the England Hockey League Women's Premier Division and Conferences

The range of support goes from grassroots kids' hockey all the way to the senior national teams."

We are very excited about working with the England and GB Hockey women in the years to come."

this partnership will also support hockey at community level."

By Duncan MackayAugust 15 - European and Canadian delegates have finised a successful three-day visit to inspect the Gold Coast's bid for the 2018 Commonwealth Games, during which some of Australia's top athletes helped show them around.

events, including ncluding the 100 yards, 440y and 880y, and then went on to captain Australia at hockey

By Marcus CrawleyAugust 12 - The England Hockey Board has announced a major new sponsorship deal with

This deal represents a significant investment into hockey for Maxifuel," said Morgan."

We see this as an exciting opportunity to help the England Hockey Board to grow the sport from grassroots

Jonathan Cockcroft, Commercial and Membership Director at England Hockey, said: "Maxifuel has been helping

the England and Great Britain hockey teams fulfil their potential on the pitch and I'm delighted that

As well as sponsor pins issued for 1 Year To Go, it looks like a wave of retail pins became available yesterday - but only at John Lewis Oxford street. The department has been expanded and re-arranged and the range on offer is much improved on our previous visits.

The sports on disply this time are Football, Shooting, Hockey, Goalball, Cycling, Rowing, Taekwondo,

By Tom DegunAugust 9 - Innsbruck 2012 and Planet Tirol have teamed up to launch the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) Video Contest, which gives participants the chance to win top prizes ahead of the Games in Austria next year.

disciplines are alpine skiing, biathlon, cross-country skiing, curling, figure skating, freestyle skiing, ice hockey

By Duncan MackayAugust 5 - Sweden's Gunilla Lindberg will head the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Coordination Commission overseeing preparations for the 2018 Winter Games in Pyeongchang, it was announced today.

;was elected by his fellow Olympic athletes to IOC Athletes Commission along with American ice hockey

International Olympic Winter Sports Federations (AIOWF) and Rene Fasel, the President of the International Ice Hockey

Maister, the former secretary general of the New Zealand Olympic Committee and a gold medallist in hockey

By David GoldAugust 3 - The British bobsleigh team have been Dallas undergoing pre-season training at the Michael Johnson Performance Centre in McKinney.

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

By Tom DegunJuly 29 - The Olympic Park Legacy Company (OPLC) has today announced the three organisations that have been shortlisted to operate both the Aquatics Centre and the Multi-Use Arena after the London 2012 Games.

running of venues such as the Olympic Stadium, the ArcelorMittal Orbit, Lee Valley VeloPark, Lee Valley Hockey