By Tom DegunApril 16 - Great Britain's top table tennis stars Paul Drinkhall and Jack Hunter-Spivey joined local schoolchildren in Sheffield in order to celebrate the city hosting the final edition of the annual Sainsbury's UK School Games this September.

included in Sheffield.The programme now includes cycling, athletics, badminton, fencing, gymnastics, hockey

By Tom DegunApril 16 - Lee Valley White Water Centre in Hertfordshire, which will be the London 2012 Olympic canoe slalom course, has won the bid to host 2015 International Canoe Federation (ICF) Canoe Slalom World Championships, it has been announced.

after the 2012 Games following failed bids to host the 2015 World Athletics Championships and 2014 Hockey

By Duncan MackayApril 16 - British Bobsleigh has made another key appointment in the build-up to the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi with former competitor Chris Woolley taking over as performance manager.

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Duncan MackayApril 13 - Werner Augsburger is to quit his role as head of Switzerland's National Hockey

It is probably comparable to a Swiss ice hockey player who gets the chance to play in the [North American

] National Hockey League."

By Duncan MackayApril 10 - Welsh stars Gareth Bale and Aaron Ramsey (pictured) will not be banned from international football if they play for Britain at London 2012, they have been assured, as the Home Nations begin to soften their stance on letting their players take part in the Olympic football tournament.

This model is used very effectively in other team sports, such as hockey and basketball."

By Emily GoddardApril 10 - Brunel University will play host to the South Korean Olympic team after being named as its official London 2012 training camp following a special ceremony attended by several dignitaries.

be based at Brunel.The Korean athletes, from 10 disciplines, who also include gymnastics, handball, hockey

By Tom DegunApril 9 - British sports fans will have the chance to see top class men's international hockey

take place on the final day of the event.Launching the London Cup, Jonathan Cockcroft, the England Hockey

Board commercial and membership director said: "Bringing international hockey to London gives both hockey

In addition to eight hockey matches on show, the London Cup will provide visitors with the chance to

try their hand at hockey and check out the latest hockey equipment in the tented village.Next year, it

Centre, hockey's 2012 legacy venue, in 2014.England men's hockey captain Barry Middleton said: "The

By Tom DegunApril 9 - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announce that American Alpine skier and Olympic champion Lindsey Vonn will take a leading role in mentoring athletes at the Innsbruck 2012 Winter Youth Olympic Games in Austria by becoming the first ever Ambassador.

mixed relay, luge team relay, ski halfpipe, snowboard slopestyle, figure skating mixed team event, ice hockey

April 2 - The ice hockey tournament at the Sochi 2014 Olympics will be played on international-sized

as obvious as it may have been some years ago," said Rene Fasel, President of the International Ice Hockey

playing on the small surface and the IIHF has today recognised both surfaces as fitting for international hockey

Twelve men's and eight women's hockey teams will take part in the Sochi Games in three years' time.

By Tom DegunApril 1 - Dame Mary Peters, the Munich 1972 Olympic pentathlon champion, has claimed that Northern Ireland feel cheated at the fact that they will not host any competition during the London 2012 Games.

We have some very good facilities, particularly for hockey, and we also have a wonderful gymnastics venue

March 29 - Japan has pulled all its teams out of three ice hockey World Championships because of the&

nbsp;country's devastating earthquake and tsunami that ravaged the north, the International Ice Hockey

"As ice hockey in Japan is concentrated to the northern parts [of Japan], we know that many of the athletes

By Tom Degun in London March 28 - London 2012 today announced that the hockey pitches to be used at the

Hockey Centre at the Olympic Park will be blue for the first time ever at an Olympic Games.

Traditionally, hockey is played on a green pitch as the sport was historically played on natural grass

broadcasters while the pitch run off areas will be pink providing a striking and dynamic look to the Hockey

Federation and installing blue hockey pitches in 2012."

The colour blue will define hockey in 2012."

In addition though, we're keen to innovate in the presentation of hockey to ensure, among other things

By Tom DegunMarch 26 - The United States ice sledge hockey team have revealed their horror after they

effects of the earthquake were felt in Nagano, home of the 1998 Winter Olympics, where the US ice sledge hockey

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By Duncan MackayMarch 22 - Russia today formally declared itself a bidder to host this year's World Figure Skating Championships following the withdrawal of Japan due to the earthquake and tsunami that has devastated the country.

Moscow has proposed the 14,000-seat Hodynka arena, built in 2007 to host that year's ice hockey World