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

By Duncan MackayMarch 21 - Hambantota have unveiled a large-scale model of its proposed Sports City which will host many of the events if their bid to host the 2018 Commonwealth Games in successful.

matches last month.It also incorporates an athletics stadium with full warm-up and training facilities, a hockey

By Tom DegunMarch 21 – The Canadian Paralympic Committee (CPC) have celebrated the one-year anniversary of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games Closing Ceremony by announcing 2011 Para-Equipment Fund (PEF) recipients.

the PEF was received by athletes and representatives of the Ottawa Odyssey Boccia Club and the Sledge Hockey

Paralympic Winter Games medallist in Para-alpine skiing Karolina Wisniewska and 2010 national sledge hockey

By Tom Degun in LondonMarch 16 - Baroness Margaret Ford (pictured), chair of the Olympic Park Legacy Company (OPLC), has warned it is inconceivable for Leyton Orient to be allowed to move to Eton Manor after the London 2012 Games.

Manor facilities, run by the Lee Valley Regional Park Authority, will be able to accommodate elite hockey

There are options such as moving into the hockey stadium or building a new venue at Eton Manor playing

By Tom Degun in BarcelonaMarch 10 – One out of every ten UK sports fans will not follow the London 2012 Olympic Games, according to a new survey.

like to watch in 3D TV, gymnastics got the top slot with swimming, sprint events, diving and field hockey

March 10 - Oceania has kept its second quota allocation place for the men's hockey tournament at the

In November 2010, the International Hockey Federation (FIH) announced a second allocation would be

By Tom DegunMarch 9 - Members of Britain's wheelchair tennis team, including double Paralympic gold medallist Peter Norfolk (pictured), have visited the London 2012 venue at Eton Manor to inspect its progress.

swimming pool and a water polo pool.After the Paralympics it will be transformed into a 15,000-capacity hockey

The hockey centre will be of national standing, hosting international competitions alongside a comprehensive