By Tom DegunNovember 21 - Olympic gold medallist and world record-holding swimmer Kirsty Coventry (pictured) has achieved a long-standing ambition by visiting the city which shares her name.

I was due to come here when I was a teenager but dislocated my knee playing hockey a couple of weeks

By Duncan MackayBritish Sports Internet Writer of the YearNovember 17 - Copenhagen has won the right to host the World Archery Championships 2015, adding it to its growing portfolio of major events Denmark is due to stage over the next few years.

Denmark is bidding for several other prestigious international sports events, including the World Ice Hockey

I have competed in numerous sports over the years ranging from gymnastics to ice sledge hockey - I was

November 15 - British hockey supporters are being given an outstanding once in a lifetime opportunity

to get pitchside at the London 2012 Olympic Games as Great Britain Hockey launches an exclusive hunt

to the final 36.Jeremy Evans, the National Manager for 2012 Activities & Events at Great Britain Hockey

With less than two years to go until the London Olympic Games this is an incredibly exciting time for hockey

"The Olympic hockey tournament is set to be one of the most exciting and most watched sports in London

Duncan MackayBritish Sports Internet Writer of the YearNovember 11 - London's bid to host the 2014 Hockey

The decision, taken by the International Hockey Federation (FIH) at its Congress and Forum in Montreux

, to award the event to The Hague stunned the England Hockey Board.The bid, which was developed with

"We felt that our focus on the legacy for hockey in this country and the commercial package that we put

"Hockey is huge in the Netherlands, they have great experience in hosting world level events and I am

: Exclusive - British boxing promoter behind Olympic Park hockey World Cup bid

Internet Writer of the YearNovember 10 - London will find out tomorrow whether its bid to host the 2014 Hockey

The International Hockey Federation (FIH) are due to pick the host at its Congress and Forum in

1998, when it was staged in Utrecht.London's bid is the favourite.It has been developed by the England Hockey

opportunity afforded to sport by the London 2012 Olympics and, with 630,000 spectators set to attend hockey

If successful, it will be only the second time that both the men's and women's hockey World Cups have

2014 World Cup bidOctober 2010: Exclusive - British boxing promoter behind Olympic Park hockey World

By Tom Degun in CoventryNovember 8 - British speed skating star Charlotte Gilmartin claimed the prestigious insidethegames Sportswoman of the Year crown at the sixth annual Coventry, Solihull and Warwickshire Sports Awards.

marked a good night for Coventry as their other winners included Team of the Year for Elite League ice hockey

By Tom Degun in BirminghamNovember 6 - Jamaican sprint hero Usain Bolt and English heptathlete star Jessica Ennis claimed top honours at the prestigious 29th annual Commonwealth Sports Awards at the International Convention Centre (ICC) here tonight.

The Australian national men's hockey team, who won gold at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, were also victors

November 6 - Hockey's fast-paced, high-scoring National Indoor Championships have been re-branded Super Sixes for 2011.

halves, will also have a new home in London.Wembley Arena will play host to the Super Sixes, the England Hockey

four thrilling matches contested by top English clubs which could boast some of the country's Olympic hockey

up on January 30, 2011, is the men's semi-finals, where the top four sides from the Indoor England Hockey

decider.With the chance to meet top players and family entertainment throughout the day the England Hockey

By Tom Degun in BirminghamNovember 5 - The International Convention Centre (ICC) here is all set to host the 29th annual Commonwealth Sports Awards tomorrow evening less than a month after the conclusion of the Delhi 2010 Games.

for Outstanding Young Achiever - a prize for athletes under 18-years-old - while the England's men's hockey

By Mike Rowbottom in BristolThere are several hundred people milling about at Filton College's newly laid running track. Teams of children from local Bristol schools chatter in their groups under floodlights, awaiting occasional calls to action. The section of enclosed seating near the finishing line is full up with spectators and VIPs, all sheltering from an evening wind that whips the banners set out along the infield into ceaseless activity.TV camera crews from ITV and BBC are on the prowl, their lights shining into the gloom of the stands to pick out relevant visiting parties. Photographers gather the yellow, white,...

There are tremendous facilities here which I have seen – for squash, badminton, hockey, swimming, rowing

Our women are doing really well in volleyball and field hockey. But only in our continent.

By Mike Rowbottom at the Olympic Park in LondonNovember 4 - The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has supported the decision announced by Sport and Olympics Minister Hugh Robertson to withdraw the bid to host the 2015 World Athletics Championships in London.

the Olympic Park for the ArcelorMittal Orbit, Johnson commented: "We are bidding to hold the World Hockey

November 2 - Great Britain men's hockey squad for the upcoming double-header against Argentina has

By Tom Degun October 31 - London 2012 will take a "horses for courses" approach to testing for the venues to be used for the Olympics and Paralympics, Head of Sport Competition David Luckes has revealed, meaning some facilities will host major World Championships while others will hold lower-key events. 

Luckes, a former British Olympic hockey goalkeeper and one of the original team behind London’s successful

the five at the brand new Olympic Park in Stratford - the Olympic Stadium, the Aquatics Centre, the Hockey

October 26- An event designed to let young hockey players experience the thrill of a professional tournament

2010 Futures Cup will feature more than 300 of the country's most promising young talent at Cannock Hockey

the culmination of months of development, training, competition and selection as part of the England Hockey

Over the past four months, the young athletes - all aged between 15 and 18 - have received hockey coaching

"Participants will experience a hockey tournament in a performance environment with the focus on

Cup also offers youngsters an opportunity to showcase their abilities to the coaches of the England Hockey