Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has revealed that Russia is going to bid to host the 2016 ice hockey

"We already informed the world game's ruling body, the IIHF (International Ice Hockey Federation

By Duncan Mackay in Acapulco British Sports Internet Writer of the Year October 25 - New disciplines hoping to be included in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, including women's ski jumping, must wait to find out whether they will be added to the programme after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) delayed the decision until next year.

Women's ice hockey, which was criticised in Vancouver for being too uncompetitive, also retained its

By Duncan Mackay in Acapulco British Sports Internet Writer of the Year October 20 - Kereyn Smith will be the first woman to lead the New Zealand Olympic Committee after being announced as the new secretary general.

Maister, a member of the New Zealand hockey team that won the Olympic gold medals at Montreal

By Tom Degun in London   October 20 - Sporting bodies across Britain are braced for barren times ahead after Chancellor George Osborne slashed £300 million ($471 million) from the budget of the Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) but claimed that things were not as bad as they had feared.

" David Faulkner, Performance Director of Great Britain Hockey, said: "We are delighted

Forman's Fish Island in Stratford - which overlooks the Olympic Stadium - to help launch a bid to host the hockey

Warren (pictured) joined London Mayor Boris Johnson and England Hockey Board (EHB) chief executive

outline plans to stage both the men's and women's World Cups at the same time – at the Lee Valley Hockey

Under plans announced by London 2012 during the bid, the main hockey stadium will be a temporary venue

Johnson said: "Staging the Hockey World Cups at the new state-of-the-art Lee Valley Hockey

"Hosting the 2014 World Cups would provide another opportunity to engage with the 630,000 hockey

By Tom Degun October 19 - Simon Morton, head of events at UK Sport, has told insidethegames the Government Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR), announced tomorrow by the Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne (pictured), is likely to determine whether or not the 2015 World Athletics Championships come to London.

required as it will cost approximately 10 times more than London's bid for the 2014 men's and women's hockey

October 18 - British Weight Lifting has appointed a media consultancy to increase its profile and promote the sport in the run-up to the 2012 Olympics.

" Snowdon Sports already provides media services to England Hockey, the Rugby Football Union

Why hockey, we asked? "Why not," he countered?

After the job he's done in getting Chisora a world title fight we can't wait to see him hype up hockey

By Katy Anderson "It’s a silver car for a silver medal - the only car in Bath to go through the gates of Buckingham Palace!,” claims Ben Rushgrove. He is, of course, referring to his podium finish in the Beijing Paralympic Games in 2008 in the T36 100m which, along with other members of Team GB, was rewarded with a visit to the Queen’s official residence. Rushgrove says medals alone don’t motivate him but with just two months to go until the IPC Athletics World Championships in Christchurch, New Zealand, such an achievement is surely on his mind?

range of sports at school and regularly helped out in a coaching and management role with football and hockey

October 12 - Frank Warren, one of Britain's top boxing promoters, is to help launch a bid to host the hockey

Officials behind the bid, which also includes the England Hockey Board (EHB), VisitLondon and UK Sport

Under plans announced by London 2012 during the bid, the main hockey stadium will be a temporary venue

By Duncan Mackay in Sochi British Sports Internet Writer of the Year October 12 - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is due to fly into here to meet the International Olympic Committee Coordination Commission led by Jean-Claude Killy who are beginning their fourth visit to inspect preparations for the 2014 Olympics and Paralympics.

Olympic Committee, and toured the Olympic Park where the Bolshoi Ice Palace, the venue for the ice hockey

October 12 - Discussions on how to increase participation in ice sledge hockey will be top of the agenda

The Sport Technical Committee for the IPC Ice Sledge Hockey will discuss at the meeting

In 1981, Britain established their first sledge hockey team, and that was shortly followed by Canada

It was not until 1990 that the United States developed their first ice sledge hockey team and sledge

hockey continued to expand when Estonia and Japan developed their teams in 1993.

For the first time in Vancouver earlier this year, women were allowed to compete in ice sledge hockey

By Duncan Mackay British Sports Internet Writer of the Year October 11 - Olympic modern pentathlon bronze medallist Georgina Harland has joined the British Olympic Association (BOA) as one of its new sport engagement team, who will be headed by Tanya Crook, it was announced today. 

the 2004 Games in Athens, joins fellow Olympian Bernie Cotton, who coached Britain's hockey

By Tom Degun in New Delhi October 8 - Commonwealth Games Organising Committee Secretary General Lalit Bhanot has dismissed ticketing and empty seat problems - claiming that 900,000 of a possible 1.7 million tickets have now been sold.

“Reports say there are good crowds at the hockey, tennis, wrestling, boxing, swimming, athletics

"I played netball at school and hockey at university.