By Tom Degun September 22 – The current turmoil in New Delhi will not tarnish the "Commonwealth Brand", it has been claimed by Al Hamilton (pictured right), the founder of the Commonwealth Games Sports Awards.

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

By Mike Rowbottom in London September 22 - England’s participation in the forthcoming Commonwealth Games in New Delhi was provisionally confirmed tonight, although high level assurances are still being sought that the venues will be clean, complete and safe for competitors.

Hunter continues to prepare for the arrival of the first 22 athletes from lawn bowls and men’s hockey

By Duncan Mackay British Sports Internet Writer of the Year September 20 - Sochi 2014 has signed a new $40 million (£26 million) deal with insurance company OSAO Ingosstrakh, who have become a Tier Two sponsor of the Olympics and Paralympics, extending a partnership with the Games that stretches back to the last time Russia hosted the event 30 years ago.

a three-time Olympic gold medallist and ten timeworld champion, who is now President of the Russian Hockey

For the Russian Hockey Federation it is particularly exciting given the firm’s longstanding commitment

to Russian sport and its sponsorship of the Russian ice hockey team.

"In partnership with Ingosstrakh the Russian Ice Hockey Federation are supporting veterans and encouraging

youth development in hockey in general and, therefore, the health of the nation.

By Duncan Mackay British Sports Internet Writer of the Year September 20 - New Delhi will be safe during the Commonwealth Games, which is due to open next month, Indian officials have promised after fresh security fears were sparked by a gun attack.

" Ric Charlesworth, the coach of Australia men's hockey team, who used to live in Delhi, admitted

is a big place," said Charlesworth, formerly a technical coach of the Indian men's and women's hockey

"We had all of this before the World Cup [hockey tournament in Delhi] when there was all sorts of

September 17 - There have been major changes at the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) led by the election as President of former Sports Minister Sani Ndanusa (pictured), a graduate of Loughborough University.

Ndanusa's election spearheaded a raft of changes at the NOC, including Nigeria's former hockey

By Tom Degun September 14 - Ann Cody (pictured), a Governing Board Member of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), revealed that she is honoured to be chosen as the Paralympics representative on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Evaluation Commission that will assess the three cities bidding to host the 2018 Winter Olympics and Paralympics.

of Sweden and includes newly-elected IOC members Angela Ruggiero of America, a four-time Olympic ice hockey

the IOC Athletes Commission representative, and Barry Maister of New Zealand, who won a gold medal in hockey

By Duncan Mackay British Sports Internet Writer of the Year September 13 - Sweden's Gunilla Lindberg (pictured) will be head of the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) Evaluation Commission that will assess the three cities bidding to host the 2018 Winter Olympics and Paralympics, it was announced today.

members of the panel will be newly-elected IOC members America's Angela Ruggiero, a four-time Olympic ice hockey

IOC Athletes Commission representative, and New Zealand's Barry Maister, who won a gold medal in hockey

September 11 - England's women's hockey team celebrated their first World Cup women's bronze medal

September 10 - A number of new key appointments were announced today by Jean Dupré, the chief executive of the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC), including the promotion of Carla Anderson to become director of team operations, as they begin planning to try to build on the success of Vancouver.

Healy (pictured), a former Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) ice hockey player, arrives from Hockey

Canada, where for the past eight years she has held the position of director, female hockey.

would not go to Moscow and the July, 1979 announcement on an OTC bulletin board naming the 25 ice hockey

By Duncan Mackay British Sports Internet Writer of the Year September 8 - Suggestions have begun to pour in for what should be the mascot for the Sochi 2014 Olympics and Paralympics following the launch last week of the nationwide public competition to pick a suitable choice.

"A happy sheep with a hockey stick or on a snowboard.

By Mike Rowbottom For 1,600 young athletes, this weekend is going to be unforgettable - and in some cases, invaluable. The 2010 Sainsbury’s UK School Games which are being held in Gateshead, Newcastle and Sunderland until Sunday, offer a generation of aspiring competitors the opportunity to experience the big time, and the instruction they might need to make that big time themselves at some point in the future. The Games kicked off with an opening ceremony at Gateshead Stadium hosted by BBC Sport presenter Jill Douglas, who was joined on stage by Winter Olympic bob skeleton gold medallist Amy Williams. Also in...

replicate a major multi-sports event, involving cycling, athletics, badminton, fencing, gymnastics, hockey

September 3 - The Asian Games and the Commonwealth Games will not be held in the same year from 2018, it was confirmed today.

"Besides the Commonwealth Games, there is the World Cup football, World Cup hockey and also the

Olympic silver medallists China 1-0 with a first-minute goal for their second victory at the women's hockey

August 30 - USA Triathlon announced today that Skip Gilbert, who led the campaign that ultimately led to Stephanie Streeter being forced to leave as head of the United States Olympic Committee  (USOC), is to step down as its chief executive.

role he also held for six months in 2004 after the resignation of Steven Locke, now USA Field Hockey