March 12 - Pakistan's entire hockey World Cup squad, including captain Zeeshan Ashraf (pictured

including captain Zeeshan Ashraf have announced their retirements and intimated this to the Pakistan Hockey

" Hockey is the national game of Pakistan but the national side's fortunes in recent years have

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March 11 - New Delhi has been warned that it still has a lot of work to do to make the city ready to host the Commonwealth Games later this year, including finishing the venue that they plan to use for the Opening and Closing Ceremony.

not fully complete, including the Major Dhyanchand National Stadium, which is currently hosting the hockey

He said: "A lot of construction is going on and work on the hockey stadium is finished, so

March 11 - England's hopes of adding the World Cup to their European crown were dashed by a 4-1 semi-final defeat by holders and Olympic champions Germany in New Delhi today.

Mackay in Vancouver British Sports Internet Writer of the Year March 10 - Tickets for the sledge hockey

By Mike Rowbottom in London March 10 - Britain’s overall performance at the recent winter Olympics in Vancouver was disappointing, officials at UK Sport admitted today.

Volleyball,  handball, judo and hockey have all been set targets below medal level.

March 10 - India have been warned by Leandro Negre (pictured), the President of the International Hockey

The patience of Negre with Hockey India appears to have finally snapped after the protracted dispute

"After that we will suspend Indian hockey as a member of the FIH.

" Earlier, the FIH had said that an elected Hockey India should be in place before the start

Several other court cases were also filed in different parts of the country and Hockey India was

" Related stories February 2010: World Cup will revive hockey in India Negre predicts

March 7 - On the eve of the Commonwealth Games archery test event, the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) formally inaugurated the archery arena at the Yamuna Sports Complex in the Indian capital when it was unveiled by Union Minister of Urban Development S Jaipal Reddy (pictured).

tennis competitions, the sports complex will also serve as a training venue for archery, aquatics, hockey

March 7 - On the eve of the Commonwealth Games archery test event, the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) formally inaugurated the archery arena at the Yamuna Sports Complex in the Indian capital when it was unveiled by Union Minister of Urban Development S Jaipal Reddy (pictured).

tennis competitions, the sports complex will also serve as a training venue for archery, aquatics, hockey

March 6 - England stormed into the semi-finals of the hockey World Cup after 24 years with a 3-2 win

"This is a sort of revival of English hockey.

previous defeats in the tournament included a record 12-0 drubbing by Australia, reserved their best hockey

By Duncan Mackay March 5 - Tulsa officials are pushing ahead with a proposed bid for the 2020 Olympics despite United States Olympic Committee (USOC) chief executive Scott Blackmun claiming that there are currently no plans to put forward a candidate to host the Games.

gymnastics at a venue 125 miles away in Norman, the volleyball 107 miles away in Oklahoma, archery and hockey

March 5 - Confidence in India's ability to be able to stage a secure and trouble-free Commonwealth Games later this year is growing among the countries due to take part in the event, it has been claimed.

(CGF), said that the successful hosting of the Commonwealth Shooting Championships and the current hockey

" "I think the security [at the Commonwealth Shooting Championships and hockey World Cup

By Duncan Mackay March 4 - President Dmitry Medvedev (pictured) has welcomed the resignation of Leonid Tyagachev as head of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC), which was finally confirmed tonight following a period of uncertainty whether he had quit or not.

count with a total of 15, winning only three golds, and suffered a disappointing loss in the men's hockey

By Duncan Mackay in Vancouver March 3 - The Paralympic Torch Relay today begun its 10-day journey to Vancouver at Parliament Hill in Ottawa following a special ceremony attended by dozens of schoolchildren, politicians and the public.

lot of media in the last number of months about this, and people are excited about things like sledge hockey

By Duncan Mackay in Vancouver March 2 - A lineup of Canadian talent that will pay tribute to the medal-winning athletes of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games with nightly headline performances at Whistler Medals Plaza, was revealed today.

Ice sledge hockey and wheelchair curling medals will be awarded in-venue in Vancouver at the University

and one Canadian over whose country was better/who would win the most medals/who would win the ice hockey