By Duncan Mackay in Vancouver February 28 -  The Vancouver Olympics ended in spectacular triumph here tonight with a Closing Ceremony that mixed traditional pomp with self-effacing humour and put the icing on 17 days of unrelenting drama and action.

began after the host-nation defeated the United States 3-2 in a heart-stopping end to the men's ice hockey

who donned brown moose antler hats and pixelated the stadium with lights, Canada had fun with its ice-hockey

" Vancouver's Mayor Gregor Robertson, dressed in the Canada ice hockey jersey hours after the

;a record 14th gold medal of the Olympics here with a fairytale winner in over-time of the ice hockey

Crosby got the winning goal 7min 40sec into the over-time period at Canada Hockey Place, taking

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February 28 - Australia's Olympic triple gold medallist Stephanie Rice (pictured) may miss the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi later this year because she claims she fears for her safety.

"The hockey World Cup is on at the moment and that is being seen very much as a dry run if you like

officials have been co-operating, not just with Australia, but with other countries involved in the hockey

" Smith will attend a hockey match between Australia and India during his visit.

February 28 - England opened their hockey World Cup campaign with a stunning 3-2 win over tournament

USA Hockey’s Dave Ogrean is a former  ESPN executive, USOC director of broadcasting, assistant

Apolo Ohno (pictured), Steve Holcomb’s USA bobsled winning, the passion of our women’s ice hockey

The inspiring triumph of Evan Lysacek, and to today's titanic hockey showdown with Canada.

27 - Canada could make history here tomorrow if they beat the United States in the final of the ice hockey

probably trade all 13 gold medals they have won so far for the chance to triumph in today's ice hockey

She said: "When we put the gold medal hockey tickets on sale two years ago, we could have filled

Canada Hockey Place 18 times over based on the demand.

By Duncan Mackay in Vancouver February 27 - Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (pictured) has admitted that he is disappointed with the country's performance at the Olympics here but has claimed that there is still time for the team to be successful at Sochi in 2014.

first time since the Olympics in Innsbruck in 1964 and the capitulation of the mulit-million dollar ice hockey

" But Vyacheslav Fetisov, one of Russia's most famous ice hockey players who won two Olympic

February 27 - The troubled build-up to the hockey World Cup, which is due to open in New Delhi tomorrow

walkout of the press conference featuring Leandro Negre (pictured), the President of the International Hockey

"You [the media] are part of the hockey family.

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By Duncan Mackay in Vancouver February 25 - Samsung today officially announced its sponsorship of the Paralympics to include the Winter Games, which open here on March 12, as exclusively revealed by insideworldparasport yesterday.

today's signing ceremony was a visit from Jean Labonte (pictured), captain of the Canadian ice sledge hockey

Olympic Games events - the dress rehearsal for the Opening Ceremony, a preliminary men’s hockey

join the International Olympic Committee (IOC) after being elected, along with the United States ice hockey

Ruggiero turned it down, however, to continue pursuing her hockey career.

pressure slip from their grasp here today when they  lost  in the quarter-finals of the ice hockey

By Duncan Mackay in Vancouver February 24 - Samsung will tomorrow announce here that they have renewed their sponsorship of the Paralympics in a deal that will include London 2012, insidethegames can reveal.

will be joined at the announcement by Jean Labonte, the captain of the Canadian national ice sledge hockey

By Duncan Mackay in Vancouver February 24 - Samsung will tomorrow announce here that they have renewed their sponsorship of the Paralympics for Vancouver 2010, insideworldparasport can reveal.

will be joined at the announcement by Jean Labonte, the captain of the Canadian national ice sledge hockey

By Duncan Mackay in Vancouver February 23 - Half the world's population is expected to tune into the Winter Olympics with coverage worldwide due to exceed 50,000 hours amid the explosion of digital media, it was claimed here today.

These Games have already set new records, with Canada's shock Olympic ice hockey loss to the United