By Duncan Mackay January 16 - Abhinav Bindra (pictured), India's first-ever individual Olympic gold medallist, has threatened to quit shooting because he claimed he is tired of rows with the country's national governing body who are not supporting him.

  It was also India's first Olympic gold medal since its men's hockey team won the title at the

January 14 - Bruce Warner (pictured) will be South Africa's sole representative at the Winter Paralympics in Vancouver, the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) have announced.

Warner, who lost a leg in a vehicle accident in 1988 which ended a promising hockey career, first

By Duncan Mackay January 13 -  India's hockey players today ended a a week-long strike and

"Hockey is our national game, it cannot be a national shame.

"The graded contracts will be done after the Hockey India elections on February 7.

January 2010: FIH vice-president blasts Indian players over strike January 2010: Indian hockey

By Duncan Mackay January 12 - India's striking hockey players have been condemned by International

Hockey Federation (FIH) vice-president Antonio von Ondarza and threatened with being banned from the

Von Ondarza, who is visiting India to try to arrange a date for elections for Hockey India, met with

make it clear to the players that you [players] won't find any takers or sympathisers in international hockey

"We want India [hockey] to comeback [to the top].

"India has been a traditional hockey nation in the world and for a player wearing India shirt should

"The players have to remember that hockey is not like cricket, basketball or soccer where dollars

By Duncan Mackay January 10 - India's hockey players are boycotting a preparation camp for the World

Hockey India thought they had reached a compromise with the senior players but the rest of the

Narendra Batra, the treasurer of Hockey India, who was present in the meeting, claimed that the players

and including Prabhjot Singh, Sandeep Singh, Thushar Khandekar, Sardara Singh and Arjun Halappa, met Hockey

Prabhjot said: "We had told Hockey India officials that we will go back and discuss

of this story at [email protected] Related stories November 2009: India's hockey

By Duncan Mackay January 9 - Munich's bid to host the 2018 Olympic Games has secured another major partner, with Adidas signing a multi-million dollar deal.

this story at [email protected] Related stories January 2010:  Munich ice hockey

Ice Hockey venues article to appear here soon.

History The word hockey comes from the old French word “hocquet” which means “stick

Men’s Ice Hockey made its Olympic debut at the 1920 Summer Olympic Games in Antwerp, but it was

  Women’s Ice Hockey debuted at the Nagano 1998 Olympic Winter Games.

Major Players Generally Canada and the USA are seen as the major forces in ice hockey and have the

most players represented in the National Hockey League (NHL).

January 6 - Bavarian ice hockey clubs SC Riessersee and EHC Munich will this week put local rivalry

rivals demonstrates not only the solidarity of the teams and their fans but the support of the ice hockey

"In May 2010, Germany will host the IIHF Ice Hockey World Championships when German fans will once

" There will also be guest appearances by members of the 1976 German national ice hockey team

January 6 - Bavarian ice hockey clubs SC Riessersee and EHC Munich will this week put local rivalry

rivals demonstrates not only the solidarity of the teams and their fans but the support of the ice hockey

"In May 2010, Germany will host the IIHF Ice Hockey World Championships when German fans will once

" There will also be guest appearances by members of the 1976 German national ice hockey team

January 6 - Bavarian ice hockey clubs SC Riessersee and EHC Munich will this week put local rivalry

rivals demonstrates not only the solidarity of the teams and their fans but the support of the ice hockey

"In May 2010, Germany will host the IIHF Ice Hockey World Championships when German fans will once

" There will also be guest appearances by members of the 1976 German national ice hockey team

January 5 - A new row has flared up in Indian hockey after the Punjab accused the Indian Olympic Association

(IOA) and its President Suresh Kalmadi (pictured) of trying to stop it participating in Hockey

Hockey Punjab President Sukhbir Singh Badal claimed that Kalmadi was behind a plan to deny

Ashok Kumar Mattoo, the President of Hockey India, today wrote to Pargat Singh, the secretary of Hockey

received from different quarters who have raised doubts about the authentication of the formation of Hockey

"You are required to submit the minutes of meeting of election in which Hockey Punjab was formed

Ever since the IOA superseded the Indian Hockey Federation and formed an ad-hoc committee to run the

January 5 - A new row has flared up in Indian hockey after the Punjab accused the Indian Olympic Association

(IOA) and its President Suresh Kalmadi (pictured) of trying to stop it participating in Hockey

Hockey Punjab President Sukhbir Singh Badal claimed that Kalmadi was behind a plan to deny

Ashok Kumar Mattoo, the President of Hockey India, today wrote to Pargat Singh, the secretary of Hockey

received from different quarters who have raised doubts about the authentication of the formation of Hockey

"You are required to submit the minutes of meeting of election in which Hockey Punjab was formed

Ever since the IOA superseded the Indian Hockey Federation and formed an ad-hoc committee to run the

Lake Placid for the 1980 Olympic Winter Games and enjoyed the brief, brilliant gift of seeing its ice hockey

There will be a US Olympic women's ice hockey team seeking its own Miracle against powerful

month's World Cup in New Delhi in case they are targeted by extremists, the head of the International Hockey

Negre has made it one of his main goals to revitalise hockey in India and Pakistan, which he has visited

He said: "Pakistan is a role model country for its services for the cause of hockey and

"Besides, it also helped many hockey playing nations to help develop and promote their hockey and

Cup June 2009: India confirmed as hosts of 2010 hockey World Cup April 2009: New Delhi given

warning over hockey World Cup