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Slovakia NOC President assures athletes can trust the body in fight against abuse

  • EOC

President of the Slovak Olympic and Sports Committee (SOŠV) Anton Siekel is assured that the country has a sound procedure to ensure the safety of athletes and that they can trust the body.

in Canada has been rocked by instances of abuse being covered up.Most recently, it was revealed that Hockey

claimed to have been sexually assaulted by multiple players on the title-winning 2018 World Junior Ice Hockey


Cricket and the Olympics back on the agenda

  • The Big Read

Earlier today at Edgbaston Cricket Ground, there were grey clouds accompanied by persistent drizzle and some anxious glances towards the skies from Birmingham 2022 officials.

inclusion into the Pan American Games.India have competed at every Summer Olympics since 1920, but hockey


Key sporting officials invited to Birmingham in bid to secure more major events

  • West Midlands Growth Company

The West Midlands is to engage in talks with key sporting officials in the hope of bringing more major events to the English region after the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Cities ©Getty ImagesAthletics, badminton, 3x3 basketball, beach volleyball, boxing, cricket, gymnastics, hockey


AOC praises Olympians Lynch and Scoble for work in sports development

  • ONOC

The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) has congratulated the work of Olympians Rachael Lynch and Selina Scoble, whose efforts in sports development have been recognised by the World Olympians Association (WOA).

Lynch, a two-time Olympian in hockey, is to deliver coaching clinics and in-person mentoring for young


Eliott Brennan: The curious case of ultimate’s unknown potential

  • Inside the Blogs

Anxiety and suspense intoxicated the air as the fierce heat beamed down onto the Mason High School’s Atrium Stadium in Ohio.

American football, teams score a goal if an athlete catches the disc in the opposing team’s end zone.Like hockey


ESPN to show Lake Placid 2023 Winter World University Games in the US

  • Lake Placid 2023

ESPN has been appointed Lake Placid 2023's official television and digital distributor in the United States.

Mac, right, is the Lake Placid 2023 mascot ©Lake Placid 2023Men's and women's free skates, both ice hockey

the next edition of a FISU World University Games between January 12 and 22 next year.Curling, ice hockey



IIHF to probe Hockey Canada response to allegations of sexual assault

  • Ice Hockey

Under-fire Hockey Canada is now being investigated by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF)

Hockey Canada has faced heavy criticism for its treatment of allegations of sexual assault since it became

million) with a woman who claims she was abused by members of Canada's junior national team in 2018.Hockey

Canada.Now the IIHF has commented on the case for the first time, turning up the heat on Hockey Canada.The

Athletic that it had "launched an inquiry to obtain additional information concerning the cases and Hockey

is Canada's national winter sport and Hockey Canada by extension one of the nation's most important


Three late goals earn New Zealand men's team dramatic 5-5 draw as Commonwealth Games hockey begins

  • Birmingham 2022

Three goals in the final 15-minute quarter earned New Zealand’s men, silver medallists in the men’s hockey

penalty corners.It was an extraordinary finale to an opening day of competition which saw India women’s hockey

idea of a medal is clearly something that is of principle concern.Savita, captain of the India women's hockey

Defending women's hockey champions New Zealand have only four members of their Gold Coast 2018 team at


Hockey Canada paid CAD8.9 million to settle sexual assault claims since 1989

  • Ice Hockey

Hockey Canada has paid CAD8.9 million (£5.7 million/$6.9 million/€6.7 million) across 21 settlements

Smith has refused to step down in the wake of the revelation, which was made as Parliament grilled Hockey

Canada leaders, despite calls for him to resign.Per CBC, Hockey Canada's chief financial officer Brian

£4.4 million/$5.3 million/€5.2 million) was for settlements related to Graham James, a former junior hockey

going to insure us for those types of instances," Cairo said, as reported by CBC.Cairo later discoed Hockey

played for the junior national team.A Police investigation into the matter has been reopened, while Hockey



Australia bidding for seventh straight men’s hockey title at Birmingham 2022

  • Birmingham 2022

Australia will be the team to beat in the men’s hockey competition as they aim to secure a seventh successive

There has been no stopping the Australians, who have won every single edition of the tournament since hockey

The way we look at hockey, the way we play and review our performance, is much more intense on tour,"

India had pulled out of both the hockey competitions at Birmingham 2022 citing COVID-19 concerns before


Positive COVID-19 cases "relatively low", claims Birmingham 2022 chief

  • Birmingham 2022

Birmingham 2022 chief executive Ian Reid has revealed that fewer than three per cent of the athletes and officials that have arrived in the English city for the Commonwealth Games have tested positive for COVID-19.

nations that have been hit by positive COVID-19 cases in the build-up to Birmingham 2022.Two Pakistan hockey

that Rana Abdul Waheed and Mohammad Abdullah were the players that contracted the virus.India’s men’s hockey


Australia name joint flag bearers for Commonwealth Games for first time since 1978

  • Birmingham 2022

during the Opening Ceremony of the Birmingham 2022 tomorrow, will be led in by triple Commonwealth Games hockey

Ockenden is the second successive hockey player to carry the Southern Cross after Mark Knowles in 2018

Australia (@CommGamesAUS) July 27, 2022The 35-year-old Ockenden from Hobart was a member of Australia's hockey

bearers, back in 1978 when cycling twins cycling twins Sal and Remo Sansonetti did so at Edmonton.Another hockey