November 3 - The third and final phase of ticket sales for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games begins on Saturday (November 7) at 10:00 am Pacific Time, it was announced today.

  More than 100,000 tickets to all city events including gold medal hockey, curling, opening

  Paralympic tickets for high-demand events such as the opening ceremony, ice sledge hockey and

November 3 - The third and final phase of ticket sales for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games begins on Saturday (November 7) at 10:00 am Pacific Time, it was announced today.

  More than 100,000 tickets to all city events including gold medal hockey, curling, opening

  Paralympic tickets for high-demand events such as the opening ceremony, ice sledge hockey and

November 2 - Russian ice hockey superstar Sergey Fedorov (pictured), a three-time world champion and

Red Wings and the Washington Capitals, passed Alexander Mogilny for most goals by a Russian-born hockey

November 2 - Russian ice hockey superstar Sergey Fedorov (pictured), a three-time world champion and

Red Wings and the Washington Capitals, passed Alexander Mogilny for most goals by a Russian-born hockey

October 28 - Michael Whan is set to be unveiled as the new Commissioner of the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) later today.

million (£30 million) a year tour for the world's top female players, from Mission-ITECH Hockey

, a company makes and markets hockey equipment for players on ice skates or roller blades.

October 26 - Sebastian Coe (pictured), the chairman of London 2012, is to join Dame Kelly Holmes and Monty Panasar in the Queen's Baton Relay, which will help launch next year's Commonwealth Games in New Delhi and starts at Buckingham Palace on Thursday, it was announced today.

Singh, 1983 cricket World Cup winning captain Kapil Dev, badminton legend Prakash Padukone, former hockey

October 26 - Sebastian Coe (pictured), the chairman of London 2012, is to join Dame Kelly Holmes and Monty Panasar in the Queen's Baton Relay, which will help launch next year's Commonwealth Games in New Delhi and starts at Buckingham Palace on Thursday, it was announced today.

Singh, 1983 cricket World Cup winning captain Kapil Dev, badminton legend Prakash Padukone, former hockey

October 16 - Pakistan is safe to host major events despite the fact more than 150 people have been killed in terrorist attacks in recent days across the country, the President of the International Hocky Federation (FIH) Leanadro Negre (pictured centre) claimed today.

    Negre, along with European Hockey Federation (EHF) secretary general David Balbirnie,

highest-level of security, said: "Pakistan is a very important country in the world hockey

and the FIH is giving its full support to the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF).

  Hockey is the national sport in Pakistan   The country has won the Olympic title three

  Negre said: "My visit to Pakistan is a clear message to the world hockey family that

October 16 - Pakistan is safe to host major events despite the fact more than 150 people have been killed in terrorist attacks in recent days across the country, the President of the International Hocky Federation (FIH) Leanadro Negre (pictured centre) claimed today.

    Negre, along with European Hockey Federation (EHF) secretary general David Balbirnie,

highest-level of security, said: "Pakistan is a very important country in the world hockey

and the FIH is giving its full support to the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF).

  Hockey is the national sport in Pakistan   The country has won the Olympic title three

  Negre said: "My visit to Pakistan is a clear message to the world hockey family that

October 16 - Pakistan is safe to host major events despite the fact more than 150 people have been killed in terrorist attacks in recent days across the country, the President of the International Hocky Federation (FIH) Leandro Negre (pictured centre) claimed today.

    Negre, along with European Hockey Federation (EHF) secretary general David Balbirnie,

highest-level of security, said: "Pakistan is a very important country in the world hockey

and the FIH is giving its full support to the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF).

  Hockey is the national sport in Pakistan   The country has won the Olympic title three

  Negre said: "My visit to Pakistan is a clear message to the world hockey family that

October 15 - Round, undulating medals featuring the stylized eye and fin of an orca whale will be awarded to successful athletes at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, it was revealed during ceremony today.

wreath-crowned athlete next to an aboriginal chief whose headdress was formed by a sled, skis, skate blades, hockey

October 15 - Round, undulating medals featuring the stylized eye and fin of an orca whale will be awarded to successful athletes at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, it was revealed during ceremony today.

wreath-crowned athlete next to an aboriginal chief whose headdress was formed by a sled, skis, skate blades, hockey

October 15 - Round, undulating medals featuring the stylized eye and fin of an orca whale will be awarded to successful athletes at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, it was revealed during ceremony today.

wreath-crowned athlete next to an aboriginal chief whose headdress was formed by a sled, skis, skate blades, hockey

October 15 - Round, undulating medals featuring the stylized eye and fin of an orca whale will be awarded to successful athletes at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, it was revealed during ceremony today.

wreath-crowned athlete next to an aboriginal chief whose headdress was formed by a sled, skis, skate blades, hockey

By Duncan Mackay in Sochi   Sochi is the Russian Riviera, the brochures claim. Sand and pebble beaches stretch nearly 20 miles along the Black Sea coast where you can swim in the sea from April through until October, and ski on the nearby slopes from October into May. The semi-tropical weather allows for a lush terrain found nowhere else in Russia.   Once a sleepy Soviet-era ski resort in the Caucasus mountains, near Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's summer residence, it is now undergoing probably the biggest change that a Russian city has ever seen in peace-time. Everywhere you look there are cranes,...

15 venues: ski jumps, biathlon and ski complexes, a bobsleigh track, an indoor skating rink, two ice hockey