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

October 5 - England Hockey has announced the launch of the Capital Investment Programme (CIP), a programme

As part of its bid to Sport England, England Hockey was successful in securing £2.7 million towards

organisations between 2009 and 2013.  This is an increase on the capital investment made to hockey

England Hockey will be working alongside applicants to help them to secure partnership funding, to take

the total investment to over £5 million.   England Hockey launched the CIP application process

By Duncan Mackay in Copenhagen October 2 - Juan Antonio Samaranch (pictured), the former President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), attempted to play on the emotions of his old colleagues as he tried to persuade them to vote for Madrid to host the 2016 Olympics.

."   Mercedes Coghen, a former hockey player who is now the chief executive of the Madrid 2016

By Duncan Mackay in Copenhagen October 2 - Juan Antonio Samaranch (pictured), the former President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), attempted to play on the emotions of his old colleagues as he tried to persuade them to vote for Madrid to host the 2016 Olympics.

"   Mercedes Coghen, a former hockey player who is now the chief executive of the Madrid

October 1 - Jonathon Charlesworth has been selected to make his hockey debut under his celebrated father

September 25 - Australia's former captain captain Paul Gaudoin (captain) has returned to the team as assistant coach, it has been announced.

.   Charlesworth said: "He is a thoughtful hockey brain, he is contemporary and offers a

He became the ninth Australian hockey player to play 200 international matches, reaching the milestone

medal match against New Zealand in Manchester in 2002.   The Kookaburras will compete in the Hockey

The Olympic rings were swapped for an engagement ring this weekend as a marriage proposal to British hockey

The 30-year-old Walker, who competed in the Beijing Games for the British women's hockey team and

The Olympic rings were swapped for an engagement ring this weekend as a marriage proposal to British hockey

The 30-year-old Walker, who competed in the Beijing Games for the British women's hockey team and

September 19 - Leandro Negre (pictured), the President of the International Hockey Federation (FIH),

Shahbaz Sharif, Punjab's Chief Minister, has reassured Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) President

visiting Pakistan at the PHF's invitation to hold discussions for the return of international hockey

to the country.   Pakistan, which was once regarded as one of the biggest centres of world hockey

international event - the six-nation Champions Trophy - in 2004 in Lahore.   Since then international hockey

September 19 - Leandro Negre (pictured), the President of the International Hockey Federation (FIH),

Shahbaz Sharif, Punjab's Chief Minister, has reassured Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) President

visiting Pakistan at the PHF's invitation to hold discussions for the return of international hockey

to the country.   Pakistan, which was once regarded as one of the biggest centres of world hockey

international event - the six-nation Champions Trophy - in 2004 in Lahore.   Since then international hockey

September 19 - Leandro Negre (pictured), the President of the International Hockey Federation (FIH),

Shahbaz Sharif, Punjab's Chief Minister, has reassured Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) President

visiting Pakistan at the PHF's invitation to hold discussions for the return of international hockey

to the country.   Pakistan, which was once regarded as one of the biggest centres of world hockey

international event - the six-nation Champions Trophy - in 2004 in Lahore.   Since then international hockey

September 18 - An independent inquiry has cleared International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) President

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September 18 - An independent inquiry has cleared International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) President

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September 9 - More than 1,000 UK businesses across the country have been awarded contracts worth a total of £5 billion to help build the venues and infrastructure for London 2012, the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) claimed today.

equipment for both the Olympic and Paralympic Games,, including more than 1,000 shuttlecocks, 1,200 hockey

September 9 - More than 1,000 UK businesses across the country have been awarded contracts worth a total of £5 billion to help build the venues and infrastructure for London 2012, the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) claimed today.

equipment for both the Olympic and Paralympic Games,, including more than 1,000 shuttlecocks, 1,200 hockey