July 29 - Hockey India has been given until October to hold elections and warned failure to do so could

The threat was allegedly delivered by Leandro Negre, the President of the International Hockey Federation

Association (IOA) acted undemocratically by disbanding national and regional organisations to form Hockey

Roy, of the Bengal Hockey Association,and Armit Bose, secretary of the Indian Hockey Women's Association

"I asked him whether such an organisation would be allowed to run hockey in Spain [Negre is Spanish].

"Neither of these two gentlemen have any relevance or relation to hockey."  

July 28 - Indian hockey officials unhappy with how their sport is being administered by the Indian

They claim that the IOA acted undemocratically by disbanding national and regional bodies to form Hockey

Roy, of the Bengal Hockey Association,and Armit Bose, secretary of the Indian Hockey Women's Association

, met Leandro Negre, the President of the International Hockey Federation (FIH) today to put their case

Roy had led 28 state units of the Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) in asking the IOA to hold elections

for restoring the administration to hockey officials.  

July 28 - Delhi Police today assigned Ajay Chadha (pictured) as Special Commissioner for next year's Commonwealth Games in an effort to try to reassure the international community about security at the event.    

Australia, one of the world's top field hockey nations, refused to send tennis team for the Davis Cup

July 28 - Indian hockey officials unhappy with how their sport is being administered by the Indian

They claim that the IOA acted undemocratically by disbanding national and regional bodies to form Hockey

Roy, of the Bengal Hockey Association,and Armit Bose, secretary of the Indian Hockey Women's Association

, met Leandro Negre, the President of the International Hockey Federation (FIH) today to put their case

Roy had led 28 state units of the Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) in asking the IOA to hold elections

for restoring the administration to hockey officials.  

July 28 - Delhi Police today assigned Ajay Chadha (pictured) as Special Commissioner for next year's Commonwealth Games in an effort to try to reassure the international community about security at the event.    

Australia, one of the world's top field hockey nations, refused to send tennis team for the Davis Cup

Cup in New Delhi were dismissed today by Leandro Negre (pictured), the President of the International Hockey

Australia, one of the world's top field hockey nations, refused to send tennis team for the Davis Cup

"For the global development of hockey, it is important that Indian hockey should come up and play to

"The FIH hopes that hosting the 2010 World Cup will give a tremendous boost to Indian hockey."  

Hockey India President Mattoo claimed 2010 would be a landmark year in the history of Indian hockey for

He said: "Hockey India is proud to be associated with FIH in hosting the 12th Men's Hockey World Cup.

Cup in New Delhi were dismissed today by Leandro Negre (pictured), the President of the International Hockey

Australia, one of the world's top field hockey nations, refused to send tennis team for the Davis Cup

"For the global development of hockey, it is important that Indian hockey should come up and play to

"The FIH hopes that hosting the 2010 World Cup will give a tremendous boost to Indian hockey."  

Hockey India President Mattoo claimed 2010 would be a landmark year in the history of Indian hockey for

He said: "Hockey India is proud to be associated with FIH in hosting the 12th Men's Hockey World Cup.

July 22 - Beijing Olympics gold medal winning shooter Abhinav Bindra (pictured) will be the first Indian baton bearer of the 2010 Commonwealth Games and will receive it from the Queen in London in October, it was announced today.

event in the Chinese capital last year.It was also India's first Olympic gold medal since its men's hockey

team won the hockey title at the Moscow Games in 1980.Bindra said: "It is indeed a great honour and

July 21 - London 2012 will not leave any white elephants, the Olympics Minister Tessa Jowell (pictured) promised today.

The Olympic Stadium, the Velodrome, the Aquatics Centre, Eton Manor football, hockey and tennis pitches

"As an athlete, I’ll try to do everything possible to help Russia win the hockey gold.  

"The city is changing rapidly, and I am especially glad that the construction of the hockey arenas is

June 30 - Francis Dodoo (pictured), the 1987 All-Africa Games triple jump champion, has controversially been elected as the new President of the Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC).

has also represented Ghana in a number of other sports, including basketball, cricket, handball, hockey

Association, were voted second and third vice-presidents.Nii Quaye-Kumah, general secretary of the Ghana Hockey

Association and the Africa Hockey Federation, added to his list of roles as he was elected as the new

June 21 - New Delhi will stage next year's World Cup, the International Hockey Federation President Leandro

India had been warned in April that it could lose the World Cup if the men's and women's hockey bodies

A six-month period was given by FIH but before the time was up, Hockey India was formed earlier this

Negre said: “Our request for the formation of a single hockey association has been done and we have approved

June 21 - New Delhi will stage next year's World Cup, the International Hockey Federation President Leandro

India had been warned in April that it could lose the World Cup if the men's and women's hockey bodies

A six-month period was given by FIH but before the time was up, Hockey India was formed earlier this

Negre said: “Our request for the formation of a single hockey association has been done and we have approved

June 19 - There will be a record 50 hours of coverage of the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver in English and French, Canada’s Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium has announced.

In addition, the Consortium will televise all Team Canada ice sledge hockey games in English on CTV,

Canada is the reigning Paralympic Games champion in ice sledge hockey, having defeated Norway in the

June 18 - The European ice hockey club championship has been canceled because of financial problems with

  The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) said the Champions Hockey League would not be played

NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said he believed the Champions Hockey League could still offer a solid