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Controversy as Ghana elects new Olympic chief

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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


India confirmed as hosts of 2010 hockey World Cup

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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


India confirmed as hosts of 2010 hockey World Cup

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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


Record coverage for Winter Paralympics

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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


European ice hockey event cancelled due to lack of cash

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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



Adrian Hill: Golf and rugby should be in the Olympics

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By Adrian Hill - 16 June 2009   The accolade of a place in the Olympic Games is so cherished and sought-after that the decision to be made by the International Olympic Committee on which two sports will be admitted in 2016 is not one to be taken lightly.  

With Skateboarding, inline, roller hockey, artistic, racing – where does the non-afficionado go?


English Hockey appoint commercial and membership director

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formerly worked for British Airways, has been appointed as the new commercial and membership director of Hockey

Armitage was a hockey player at school, university and British Airways and is keen to combine his love

Armitage said: “I am delighted to be joining England Hockey at a very exciting stage in their development

England Hockey Chief Executive Sally Munday said: “As the premier Olympic team sport, the next few years

presents a fantastic opportunity for hockey.  

valuable marketing and commercial experience and his role will be key in achieving our aspirations for hockey


English Hockey appoint commercial and membership director

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formerly worked for British Airways, has been appointed as the new commercial and membership director of Hockey

Armitage was a hockey player at school, university and British Airways and is keen to combine his love

Armitage said: “I am delighted to be joining England Hockey at a very exciting stage in their development

England Hockey Chief Executive Sally Munday said: “As the premier Olympic team sport, the next few years

presents a fantastic opportunity for hockey.  

valuable marketing and commercial experience and his role will be key in achieving our aspirations for hockey


New Indian hockey organisation is illegal critics claim

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A new hockey organisation former in India last week is illegal state officials have claimed.

  The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) announced the formation of a unified body - Hockey India -

after the International Hockey Federation (IHF) threatened to take the World Cup away from New Delhi

separately running men's and women's hockey.  

Roy, President of the Bengal Hockey Association, a state unit affiliated to the men's Indian Hockey Federation

Their protest was supported by the Indian Women's Hockey Association, whose secretary Amrit Bose said


New Indian hockey organisation is illegal critics claim

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A new hockey organisation former in India last week is illegal state officials have claimed.

  The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) announced the formation of a unified body - Hockey India -

after the International Hockey Federation (IHF) threatened to take the World Cup away from New Delhi

separately running men's and women's hockey.  

Roy, President of the Bengal Hockey Association, a state unit affiliated to the men's Indian Hockey Federation

Their protest was supported by the Indian Women's Hockey Association, whose secretary Amrit Bose said


Putin taps beer tycoon to head Olympics construction

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin today appointed Taimuraz Bolloyev (pictured), the founder of the Baltika beer company, to head the state firm in charge of building for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.

sports like luge and bobsleigh will be held in the mountains above Sochi, while other events like ice hockey


Princess Royal visits University of Ulster

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The Princess Royal has visited the multi-million pound Sports Centre at the University of Ulster at Jordanstown and met some of Northern Ireland's most successful sportsmen and women.

and meet representatives from a number of sports, including basketball, fencing, gaelic games, golf, hockey