April 30 - Arne Ljungqvist (pictured), the head of the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) medical commission, that the amount of money invested on anti-doping is "a peanut" in world sport.

The National Hockey League last year raised the salary cap so each team could spend as much as $56.7

April 29 - The British Olympic Association (BOA) has been living through challenging financial times.

sports bodies such as the British Canoe Union, the Grand National Archery Society and the Scottish Hockey

April 26 - Randhir Singh (pictured), the general secretary of the Indian Olympic Association, has called Australia's decision to withdraw from their Davis Cup tie over security a "shocking" decision.

Besides the the Commonwealth Games, India is also due to host next year the hockey World Cup, badminton

April 12 - British Handball has appointed sports marketing agency Oaks Consultancy to help it raise funds to ensure that its men and women's teams are able to compete at the London 2012 Olympics.

”   Oaks Consultancy also works with England Hockey and England Squash & Racketball as well as

April 12 - British Handball has appointed sports marketing agency Oaks Consultancy to help it raise funds to ensure that its men and women's teams are able to compete at the London 2012 Olympics.

”   Oaks Consultancy also works with England Hockey and England Squash & Racketball as well as

April 13 - The International Hockey Federation has warned New Delhi that it will move the 2010 World

"We have asked them to have a unique body [Hockey India, a federation to represent both men’s and women

’s hockey in the country] in place before World Cup.  

April 13 - The International Hockey Federation has warned New Delhi that it will move the 2010 World

"We have asked them to have a unique body [Hockey India, a federation to represent both men’s and women

’s hockey in the country] in place before World Cup.  

April 6 - Britain today released details of its performance targets necessary for athletes to qualify for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver next year, including skier Chemmy Alcott (pictured).

The seven sports on the Olympic programme for 2010 are biathlon, bobsleigh, curling, ice hockey, luge

By Duncan Mackay in Chicago   April 5 - Chicago tried to put on a show today to impress the International Olympic Commission (IOC) Evaluation Commission inspecting their proposed venues if they are chosen to host the 2016 Games.

Field, which would host the finals of the football tournaments; Jackson Park, proposed venue for the hockey

saying that I had been selected for further assessments in three Olympic sports – bob skeleton, hockey

    By James Hoad - 4 April 2009   I spent 10 years in Watford FC’s academy as a goalkeeper, before I was released in 2007. I was determined that I was going to be a professional football player – it was all I’d ever wanted to be.  

team saying that I had been selected for further assessments in three Olympic sports – bob skeleton, hockey

March 27 - Andy Hunt, the new chief executive of the British Olympic Association (BOA), has named himself as the team's Chef de Mission for next year's Winter Olympics in Vancouver, ahead of Sir Clive Woodward (pictured).

Britain's best medal haul at a Winter Olympics was a tally of three in 1936, including a gold in the ice hockey

March 27 - Andy Hunt, the new chief executive of the British Olympic Association (BOA), has named himself as the team's Chef de Mission for next year's Winter Olympics in Vancouver, ahead of Sir Clive Woodward (pictured).

Britain's best medal haul at a Winter Olympics was a tally of three in 1936, including a gold in the ice hockey

March 22 - BT, a tier-one London 2012 sponsor,  have signed nine-times Paralympic gold medallist Lee Pearson (pictured) and Nathan Stephens, who has competed in both the Winter and Summer Paralympics, as ambassadors.        

nbsp; Pearson, one of the world’s leading Paralympians, and Stephens, who competed in sledge hockey

Certainly our curlers and hockey players will be looked upon as being capable of delivering gold medals

”    Canadians are nothing if not passionate about their hockey.

not the majority, who would be happy if we won the two gold medals in [men’s and women’s] hockey