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

    By Paul Gains - 22 March 2009 With less than a year until the opening of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver-Whistler the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) is sticking by its ambitious goal of topping the medal table.  

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.

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

By Duncan Mackay 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.

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

March 17 - Sir Philip Craven (pictured) President of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), revealed today that he wants his organisation to negotiate joint sponsorship deals with the Olympics to maximise revenue.

Whistler are expected to draw about 650 athletes from more than 40 countries for events such as ice sledge hockey

March 17 - Philip Kimberley (pictured), the chairman of England Hockey, has been appointed on to the

The appointment of Kimberley, who is also a director of Great Britain Hockey, was made by the Sports

Kimberley was previously at England Hockey in an executive capacity, and was responsible for leading

meeting, said: “I have worked closely with UK Sport over a number of years through my role at England Hockey

March 17 - Philip Kimberley (pictured), the chairman of England Hockey, has been appointed on to the

The appointment of Kimberley, who is also a director of Great Britain Hockey, was made by the Sports

Kimberley was previously at England Hockey in an executive capacity, and was responsible for leading

meeting, said: “I have worked closely with UK Sport over a number of years through my role at England Hockey

March 16 - My, what headaches the United Kingdom’s complicated constitutional arrangements can cause for sports administrators!

in time, to return to the Olympics, since, with the decline of the once all-conquering Indian field hockey

March 10 - UK Sport today announced that it is extending its Pitch2Podium scheme which offer talented youngsters chance to take up a new challenge in Olympic sports.

goalkeeper and 2008 Pitch2Podium participant, has been selected for trials in bob skeleton, cycling and hockey

Australia's Ric Charlesworth, who has previously worked in India for the national hockey federation,

Her concerns have been echoed by Charlesworth, Australia's former hockey captain and now the coach.

MARCH 6 - OLYMPIC gold medallist Darren Campbell (pictured) today helped launch the 2010 UK School Games, which will be held in Wales for the first time, during a ceremony at Cardiff Castle.

the debut of a new sport, track cycling, which will join athletics, badminton, fencing, gymnastics, hockey