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

Other sports to benefit include athletics and hockey, who both receive A$470,000 (£214,366), hockey,

FEBRUARY 11 - A HANDBALL ARENA to be built for London 2012 that will become a new multi-sports facility in legacy is set to start construction this summer after it was given planning permission.

The Arena will be in the west of the Olympic Park, to the south of the Hockey Centre, within four minutes

 FEBRUARY 10 - LONDON'S Olympic Park will house a secondary school and a leisure and sports academy in addition to being a world-class athletics arena after the 2012 Games, under new plans unveiled today.

will be complemented by a range of new facilities for sports in and around the Park, such as football, hockey

Olympic silver hockey medallist and four-time Olympian Ric Charlesworth also addressed the 150 coaches

ELS VAN BREDA VRIESMAN (pictured), who last month lost her position as president of the International Hockey

Vriesman has also quit her role as president of the FIH'S Foundation for the Promotion and Development of Hockey

ELS VAN BREDA VRIESMAN (pictured), who last month lost her position as president of the International Hockey

Vriesman has also quit her role as president of the FIH'S Foundation for the Promotion and Development of Hockey