PETER ERIKSSON (pictured), a former Swedish speed skater who has coached 113 medallists, has been recruited from Canada to be the new UK Athletics Paralympic head coach.

conclusion of his competitive career, he moved into coaching where he worked in speed skating and ice hockey

  PETER ERIKSSON (pictured), a former Swedish speed skater who has coached 113 medallists, has been recruited from Canada to be the new UK Athletics Paralympic head coach.

conclusion of his competitive career, he moved into coaching where he worked in speed skating and ice hockey

  WOMEN'S football has benefitted at the expense of hockey, basketball and badminton as New Zealand

But the losers are women's hockey, women's basketball and badminton which last year shared a total of

is continued multi-year support for Paralympics, winter sports, bowls, flat water canoeing and men's hockey

Men's hockey gets the largest increase, from $400,000 (£146,479) to $700,000 (£256,339), while other

  WOMEN'S football has benefitted at the expense of hockey, basketball and badminton as New Zealand

But the losers are women's hockey, women's basketball and badminton which last year shared a total of

is continued multi-year support for Paralympics, winter sports, bowls, flat water canoeing and men's hockey

Men's hockey gets the largest increase, from $400,000 (£146,479) to $700,000 (£256,339), while other

DECEMBER 12 - THE Austrian resort of Innsbruck will host the inaugural Winter Youth Olympics in 2012, it was announced today. 

final cut.An estimated 1,000 athletes aged 14-18 will compete over 10 days in seven sports: skiing, ice hockey

  MIXED-GENDER events and 3-on-3 basketball are among the planned innovations for the inaugural Summer Youth Olympics in Singapore in 2010, it was announced.

The four team sports - football, handball, hockey and volleyball - will consist of one national team

  ENGLAND'S Martin Gotheridge (pictured) has been appointed as the new president of the European Hockey

  It follows  the election of Leandro Negre as the new president of the International Hockey Federation

Gotheridge was elected president of England Hockey at the 2005 annual meeting, a position that sees him

During his hockey career, Gotheridge's involvement in the sport has included a playing and umpiring as

well as spells as being chairman of the competitions committee of the old hockey association, competitions

  ENGLAND'S Martin Gotheridge (pictured) has been appointed as the new president of the European Hockey

  It follows  the election of Leandro Negre as the new president of the International Hockey Federation

Gotheridge was elected president of England Hockey at the 2005 annual meeting, a position that sees him

During his hockey career, Gotheridge's involvement in the sport has included a playing and umpiring as

well as spells as being chairman of the competitions committee of the old hockey association, competitions

Leandro Negre (pictured) has replaced Els van Breda Vriesman as the new president of the International Hockey

  Negre, who was the president of the European Hockey Federation, will hold the office for a term

The 62-year-old Negre is credited with helping create the Euro Hockey League.  

"I would also like to thank Els van Breda Vriesman for the excellent work she did for hockey."  

Leandro Negre (pictured) has replaced Els van Breda Vriesman as the new president of the International Hockey

  Negre, who was the president of the European Hockey Federation, will hold the office for a term

The 62-year-old Negre is credited with helping create the Euro Hockey League.  

"I would also like to thank Els van Breda Vriesman for the excellent work she did for hockey."  

  ATHLETICS, whose only gold medallist at the Beijing Olympics was Christine Ohuruogu (pictured), has had its funding cut by UK Sport for the 2012 Olympics.

been invested and 19 sports or disciplines have received funding increases, including basketball and hockey

million)   Equestrian £13.6 million (£11.7 million)   Gymnastics £10.3 million (£9.0 million)   Hockey

  ATHLETICS, whose only gold medallist at the Beijing Olympics was Christine Ohuruogu (pictured), has had its funding cut by UK Sport for the 2012 Olympics.

been invested and 19 sports or disciplines have received funding increases, including basketball and hockey

million)   Equestrian £13.6 million (£11.7 million)   Gymnastics £10.3 million (£9.0 million)   Hockey

OCTOBER 23 - INDIA announced today that it plans to invest R678 billion (£8.4 million) to try to help its country's sportsmen and women be successful at London 2012.

Helsinki Games where freestyle wrestler Kashabha Jadhav took bronze alongside the victorious men's hockey

  OCTOBER 23 - VANCOUVER organisers were told today that preparations for the 2010 Winter Olympics were progressing well but they admitted they would be re-examining their budget to see if they could save money.

Rene Fasel, the International Ice Hockey Federation president from Switzerland who chairs the IOC group

Chris Spice (pictured) is tomorrow expected to be named as the new coach of the Australian women's hockey

Spice, the son of Brisbane valuator in antique furniture and a former Australian hockey international

By then Spice had been recruited by British Hockey to prepare them for Sydney but admitted that it was

After a disappointing fifth placing at Beijing, incumbent coach Frank Murray said he would stay if Hockey