The Netherlands' Zoe Deltrap claimed the first gold medal won here in Vuokatti at the Winter European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) with victory in the women's 1,500 metres short track speed skating.

While hosts Finland triumphed in the men's ice hockey tournament held in December in Kajaani - approximately

The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) has announced the dates of this year’s rescheduled World

implications of the war in Ukraine, the IIHF Council considers it difficult to hold the 2023 IIHF Ice Hockey

analyses are currently underway, the IIHF Council will take a final decision regarding the 2023 IIHF Ice Hockey

The Russian Ice Hockey Federation (RIHF) has launched an appeal against the decision, claiming the IIHF

competition based on nationality fuels intolerance in the media and could lead to divisions within the ice hockey

Microplus has announced that it will be providing timing and scoring at next year’s International University Sports Federation (FISU) Winter World University Games in Lake Placid.

Championship Speed Skating in Lake Placid ©MicroplusCompetition will be held in figure skating, ice hockey

Finnish President Sauli Niinistö, patron of the Vuokatti 2022 Winter European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF), officially opened the multi-sport event here at the Opening Ceremony.

although it was known as the European Youth Olympic Days on the last occasion in 2001.This year, ice hockey

25), with nearly 1,000 athletes taking part across nine sports.Following the addition of girls' ice hockey

Ukraine's delegation here at the Winter European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) was warmly received at the event's Opening Ceremony.

sports are on the programme, with events beginning tomorrow in short track speed skating, girls' ice hockey

Cross-country skier Vilma Nissinen has lit the Cauldron bearing the Flame of Peace here to mark the opening of the Winter European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF).

scheduled for the 44 nations present, beginning tomorrow with short track speed skating, girls' ice hockey

Russian President Vladimir Putin believes the principles of sport have been "eroded" and claims it has turned into a "politically-engaged dictatorship of the anti-doping bureaucracy".

tomorrow and features cross-country skiing, biathlon, curling, snowboarding, Alpine skiing and ice hockey

Finnish Olympic Committee chief executive and secretary general Mikko Salonen declared it "important" for the country to stage major events with the Winter European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) set to open here tomorrow, and suggested organisers of multi-sport events should aspire to a "combined Games".

While Vuokatti is the main venue for the Festival, ice hockey matches are being held in Kajaani to the

Argentina came out as the victors in a close encounter against India in the men’s International Hockey

TheHockeyIndia v @ArgFieldHockey Details https://t.co/eMpvuc7k3w pic.twitter.com/Pua9kmLkMz— International Hockey

#INDvARG pic.twitter.com/fnqXAjtbJT— International Hockey Federation (@FIH_Hockey) March 19, 2022The

The long-awaited Winter European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) is set to get underway here tomorrow with an outdoor Opening Ceremony at the Vuokatti Arena, followed by five days of sporting competition billed by organisers as "the most gender-balanced in the event’s history."

This follows the addition of girls' ice hockey and Nordic combined to the programme from the last edition

but was twice pushed back because of the COVID-19 pandemic.Competition did begin with the boys' ice hockey

Cross Country Skiing Stadium and Vuokatti Arena the venues being used in the main resort.Girls' ice hockey

matches are due to be held at the Kajaani Ice Hockey Halls, situated in the town approximately 35 kilometres

Ceremony, competition is due to begin on Monday (March 20) in short track speed skating, girls' ice hockey

France and Austria have been drafted into the upcoming International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World

rights for next year’s IIHF World Junior Championship in response to the Ukraine war.The Russian Ice Hockey

competition based on nationality fuels intolerance in the media and could lead to divisions within the ice hockey

in Group B will go up with the bottom nation in each tournament suffering relegation.The Russian Ice Hockey

Greenwich Leisure Limited (GLL) has been appointed to manage Lee Valley Sports Park venues in London, many of which were used for competition at the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics.

management of the Olympic legacy venues.The venues include the Lee Valley VeloPark, White Water Centre, Hockey

Former International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) President René Fasel is courting controversy by helping

the Russia-based Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) in a consultancy role but has denied signing any contract

Dinamo Riga have both quit the league in protest at Russia's invasion of Ukraine, while the National Hockey

is vice-president of the European Investment Bank, described Fasel as a "disgrace to the global ice hockey

He is a disgrace to the global ice-hockey family.

as IIHF President last year that he could work in Russia.Fasel led the global governing body for ice hockey

Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Armenia are among the nations competing in Russia and Belarus’ replacement event for the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympic Games as the first medals were awarded in the Siberian city of Khanty-Mansiysk today.

Paralympic Games".Competitions are due to be held in Alpine skiing, biathlon, cross-country skiing, ice hockey

Ireland’s official postal service An Post has unveiled a booklet of six stamps celebrating some of the country’s leading sportswomen, including Olympic boxing gold medallists Katie Taylor and Kellie Harrington.

of a Paralympic Games gold medal in the SB8 100 metres breaststroke at Tokyo 2020.The Irish women’s hockey