Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko has warned the International Olympic Committee (IOC) that it is opening a "Pandora’s box" after stripping him and Russian President Vladimir Putin of the Olympic Orders they had been awarded.

Chernyshenko has held several roles since Sochi 2014 ended, including a spell as President of the Kontinental Hockey

The International Skating Union (ISU) has joined a growing list of International Federations (IFs) to ban Russian and Belarusian athletes outright from its competitions following the invasion of Ukraine.

all of its events, likewise the International Orienteering Federation.FIFA and the International Ice Hockey

breach of the Olympic Truce and expressing its support to the people of Ukraine.Belarus' national ice hockey

events.It had come under pressure from the Ukraine Tennis Federation to make such a move.The International Hockey

Federation has kicked the Russian team out of next month's Hockey Women’s Junior World Cup.The International

Russia has been stripped of the 2023 International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Junior Championship

clubs have received the same sanction.The IIHF Council ruling bans both countries from the IIHF Ice Hockey

had been scheduled for December 26 2022 to January 5 2023.Russia is still due to host the IIHF Ice Hockey

I have been in close contact with members of the Ice Hockey Federation of Ukraine and we hope for all

I think international hockey should say, 'we're not going to let them play in the World Junior hockey

Under-18 Women's World Championship.Both Russia and Belarus are also barred from the IIHF Ice Hockey

A top Hockey India official has confirmed to PTI that India would be sending their reserve teams

don't want our main players to hit the peak just before the Asian Games, which is more important," the Hockey

Asian Games squad because there is only a 32-day gap in between the two Games, and we don't want our hockey

Games will start a month later from September 10 to 25.Last year, India had pulled out of both the hockey

Narinder Batra, the president of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) and the head of the International Hockey

was also involved in the discussions.Despite not sending the main teams for the Commonwealth Games, Hockey

Renovations to the hockey facilities at Wyndley Leisure Centre on the outskirts of Birmingham have been

successfully completed, with the venue now possessing a International Hockey Federation-standard pitch

is in Sutton Coldfield to the north of Birmingham, was chosen as the official training facility for hockey

upgraded pitch replicates the playing surface at the University of Birmingham, ensuring the 10 women’s hockey

teams and 10 men’s hockey side due to participate at Birmingham 2022 will have a comprehensive training

and bronze medals at London 2012 and Tokyo 2020.In the long run, local community groups, schools, and hockey

clubs, such as Sutton Coldfield Hockey Club, will have the chance to use and benefit from the upgraded

Ukrainian athletes have demanded that the National Olympic Committees (NOCs) and National Paralympic Committees (NPCs) of Russia and Belarus be suspended, with the chair of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) Athletes' Commission even backing the call.

pic.twitter.com/50FQof35ON— Global Athlete (@GlobalAthleteHQ) February 27, 2022Canada's four-time Olympic ice hockey

have bounced back from their defeats yesterday to beat India on the second day of the International Hockey

Federation's Hockey Pro League at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar.

@AbsolutaFem @rfe_hockey— International Hockey Federation (@FIH_Hockey) February 27, 2022That all changed

Figure skater Kamila Valieva has been awarded the Order of Friendship by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Order of Honour.Ski jumper Irina Avvakumova, speed skater Daniil Aldoshkin and the ROC's men's ice hockey

India's men came from 4-1 down to beat Spain 5-4 on a successful day for the nation's hockey teams at

the Kalinga Hockey Stadium in Bhubaneswar.

hockeyatitsbest #hockeyindia @sports_odisha @CMO_Odisha @IndiaSports @Media_SAI pic.twitter.com/F5vlqQzkhI— Hockey

scored the winner eight minutes from time as India triumphed 2-1.India are now up to third in the men's Hockey

Andrey Rublev has called on the Russian Government to cease its attack on Ukraine, writing "No war please" on a camera after progressing to the Dubai Tennis Championships final.

athletes to have called for an end to hostilities include US Open champion Daniil Medvedev and ice hockey

Please, no more war," said Russian ice hockey great Alexander Ovechkin ©Getty Images Rublev partnered

more war," was Ovechkin's plea.The 36-year-old who players for the Washington Capitals in the National Hockey

Luc Tardif, the new President of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), has expressed satisfaction

development of our new strategy," he said.Luc Tardif, the recently elected President of the International Ice Hockey

thank every MNA and stakeholder that has already replied, and I have no doubt that because our ice hockey

community cares deeply about the future of ice hockey, we will get responses from them all by the time

Narinder Batra has claimed that the ongoing Indian Olympic Association (IOA) Executive Committee election fiasco will not impact preparations for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session to be held in India next year.

 Batra, who is also the International Hockey Federation (FIH) President, said that the IOA is hoping

India and Spain's hockey teams are set for a Pro League doubleheader at the Kalinga Hockey Stadium in

the standings.Back-to-back wins could even send Tokyo 2020 bronze medallists India top of the early Hockey

Arm wrestling, rugby union and cricket are due to make African Games debuts at Accra 2023.

to 24.Of the main 23, arm wrestling, cricket and rugby union are the debutants.Squash, netball and hockey

The International Ski Federation (FIS) will cancel or relocate all World Cup events scheduled to take place in Russia until the end of the season, as the exodus of sporting events from Russia continues in the wake of it invading Ukraine.

the race, should it go ahead, because of Russia's actions in Ukraine.Jokerit, the Helsinki-based ice hockey

team, have withdrawn from the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) season because of the invasion.The KHL