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China set for Hockey Pro League return after two-year hiatus

  • Hockey

China will make their return to the Hockey Pro League after an absence of more than two years with a

#HockeyInvites #CHNvIND @TheHockeyIndia— International Hockey Federation (@FIH_Hockey) January 30,

2022The two sides met in the bronze-medal match at the Women's Hockey Asia Cup in the Oman capital yesterday

COVID-19 pandemic wreaked havoc on international events including the Pro League, the International Hockey

Federation's premier home-and-away competition which launched in 2019.The coronavirus crisis saw numerous Hockey


On the eve of Beijing 2022 – a look back at what turned out to be the first Winter Olympics in 1924

  • The Big Read

There was a spot of good news for British curling shortly before the 2006 Winter Olympics - and it was only 82 years late.

Black Forest, and when the first post-war Olympics were held in Antwerp in 1920 both skating and ice hockey

of winter sports in the French resort at the foot of Mont Blanc.Figure skating, speed skating, ice hockey

cross and a mixed relay in short track speed skating.As so often in future Winter Olympics, it was ice hockey




Argentina secure sixth straight title at Women's Pan American Cup

  • Hockey

Argentina beat hosts Chile to clinch their sixth straight Women's Pan American Cup title in Santiago as Canada edged out the United States to qualify for this year's World Cup.

Claudia Schüler (CHI) #PanamHockey #PanamCups #PAC2022 pic.twitter.com/G7wyOcLsuH— PAHF - Pan Am Hockey


North Korea missile tests add to regional tension prior to Beijing 2022

  • Beijing 2022

North Korea has conducted its biggest missile launch since 2017 according to Japanese and South Korean officials, adding to regional tension in the build-up to the Winter Olympics here.

Pyeongchang 2018, an event marked by the historic inclusion of a unified Korean team in the women's ice hockey



IOC Athletes' Commission candidate Fourcade claims Olympics "at a crossroads"

  • Beijing 2022

French biathlon star Martin Fourcade fears the odds may be stacked against him in his pursuit of a place on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Athletes' Commission at Beijing 2022.

which carry the added incentive of full IOC membership.The winners will replace outgoing Canadian ice hockey

Adigun of Nigeria and Adam Edelman of Israel - are also standing.The other candidates are Swiss ice hockey



Hosts China name men's ice hockey team for Winter Olympics debut

  • Ice Hockey

Hosts China have named their men’s ice hockey squad for the Winter Olympics here, with the team largely

in the men’s tournament has been the subject of doubt over recent months, as the International Ice Hockey

that China would keep its host nation spot, with approval granted after evaluations of Kontinental Hockey

goaltenders for the Games.Smith is one of five players to have had experience of playing in the National Hockey

League, which is considered to be the best ice hockey league in the world.Jake Chelios, the son of Hockey

Games, with the Kunlun Red Star team having won nine and lost 39 of its matches in the Kontinental Hockey


Philip Barker: First Olympic skating gold medal awarded before the Winter Games even existed

  • Inside the Blogs

The first gold medals of these Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics will decided on Saturday (February 5) and presented in a special end of day ceremony at Medals Plaza specially constructed for the purpose. 

In those days, the description also referred to such sports as football, rugby union and hockey.

at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics but it returned to the programme for the 1920 Antwerp Olympics.An ice hockey


Tanaka fires Japan to third Women's Hockey Asia Cup title

  • Hockey

Japan won the Women's Hockey Asia Cup in Oman by defeating three-time champions South Korea 4-2 in he

MatchIndia vs ChinaMatch Moments#WAC2022#WomensAsiaCup #asiahockey pic.twitter.com/kYJCIEcb7a— Asian Hockey

few minutes but failed to convert.All four teams in action today directly qualified to the Women's Hockey


Beijing 2022 should have been postponed, says Russian ski chief as COVID continues to strike

  • Beijing 2022

Russian Ski Association President Elena Vyalbe believes the Winter Olympics here should have been postponed by a year as COVID-19 cases continue to wreak havoc on teams’ preparations for the Games, while an area close to the Chinese capital has gone into lockdown.

skater Mikhail Kolyada and skeleton racer Nikita Tregubov contracting the virus.The Swiss women’s ice hockey



Voting for IOC Athletes’ Commission opens as Smith puts climate change at heart of bid

  • Beijing 2022

Canada’s Seyi Smith - who has competed at both the Summer and Winter Olympic Games - has put climate change at the heart of his campaign to become a member of the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) Athletes’ Commission.

Alpine skiing and Czech Republic's Eva Samková in snowboard cross.The other candidates are Swiss ice hockey