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 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

Canada will field its third largest delegation at the 2022 Winter Olympics here, with 215 athletes aiming to continue the nation’s success at the Games.

alpine skiing, bobsleigh, luge and skeleton.The 12-strong curling squad, 13 figure skaters, 48 ice hockey

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

Argentina and Chile have secured a place at next year's Hockey World Cup after progressing to the final

GO ⚡️#PAC2022 #PanamHockey @FIH_Hockey @chile_hockey pic.twitter.com/wLhXV750fq— PAHF - Pan Am 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

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

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

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

Argentina and Chile have qualified for this year's International Hockey Federation World Cup after reaching

THEY GO ⚡️#PAC2022 #PanamHockey@FIH_Hockey @chile_hockey pic.twitter.com/vaKDKTydQM— PAHF - Pan Am Hockey

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

All three Athletes' Villages in Beijing, Zhangjiakou and Yanqing were officially opened today with a little more than a week to go until the Winter Olympics here are due to start.

opening.The Beijing Village is located close to the Olympic Park, providing 2,300 beds for curlers, ice hockey

In just over a week's time, the 2022 Winter Olympic Games will open in Beijing.

town of Zhangjiakou, the location for events including Alpine skiing.Facilities for sports such as ice hockey

Canada and Chile progressed to the semi-finals of the Men's Pan American Cup with victory in their respective cross-over matches in Santiago.

MEX 1#PanamHockey #Pac2022 #Hockey #RoadToWC pic.twitter.com/ECdijo6FiS— PAHF - Pan Am Hockey (@PanAmHockey

Norwegian cross-country skiers Heidi Weng and Anne Kjersti Kalvå are among several athletes that have been left with their hopes of competing at the upcoming Winter Olympics here in jeopardy after contracting COVID-19.

skeleton champion Axel Jungk has tested positive for coronavirus ©Getty ImagesThe Swiss women’s ice hockey