South Africa's women have made winning start to their title defence at hockey's Africa Cup of Nations in Accra.

match has been moved to Wednesday (January 19).Men's action also got underway at the Theodosia Okoh Hockey

Olympic medallists Paddy Barnes and Annalise Murphy are among 13 candidates aiming to secure their place on the Olympic Federation of Ireland’s (OFI) Athletes’ Commission.

O'Connor automatically securing a place ©Getty ImagesRace walker Brendan Boyce, canoeist Hannah Craig, hockey

Images Back to topHockeyThe University of Birmingham's women's team play in the top flight of English hockey

- the England Women's Hockey League Premier Division.

Other local clubs include Edgbaston and Bournville.The Midlands Hockey League runs a number of divisions

It is run by Midlands Hockey, the governing body for the sport in the region.

Back to topIce hockeyCoventry Blaze play in the Elite Ice Hockey League - the top tier for the sport

Canada and the United States are set for a rematch of the Pyeongchang 2018 ice hockey final on the opening

Declan Farmer scored his second of the game for the Americans.It was their fourth gold medal in ice hockey

Indian Olympic Association (IOA) and International Hockey Federation (FIH) President Narinder Batra has

The Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) ice hockey team will face Latvia in a pre-Beijing 2022 warm-up match

The match will take place at the Beijing National Indoor Stadium (NIS), one of two ice hockey venues

the warm-up match on February 5 - the day after the Opening Ceremony of Beijing 2022.The men’s ice hockey

The coronavirus pandemic has forced organisers to make significant changes to the Queen’s Baton Relay during its time in India.

She was joined by Odisha women’s football coach Shradhanjali Samantray.Odisha Hockey Promotion Council

Dutee Chand, 100m gold medallist at the 2019 Universiade, carried the Baton alongside India women’s hockey

South Africa are set to begin the defence of their men's and women's Africa Cup of Nations hockey titles

tomorrow, with both tournaments being held at the Theodosia Okoh Hockey Stadium in Accra.

They are ranked by the International Hockey Federation (FIH) as the continent's top team, sitting 14th

#ACN2022#HockeyInvites@AfrHockey @FIH_Hockey pic.twitter.com/v14c9eSWXI— GHANA HOCKEY (@GhanaHockey

Former National Hockey League (NHL) player Reid Boucher has pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a 12

The 28-year-old American was aged 17 and part of the USA Hockey national team development programme at

Athletic that they had no knowledge of the sexual assault allegation at the time of recruiting him.USA Hockey

and there were no accusations made, but Boucher was proactively removed from the billet home," a USA Hockey

Vancouver Canucks.He is currently playing with Russian outfit Lokomotiv Yaroslavl in the Kontinental Hockey

(KHL).A statement from the KHL read: "The KHL has been informed about the situation with Lokomotiv hockey

The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has appointed its senior vice-president Rakesh Anand as Chef de Mission for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.

winning 66 medals at Gold Coast 2018 and finishing third on the medals table.IOA chief and International Hockey

questions concerning India's participation at Birmingham 2022 has been whether or not the national hockey

Louise Martin told insidethegames last month that the organisation had been assured that India's hockey

Shane Doan has been appointed general manager of Canada's men's ice hockey team for next month's Beijing

Doan served as assistant general manager for the Canadian team which won gold at the International Ice Hockey

development officer.Hockey Canada's senior vice-president of hockey operations Scott Salmond has taken

Canada's senior manager of hockey operations Tyler Dietrich.Arizona Coyotes legend Shane Doan has been

named Canada's men's ice hockey general manager for Beijing 2022 ©Getty ImagesThirteen members of the

Canada have won a record nine men's ice hockey gold medals at the Olympics, most recently back-to-back

With an average age of 25, the United States has selected its youngest Olympic men's ice hockey team

since 1994 due to the absence of National Hockey League (NHL) players at Beijing 2022.

roster is made up of players who ply their trade in Russia, Sweden, Germany and the second-tier American Hockey

 Beniers is due to become the youngest man to play for the US ice hockey side at the Olympics since

2018, having previously competed in five consecutive Winter Olympics from Nagano 1998.The men's ice hockey

The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Council has confirmed it will not support any player from

the National Hockey League (NHL) playing at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, citing its cooperation

cooperation between the IIHF, NHL, NHLPA and the IOC is vital to the continued success and development of ice hockey

Although we deeply regret not being able to bring back best-on-best ice hockey to the Winter Olympics

A week-long series of events are set to be held to mark it being one year until the Lake Placid 2023 International University Sports Federation (FISU) Winter World University Games.

Mid's Park.Other events include curling under the full moon on Lake Placid’s Mirror Lake, a women’s ice hockey

The Kontinental Hockey League (KHL), the largely Russian ice hockey competition poised to provided many

suggestion that this will prevent players from being released for Beijing 2022, as has happened to National Hockey

NHL) players.The NHL, based in Canada and the Untied States, is widely regarded as the best men's ice hockey

 "The FHR [Russian Ice Hockey Federation] has confirmed our ability to hold games during the Olympics

The men's ice hockey tournament at Beijing 2022 is scheduled for February 9 to 20.An Olympic Athletes