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Indoor Hockey World Cup in Belgium cancelled due to COVID-19

  • Hockey

Next month's postponed Indoor Hockey World Cup in Belgium has been cancelled because of COVID-19 concerns

The International Hockey Federation (FIH) and Hockey Belgium decided to call off the tournament in Liège

Unfortunately, the FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup is cancelled due to the current health situation and the

Federation (@FIH_Hockey) January 10, 2022"The FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup is the pinnacle of indoor

hockey," said FIH chief executive Thierry Weil.

 "Therefore, considering all indoor hockey athletes and fans, it was extremely hard to cancel the



Kerry resigns from head coach role with Britain and England men's hockey

  • Hockey

Danny Kerry has stepped down as head coach of the Britain and England men's hockey teams after 17 years

2005 to 2012 and 2014 to 2018.With the men's side, he oversaw the climb to sixth in the International Hockey

fifth-place finish at Tokyo 2020.The achievements make Kerry the most successful head coach in British hockey

pic.twitter.com/c74UpnD4dI— Great Britain Hockey (@GBHockey) January 7, 2022"The capacity to win big


USA Hockey picks first players for Beijing 2022 after NHL withdrawal

  • Ice Hockey

USA Hockey has reportedly invited the first 15 players to compete on its men's ice hockey team for the

Eight current college hockey players, six Americans playing overseas and one minor league player have

the United States at Beijing 2022, according to Daily Faceoff's Chris Peters and Frank Seravalli.USA Hockey

has been forced to look outside of the National Hockey League (NHL) to find its team for a second straight

Championship, cancelled midway through the event because of COVID-19 - while four play in Russia's Kontinental Hockey

, Brian O'Neill and David Warsofsky.Warsofsky plies his trade Germany's Deutsche Eishockey Liga.USA Hockey


Philip Barker: A century of Wembley Stadium sport

  • Inside the Blogs

One hundred years ago this week on a winter’s afternoon at Wembley in North London, a simple ceremony marked the beginning of work on what was to become one of the most famous sporting arenas in the world.

known as "Mr Wembley".He introduced greyhound racing, rugby league speedway, and, in time, women’s hockey

ceremony to lay the foundation stone, King George VI declared the Games open.Wembley hosted the men’s hockey


North Korea blames Beijing 2022 ban on "hostile forces" and criticises "vicious" US actions

  • Beijing 2022

The Olympic Committee of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (PRK NOC) and North Korea's Ministry of Physical Culture and Sports have blamed its ban from the Games on "hostile forces", and criticised the United States-led actions in the build-up to the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.

Olympic Games, which was marked by the historic inclusion of a unified Korean team in the women's ice hockey


Malaysia

  • Birmingham 2022 Chef de Mission interviews

Malaysia's Chef de Mission for Birmingham 2022 is a rugby man, and clearly remembers his country going up against the might of New Zealand at their home Kuala Lumpur 1998 Commonwealth Games.

cycling, gymnastics, judo, lawn bowls, squash, triathlon, table tennis, weightlifting, beach volleyball, hockey




Beijing 2022's closed-loop system to counter COVID-19 comes into use as overseas staff arrive

  • Beijing 2022

Beijing 2022's "closed-loop management system" has officially begun operation as the Chinese Government vowed to combat the threat of the Omicron coronavirus variant and stage a safe Winter Olympics.

China's record on human rights and a United States-led diplomatic boycott on such grounds.The National Hockey

League is no longer releasing its players - considered the best men's ice hockey athletes in the world


Defending champions United States name women's ice hockey squad for Beijing 2022

  • Beijing 2022

USA Hockey has named its women's squad for the ice hockey tournament at the upcoming 2022 Winter Olympic

United States, joining Jenny Potter, Angela Ruggiero and Julie Chu as the only American women in USA Hockey

pic.twitter.com/I9N8n73cyH— USA Hockey (@usahockey) January 3, 2022"The players have consistently worked

sparking a diplomatic boycott of the Games by the US, have dominated the build-up to Beijing 2022.National Hockey

League players will not compete in the men's ice hockey event, which begins six days after the women's



Environmental focus as Queen's Baton Relay visits Maldives and encounters Commonwealth Games medallists Pakistan

  • Birmingham 2022

School pupils and other members of the Dhidhdhoo community celebrated the arrival of the Queen's Baton in the Maldives by spending New Year's Day cleaning beaches.

medallist at Gold Coast 2018, was also amongst those to receive the Baton.They were joined by 1984 Olympic hockey

 Sardar also won the Hockey World Cup and Asian Games gold but hockey’s arrival on the Commonwealth


Mike Rowbottom: Mike Bull - pole vaulter and philosopher - recalls troubled rise from Belfast to the heights, in company with Mary Peters

  • Inside the Blogs

All elite athletes will have their own story about key moments in their careers. It is just that some can express this more clearly than others. Some such as Britain's former pole vaulter and decathlete Mike Bull, for instance.

Portadown field; in Buster’s city gym; or, for much of the winter, alongside Bull at the Shore Road hockey