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David Owen: GAISF - the chronicle of a death foretold 40 years ago in Sarajevo

  • Inside the Blogs

And so, as revealed in a noteworthy exclusive by my insidethegames colleague Liam Morgan, the Global Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF) may be set for the scrapheap.

buildings were said to be "completed and ready for habitation".Then came Skenderija "where the ice hockey


Finnish ice hockey great Keinonen dies at 80 after battles with Alzheimer's and cancer

  • Ice Hockey

Matti "Molli" Keinonen, one of Finland's greatest ice hockey players from the 1960s and 1970s, has died

as nine World Championships between 1962 and 1973, before being inducted into the International Ice Hockey

Federation Hall of Fame in 2002.In 1987, he was inducted into the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame and his

against their rivals.Born in Tampere in 1941, he first played for his country at the 1962 IIHF Ice Hockey

time Finland had stopped Sweden from defeating them.Matti “Molli” Keinonen, one of Finland’s greatest hockey

#hockey pic.twitter.com/XNhSnB45K9— Hockey on Pribalt.info (@Pribalt_info) November 29, 2021He scored


Defending champions India reach FIH Men’s Junior World Cup quarter-finals

  • Hockey

Defending champions India reached the quarter-finals of the International Hockey Federation (FIH) Men

to settle for second in the pool.No less than 31 players currently participating in the FIH Odisha Hockey

— International Hockey Federation (@FIH_Hockey) November 29, 2021The Netherlands topped Pool C with an


"Miracle on Ice" doctor Nagobads honoured for 100th birthday

  • Ice Hockey

University of Minnesota has honoured George Nagobads, the doctor for the "Miracle on Ice" American ice hockey

Olympics in Lake Placid.The Soviet Union were the four-time defending gold medallists in men's ice hockey

George Nagobads was inducted into the USA Hockey Hall of Fame in 2010 ©Getty ImagesPrior to the game,

there was a recognition dinner for him, attended by Nanne and other ice hockey personnel that included

In 2003, the International Ice Hockey Federation honoured Nagobads with the Paul Loicq Award, which recognises

"outstanding contributions to the IIHF and international hockey".


IIHF to continue review of eligibility of players on China's men's team for Beijing 2022

  • Ice Hockey

The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) is set to review the eligibility of players on the Chinese

week discussed the host nation's team and is due to further analyse information from the Chinese Ice Hockey

the impact that would have on the tournament and the sport as a whole.Dozens of figures within ice hockey

2022 ©Getty ImagesSome of those set to feature on the Chinese team were involved in two Kontinental Hockey

losing 5-4 in overtime to Khabarovsk Amur and 4-1 to Omsk Avangard.Gregory Smyth, head of the China Hockey

It’s tough to see how anyone, or the game of hockey, wins at this point."





Switzerland imposes new COVID-19 border restrictions, casting doubt over Lucerne 2021

  • Lucerne 2021

Switzerland has imposed border restrictions against travellers from several countries where the Omicron variant of COVID-19 has been identified in a move which could impact the Lucerne 2021 Winter Universiade.

qualifier in Zimbabwe was abandoned yesterday because of the new strain, while next month's Women’s Junior Hockey





With the Grand Départ secured, Copenhagen harbours bigger, maybe Olympic, ambitions

  • The Big Read

Bicycles - gloriously, laboriously - are ever-present on the streets of Copenhagen. And so it seems right and fitting that one of the most cycling-friendly of cities should eventually be involved in the greatest of cycling races.

foundation in the country - include World Championships in road and track cycling, badminton, archery, ice hockey



Dutch win on penalties against rivals Belgium in Men's FIH Hockey Pro League

  • Hockey

match of the round in a thrilling shoot-out with regional rivals Belgium in the Men's International Hockey

Federation (FIH) Hockey Pro League on home soil at the Wagener Hockey Stadium in Amstelveen.

Belgium in the first of the two games at the #FIHProLeague pic.twitter.com/VtMwZ60vcC— International Hockey