Ice Hockey

Beijing Winter Olympics 2022: Kamila Valieva sets sights on 2nd title; Slovakia stun USA in men's ice hockey

Russian figure skater Valieva into tears after topping Tuesday's first half of the women's singles competition to put herself in prime position ahead of the all-important free skate.

Beijing Winter Olympics 2022: For China’s foreign-born ice hockey players, embracing new names part of living Olympic dream

When China's men's team makes it Olympic ice hockey debut in Beijing next Thursday against the United States, more than half of the players will be of foreign origin, most of those from Canada.

Winter Olympics 2022: The rise and demise of South Korea's ice hockey dream

The team's demise — hastened by the COVID-19 pandemic — is symbolic of how the Pyeongchang Games four years ago failed to spur much in the way of lasting interest in winter sports in South Korea and investment dried up

NHL players will not compete at 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics

Olympic rosters will now be filled by players from European leagues, colleges and development clubs as they were at the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics, when the NHL elected not to take part.

Hosts China face possible exclusion from Winter Olympics ice hockey due to 'insufficient sporting standard'

Drawn in Group A of the men's tournament, China would find themselves up against Canada, the United States and Germany, teams that would likely thrash the Chinese.

Top Belarus ice hockey official steps down after controversy over threatening players for political views

The Belarus hockey federation had initially signaled Dmitri Baskov could stay on as president, but he told state TV on Friday he was stepping aside to avoid possible further sanctions against the federation if he stayed.

Khelo India Winter Games: Prime Minister Narendra Modi to delivery inaugural address via video conferencing

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will deliver the inaugural address at the opening ceremony of the second Khelo India Winter Games to be held at Gulmarg in north Kashmir from 26 February to 2 March.

Belarus stripped of role as 2021 Ice Hockey World Championships co-host due to 'political unrest, COVID-19'

Belarus had been due to co-host the event with Latvia in May and June, but ice hockey's governing body, the IIHF, said the decision to move the world champs from Minsk was "unavoidable... due to safety and security issues that are beyond the IIHF's control".

NHL postpones playoff matches in protest against police shooting of Jacob Blake

Coronavirus Outbreak: MLB, NHL teams close Florida training facilities after players test positive for COVID-19

The hope for a return of professional sports in North America took a hit on Friday as two teams from MLB and one from the NHL closed their Florida facilities after players tested positive for the new coronavirus.