What to know for Canada's women's hockey world title defence
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NDP MP Peter Julian seeks answers from Hockey Canada CEO
NDP MP Peter Julian is seeking further accountability and transparency from Hockey Canada by way of a letter issued to the organization's president and CEO, Scott Smith.
Virtual athletes push gaming to its limits
What happens when video gaming is taken to the absolute extremes? A speedrunning marathon is the place to find out.
Experts' take: Why Indian sports governance is in a mess
FIFA dropped a bomb last week, Indian football had no bunker to hide in. The world body found the way things are being run in India's administrative corridors as "serious violation of the FIFA Statutes" and pulled the shutter down on the All India Football Federation (AIFF), putting the 'suspended' label across its face. This effectively meant that, as things stood at that time, India would also lose hosting rights of the FIFA u-17 women's World Cup scheduled to be played from October 11-30 this year. It therefore wasn't a big surprise to learn that the Sports Ministry had moved an application in the Supreme Court seeking an end to the mandate of the Committee of Administrators (CoA), as demanded by FIFA. While banning the AIFF earlier this month FIFA had said that the women's age-group showpiece tournament "cannot currently be held in India as planned." FIFA's decision to take the extreme step was an example of the inevitability Indian sports and sportspersons had been fearing for some time. Like the hockey, judo, equestrian and table tennis federations, the AIFF too was put under a court-appointed Committee of Administrators (CoA), after the Supreme Court removed the AIFF office-bearers in May this year for failing to bring its Constitution in line with the 2011 National Sports Code and not holding elections that have been due since December 2020.
Fearing cancelled hockey games, this northern Ontario league will pay for new gear for refs
The Northern Ontario Hockey Association (NOHA) is in dire need of referees.
'Anything's possible,' Alex Newhook tells young hockey fans at Stanley Cup parade in St. John's
The oldest trophy in North American professional sports made its way through some of the oldest streets in North America on Monday as part of the official celebration for Alex Newhook's Stanley Cup win this spring.
On this day in history, August 23, 1947, Williamsport team in Pa. wins first Little League World Series
Massapequa Coast head coach Roland Clark celebrates his team's success and talks about preparing for the Little League World Series