Kari Lehtonen of the Dallas Stars gives up the game-winning goal against the Anaheim Ducks in overtime during game six of the first round of the NHL playoffs in Dallas on Sunday (US time). After a 4-2 victory, the Ducks won the series 4-2.
Pakistan's national hockey team left for Australia on late Tuesday night to participate in the Champions Trophy scheduled to be held from December 1 to 9 in Melbourne.
A financial windfall awaits the world's leading field hockey stars when they play in a new Indian tournament next month on the lines of cricket's popular Indian Premier League (IPL).
The hockey federations of both Pakistan and India have been reportedly in contacts and negotiating for months to revive the bilateral hockey series that were suspended since 2006, official sources said on Monday.
Pakistan's hockey players returned home on Wednesday night from India after their withdrawal from the Hockey India League (HIL) following the escalating border tension between the two arch-rival neighbors, local media reported.
Kenya has cancelled a planned tour of Ghana to play in build-up matches in hockey ahead of the Africa Nations Cup tournament, which will be staged in Nairobi from September 26 to October 6.
China has built 41 hockey training centers in order to raise the game in the country, Chinese hockey chief said in Dalian, Northeast China's Liaoning Province, on Monday.
Akhtar Rasool Chaduahry, chief manager and head coach of Pakistan's national hockey team, on Tuesday resigned from his post after the national team's failure to qualify for next year's World Cup in Holland, first time since the start of the mega event in 1971, officials said.
Australia, England, India, Malaysia and New Zealand have submitted official bids to host the 2018 Hockey World Cups, the International Hockey Federation (FIH) revealed on Tuesday.
Kenya will finally host at the hockey Africa Nations Cup tournament in November after getting the nod from both Africa Hockey Federation (AfHF) and International Hockey Federation (FIH).
Giants South Africa men and women teams successfully retained the hockey Africa Cup of Nations titles in Nairobi on Saturday.
Australian Treasurer Joe Hockey has announced its Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO) in Canberra on Tuesday, forecasting a 47 billion AU dollars (almost $42.06 billion) deficit in 2013-14, and 123 billion AU dollars worth of cumulative deficits over the forward estimates.
Alex Carpenter and Kacey Bellamy scored just 66 seconds apart in the first period as the US crushed Sweden 6-1 on Monday to reach the final of the women's ice hockey tournament at the Sochi Winter Olympic Games.
The National Hockey League (NHL) cast doubt on who will be battling for the Olympic gold medal in 2018, saying it has not decided whether to allow its players to compete in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
Sweden brought Slovenia's fairy-tale run in Sochi to an end with a 5-0 win on Wednesday to become the first team to reach the semifinals of the Olympic men's ice hockey tournament.
Switzerland won their first medal in women's ice hockey after rallying from 0-2 down to beat Sweden 4-3 in a frenetic bronze-medal game at the Sochi Games on Thursday.
More than 5600 spectators watched a fierce competition Tuesday afternoon in the Shayba Arena, with Russian sledge hockey team beating the US 2-1 in a preliminary round group B game during the Winter Paralympic Games.
Pakistan named new coaches for their senior and junior hockey teams on Wednesday as they try to drag themselves out of a slump and revive past glories.