Ice Hockey

Sport-Deaths shine light on athletes' depression

TORONTO, Aug 17 - The recent deaths of three North American athletes have nudged the spotlight away from doping and concussions to shine a light on another of elite sport's darkest secrets -- depression.

RPT-UPDATE 1-Vancouver licks wounds after riot dims Olympic glow

* Scenes a reminder of 1994 Stanley Cup riot (Updates throughout)

Olympics 2012, 16 Jun 2011

Ice hockey-Russia sack coach Bykov after disappointing worlds

MOSCOW, May 26 - Vyacheslav Bykov was sacked as Russia's head coach on Thursday following their disappointing showing at this month's world ice hockey championship.

Olympics 2012 26 May 2011

UPDATE 1-Ice hockey-Russia to host 2016 world championship

MOSCOW, May 13 - Russia won the right to stage the 2016 world ice hockey championship on Friday, the latest in a series of international sporting events to be awarded to the world's largest country.

Olympics 2012, 13 May 2011

Colts QB Manning ranked most powerful athlete

DETROIT, Jan 27 - He won't hoist a Super Bowl trophy this year, but Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning can find comfort in a new survey that ranks him the most powerful athlete for his play on the field and his popularity off it.

Stocks, Markets, Olympics 2012, 27 Jan 2011

Ice hockey-James and Granato first women welcomed into Hall

TORONTO, Nov 8 - Canadian Angela James and American Cammi Granato became the first women enshrined in the the Hockey Hall of Fame on Monday.

Olympics 2012, 08 Nov 2010

INTERVIEW-Olympics-Sochi may not need public funds - Games chief

BERLIN, Oct 11 - Russia's Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics may not need help from state funds as sponsorship plans have exceeded expectations, Games chief Dmitiry Chernyshenko said on Monday.

Alpine, Olympics 2012 11 Oct 2010

Olympics-Swedish IOC member heads 2018 bid evaluation team

BERLIN, Sept 13 - Sweden's International Olympic Committee member Gunilla Lindberg will lead an 11-person evaluation commission that will analyse the 2018 Winter Olympic bids, the IOC said on Monday.

Olympics 2012, 13 Sep 2010