India to launch professional hockey league
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The Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) will launch a professional domestic league in January involving foreign players to help the country regain its past glory in the game.
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A small group of National Hockey League players are to begin testing heated skate blades designed to cut down on friction and allow players to move faster and save energy.
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A hockey league formed for locked-out NHL players called off some preseason games but will proceed with its regular season, which is to start Oct. 7. The Original Stars Hockey League, however
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The NHL players' association is taking its case public.
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In a first for the National  Hockey League, sportscasters for the Sports Network, Canada's  cable sports channel, will call the New York Rangers-Buffalo  Sabres game at ice level.
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The English Premier League has taken the first step towards staging some of its matches in Asia, North America and the Middle East.
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When India play Pakistan, it is a classic hockey match, their historic rivalry sucking in the whole stadium.
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The NHLPA invited the league to the meeting in a letter sent Thursday to commissioner Gary Bettman. &quot;The letter also confirms that the NHLPA is working on a new proposal which it believes should provide the
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India will stage next year's edition of the Johnnie Walker Classic, organizers said on Tuesday.
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The Indian Masters in February will be a tri-sanctioned tournament, organizers announced on Sunday.
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Sports News, New Delhi, Oct 12 (IANS) The Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) is expecting a formal letter of invitation from the game&#39;s world governing body to replace Olympic champion Australia in the Champions Trophy at Lahore in December.
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NEW YORK -- The NHL will play regular-season games for the first time in Europe with the Anaheim Ducks and Los Angeles Kings opening the 2007-2008 season by playing two games in London.
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Hockey East is in its last season as a six-team league, with Boston University scheduled to field its first varsity team next season and Vermont moving over from the ECAC. The league also gets its first automatic bid to the newly expanded eight-team NCAA Tournament.
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India on Thursday launched its first naval summit aimed at forging ties with nations that have a stake in the busy maritime lanes of the Indian Ocean.
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After nearly three months of silence, the NHL and its players finally are going to start talking again. The NHL Players&#39; Association made the first step Thursday by inviting NHL commissioner Gary Bettman and
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NEW DELHI: Millions of Indian cricket fans need not chew their nails with anxiety. The first Test series between India and Australia starting on home turf on October 6 will be beamed into all cable-connected and antennaed homes after all.
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The Carolina Hurricanes will raise their championship banner when they host the Buffalo Sabres in one of the NHL's three season-opening games Wednesday night.