The International Ice Hockey Federation has banned the Russian national team from participating in the 2026 World Championship, which will be held in Switzerland. Source: Champion, a sports news ...

ZURICH — Russia and Belarus are to remain frozen out of International Ice Hockey Federation competitions through the 2025-26 season. The IIHF decision on Tuesday covers all world championships and ...

North Korea has played friendly football and ice hockey matches with Russia in bilateral sports exchanges, state media reported Friday, as the two countries expand ties following the deployment of ...

The IIHF just dropped the hammer on Russia again and this time, it’s Olympic-sized. Just when it seemed like global hockey might inch toward normalcy, the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) ...

Russia has been frozen out of international ice hockey competitions since the country invaded Ukraine three years ago. :: File But after Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke with U.S. President ...

ST. PETERSBURG, September 24. /TASS/. Oleg Znarok has been appointed to the post of head coach of the Russian national ice hockey team, President of the Russian Hockey Federation (RHF) Vladislav ...

In an echo of the Cold War, ice hockey has become central to international diplomacy, after it was mentioned by Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump during talks on Ukraine, and during tensions between the ...

The 1980 US Olympic men’s ice hockey team defied nearly insurmountable odds to defeat the Soviet Union, the world’s largest hockey superpower, propelling them to win a gold medal and the nation’s ...

ZURICH — Russia and Belarus are to remain frozen out of International Ice Hockey Federation competitions through the 2025-26 season. The IIHF decision on Tuesday covers all world championships and ...