Slovakia will host the 2029 IIHF World Championship. Or at least, it will unless something extraordinary happens, according to Slovak journalist Martin Toth-Vaňo, who notes in a tweet that all ...

In the spirit of the NHL announcing quarter-century teams for each of its 30 franchises that have played since 2000, I thought I’d try a similar exercise by country – first and second teams.

The IIHF decision on Tuesday covers all world championships and effectively next year’s Winter Olympic Games in Italy, although the International Olympic Committee has the final say.

Gints Zilbalodis’ Flow, the animated film that had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, has earned Latvia its first Academy Award nominations. The film landed Best Animated Feature ...

Fredonia native Nick Bailen, right, representing Belarus, checks Sweden’s Rickard Rakell during the 2021 IIHF World Hockey Championships in Riga, Latvia. AP photo The National Hockey League is ...

“It has provided a kind of uplifting feeling for Latvia.” The national pride is understandable. On Thursday, Zilbalodis’ Flow earned Latvia its first Academy Award nominations. The film ...

An undersea fiber optic cable between Latvia and Sweden was damaged on Sunday, likely as a result of external influence, Latvia said, triggering an investigation by local and NATO maritime forces ...

After a fiber optic cable was damaged near Sweden, Latvia sent a patrol boat to inspect a suspicious vessel in the Baltic Sea. Sweden later said it seized a vessel believed to have carried out the ...

According to an X post from TSN insider Darren Dreger, the league and its players’ union “have advised the IIHF they intend on moving forward, at least for now, without IIHF involvement in the ...

Latvian Foreign Minister Baiba Braze said early Monday that the cable was “significantly damaged” but the operator was prepared, so “we have not suffered any loss of data or transmission.” ...

Calgary Flames forward Yegor Sharangovich is many things. He’s a really good hockey player. He’s a Lego maniac. But one thing ...

Latvia's Prime Minister, Evika Siliņa, has sought assistance from Sweden and other Nato allies to investigate damage to an underwater data cable linking Latvia to Sweden. The damage is believed ...