How many times has the National Hockey League allowed its players to take part in the Winter Olympics?

National Hockey League players will again be completing for their countries when the man’s hockey competition hits the ice on February 16th. They became eligible for the Winter Games in 1992, once the NHL has allowed its athletes to go to the Olympic Games only three previous times, in 1998, 2002 and 2006.

The head of South Africa’s Organizing Committee for the football World Cup, Danny Jordaan, is pleading for fairness. He says the attack against Togo’s national team prior to the Africa Cup of Nations in Angola had nothing to do with South Africa’s ability to hold the World Cup in five months.