Hockey Officials Meet In Marrakesh -- Monday Memo

(ATR)Beginning Oct. 31, the International Hockey Federation is holding its biennial forum in Marrakesh, Morocco.

The FIH Executive Board will meet Oct. 31 and Nov. 2.

On Nov. 1, the FIH will host its 44th Congress.

FIG Congress in Tashkent

The International Gymnastics Federation is holding its 80th Congress Oct. 29-30.

Tashkent, Uzbekistan is hosting the Congress at the city's International Hotel.

Rio 2016 Qualifying

The month of November marks the beginning of the qualification period for 2016 Olympic boxing.

World ranking points will determine which boxers qualify for the Rio Olympic Games.

2014 ISAF Annual Conference

The International Sailing Federation begins its annual conference this year in Palma de Mallorca, Spain on Nov. 1.

The agenda for the conference includes discussions on racing rules, international regulations, a meeting of an Olympic classes sub-committee and a coaches commission.

The conference ends Nov. 8.

World Games Officials Visit Lima

The 2021 World Games evaluation commission visits Lima, Peru Oct. 27-31.

Lima is the third and final candidate city the evaluation commission will visit, having visited Ufa, Russia, and Birmingham, United States earlier this month.

Officials tell Around the Ringsthe International World Games Association will announce the host city for the 2021 World Games on Jan. 22, 2015.

IAAF Visits Candidate Cities for 2019 World Championships

The International Association of Athletics Federations will evaluate two 2019 World Championship candidate cities this week.

Eugene, United States and Doha, Qatar will host the evaluation commission on Oct. 26-27 and Oct. 30-31 respectively. The commission visited Barcelona on Oct. 14-15.

A host city will be selected by the IAAF Council during its Nov. 18 meeting in Monaco.

Pistorius Could Face Harsher Sentence

Oscar Pistorius could still face a murder conviction and 15 years in prison for the 2013 shooting death of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, according to the AP. The prosecution could appeal the Paralympian's current sentence of five years within the week.

A spokesman for the prosecution confirmed to the AP last Friday thatChief prosecutor Gerrie Nel has consulted a South African criminal law specialist over an appeal in Pistorius' case.

Currently, the Olympian's defense team expects him to serve one-sixth of his five-year sentence. This meansPistorius could be released on house arrest after 10 months.

Written byNicole Bennett

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