Winter Olympic organisers insist ice hockey arena ready despite hole in rink

Asked whether there was any possibility that the venue, in the eastern Santa Giulia district of Milan, would not be ready to host matches International Olympic Committee (IOC) sport director Pierre Ducrey told reporters: "No chance at all." And organisers said they were not worried even after an Italian Cup match played on the rink on Friday was briefly stopped due to the hole, which was quickly patched up. Don Moffatt, who works for the Colorado Avalanches in the National Hockey League (NHL) and is in charge of the ice at the Olympic rink...