April 16 - Rugby sevens hopes of being admitted to the Olympic programme for the 2016 Games have been boosted by record television figures at the World Cup in Dubai last month.

JULY 24 - BRITISH CYCLING has today announced a multi-million pound partnership with broadcaster Sky for the next five years that will help them prepare for the 2012 London Olympics.

April 16 - Badminton's govering body has given security clearance for the World Championships to be staged in India in August, it was announced today.

April 16 - India has sent eight of its most promising young runners to South Africa as part of a new scheme to develop a world-class athlete by the time of the London 2012 Olympics.

JULY 24 - MICHAEL GOVE, the local MP for Bisley, is leading a campaign for the shooting in the Olympics 2012 to be moved there from the Royal Artillery Barracks in Woolwich.

April 16 - A solution could still be find in the row over a British football team to compete at London 2012, the chief executive of the British Olympic Association Andy Hunt (pictured) claimed today.

JULY 24 - SCOTLAND is refusing to offer any hope that they will co-operate with a British football competing in the 2012 London Olympics.

April 17 - Plans to secure the future of road racing in Britain were announced today, including the investment of extra funds to help meet stringent health and safety regulations.

April 17 - Tyler Hamilton (pictured), the 2004 Olympic champion, has tested positive for a banned substance for a second time in his career and retired, he announced today.

April 17 - Britain’s women volleyball side will make their debut in this summer’s European League next month with a match at Sheffield, it was announced today. 
 

JULY 27 - A SENIOR member of the Football Association of Wales (FAW) has claimed that they have never been consulted about a united British football team for the 2012 Olympics.

JULY 28 - GETTING rugby sevens into the Olympics is one of the key recommendations of a new report into the future of the sport published today.

JULY 29 - BRITAIN'S players return to their base in Denmark over the next two weeks to continue their build-up to the 2012 Olympics.

April 24 - London 2012 organisers have been given the go-ahead by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to move boxing to Wembley - but only if they get the agreement of the sport.

April 21 - UK Athletics today announced that it had set-up a new National Race Walk Centre in Leeds under the leadership of Andi Drake (pictured).