By Duncan MackayJanuary 9 - London 2012 has begun making preparations for the Olympics and Paralympics after officially taking control of the Olympic Park, including releasing details of new Games-time naming for selected venues and spectator areas.

 The Handball Arena (pictured), which is also due to host the fencing during the modern pentathlon

By Mike RowbottomDecember 22 - Andy Hunt, the British Olympic Association chief executive, has cited the achievements of Keri-Anne Payne (pictured) as his favourite sporting performance of the year as he announced the recipients of the 2011 Olympic Athlete of the Year trophy.

LawrenceGymnastics - Daniel PurvisHandball - Steven LarssonHockey - Laura BartlettJudo - Colin OatesModern Pentathlon

By Mike RowbottomNovember 20 - Jamie Cooke (pictured) became world junior modern pentathlon champion

amazing achievement, just fantastic," said Cooke, who is originally from Cheltenham but now trains at the Pentathlon

Philipp Waeffler, men's head coach for Pentathlon GB, said: "It was a bit of a slow start, but after

He went to Argentina ranked at three in the world junior rankings.Britain's last modern pentathlon world

[email protected] storiesSeptember 2011: Cooke has fencing to mend after European Modern Pentathlon

guarantee Britain spot at London 2012July 2011: Cooke starts with a bigger splash at European Modern Pentathlon

By Andrew Warshaw in DohaNovember 15 - Forty years after "Ping-Pong Diplomacy" helped to restore diplomatic relations between the United States and China during the Cold War, table-tennis is about to make history again by uniting North and and South Korea, as well as India and Pakistan.

Sport" - a neutral and apolitical international initiative based in Monaco, founded by modern pentathlon

Gymnastics Handball Hockey Judo Modern Pentathlon

Fencing Football Golf Gymnastics Handball Hockey Judo Modern Pentathlon

By David OwenSeptember 27 - The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is to start monitoring nicotine in order to detect potential patterns of abuse.

list of those in which beta-blockers are prohibited.These are: bobsleigh and skeleton, curling, modern pentathlon

By Mike RowbottomSeptember 24- There was disappointment for Britain's modern pentathlete Jamie Cooke in the individual final of the European Junior Championships in Poland as he finished 21st.

Cooke, an outstanding prospect who has twice broken modern pentathlon world records in the swim this

guarantee Britain spot at London 2012July 2011: Cooke starts with a bigger splash at European Modern Pentathlon

individual bronze medal from Freyja Prentice helped Britain's women take team silver today the Modern Pentathlon

By Emily GoddardSeptember 22 - Belgian triathlete Marino Vanhoenacker has been named as the winner of the United States Sports Academy's (USSA) 2011 Jim Thorpe All-Around Award after breaking the Ironman triathlon world record after 14 years, smashing it by more than four minutes to claim his sixth consecutive Ironman Austria title in July of this year.

became a legend for his athletic prowess at the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm where he won both the pentathlon

By Mike RowbottomSeptember 19 - Britain's young modern pentathletes are celebrating striking gold on the opening day of the European Junior Championships in Poland after moving up to places in the final run/shoot discipline.

climbed from fifth to third.Rosling, originally from near Taunton in Somerset, but now training at the Pentathlon

By Tom DegunSeptember 19 - Beijing 2008 Olympic swimming champion Rebecca Soni is currently visiting the UK as part of the Team USA Britain Bound tour which sees her and other top American athletes travel across Britain to spread the Olympic message.

medal success next year.Other athletes involved in the Britain Bound tour include Paralympic discus and pentathlon

By Jo HalpinSeptember 16 - Germany, pictured, won team gold for the seventh time at the FEI European Jumping Championships, with a superb final-day performance in Spain.

2020 Olympic Games and Club de Campo de Villa Madrid has been proposed as the venue for golf, modern pentathlon

By Tom Degun at the Handball Arena in LondonSeptember 15 - London 2012 have this evening revealed the design for the new gender pin badge here at the Handball Arena at the Olympic Park.

Sport conference.The Handball Arena itself will host handball and the fencing discipline of modern pentathlon

Britain's Heather Fell and Nick Woodbridge finished seventh in the mixed relay competition at the Modern Pentathlon

It's the first time we've competed in the new mixed relay at this level," said Jan Bartu, Pentathlon