By Mike RowbottomJuly 29 - British pentathlete Sam Weale claims persistent technical problems with the laser shooting system controversially introduced to top-level competition this year have turned his sport into a "lottery" which is putting the Olympic ambitions of athletes at risk.

The only reason modern pentathlon can get away with this is because it is such a small sport with little

eventNovember 2010: Exclusive - Bartu hits out at London 2012 laser gun confusionNovember 2010: Modern pentathlon

drops laser gun plan for London 2012August 2010: Laser guns to be used in modern pentathlon at London

start to his European Championships campaign today by smashing his own world record for the modern pentathlon

second off his old world best.Cooke is originally from Gloucestershire but trains full-time at the Pentathlon

By Duncan Mackay in London July 27 - VisitBritain, the UK's national tourism agency, and the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) today announced a innovative new partnership that will see a squad of America's leading athletes, including Bryan Clay (pictured), tour Britain later this year to help promote their participation at London 2012.

Portland - who will alll stage events during London.Jeremy Campbell, the 2008 Paralympic discus and pentathlon

paramount task of qualifying crews for next year's London Olympics.As in other sports such as modern pentathlon

By Tom DegunJuly 21 - Mondo, the official supplier of the athletics track at the past nine Olympic Games and the upcoming London 2012 Olympics, have opened Mondo Brazil to support their sales and service efforts in the South American country as it prepares to host the 2014 FIFA World Cup and then the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio.

place.In addition, Super X Performance is the surface for the running portion of the Military Games' pentathlon

By Tom DegunJuly 14 - Rio de Janeiro is set to face an early test of its credentials to host the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games as the Brazilian city gears up to stage the fifth Military World Games this weekend.

sports.Athletics, basketball, beach volleyball, boxing, equestrian, fencing, football, judo, modern pentathlon

volleyball are all on the sports programme.The only non-Olympic sports to feature are aeronautical pentathlon

, military pentathlon, naval pentathlon, orienteering and parachuting.The 47,000 João Havelange Olympic

second medal to the one won the previous day by her British team-mate Nick Woodbridge in the Modern Pentathlon

off a satisfactory weekend for Britain, for whom 20-year-old Jamie Cooke beat his own world modern pentathlon

medal, while his 20-year-old team mate Jamie Cooke, who eventually finished ninth, broke his own modern pentathlon

Cooke, who trains with Woodbridge at the Pentathlon GB High Performance Centre at the University of Bath

His time of 1min 54.60sec for the 200 metres freestyle took more than a second off his own modern pentathlon

Jan Bartu, Pentathlon GB Performance Director, said: "It was a fantastic ending to the day.

following day comprises Heather Fell, Freyja Prentice and Mhairi Spence.It is the first of three big modern pentathlon

While some of Britain's finest Olympians are from Northern Ireland - Mary Peters, the 1972 pentathlon

By Tom DegunJune 13 - Community action group No to Greenwich Olympic Equestrian Events (NOGOE) are aiming to stage a peaceful protest outside the iconic Greenwich Park when the London 2012 equestrian test event is staged at the venue next month from July 4-6, they have revealed.

and dates back to 1433.During the London 2012 Games, it will host the Olympic equestrian and modern pentathlon

By Tom DegunJune 9 - Members of Britain's handball and goalball teams got their first chance to try out the completed Handball Arena in the Olympic Park, the venue where they will be competing during the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

pipes, was completed in May and will host the men's and women's handball preliminary stages and modern pentathlon

close to the action, the arena is an exciting venue for handball and the fencing element of modern pentathlon

By David GoldJune 1 - The English Table Tennis Association (ETTA) has signed a deal with Into Sport Group to create Explore, an online portal designed to encourage people to take up the sport, as well as to transform the accessibility and quality of development resources available to coaches, clubs and schools.

Contact the writer of this story at [email protected] storiesJanuary 2011: Pentathlon

By Mike RowbottomMay 31 - Jamie Cooke, Britain's 20-year-old modern pentathlete, has moved a step nearer to competing at the London 2012 Games by qualifying to compete at his first World Cup final.

China, at the weekend.That performance helped Cooke, originally from Cheltenham but now training at the Pentathlon

qualification places for 2012.A maximum of two athletes per gender per country can compete in the modern pentathlon

radical and unlooked changes to their competitive environment.Another time-honoured event, the modern pentathlon

throwing and wrestling which was introduced at the Ancient Games in 708 BC - has become the modernised pentathlon

pushing more emphasis back onto the sheer physical prowess of running.So has the technical element within pentathlon

As for sailing and modern pentathlon - the jury is still out.Mike Rowbottom, one of Britain's most talented