By Tom Degun in Singapore August 25 - Britain’s Kieran Martin (pictured) had a superb final outing at the National Sailing Centre here in Singapore to secure a bronze medal on the penultimate day of the inaugural Summer Youth Olympic Games.

one behind silver medalist Chun Leung Michael Cheng of Hong Kong, while gold went to Mayan Rafic of Israel

By Duncan Mackay in Singapore British Sports Internet Writer of the Year August 15 - Politics overshadowed the inaugural Summer Youth Olympic Games here today when Israeli taekwondo fighter Gili Haimovich won a gold medal after Iranian fighter Mohammed Soleimani failed to show up for the final.

" Alex Gilady, an IOC member from Israel who awardd the medals for the competition, said he doubted

" Iran does not recognise Israel and has a policy of not competing against its athletes.

against the United States and withdrew from the Games, avoiding a possible match against Israel

prove himself against the Iranian on the mat," said Michel Madar, chief executive of the Israel

By Tom Degun July 23 - The imperious world number one Esther Vergeer of the Netherlands will bid for her 10th British Open Wheelchair Tennis Championships title tomorrow when she takes on her Dutch compatriot and world number seven Jiske Griffioen in the women’s singles final at Nottingham Tennis Centre.

in his quad singles semi-finals while Andersson beat former British Open champion Shraga Weinberg of Israel

By Tom Degun July 22 - Britain’s Jordanne Whiley secured the biggest win of her career as she shocked world number five Florence Alix-Gravellier of France 1-6 6-4 6-1 at the 21st British Open Wheelchair Tennis Championships to progress to the semi-finals at Nottingham Tennis Centre.

world number three Johan Andersson will face former British Open champion Shraga Weinberg of Israel

By Tom Degun in Nottingham July 21 - British number two Jordanne Whiley produced an inspired performance at the 21st British Open Wheelchair Tennis Championships to cause an upset against seventh seed Katharina Kruger and secure a 6-4, 6-1 win on the second day of play at Nottingham Tennis Centre.

in the quarter-final against young British sixth seed Andrew Lapthorne with a 6-0, 6-1 victory over Israel

By Mike Rowbottom John Register is at the heart of the inaugural Warrior Games, for US servicemen left wounded or traumatised by warfare, which have got underway at the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) base in Colorado Springs this week. Register, who now works as an inspirational public speaker on the subject of maximising life experiences despite disability, has lost his left leg - not as a result of his involvement in the Desert Shield and Desert Storm campaigns for the US Army during the first Gulf War, but through a freak training accident in 1994 as he worked towards qualifying in...

"When I watch Israel and Iraq walk in during the CISM games I realise just how powerful sport can

May 8 - British swimmers dominated the 10 kilometres event at the LEN Open Water Cup in Israel with world

April 26 - British women's head coach Tom Maher has selected a strong roster for his debut campaign leading the senior team as they look to qualify for the Eurobasket Championship which will be held in Poland in 2011, it was announced today.

number test games, two of which will be at Surrey University, and away fixtures in Belgium, Holland and Israel

By Mike Rowbottom in London April 26 - Four years ago, Tsegay Kebede (pictured) was helping his father sell firewood in Addis Ababa, earning around $1 (£0.65) a day to help keep his large family.

But Kebede, whose journey from Addis Ababa had involved stops in Israel and Spain, insisted cheerily

By Tom Degun April 18 - The third and final day of competition at the British International Disability Swimming Championships in Sheffield saw Dan Pepper (pictured) claim gold in the 200 metres freestyle final after he held off the challenge of Brazil's Daniel Diaz.

nbsp;won the silver after touching the wall in a time of 2:35.20 to secure a total of 945 points while Israel

By Tom Degun April 17 - Four-time Paralympic medallist Anthony Stephens (pictured) and Simon Miller both smashed British records on the second day of competition at the British International Disability Championships at Ponds Forge in Sheffield.

went to Brazilian Daniel Dias with a time of 1:33.34 and a total of 937 while the silver was won by Israel

April 16- Swansea's Robert Welbourn (pictured) broke his own European record as Britain’s top swimmers impressed with a number of strong performances on the first day of the British International Disability Championships in Sheffield tonight.

Brazil's Daniel Dias with a time of 33.34 and a total of 937 with silver going to Itzhak Marnistvalov, of Israel

Bordered by Syria to the north, Iraq to the northeast, Saudi Arabia to the east and south and Israel

Alex Gilady, the IOC member from Israel, also sits on the board.

March 12 - American Henry Wittenberg (pictured), who went undefeated for more than 300 wrestling matches and won a gold medal at the 1948 London Olympics, has died at the age of 91.

also a two-time champion at the Maccabiah Games, the international competition for Jewish athletes in Israel

February 1 - An Israeli woman has been set the target of becoming the first female from the country to win an Olympic medal since Yael Arad (pictured) 20 years ago at the London 2012 Games after it was announced that £8 million will be spent on preparing the team for the event.

Efraim Zinger, the secretary general of the Olympic Committee of Israel (OCI) says he hopes

Windsurfer Shahar Zubari claimed Israel’s only medal at the last Olympics in Beijing, taking the

He said: "Until the late 1980s, Israel was sending teams just to participate.

"The Olympics are very important to Israel.

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