By Tom DegunSeptember 17 - The International Federation for Equestrian Sports (FEI) have announced that the French city of Lyon will host the 2014 FEI World Cup jumping and dressage finals after the Mexican city of Guadalajara withdrew from staging the competition despite previously being awarded it.

dressage at the Guadalajara Country Club, jumping at the Hipica Club and eventing at the Santa Sofia Golf

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.

to host the 2020 Olympic Games and Club de Campo de Villa Madrid has been proposed as the venue for golf

By Duncan MackaySeptember 7 - Tokyo has unveiled the senior team that will guide its bid to host the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics, with the city's Governor Shintaro Ishihara taking on the role of chairman and Masato Mizuno (pictured), a leading figure in the sports apparel market, as the chief executive.

now Japan's biggest sports manufacturer and one of the biggest in the world, probably best known in golf

By David GoldSeptember 2 - The Junior Ryder Cup will return to Scotland in 2014, after the success of the 2010 event held at Gleneagles, with the senior version of the contest set to take place over the PGA Centenary Course in the same year.

saw for myself on Friday how the clubgolf programme is inspiring youngsters in Scotland to take up golf

Golf is making rapid progress in Scotland, particularly among girls, with over 18,000 having been introduced

Janeiro, when the alternative attractions promise to be still more compelling, with the arrival of golf

By David GoldAugust 27 - Bob Beamon has been confirmed as the new chief executive of Art at the Olympians Museum and Gallery at the Al Oerter Center for Excellence in Fort Myers in Florida.

Schwarzenegger, as well as hosting the South Florida Inner City Games and the Bob Beamon United Way Golf

By Tom DegunAugust 22 - British firm AECOM has won the international competition to design the masterplan for the Rio 2016 Olympic Park, picking up the $62,000 (£38,000/€43,000) prize money.

chosen through subsequent competitions while there will be a separate competition to design the new golf

By Mike RowbottomAugust 17 - James Willstrop, Britain's world number four squash player, says he is losing faith in his sport's chances of being included in the 2020 Olympics after its failures to earn selection for the 2012 and 2016 Games.

They will be encouraged by the fact that thousands will watch those two sports, the same reasons why golf

"It's far more accessible than golf, and in terms of legacy, it is a lot more of a down-to-earth sport

By Marcus CrawleyAugust 12 - Irish golfer Rory McIlroy, the US Open champion, has said he will wait to declare which country he would represent in the Olympics.

excitement will build for it and people will get into it more and I think it's great for the game of golf

in Maryland, finishing eight clear of the field at -16.He is currently fourth in the official world golf

By Duncan MackayAugust 6 - Britain's Lee Westwood, the world's second-ranked golfer, has admitted he has changed his mind about the sport being part of the Olympics and he now wants to represent Britain at Rio 2016.

 "When they first suggested that golf would become an Olympic sport, I wasn't a fan," Westwood told

"Golf is all about winning Majors.

"But then I spoke to a few people and they explained to me what the impact of having golf in the Olympics

"It's something that's never happened in golf."

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Recently awarded an honorary doctorate by Leeds University she still plays golf near her home in Sanderstead

By Emily GoddardJuly 12 - The 2011 Disabled British Open (DBO) Golf Championship has received sponsorship

Barwell, organiser of the third annual DBO, which takes place on August 20-21 at East Sussex National Golf

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MackayJuly 15 - A new course in the seaside region of Barra da Tijuca in Rio de Janeiro will host the golf

governing body says the Riserva Uno site has been confirmed by Rio's Organising Committee as the venue for golf

Both Jack Nicklaus and Annika Sorenstam have written to the International Golf Federation to

The format remains as per the Olympic bid for golf which was 60 men in one competition, 60 women in another

By Duncan MackayJuly 14 - Glasgow 2014 has published details of gifts and hospitality received by officials organising the Commonwealth Games following the controversial resignation of John Scott (pictured) as chief executive.

restaurant in Glasgow for dinner and a cookery demonstration, as a guest of PwC.PwC also paid for a round of golf

By David Owen in DurbanJuly 5 - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has agreed on a shortlist of eight sports to be considered for inclusion in the 2020 Summer Games.

sports were in the frame last time the IOC assessed the sports in its summer programme.This resulted in golf