By Duncan Mackay in DurbanJuly 3 - Charles Beigbeder, the President of Annecy 2018, has hit out at its rivals to host the Winter Olympics and Paralympics amid reports that former chief executive Edgar Grospiron wanted the French city to withdraw its bid more than six months ago because he was so certain that it would be unsuccessful.

The Ryder Cup of golf, we were told not to go, but we won."

By Emily GoddardJune 28 - The burgeoning international appeal of the Disabled British Open (DBO) golf

Clinton, North Carolina, has cerebral palsy, and after 20 years of playing maintains a respectable golf

American to play in the annual tournament when he tees off in the third DBO at East Sussex National Golf

South Africa, Pakistan, Spain, Ireland and Germany.For 32-year-old Faircloth, however, it is not just a golf

My CP really doesn't affect my golf game; I don't hit it far, and that does play a role in my scores.

2010: Kent golfer lifts Disabled British Open titleJuly 2010: Entries for Disabled British Open golf

honoured by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) after a great career in athletics, hockey and golf

Along the way she won the QLD Country Golf Championship in 1972 and qualified for the Australian Championships

a little way down the road when he comes to choose who to represent at the 2016 Rio Games, at which golf

Canvassed on the topic in September 2009, shortly before golf was voted back into the Games by the International

"Holywood is a very nice, mixed area of Belfast, and the golf club is too.

By Tom DegunJune 9 - Television graphics for the BBC's coverage of the London 2012 Olympic Games next year are set to be provided by leading media services organisation deltatre in partnership with live broadcast graphics company Mammoth.

has years of experience in major sports event graphics operations across football, athletics, rugby, golf

By Tom Degun May 30 - Leading German prosthetics company Otto Bock staged a technical services workshop at the recent BT Paralympic World Cup in Manchester which provided a flavour of what will feature at London 2012.

expected.Meanwhile on display at the BT Paralympic World Cup for the first time was Otto Bock's "Accessible Golf

product.The product, which retails at £16,000 ($26,000), is tailored to customers who previously played golf

By Tom Degun May 30 - Leading German prosthetics company Otto Bock staged a technical services workshop at the recent BT Paralympic World Cup in Manchester which provided a flavour of what will feature at London 2012.

expected.Meanwhile on display at the BT Paralympic World Cup for the first time was Otto Bock's "Accessible Golf

product.The product, which retails at £16,000 ($26,000), is tailored to customers who previously played golf

By Tom DegunMay 17 - Annecy's today tried to claim that its bid to host the 2018 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games has received a timely boost as France today won the right to stage golf's prestigious Ryder Cup in 2018, the first time it will have been staged in mainland Europe for 21 years.

Le Golf National course near Paris was chosen ahead of other bids from Portugal, Germany, the Netherlands

By David GoldMay 9 - Edwin Moses, Jack Nicklaus and Miguel Indurain have paid tribute to fellow Laureus Academy member Seve Ballesteros, who died last weekend after a protracted battle against a brain tumour.

Ballesteros was just 54 when he died in Pedrena, Northern Spain, and the golf legend led a remarkable

and two US Masters titles.Ballesteros also played a significant role in the re-emergence of European golf

Nicklaus added: "Golf has lost a great champion and a great friend."

By David GoldMay 7 - The La Manga Club in Murcia is the only venue in the running to bring the Solheim Cup to Spain in 2015.

La Manga is a prestigious golf venue and the club is receiving significant political and financial

huge boost to the region's economy and re-affirm Murcia and La Manga Club as the best place to play golf

As a resort we are huge supporters of ladies golf and know we have the infrastructure and courses to

Stadium on August 5, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro ©Getty ImagesThis number included both rugby sevens and golf

By Duncan MackayApril 29 - Malaysia has appointed the country's former chief secretary to the Government Tun Ahmad Sarji Abdul Hamid as its Chef de Mission for London 2012, they have announced.

founding chairman of the Institute of Islamic Understanding Malaysia, and chairman of the Professional Golf

April 25 - French golf officials are hoping that a combination of Gallic cultural clout, the strategic

The French bid, which centres on Le Golf National, the headquarters of the French Golf Federation (

are Germany at The Audi Course, near Munich; Netherlands at Spijk; Portugal at the Herade da Comporta Golf

funding will come from revenue collected from a small increase over the next few years in the annual golf

"That is excellent for the development of golf on the continent."

Our candidacy is entirely in the hands of the [golf] federation and for the development of golf in our

By Duncan Mackay at SportAccord in LondonApril 3 - Baseball and softball's international federations are set to meet here this week to discuss a possible joint proposal to get their sports back onto the Olympic programme for 2020.

sports to regain their places on the programme for Rio 2016 also failed when they were overlooked for golf

up on Olympic 2016 dreamOctober 2009: Softball plans to rebrand after Olympic failureOctober 2009: Golf

By David GoldMarch 25 - Last year's Open Championship, staged at St Andrews, delivered a £100 million ($161 million) boost to Scotland's economy according to organisers, exceeding the predicted £80 million ($129 million).

as a marketing benefit of some £52.6 million ($84.6 million) from its presentation as the "Home of Golf

United States delivers such a powerful legacy to the country recognised, the world over, as the 'Home of Golf

Open Championships.Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond was particularly deilghted at the news, with golf

Scotland is the home of golf so it's no surprise our sporting credentials, stunning scenery, first class

Every golf fan wants to be at St Andrews when The Open is played, and every time it is, it delivers impressive