By Tom DegunMay 3 - Ukrainian pole vault legend Sergey Bubka (pictured left centre), the Seoul 1988 Olympic champion and current world record holder in the event, has visited the Serbian town of Smeredevo to lay the foundation stone for a new stadium to be named after him.

I hope that the new facilities will create a new generation of elite athletes from Serbia to compete

town and National Federation will share the construction costs for the venue.As part of the visit to Serbia

By David GoldApril 21 - The World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) have awarded wild cards to Cambodia, Mali, Panama and Yemen for this summer's Olympic Games in London.

and Panamanian athletes to compete in the Olympic taekwondo competition.Jamaica, Grenada, Armenia, Serbia

By Tom DegunApril 13 - Montenegro (pictured left), Spain, Greece and Romania have all secured a spot at the London 2012 Olympic men's water polo event after the quartet made the last four at the qualification tournament held in Edmonton, Canada.

by eight teams at the men's water polo Olympic tournament.The first four are world champions Italy, Serbia

By David GoldApril 10 - Two times Olympic gold medallists Croatia has qualified for the London 2012 Olympic Games handball tournament following the European men's qualifiers.

Iceland, which it defeated beat in its final qualifier in Varazdin, Croatia, as well as Sweden, Hungary, Serbia

Veselin Vukovic's Serbia team made it out of qualifiers in Alicante, Spain, after crushing Algeria, having

quarter-finals.France and Spain comprise pot one, Croatia and Sweden are in pot two, with Iceland and Hungary (three), Serbia

By Tom DegunMarch 22 - Michael Ring, Ireland's Minister of State for Tourism and Sport, has praised his country's involvement in London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics after Ireland's National Aquatic Centre (NAC) signed up 13 nations to use the facility as part of their preparations for the Games.

prior to the Olympics and Paralympics while July will see a pre-Olympic water polo tournament featuring Serbia

By Duncan MackayFebruary 13 - Australia's diving team, including Olympic champion Matthew Mitcham (pictured), will prepare for London 2012 in Leeds, it has been announced. 

United States to train at the John Charles Centre for Sport (pictured).There will also be athletes from Serbia

athletics team for London 2012 training campJuly 2009: Leeds going Dutch for London 2012May 2009: Serbia

By Duncan MackayFebruary 1 - Denmark has set a target of winning seven Olympic medals, including one from Caroline Wozniacki (pictured), at London 2012, the same number they won at Beijing four years ago, they have announced. 

nbsp;Denmark men's handball team recently won their second European Championships title, beating hosts Serbia

By David GoldOctober 17 - Olympic high jump champions Andrey Silnov and Anna Chicherova witnessed delegates at Generations For Peace's camp in Sochi taking part in activities this weekend.

delegates have been drawn following a rigorous selection programme from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Russia, Serbia

By David Gold in SochiOctober 12 - Generations For Peace chief executive Mark Clark (pictured right) believes the organisation, who use sport as a vehicle to promote peace, would not be where it is today without the help of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

running their eighth camp here, where 53 delegates from Russia, Georgia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia

By David Gold in SochiOctober 10 - Prince Feisal Al Hussein (pictured) has opened Generations For Peace's eighth peace building camp here today and spoke of his hope that the event can help advance peace throughout the region as well as to promote the principles of the Olympic Movement.

and looks to build on the success of 2010, with 53 delegates from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Serbia

By David GoldSeptember 27 - Teams from across America and Asia are gearing up for Olympic handball qualification tournaments as they bid to reach London 2012.

Rico and Chile fighting out Group B.African and European qualification will be decided in Morocco and Serbia

By David GoldSeptember 17 - Sprinter Carmelita Jeter (pictured) and decathlete Trey Hardee have been named as the US Olympic Committee's (USOC) Athletes of the Month, with the national volleyball team taking the team of the month honour for August.

a 3-0 victory over the highly fancied Brazilians in the final.They came through a tough group with Serbia

, Kazakhstan and China to reach the second group stage, where they again played Serbia, as well as Japan

and the Dominican Republic.In progressing to the third group stage, they lost just once, 3-1 to Serbia

stage saw them finish second to Brazil, and in the knockout rounds, they once more came up against Serbia

By David GoldSeptember 2 - Fabiana Beltrame made history at Lake Bled in Slovenia today by becoming the first Brazilian rower to take a World Championship title.

and South Africa, who seemed to be set to miss out on qualification for London next year, edged out Serbia

By Tom DegunAugust 31 - The world's best young players are heading out to Rimini in Italy for the start of the inaugural International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Invitational 3x3 Youth World Championships in the city from September 9-11. 

Serbia, Croatia and Greece will be strong contenders in the boys' competition after they claimed gold

Netherlands, Nepal, New Zealand, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Romania, South Africa, Russia, Singapore, Slovenia, Serbia

By Tom DegunAugust 21 - The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) have described the London International Basketball Invitational, which was the London 2012 test event, as an "excellent event" as France claimed victory in the six-day competition that saw competitive sport take place at the Olympic Park for the first time.

The event saw six teams in action with Australia, China, Croatia, France, Great Britain and Serbia

Tony Parker (pictured), who came out on top.On the final day of the competition, the French squad beat Serbia

hosts finished in fifth place.Croatia beat China 83-53 to finish in third, just ahead of fourth-placed Serbia