By Duncan MackayBritish Sports Internet Writer of the YearDecember 31 - Graeme McDowell, the Ryder Cup hero, has been awarded an MBE in the New Year's Honours list published today, along with a CBE for George Kerr, a man known as "Mr Judo".

December 27 - South Korea's Kim Yu-Na has been named the Female Athlete of the Year by the United States Sports Academy with Spanish footballer David Villa taking the men's award.

WNBA MVP and Finals MVP as the Storm defeated the Atlanta Dream for its second championship.Master's golf

December 27 - United States Golf Association (USGA) executive director David Fay, who was instrumental

as well as Torrey Pines in 2008.Fay also served since 1991 as joint secretary of the International Golf

Federation (IGF) and played a role in helping golf return to the Olympics at Rio de Janeiro in 2016

for the game can be matched only by his passion for the people and the mission of the United States Golf

December 20 - Glasgow-based firm Aggreko has won the £37 million ($58 million) contract to provide temporary power to the 2012 London Olympics and the Paralympic Games, it has been announced.

venues.The group, which has also provided temporary power for the Eurovision Song Contest and the UK and US golf

By Tom DegunDecember 17 - New participation figures published by Sport England show there is real concern regarding the continued under-performance of five of the top seven participation sports, including the only sports with more than two million weekly participants - swimming and football.

past 12 months have also been a tough period for sports that are costly and time-consuming, such as golf

By Tom DegunDecember 12 - The International Triathlon Union (ITU) and the International Canoe Federation (ICF) have stated their delight at being accepted into the Paralympic Games.

The seven sports of badminton, canoe, golf, powerchair football, taekwondo, triathlon and Intellectual

By Tom Degun December 11 - The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Governing Board has today made the historic decision at a meeting in Guangzhou in China to increase the number of sports at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games from 20 to 22 with the Paratriathlon and Paracanoe added to the existing programme.

In July this year the seven sports of badminton, canoe, golf, powerchair football, taekwondo, triathlon

Havving tried to get away from the hullabaloo by playing golf, he threw his clubs away in disgust when

December 10 - The man who trains the world's number one golfer Lee Westwood has been named Coach of the Year.

) picked up the accolade for his work helping Westwood overhaul Tiger Woods at the top of the world golf

By Tom DegunDecember 9 - Sarah Springman, International Triathlon Union (ITU) vice president and executive board representative of the ITU Paratriathlon Committee, told insideworldparasport she has done everything humanly possible to get the sport included on the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games programme.

their new Strategic Plan and the Rio 2016 Sports Programme.Paratriathlon is joined by badminton, canoe, golf

By Tom Degun in LondonDecember 8 - Grand National winner A P McCoy has been named Sportsman of the Year at the 62nd annual Sports Journalists' Association (SJA) Awards - the first jockey ever to claim the prize.

the Year for the second time in succession.McCoy, who saw off fellow Northern Irish star and US Open golf

Top flight golf, sailing, tennis, gymnastics and more all visit Qatar on a regular basis.Below the top-level

By Duncan MackayBritish Sports Internet Writer of the YearNovember 11 - Britain's Tanni Grey-Thompson has thrown her support behind triathlon's bid to be included on the programme for the Rio 2016 Paralympics.

The others who have applied are badminton, canoe, golf, powerchair football, taekwondo and triathlon

family (wife and three sons) cushioned by the millions he made from boxing, on the edge of Wentworth golf

He is the author of "The Efficient Golfer" - he first golf book to show readers how to use

Trainer, the first aerobic exercise machine to increase the strength and speed of hip rotation for golf