February 18 - The draw for the FIBA under-19 World Championship for men was held in Riga, ahead of this summer's tournament, scheduled to take place in Latvia between June 30 and July 10.

Latvia; Group C(Liepaja) - Canada, Croatia, Lithuania, Korea; Group D (Liepaja) - China, Egypt, Serbia

By Duncan MackayBritish Sports Internet Writer of the YearFebruary 16 - China's athletics team are to base themselves in Leeds in the final build-up to the London 2012 Olympics after the Yorkshire city beat off fierce competition from other regions in Britain to secure a deal.

United States diving team to prepare there before London 2012 while they had concluded an agreement with Serbia

about 2012 pre-Olympic training campJuly 2009: Leeds going Dutch for London 2012May 2009: Serbia

February 6 - The management team that will guide Britain's men's and women's under-20 basketball squads for this year's European Youth Championship has been announced.

performance coach Dave Bailey, will return to lead the women into the European Youth Championship in Serbia

By Tom DegunFebruary 4 - British Basketball Performance Director Chris Spice is deighted at the news that the men's basketball team are one of six nations set to compete in the London 2012 test event from August 16-21 at the Basketball Arena on the Olympic Park.

Taking on the other heavy hitters France, Serbia and Croatia, will also be a great challenge having missed

By Tom Degun in ChristchurchJanuary 29 - South African Oscar Pistorius stole the show on day eight of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athletics World Championships as he emphatically bounced back from his 100m T44 defeat at the hands of American Jerome Singleton by storming past his great rival to claim victory for South Africa in the men's 4x400 metres relay T53/54 final.

medallist Liravi Se Hosseini of Iran who broke the F13 world record with a throw of 61.48m.Milos Grlica of Serbia

By Tom Degun in ChristchurchJanuary 28 - Ireland's Michael McKillop his 21st birthday today in style as he smashed his own world record to claim gold in the men's 800 metres T37 crown at the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athletics World Championships in the QE II Stadium here.

medallists.Leonardo Diaz of Cuba claimed gold with an F56 world record of 43.10 metres, Drazenko Mitrovic of Serbia

By Tom Degun in ChristchurchJanuary 24 - South African Oscar Pistorius proved once again why he is the main man in Paralympic sport as he cruised to his first gold at the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athletics World Championships with a scintillating performance in the men's 200 metres T44 race.

Khakzadieh of Iran in 39.44 in his disability class.In the women's javelin F13 final, Tanja Dragic of Serbia

By Tom DegunJanuary 7 - The International Cycling Union (UCI) have announced the list of initial places allocated to National Paralympic Committees for the London 2012 Paralympic Games.

Japan, Korea, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Oman, Poland, Romania, Serbia

Romania Russian Federation St Vincent Samoa San Marino Sao Tome and Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia

By Tom Degun in Almaty  October 30 - The first ever World Series of Boxing (WSB) bouts are set to take place tomorrow evening here in Kazakhstan as part of an exhibition match linked to the 2010 AIBA Congress despite the event being put in jeopardy following a potentially devastating court case.

categories - 55kg, 61kg, 73kg, 85kg and 91+kg with fighters from Turkey and Kazakhstan as well as Ghana, Serbia

By Duncan Mackay in Sochi British Sports Internet Writer of the Year October 10 - Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak and Sochi Mayor Anatoly Pakhomov today led a high-level delegation to celebrate the success of the groundbreaking Generations For Peace Sochi Camp 2010, which finished here today,

Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kyrgyzstan, the FYR Macedonia, the Russian Federation, Serbia

October 1 - The first Generations For Peace camp outside the Middle East was officially opened today by the organisation’s founder and chairman, Prince Feisal Al-Hussein.

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kyrgyzstan, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the Russian Federation, Serbia

By Duncan Mackay British Sports Internet Writer of the Year September 10 - Sheffield has pulled off another coup with the announcement that the Brazilian judo team is to base itself in the city during the build-up to the London 2012 Olympics.

United States diving team to prepare there before London 2012 while they had concluded an agreement with Serbia

By Duncan Mackay British Sports Internet Writer of the Year September 9 - Generations For Peace, the charity  led by Prince Feisal Al-Hussein of Jordan, has announced plans to hold its first camp outside the Middle East with an event next month in Sochi, the host city of the 2014 Olympics and Paralympics.

as Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cyprus, Kazakhstan, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Serbia

By Duncan Mackay British Sports Internet Writer of the Year August 30 - Steve Foley, the High Performance Director for USA Diving, has revealed that they chose Sheffield for its pre-London 2012 Olympic training camp following an extensive search of the UK and Europe.

Sheffield September 2009: China open talks with Sheffield about 2012 pre-Olympic training camp May 2009: Serbia