By Duncan Mackay British Sports Internet Writer of the Year August 26 - Two United States aquatics teams have announced deals to set-up pre-London 2012 training camps in the British Isles, including the first squad to reach an agreement to prepare in Ireland.

Sheffield already have a deal for Serbia to base themselves there before London 2012.

Sheffield September 2010: China open talks with Sheffield about 2012 pre-Olympic training camp May 2009: Serbia

By Duncan Mackay in Singapore British Sports Internet Writer of the Year August 23 - Plans to include 3-on-3 basketball on Copacabana Beach at the Rio 2016 Olympics are set to be backed by the Games' leading official Carlos Nuzman after the brilliant success of the format at the inaugural Summer Youth Olympic Games here.

Serbia and China won the gold medals in the finals of the boys and girls' competition at the

Serbia beat Croatia 22-9 in the boys' action while girls' team from China beat Australia 33-29 to

By Duncan Mackay British Sports Internet Writer of the Year August 1 - Slovakia's Zuzana Stefecekova has become first woman to book her place in the London 2012 Olympics by winning the gold medal in the trap at the ISSF World Championship  in Munich.

The fourth and last Olympic quota place to be awarded in this match went to Serbia’s Andrija Zlatic

to board the team bus to Manchester Airport en route to our next competition destination - Kladovo, Serbia

Serbia struggled at times to handle the speed and variation of our offence.

As we approached the business end of the set, however, Serbia grew in confidence and closed it out.

The progress we’ve made since playing Serbia one year ago is astonishing.

If a small town in Serbia with a population of 30,000 people can get 2,000 fans to support their national

June 13 - Beach volleyball qualifying for the London 2012 Olympics will begin in Russia next month, it has been announced.

Further events are due to be organised in Greece, Slovenia, France, Serbia, Turkey and Malta.

June 13 - Japan's women's volleyball team, who have twice won the Olympic gold medal, have visited Sheffield to inspect the facilities as a possible training camp before the London 2012 Games.

"Serbia will be the next high ranking team to visit Ponds Forge to play GB Women in a televised

  Sheffield hasve already sealed a deal with Serbia to train there before London 2012 and are

September 2010: China open talks with Sheffield about 2012 pre-Olympic training camp May 2009: Serbia

June 10 - Prince Feisal has hailed "the most memorable Generations For Peace camp yet" as he praised the hard work and dedication of the 77 delegates from Africa, Asia and, for the very first time, Europe, as the latest event ended.

the first time, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Cyprus, Russia, Rwanda, Madagascar, Kyrgyzstan and Serbia

sport projects aimed at uniting divided communities in countries such as Somalia, Sri Lanka, Rwanda, Serbia

By Duncan Mackay British Sports Internet Writer of the Year May 31 - Generations For Peace achieved another landmark when the Prince Feisal-led initiative today welcomed the first ever delegates from Europe to one of its Camps.

Delegates from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Cyprus, Kosovo and Russia joined those from Madagascar

May 30 - Britain finished as the top nation at the rowing World Cup, claiming six gold medals on an outstanding day that saw 38-year-old veteran Greg Searle (pictured) grab the headlines.

men's four of Matthew Langridge, Alex Gregory, Richard Egington and Alex Partridge took gold ahead of Serbia

By Duncan Mackay British Sports Internet Writer of the Year May 4 - Generations For Peace, the charity launched by Jordan's Prince Feisal (pictured), has announced a new partnership with Georgetown University in Washington DC that will award scholarships.

Herzegovina, FYR Macedonia, Cyprus, Turkey, Republic of Moldova, Kyrgyzstan, Armenia, Uzbekistan, K0sovo, and Serbia

By Mike Rowbottom April 18 - This week’s European Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Birmingham, delayed by a day until Thursday (April 22) because of travel difficulties caused by the shutdown of British airports, look likely to go ahead according to plan.

nations have confirmed their travel plans, while Croatia, Denmark, Finland, Luxembourg, Poland, Norway, Serbia

four new countries to the Winter Games this year: Argentina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Romania, Serbia

February 5 - Britain's Geraint Richards (pictured) has been named Coach of the Year for 2009 by the International Wheelchair Tennis Association.

Richards visited Romania, Moldova, Albania, Serbia and Turkey, where he led training camps for Turkish

February 5 - Britain's Geraint Richards (pictured) has been named Coach of the Year for 2009 by the International Wheelchair Tennis Association.

Richards visited Romania, Moldova, Albania, Serbia and Turkey, where he led training camps for Turkish

By Tom Degun January 11 - Chris Finch (pictured), Britain's head coach, has predicted that if his team featuring Chicago Bull’s superstar Luol Deng can be successful at the London 2012 Olympic Games, then basketball will become one of the most popular sports in the country.

He said "At the European Championships last year, we had an extremely tough group with Spain, Serbia

and Slovenia as Spain and Serbia contested the final but we were competitive in every game and we learnt