November 30 - Some of the country's leading sports stars, led by Sir Steve Redgrave (pictured), have joined a campaign for Britain's basketball team to be given a wildcard entry into next year's World Championships in Turkey.

  Spain, Serbia and Slovenia - all of Britain's group opponents - went on to finish in the

top four overall, with Spain beating Serbia in the final.

Later in the annual meeting, delegates elected Serbia to full membership of the WSF.

By Duncan Mackay   November 20 - Squash must keep up its campaign to gain inclusion on the Olympic programme, a senior member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has told delegations attending the World Squash Federation's (WSF) annual meeting.

  Later in the annual meeting, delegates elected Serbia to full membership of the WSF.

November 14 - Jessica Ennis (pictured) and Phillips Idowu were named Athletes of the Year at the British Athletics Writers' Association's (BAWA) 47th Annual Awards Dinner in London tonight.

year award went to Lawrence Clarke who won the 110m hurdles at the European Junior Championships in Serbia

October 14 - British Basketball is heading in the right direction as it approaches London 2012, Performance Director Chris Spice (pictured) claimed after the sport's annual debrief.

  Britain lost all three of its matches but were up against Spain and Serbia, the eventual champions

By Duncan Mackay September 29 - The future of Britian's basketball coach Chris Finch (pictured) is in doubt after his decision to leave Europe to return home to the United States to take up a new role within the organisation of NBA team Houston Rockets.

There they lost all three of their matches in Poland against Slovenia, Spain and Serbia.

By Duncan Mackay September 29 - The future of Britian's basketball coach Chris Finch (pictured) is in doubt after his decision to leave Europe to return home to the United States to take up a new role within the organisation of NBA team Houston Rockets.

There they lost all three of their matches in Poland against Slovenia, Spain and Serbia.

By Duncan Mackay September 29 - The future of Britian's basketball coach Chris Finch (pictured) is in doubt after his decision to leave Europe to return home to the United States to take up a new role within the organisation of NBA team Houston Rockets.

There they lost all three of their matches in Poland against Slovenia, Spain and Serbia.

September 29 - China, one of the most sought-after teams in the build-up to London 2012 by cities wanting to stage pre-Olympic training camps, have opened talks with Sheffield and visited the Yorkshire city to inspect the facilities.

sporting teams to use Sheffield as a base for their Olympic training camps have been heightened since Serbia

Related stories May 2009: Serbia head to Yorkshire for London 2012  

September 29 - China, one of the most sought-after teams in the build-up to London 2012 by cities wanting to stage pre-Olympic training camps, have opened talks with Sheffield and visited the Yorkshire city to inspect the facilities.

sporting teams to use Sheffield as a base for their Olympic training camps have been heightened since Serbia

Related stories May 2009: Serbia head to Yorkshire for London 2012  

September 29 - China, one of the most sought-after teams in the build-up to London 2012 by cities wanting to stage pre-Olympic training camps, have opened talks with Sheffield and visited the Yorkshire city to inspect the facilities.

sporting teams to use Sheffield as a base for their Olympic training camps have been heightened since Serbia

Related stories May 2009: Serbia head to Yorkshire for London 2012  

  Britain found themselves in a group consisting of the eventual winners Spain – runners up Serbia

Just about the only downside of staging the Olympics is the number-crunchers and sporting know-nothings - particularly the former - who start butting in where they are neither wanted or needed. And my very particular gripe this week is their notion that there simply has to be a return – ie medals –  for any monies spent by UK Sport and other agencies.  

nbsp; Britain found themselves in a group consisting of the eventual winners Spain – runners up Serbia

September 13 - Britain are hoping to earn a wild card to compete in next year's World Championships so that they can build on their success in qualifying for the European Championships for the first time in more than quarter-of-a-century.

lost all three games they played in Warsaw last weekend, ending with Wednesday night's 77-59 loss to Serbia

Future is bright claim Finch and Mensah-Bonsu September 2009: Britain bow out of EuroBasket after Serbia

September 10 - Britain coach Chris Finch (pictured) believes his team have shown they are on the verge of being able to compete at the highest level of the game.

;were knocked out of the European Championships at the first hurdle last night as a 77-59 defeat to Serbia

As soon as the draw was made for this tournament, matching Britain against Spain, Slovenia and Serbia