December 7 - Squash has promised Jacques Rogge, the President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), that it will not give up on its ambition to become an Olympic sport, after World Squash Federation (WSF) President N Ramachandran (pictured) visited Lausanne.

Commission, to review the sport's latest failure to become an Olympic sport after losing out in October to golf

December 3 - Rugby sevens is set to surpass the 15-a-side game as the number one version of the sport after it was voted onto the Olympic programme, former All Blacks captain John Kirwan (pictured) has predicted.

OlympicsOctober 2009: Dallaglio claims that rugby chimes with Olympics idealsOctober 2009: Golf

It’s like playing a shot in golf – you have to beat the greens, and the bunkers, and the

By Mike Rowbottom   When Michael McCreadie was 10 months old he caught polio, which meant he had to use a wheelchair for the rest of his life.   "When I look back on it now," McCreadie reflects, "it's one of the greatest gifts I've ever had. It has opened up so many experiences to me."  

It’s like playing a shot in golf – you have to beat the greens, and the bunkers, and the

November 23 - Businessman David Crawford (pictured) has hit back at criticism from Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) President John Coates over his report into sports funding, describing Games chiefs as powerful people who are too used to getting their own way.

participation "lifetime" sports which lead to a healthier society, such as netball, cricket, tennis, golf

November 23 - Businessman David Crawford (pictured) has hit back at criticism from Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) President John Coates over his report into sports funding, describing Games chiefs as powerful people who are too used to getting their own way.

participation "lifetime" sports which lead to a healthier society, such as netball, cricket, tennis, golf

decision to overlook squash for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and choose golf

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.

decision to overlook squash for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and choose golf

November 17 - More than 30 years of effort in making Australia a superpower in world sport could be wasted after the Crawford Report rejected a call for an extra $100 million (£55 million) a year funding, the country's leading Olympic administrator has warned.

  "He only needed to pop his head into Kingston Heath golf course last weekend to see how

  "How many children picked up a golf stick this week in back yards around Australia and said

they'd like to play golf like Tiger?

which has more than 100 times the participation, water polo received as much high performance funds as golf

November 17 - More than 30 years of effort in making Australia a superpower in world sport could be wasted after the Crawford Report rejected a call for an extra $100 million (£55 million) a year funding, the country's leading Olympic administrator has warned.

  "He only needed to pop his head into Kingston Heath golf course last weekend to see how

  "How many children picked up a golf stick this week in back yards around Australia and said

they'd like to play golf like Tiger?

which has more than 100 times the participation, water polo received as much high performance funds as golf

By Duncan Mackay   November 14 - Golf is set for a major boom in India now that it has been accepted

Government for financial help to set up a development plan following the decision last month to readmit golf

Kalmadi, the President of the IOA, said: "We are in touch with the Government for making golf

more popular and affordable so that golf clubs allow more people to take part in the sport.

  "Presently Golf is widely seen as game for entertainment and played by the rich.

is that golf clubs set high fees to cover their taxes.

By Duncan Mackay   November 14 - Golf is set for a major boom in India now that it has been accepted

Government for financial help to set up a development plan following the decision last month to readmit golf

Kalmadi, the President of the IOA, said: "We are in touch with the Government for making golf

more popular and affordable so that golf clubs allow more people to take part in the sport.

  "Presently Golf is widely seen as game for entertainment and played by the rich.

is that golf clubs set high fees to cover their taxes.

By Duncan Mackay   November 14 - Golf is set for a major boom in India now that it has been accepted

Government for financial help to set up a development plan following the decision last month to readmit golf

Kalmadi, the President of the IOA, said: "We are in touch with the Government for making golf

more popular and affordable so that golf clubs allow more people to take part in the sport.

  "Presently Golf is widely seen as game for entertainment and played by the rich.

is that golf clubs set high fees to cover their taxes.

By Duncan Mackay   November 14 - Golf is set for a major boom in India now that it has been accepted

Government for financial help to set up a development plan following the decision last month to readmit golf

Kalmadi, the President of the IOA, said: "We are in touch with the Government for making golf

more popular and affordable so that golf clubs allow more people to take part in the sport.

  "Presently Golf is widely seen as game for entertainment and played by the rich.

is that golf clubs set high fees to cover their taxes.

By Duncan Mackay November 13 - The Winter Olympics should be axed from the list of British sport's "Crown Jewels", the events that must be shown on free-to-air television, a new report published today recommends.

away qualification matches for the football World Cup and European Championships as well as The Open golf