June 27 - Luol Deng (pictured), Britain's most influential player, is set to miss the European Championships in Poland later this year because he has not fully recovered from injury, the Chicago Bulls have claimed.

Britain are in a tough group with world champions Spain, Serbia and Slovenia.  

June 19 - Representatives of national committees for the reunification of the Parthenon Sculptures today identified the 2012 Olympics in London as the best occasion for Britain and the British Museum to return them to Greece.

Brazil, Belgium, Switzerland, Cyprus, Germany, Canada, Finland, New Zealand, Italy, the United States, Serbia

June 18 - New British women's head coach, Tom Maher (pictured), said he is pleased with what he has seen so far after a week of training with his new squad.

The World University Games team departs for the event later this month, where they will take on Serbia

June 9 - British Handball has appointed Dragan Djukic (pictured), a 47-year-old Serbian, as their new men’s team head coach for the build-up to London 2012, where the team is hoping to make its Olympic debut.

achievements in domestic handball are also varied and impressive, with several national titles in his native Serbia

May 27 - Britain’s handball players are travelling across Europe this month as preparations for the new season step up a gear.

Following on from this camp, the men’s team will travel to Serbia from June 8-12 for another training

May 27 - Britain’s handball players are travelling across Europe this month as preparations for the new season step up a gear.

Following on from this camp, the men’s team will travel to Serbia from June 8-12 for another training

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between representatives of Sheffield City Council and the Serbian Olympic Committee at a Yorkshire/Serbia

May 11 - Serbia have agreed to set up a pre-Games training camp in Sheffield and Leeds before the London

in Sheffield had been revealed by insidethegames in January 2008.Now, following 18 months of talks, Serbia

years with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).The document, a formal agreement between Serbia

Sheffield which declares their intention to work together, was signed in Belgrade during a Yorkshire/Serbia

competed as part From 1920 to 2006 Serbian athletes participated as part of the Yugoslavian and Serbia

region.Other sports which could be focused on in the camps include basketball, handball and volleyball, which Serbia

March 16 - Luol Deng (pictured) has promised that his recent injury problems will not prevent him playing for Britain at this year's European Championship despite a warning that he should rest during the summer.

They have been drawn in Group C alongside world champions Spain, Slovenia and Serbia and will be based

March 18 - Vlade Divac (pictured), the former NBA star who is the new president of the Serbian Olympic Committee, today promised to revolutionise the way sport is run in the country to help make it more successful.

"Serbia has always produced excellent tennis players, swimmers, as well as volleyball and basketball

From 1920 to 2004 Serbian athletes participated at the Olympics as part of Yugoslavia and then Serbia

MARCH 1 - LUOL DENG (pictured) has suffered a major injury that could keep him out for the season and cast a shadow over Britain's preparations for the European Basketball Championships later this year.

They have been drawn in Group C alongside world champions Spain, Slovenia and Serbia and will be based

  SHEFFIELD is hopeful that Canada may base themselves there during the build-up to the 2012 Olympics after officials said they were impressed with the facilities on offer in the Yorkshire city.

Sheffield have also been in talks with Serbia about them using their facilities in 2012.

  BRITAIN'S basketball team, including Chicago Bulls superstar Luol Deng (pictured), face a tough task when they return to the finals of the European Championships in Poland for the first time in 28 years next summer.

  They have been drawn in Group C alongside world champions Spain, Slovenia and Serbia and will be

  FORMER NBA star Vlade Divac (pictured) was elected president of Serbia's Olympic Committee today.

Curkovic, a 64-year-old  former goalkeeper for Yugoslavia, and manager of the Serbia national team, had

Belgrade declaring him ineligible,   Divac won several World and European titles with Yugoslavia and Serbia

2007 he started the biggest charitable action in the Balkans to collect money to buy deserted land in Serbia

  VLADE DIVAC (pictured), the legendary former NBA star, has said that preparations for the London 2012 Olympics need to start now whether or not he is elected as the new president of the Serbian Olympic Committee (SOC).

Angeles Lakers and Sacramento Kings, is the favourite to take over the running of Olympic sport in Serbia

Curkovic, a 64-year-old  former goalkeeper for Yugoslavia, and manager of the Serbia national team, has

Now a major media figure in Serbia, appearing in several television adverts for a number of products,

From 1920 to 2004 Serbian athletes participated at the Olympics as part of Yugoslavia and then Serbia