David Cotton: Is not an elite athlete and is unlikely ever to be one, though his golf game is getting

September 22 - A new club that was formed to help companies make the most of the opportunities that are created when major events like the Commonwealth Games are held in Scotland has started generating business for its members.

to feel the benefit in the form of contracts worth more than £130,000 connected with the recent Open Golf

anti-doping policy, designed the Drug Information Database and now advises (among others) professional golf

High profile doping cases involving illicit and recreational drugs provoke strong reactions in the media.  Observers query the logic of detecting social drugs in sport, penalising the athlete as if the perpetrator had committed the ultimate doping offence, cheating using a performance enhancing drug. Questions are raised about whether the testing programme is appropriately targeted and whether those who are caught using illicit and recreational drugs deserve sympathy and treatment for their addiction illness rather than severe sanctions for their misdemeanour. 

anti-doping policy, designed the Drug Information Database and now advises (among others) professional golf

September 7 - The International Boxing Association (AIBA) has reduced the number of men's weight categories from 11 to 10 for the 2012 London Olympics so that women can make their debut in the sport, it officially confirmed today.

Related stories August 2009: Golf and rugby set for 2016, boxing for women at London 2012   &

September 7 - The International Boxing Association (AIBA) has reduced the number of men's weight categories from 11 to 10 for the 2012 London Olympics so that women can make their debut in the sport, it officially confirmed today.

Related stories August 2009: Golf and rugby set for 2016, boxing for women at London 2012   &

September 7 - The International Boxing Association (AIBA) has reduced the number of men's weight categories from 11 to 10 for the 2012 London Olympics so that women can make their debut in the sport, it officially confirmed today.

Related stories August 2009: Golf and rugby set for 2016, boxing for women at London 2012   &

September 2 - Britain's David Haye (pictured), the former world cruiserweight champion, has backed the decision to let women box at the London 2012 Olympics, dismissing critics like  Amir Khan as "dinosaurs".

to London 2012 August 2009: Women boxers celebrate Olympic inclusion for London 2012 August 2009: Golf

be added on October 3 when we know who the Host City is along with information on rugby sevens and golf

August 20 - The mascots for next year's Asian Games in Guangzhou were unveiled today and feature a cartoon characters taking part in the sports that will make up the event.

The “Mascots in Motion” also feature golf and rugby sevens, which are part of the Asian Games

August 20 - The mascots for next year's Asian Games in Guangzhou were unveiled today and feature a cartoon characters taking part in the sports that will make up the event.

The “Mascots in Motion” also feature golf and rugby sevens, which are part of the Asian Games

August 18 - The resignation of Antonio Espinos (pictured), the President of the World Karate Federation (WKF), has been demanded by the British governing body after the sport's failure to gain place in the Olympics.    

The rules have since been changed so rugby sevens and golf will require only a simple majority when they

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board announced last week that golf and

credence to the belief that baseball never really stood a chance.The IOC made vague statements about golf

sides could produce statistics to back their position, so we’ll leave that as a disputed point.As for golf

"The programme commission supported rugby and golf to be added.

Having said that, if golf had somehow been knocked out in that first round then softball may have been

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board announced last week that golf

The IOC made vague statements about golf and rugby being sports that stress fair play and respect for

As for golf, most people without a vested interest in their Olympic inclusion would agree their selection

continue to have severe difficulties in obtaining relatively meagre funding as non-Olympic sports, while golf

"The programme commission supported rugby and golf to be added.

Having said that, if golf had somehow been knocked out in that first round then softball may have been

which stages the Masters, and the organiser of the 1996 Atlanta Olympics believes the introduction of golf

Payne had tried unsuccessfully to get golf added to the Games in Atlanta, which would have been played

"What more attractive place to show golf to the world than Augusta National.”  

Golf made its first, and only appearance on the Olympic programme in 1904, when St.

But Payne claimed that including golf in the Olympics gives the sport a unique opportunity to grow round

He said: "Think of the smaller nations of the world that golf might reach.