The Princess Royal has visited the multi-million pound Sports Centre at the University of Ulster at Jordanstown and met some of Northern Ireland's most successful sportsmen and women.

teams and meet representatives from a number of sports, including basketball, fencing, gaelic games, golf

London Swimming has appointed Richard Graham (pictured) as its new chairman as it works towards getting more people in more pools and delivering a realistic legacy after 2012.

Graham has worked in a number of sports, including tennis, golf, squash,F1, equestrian, football ice

May 30 - Jeev Milkha Singh (pictured), the first Indian golfer to become a member of the European Tour, claimed today that the sport will take off in his country if it regains its place in the Olympics.

  Golf is one of seven sports which are on the shortlist to be added to the 2016 Games and is among

Singh said: "Golf not being an Olympic sport we have not been getting any funding from the Government

Jeev Milkha Singh hopes that the introduction of golf would lead to an upturn in the country's fortunes

"I don't think there's a public driving range in our country and there's only one public golf course

May 29 - The campaign for inclusion in the Olympics has taken up a step up when Squash 2016 Day produced a resounding rallying cry all over the globe to support the sport's bid to be included in the Games.

The others are baseball, golf, karate, roller sports, rugby sevens and softball. 

June 29 - I have been taking soundings in the aftermath of this month’s gathering of International Olympic Committee (IOC) members in Lausanne.

picked up rumblings in the ranks concerning the selection process for the seven sports – baseball, golf

The best intelligence I can bring as to the likely outcome is that golf, squash and rugby are thought

May 28 - Women's baseball has officially launched its campaign to be included in the 2016 Olympics, part of the sport's bid for reinstatement in the Games.

The others are golf, karate, roller sports, rugby sevens, softball and squash.  

By Duncan Mackay   May 26 - Rugby is prepared to make a $20 million (£12.5 million) financial sacrifice to regain its place in the Olympics, the sport's chief exeuctive Mike Miller told insidethegames today.

Along with baseball, golf, karate, roller sports, softball and squash, the six other sports hoping to

Rugby sevens, together with golf, is seen as the favourite to be chosen.  

By Duncan Mackay   May 26 - Rugby is prepared to make a $20 million (£12.5 million) financial sacrifice to regain its place in the Olympics, the sport's chief exeuctive Mike Miller told insidethegames today.

Along with baseball, golf, karate, roller sports, softball and squash, the six other sports hoping to

Rugby sevens, together with golf, is seen as the favourite to be chosen.  

May 25 - Several more leading international rugby players, including South Africa's Jean de Villiers (pictured), have backed the sport's bid to regain its place in the 2016 Olympics after 92-year absence.

The others are baseball, golf, karate, roller sports, softball and squash.

May 25 - Several more leading international rugby players, including South Africa's Jean de Villiers (pictured), have backed the sport's bid to regain its place in the 2016 Olympics after 92-year absence.

The others are baseball, golf, karate, roller sports, softball and squash.

May 9 - Golf's inclusion in the Olympics would help the sport grow outside the United States and ultimately lead to more exposure for the PGA Tour, it was claimed today.

interview published in today's edition of the New York Times, he said: "Most of the positive impact of golf

Golf faces competition from baseball, karate, roller sports, rugby sevens, softball and squash with the

May 8 - Gianni Petrucci (pictured) has been re-elected as head of the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) for another four years and will oversee the organisation through the London 2012 Olympics.

Petrucci, who has been president of CONI since 1999 when he succeeded Bruno Grandi, defeated the Italian golf

  Hoch (pictured), every inch an American, hates links golf and once described the Old Course as

    By Martin Gillingham - 8 May 2009   Rugby hadn’t seen anything like it for 25 years since its last football-style, penalty shoot-out. The prize? A place in the final of the Heineken Cup – the Champions League of rugby.

Hoch (pictured), every inch an American, hates links golf and once described the Old Course as “the worst

Which brings me on to golf.                

Dawson’s dossier informing us why golf should be granted Olympic status runs to 32 pages.

Allow me first to lay bare my love of golf.

And what of the Royal & Ancient, the golf club of golf clubs, the governing body that sets all the rules

The home of golf is where Mary Queen of Scots once teed off.