LORD TRIESMAN (pictured), the new chairman of the Football Association, has been twinned with UK Athletics tohelp him learn more about how sport is governed under a unique Sport England scheme, it was announced today.

and Fitness Foundation  · Mark Lancaster  - Rugby Football Union  · Humfrey Malins  - England Golf

  BRITISH SAILING signed a sponsorship deal with Bolle to provide sunglasses and eye-protection wear during the build-up to the 2012 Olympics, they announced today.

record in the world of sport including skiing, snowboarding, rowing, tennis, mountain biking, triathlon, golf

  GAS-RICH Qatar today revealed details of its ambitious bid to host the 2016 Olympics, citing state-of-the-art facilities it has or will build for the event and its record in staging the Asian Games.

Over the past decade, it has hosted many other sports events, including tennis and golf tournaments.

  SKATEBOARDING is set to become an Olympic sport at the London 2012 Games, it was claimed today.

Rugby Sevens and golf have both failed in their campaigns to be included and seven year's notice is needed

  JOHN ARMITT (pictured), the outgoing chief executive of Network Rail has been appointed to replace Jacm Lemley as chairman of the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA), it was officially announced by the Government today.

Armitt, whose sporting interests are listed as golf and sailing, was also an enthusiastic backer of London

  JOHN ARMITT (pictured), the outgoing chief executive of Network Rail has been appointed to replace Jacm Lemley as chairman of the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA), it was officially announced by the Government today.

Armitt, whose sporting interests are listed as golf and sailing, was also an enthusiastic backer of London

  MANCHESTER UNITED and South Korea midfielder Ji-Sung Park (pictured) has announced his support for Daegu’s bid to host the 2011 World Championships in Athletics, the last major event to be staged before the London Olympics.

Golf star Michelle Wie, gold medal winning hurdler Liu Xiang, former American 110 metres hurdles world

 DECEMBER 21 - GOLF at Gleneagles will not be part of the programme if Glasgow wins the 2014 Commonwealth

Glasgow hoped the prospect of top players competing in the home of golf would boost their chances of

the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) have turned down a formal application from the International Golf

Federation because they feared that a golf tournament would be "mediocre" if top players did not take

"Yes, a lot of people play golf around the Commonwealth.  

"But without the big tour players, it could be a very mediocre tournament and the International Golf

November 29 - The 10 sportsmen and women who will battle it out for this year's BBC Sports Personality of the Year award have been revealed.

Championship, Premier League and World Matchplay crowns, and Westwood became number one in the official world golf

March 30 - Fiji's win in the prestigious Hong Kong Sevens event shows the increased global appeal of rugby as it bids to regain its Olympic status, the International Rugby Board's (IRB) Bernard Lapasset claimed today.

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

  March 27 - The seven sports, including golf, rugby sevens and golf, hoping for inclusion in the 2016

Rugby sevens, squash, golf, karate and roller sports were each considered for inclusion in the 2005 vote

March 30 - Don Porter, the president of the International Softball Federation (ISF), today claimed that he was confident that attempts to get the sport back into the Olympics for the 2016 Games would prove successful.

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