James CrookJanuary 2 - London 2012 Olympic basketball gold medalist LeBron James has been named as the USA

LeBron James has been named USA Basketball Athlete of the Year 2012 The man nicknamed "King James" has

By Tom DegunJanuary 1 - Peter Ueberroth has been honoured for his commitment to the Olympic and Paralympic Movement by the United States Olympic Foundation (USOF) as he received the prestigious William E. Simon Award.

Summitt brought that same standard of excellence to USA Basketball, having been a member of the team

Bender, the former President of USA Pentathlon, has died at the age of 88 following a short illness

By Tom DegunDecember 24 - World Series of Boxing (WSB) franchise British Lionhearts have confirmed that the iconic York Hall will become their home for the remainder of season three of the competition.

York Hall to stage their remaining three bouts at the venue, where the British franchise will take on USA

of the great British boxers to have fought at York HallThe Lionhearts match at the venue against the USA

Joe Nevin lining-up alongside reigning European champions Andrew Selby and Joe Ward.Selby will fight USA

the competition at heavyweight where he will be taking on either Sean Turner or Istvan Bernath of the USA

By Tom DegunDecember 18 - American International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Anita DeFrantz says her country loves the Olympics and Paralympics and wants to host the Games with the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) Board set to meet this week to discuss a potential bid for either the 2024 Summer Games or 2026 Winter Games.

a lead role for the five-person Working Group that also includes fellow IOC member Angela Ruggiero, USA

Baseball's Atlanta Braves Mike Plant and former executive vice-president and chief marketing officer of Visa USA

By Emily Goddard at the Sinan Erdem Arena in IstanbulDecember 16 - There is no question that Istanbul is ready to host the Olympics, FINA vice-president Dale Neuburger has said as he threw his support behind the Turkish city's bid for the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Speaking to insidethegames here at the FINA World Short Course Championships, the former USA Swimming

make an outstanding host of the Olympic Games," Bowman said.But it was FINA vice-president and former USA

By Emily Goddard at the Sinan Erdem Arena in IstanbulDecember 15 - Ryan Lochte of the United States secured his second swimming world record in as many days here at the FINA World Short Course Championships, this time by touching the wall in 50.71sec in the men's 100 metres individual medley semi-final today.

Just beating the others and representing USA is great."

By Tom DegunDecember 14 - The UK-based World Series of Boxing (WSB) franchise British Lionhearts claimed an impressive 4-1 victory over the German Eagles in their London debut at Earl's Court.

The Lionhearts have now beaten the USA Knockouts, Dolce & Gabbana Italia Thunder and the German Eagles

By Lauren Mattera December 9 - South Korea, Iran and the United States of America dominated the medal table at the seventh World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships in Tunji, Colombia, while Vietnam kick their way to the top to take the first ever Freestyle Team title.

By Mike RowbottomThe pristine mountain water lake in Bled, Slovenia, features centrally in a video highlighting a new environmental section on the World Rowing website.

new era in Passaic River history" and tells the story of how an abandoned boat yard in New Jersey, USA

was promoting Earth Day with their own list of tips, compiled by World Champion Esther Lofgren (2010 USA

By Tom Degun December 8 - The British Lionhearts saw their undefeated run in the World Series of Boxing (WSB) end in emphatic fashion as they were crushed 5-0 in their away match up with the formidable Astana Arlans Kazakhstan at the Almaty Sports Palace.

The Lionhearts have showed impressive form as they beat USA Knockouts in their first match in California

an accomplished runner, the victory of El Moutawakel, then a student at Iowa State University in the USA

By Mike RowbottomDecember 7 - Craig Pickering, the former Olympian and European junior 100 metres champion, has become the latest athlete to switch to bobsleigh with the hope of competing at the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi.

"The USA have recruited well this year and saw immediate returns with Lolo."

By Tom Degun December 6 - The World Curling Federation (WCF) has announced that Copenhagen in Denmark will host their 2013 Annual Congress while Reno Tahoe in the United States will stage the gathering in 2014.