SEPTEMBER 9 - FIVE firms have been announced as contenders in the battle to build the London 2012 10,000-capacity handball arena, it was announced by the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) today.

Architects with PTW and Ove Arup, the arena will host handball and pentathlete aspects of fencing and shooting

  SEPTEMBER 3 - LUOL DENG (pictured) is to front a new campaign launched by the NBA to make basketball a mainstream sport in Britain ahead of the 2012 London Olympics.

It started with about 25 local aspiring players today, who were put through some shooting drills with

August 22 - British taekwondo player Aaron Cook and Irish boxer Paddy Barnes both complained bitterly about Olympic judging after losing to Chinese competitors in Beijing today. 

latest judging row which has cast a shadow over the Games.There have also been complaints in diving, shooting

JULY 15 - INDIA'S Cricket Board is to provide financial assistance to help the country's top sportsmen and women prepare for the Beijing Olympics and 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games, it was revealed today.

women's 69kg weighlifting in Sydney 2000 and Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore a silver in the men's double trap shooting

to be changed for London 2012 after the sport's governing body voted to combine the disciplines of shooting

However, from January 2009, competitions will finish with a combined shooting and running event, similar

to be changed for London 2012 after the sport's governing body voted to combine the disciplines of shooting

However, from January 2009, competitions will finish with a combined shooting and running event, similar

  A GROUP of potential Olympians are to be chosen this month by the Philippines to prepare for the London 2012 Games as the country continues to seek its first gold medal.

Archery, boxing, equestrian, gymnastics, shooting swimming, taekwondo and weightlifting are all expected

  BRITISH SHOOTING would not support a site in Barking being used for their sport in 2012, they have

  Phil Boakes, the chairman of British Shooting, has claimed that if the events were moved from the

However the shooting remains under review and will be discussed again at next month's Board.  

Barking would be the third choice of Olympic shooting venue as Games officials opted against the national

shooting centre in Bisley, Surrey, after they were advised by the International Olympic Committee during

Woolwich has long been opposed by British Shooting, which wrote to MPs and started a petition on the

  BRITISH SHOOTING would not support a site in Barking being used for their sport in 2012, they have

  Phil Boakes, the chairman of British Shooting, has claimed that if the events were moved from the

However the shooting remains under review and will be discussed again at next month's Board.  

Barking would be the third choice of Olympic shooting venue as Games officials opted against the national

shooting centre in Bisley, Surrey, after they were advised by the International Olympic Committee during

Woolwich has long been opposed by British Shooting, which wrote to MPs and started a petition on the

  TIM HADAWAY, the newly-appointed equestrian competitions manager for London 2012, has held a meeting with local residents to try to convince them to back Greenwich Park as the controversial venue for the sport.

KPMG is expected soon to endorse the decision to hold the equestrian events at Greenwich Park and the shooting

calling for the equestrian events, including the eventing, being moved to Windsor Great Park and for shooting

enthusiasts leading a campaign for their sport to be held at the National Shooting Centre in Bisley.

 AUGUST 14 - A ROW over Olympic judging spread into wrestling today as the Chinese were accused by the United States of cheating to win the women's gymnastics team title in Beijing.

Earlier during the Olympics, there had been complaints about the juding in boxing, diving and shooting

 AUGUST 15 - THE head of the International Baseball Federation (IBAF) claimed today that his sport was dropped from London 2012 because of the United States invasion of Iraq and drugs problems among the top players.

"There are something like 20 medals in shooting.  

  THE venue for badminton and rhythmic gymnastics at the 2012 London Olympics is set to be moved for cost-cutting purposes, but the controversial equestrian venue at Greenwich Park is safe, as first revealed on insidethegames last month.

the North Greenwich area is relocated, but the Olympic Board has delayed a decision on that and the shooting

  THE venue for badminton and rhythmic gymnastics at the 2012 London Olympics is set to be moved for cost-cutting purposes, but the controversial equestrian venue at Greenwich Park is safe, as first revealed on insidethegames last month.

the North Greenwich area is relocated, but the Olympic Board has delayed a decision on that and the shooting

 AUGUST 3 - BRITAIN is set to achieve its target of winning 35 Olympic medals in Beijing but is heading for its worst performance in athletics for more than 30 years, the latest set of predictions published today warned.

quadruple sculls); Nick Rogers and Joe Glanfield (470); Paul Goodison (laser); Richard Faulds (double-trap shooting