By Duncan Mackay British Sports Internet Writer of the Year August 22 - Britain's Sarah Storey (pictured) added another gold medal at the UCI Paralympic World Road Championships in Baie-Comeau, Canada, as Ireland's Mark Rohan achieved his country's first ever victory in the event.

"Which went down to four riders to start with, then I distanced the two riders from USA

By Tom Degun in Singapore So it has begun. The inaugural Youth Olympics in Singapore was officially declared open President S.R. Nathan last night (August 14) and then with a flick of his wrist, the nation’s young hero Darren Choy, the 16-year-old two-time junior sailing world champion charged with leading the home medal charge at the Games, lit the spiralling Youth Olympic flame high into the night sky. The event’s preceding Choy’s lighting of the flame were no doubt spectacular and on the stunning setting of the Marina Bay, the world’s largest floating stage, an extravagant firework display, thunderous drumming,...

"The USA have probably been the friendliest country and the French have been really nice to us too

By Tom Degun August 14 - The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Swimming World Championships started with a colourful Opening Ceremony in Eindhoven tonight with a variety of presenters and performers in action to entertain the crowd inside the magnificent Pieter van den Hoogenband Swimming Stadium.

story at [email protected] Related stories August 2010: Swimming World and USA

August 13 - Jet Set Sports/CoSport today announced it has extended its sponsorship of the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) for the next two quadrennials through 2020 as the official US provider of event tickets and hospitality packages for the Olympics.

  "We are very grateful for their continued support of Team USA and America's athletes

London 2012 and beyond, I'm thrilled to know that our relationship and bond with the USOC and Team USA

August 12 - Swimming World and USA Paralympics are teaming to bring its users enhanced coverage

"We are thrilled to be working in conjunction with USA Paralympics again to provide even more in-depth

unprecedented coverage of the Inaugural Jimi Flowers Swim Classic is continuing with this inside look into Team USA

August 10 - Ted Stevens (pictured), the Senator widely credited with shaping the future of the Olympic Movement in the United States, has died in a plane crash in Alaska.

showed invaluable leadership for the Olympic Movement at a time when it needed to be shaped," said USA

for their age group • Boxer Dudley O'Shaunessy has recently competed for England against USA

July 20 - Paul Hamm (pictured), the 2004 Olympic all-round gymnastics champion, has quit his job as a finance trader to return to training in the hope of competing for the United States at the London 2012 Games, he has announced.

" Steve Penny. the President of USA Gymnastics, was delighted by Hamm's decision.

By Duncan Mackay British Sports Internet Writer of the Year July 16 - United States relay runners stripped of their Olympic medals because Marion Jones admitted she was taking banned performance-enhancing drugs have won their appeal to have them returned, it was announced today.

have been banned at the time having failed a drugs test earlier but had been incorrectly cleared by USA

By Tom Degun July 15 - Tom Maher (pictured), the British women’s basketball coach and a man widely considered one of the best in the business, claimed that he will earn the his side the respect of the world’s top nations ahead of the London 2012 Olympic Games.

"At the Beijing 2008 Olympics where the USA won gold, Australia won silver and Russia took bronze

"When we become a power in Europe, we can start looking at competing with the likes of the USA and

there were so many marvelous people involved, including 1,700 Olympic and Paralympic athletes from the USA

until the third end change, where Misty’s experience finished off both sets in favour of the USA

So when will USA withdraw its bid from the 2018 World Cup and concentrate on getting 2022 for the States

I never thought that USA would just follow the Aussies, not straight away in any case.

I believe USA will withdraw to concentrate on 2022, but that will not be until October.

It is worth stressing that an European-USA deal has been talked about for a long time.

The USA is certainly using the South African World Cup to make its public presence felt.

June 14 - HP Pavilion, home of the NHL side San Jose Sharks, will host the United States gymnastics trials for the London 2012 Olympics, it was announced today.

USA Gymnastics and the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) announced that the trials

presented a fantastic plan for hosting the 2012 Olympic Trials," said Steve Penny, the President of USA

"Over the years, the Bay Area and San Jose in particular have been outstanding hosts to USA Gymnastics

"We are grateful for the trust USA Gymnastics has placed in our city for such a prestigious event

By Tom Degun June 9 - Britain’s Olympic cycling champion Jamie Staff (pictured) is set to try to deny his former team-mates, including Sir Chris Hoy, the opportunity of glory at London 2012 after accepting a new job to coach the United States track sprint team.

, a former BMX world champion, said: "I am very excited to be given the opportunity to develop USA

Staff said: "We have a world-class velodrome facility in the Home Depot Center and a VP [USA Cycling