By Tom Degun in Manchester May 27 - Ireland produced a fantastic performance as they thrashed the United States 5- 2 while Britain endured a miserable afternoon at the Manchester Regional Arena after they were well beaten 3-1 by the Netherlands in the second round of group matches in the football seven-a-side at the BT Paralympic World Cup here today. 

Britain are in third and just a point the top two while the USA trail with none.

May 18 - Chicago’s unsuccessful bid for the 2016 Olympics and Paralympics cost a total of $70.6 million (£49.4 million), according to figures released in the United States.

Doug Arnot, the former chief executive of USA Rugby, who served as Chicago's director of sport,

By Tom Degun May 3 - International Amateur Boxing Association (AIBA) President C.K Wu has praised the quality on display at the 2010 Youth World Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan, as all of the medallists, including Ireland's Joe Ward (pictured in red), secured qualification for the inaugural Summer Youth Olympic Games in August.

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By Tom Degun May 3 - Britain’s 11-strong squad, which includes women’s world number 13 Jordanne Whiley (pictured), enjoyed a largely successful start to the 2010 Invacare World Team Cup in Antalya, Turkey.

nice to get it out the way and be able to concentrate on what we think will be harder task against the USA

Mitchell’s story was believed by USA Track and Field - but sadly for him, not by the international

By Duncan Mackay British Sports Internet Writer of the Year April 22 - America has been hit by a major new drugs scandal following the news that Olympic and world 400 metres champion LaShawn Merritt (pictured) had accepted a provisional suspension after failing a series of doping tests which could prevent him from defending his title at the London 2012 Games.

USA Track and Field (USATF) chief executive Doug Logan issued a strongly-worded statement, criticising

"Mr Merritt has been an integral part of Team USA and the sport in this country.

By Tom Degun April 20 - The International Boxing Association (AIBA) have postponed the start of the 2010 Youth World Boxing Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan, until next Sunday (April 25) due to the closure of European airports following the Icelandic volcanic eruption, they have announced.

USA Boxing's interim executive director Mike Martino said they are "very disappointed for our

first competition of 2010 at the beautiful new track at the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia, USA

April 10 - Ellen Whitaker (pictured) tonight denied her cousin Robert Whitaker a hat-trick of British Open showjumping crowns in dramatic fashion at the LG Arena in Birmingham.

led throughout the four-day competition, knocked down the final fence of an eight horse jump-off on USA

"I decided to ride USA Today in the final rather than Casino because he had been jumping so well

By Tom Degun April 9 - American television network giant NBC, which is available in an estimated 112 million households, are set to broadcast a 90 minute highlights show on the Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games tomorrow.

executive of the United States Olympic Committee (USOC), said: "We are thrilled that fans of Team USA

captained the United States to the gold medal at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, has hit back at claims by USA

"I think everyone in the USA knows what type of commitment these guys have made, including myself

"I don't respect [the comments] because of the commitment we've all given to the USA.

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to the Mayor to announce that the USOC and Colorado Springs-based National Governing Bodies (NGBs) USA

Archery, USA Basketball, USA Hockey, USA Judo, USA Swimming, USA Table Tennis, USA Triathlon and US

April 2 - LeBron James (pictured), the world's top basketball player, has been warned that he could be jeopardising his chances of playing for the United States at the London 2012 Olympics if he misses this year's World Championships in Turkey to make a movie.

" But USA Basketball chairman Jerry Colangelo, who has been trying to persuade the top NBA

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and left when a female bout was announced during a mixed international between Great Britain and the USA

The tall, unbeaten teenager twice defeated American Brittany Inkrote in internationals against the USA

By Tom Degun March 26 - British Swimming have announced that this year's British Open Championships, scheduled for July, have been cancelled because following the success of the Manchester Duel in the Pool event last December, which featured American superstar Michael Phelps (pictured), they have decided to focus its financial resources on staging a similar event in 2010.

The final score was a 185-78 victory for the USA while eight world records were set during the competition