SEPTEMBER 13 - IRISH boxer Kenny Egan (pictured) should have been awarded an Olympic gold medal in Beijing last month but the judges were influenced by the Chinese crowd, the president of the European Olympic Committee (EOC) claimed today.

Hickey's comments coincided with the news that two-time Olympic gold medalist Steven Lopez and USA Taekwondo

that the WTF failed to follow its own rules by refusing to examine video of the match after Lopez and USA

 SEPTEMBER 13 - USA TRACK & FIELD'S chief executive Doug Logan (pictured) has set up a committee to look

 SEPTEMBER 13 - USA TRACK & FIELD'S chief executive Doug Logan (pictured) has set up a committee to look

 SEPTEMBER 10 - TOM DALEY (pictured) will be back in action next week when he competes for Britain at the World Junior Diving Championships in Aachen, Germany.

countries every year but for the junior divers to be exposed to the likes of China, Canada and the USA

  SEPTEMBER 4 - SUFFOLK will face a tough battle to pip other regions in Britain and persuade overseas countries to base themselves in the area in the build-up to the 2012 Olympics, a top official there admitted.

Birmingham have already concluded a deal with USA Track & Field for them to base their team in the Midlands

 MAY 15 - PARALYMPICSGB today confirmed the athletes selected as part of the men’s and women’s wheelchair basketball teams for the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games.

Paralympic World Cup last week, where the team just missed out on the gold medal, losing in a close final to USA

  A FIGHT to get women's ski-jumping included in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver is due to go to court next year, as PAUL GAINS reports

by former Salt Lake City Mayor, Deedee Corradini, who is also the president of Women’s Ski Jumping USA

  BIRMINGHAM was today awarded another major international event in the build-up to the 2012 Olympics, the World Half-Marathon Championships in 2009.

It has also signed an agreement with USA Track & Field for that country's athletes to base themselves

 AUGUST 18 - THE United States Olympic Committee (USOC) have been given a warning after offering financial incentives to its team in Beijing to vote in an election for which Britain's Chris Hoy is one of the main contenders.

had originally intended to give the vouchers, which can be used toward purchasing merchandise at the USA

  TICKETS for the SWATCH FIVB Junior World Championships in Brighton, the biggest beach volleyball event to be held in Britain, are now on sale.

Male and female teams from Brazil, Australia, the USA and Europe are expected to compete and create a

  JULY 9 - BRITISH SWIMMING has appointed former team director of USA Swimming Dennis Pursley (pictured

Pursley spent 14 years as national team director of USA Swimming where he was responsible for all aspects

During this time the USA topped both the men's and women's medal tables in each of the three Olympics

The finest moment was at the 2000 Olympics where the USA won 33 medals, 14 of which were gold.  

 JULY 19 - DOUG LOGAN (pictured), the new chief executive of USA Track & Field (USATF), has admitted

 JULY 19 - DOUG LOGAN (pictured), the new chief executive of USA Track & Field (USATF), has admitted

  AUGUST 22 - THE International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) were today asked to investigate the controversy surrounding the ages of Chnese competitors at the Olympics, which could lead to Britain's Beth Tweddle (pictured) being upgraded to the bronze medal position.

Steve Penny, the president of USA Gymnastics, said: "USA Gymnastics has always believed this issue needed

  AUGUST 22 - THE International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) were today asked to investigate the controversy surrounding the ages of Chnese competitors at the Olympics, which could lead to Britain's Beth Tweddle (pictured) being upgraded to the bronze medal position.

Steve Penny, the president of USA Gymnastics, said: "USA Gymnastics has always believed this issue needed