By David OwenThe three-cornered contest to get onto the sports programme for the 2020 Summer Games could be seen as both the most, and the least, predictable of next month's three big Olympic races.Like me, few people I have discussed the September 8 vote with, and who have no links to any of the candidates, can quite bring themselves to believe that the Movement truly would jettison the historical Olympic sport of wrestling and consign it to possible oblivion, at least as a globalised activity outside the realm of showbiz.To that extent, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board's surprise...

"This year was France and Poland; next year it's Namibia, Canada and Malaysia.

By Gary AndersonSeptember 1 - British Basketball has unveiled the 12 players that will take to the courts for the nation at the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) EuroBasket in Slovenia.

beat as they look to complete a hat-trick of European Championship wins following their triumphs in Poland

By James CrookAugust 29 - Austria's Mendy Swoboda has successfully retained his K1 men's 200 metre TA world title at the 2013 International Canoe Federation (ICF) Sprint World Championships in Duisburg.

former champion Patrick Viriamu, who took silver, and eventual bronze medallist Tomasz Mazdzierski of Poland

By Gary AndersonAugust 20 - Windhoek, Namibia's capital city, will host the World Squash Federation (WSF) 2014 World Junior Squash Championships, it has been announced.

For our World Junior Championships to be awarded to Namibia next year after Qatar in 2012 and Poland

By Gary AndersonAugust 19 - The month-long Organ Music Festival, organised as part of the Sochi 2014 Cultural Olympiad, came to an end with a performance from the Sochi Symphony Orchestra at the AF Debolskaya Organ and Chamber Music Hall in Sochi yesterday.

festival which featured performances by artists from five European countries including Russia, Italy, Poland

By Nick ButlerAugust 10 - Ukraine and Hong Kong broke the Chinese and Russian dominance on day four at the International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) World Fencing Championships at the Syma Event and Congress Centre in Budapest by each taking team event gold medals.

Ukranian team which included individual bronze medalist Andrei Demchuk, while France got the better of Poland

By Nick ButlerAugust 9 - Sweden will face Denmark in their opening match at the 2013 International Wheelchair Rugby Federation (IWRF) European Championships in Belgium, as they begin the defence of the title they won in 2011.

at London 2012 ahead of their European title defenceThey have been drawn in Pool B alongside France, Poland

By Emily GoddardAugust 8 - The Russian International Olympic University (RIOU), the European Olympic Committees and the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) have agreed to work together to train a new generation of managers for the sports industry in Russia and Europe.

from diverse backgrounds within the sports world, including employees from EOC member NOCs such as Poland

By Nick ButlerAugust 7 - Chinese competitors took two gold medals in the foil and sabre categories on the opening day of the International Wheelchair & Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) Wheelchair Fencing World Championships, as Hong Kong and Italy also secured titles at the Syma Event and Congress Centrein Budapest.

Poland took a double bronze medal courtesy of Adrian Castro and London 2012 winner Grzegorz Pluta.The

biggest disappointment of the day, yet with both Mark Cavendish, in Denmark, and Sir Bradley Wiggins, in Poland

nbsp;"It's always difficult in year one as lot of teams are committed to other races - the tours of Poland

By Nick Butler on the Mall in LondonAugust 3 - Mick Bennett, organiser of this weekend's Prudential RideLondon Grand Prix, has claimed that UK Cycling is "currently riding a tidal wave of success" following eight British gold medals at each of the last two Olympic Games, as well as victories in the last two Tour de France's.

It's always difficult in year one as lot of teams are committed to other races - the tours of Poland

By James CrookJuly 31 - The preliminary round draw has been made for the International Handball Federation (IHF) 2013 Women's World Championships in Serbia, and the pick of the draw will see Olympic and defending world champions Norway face 2011 bronze medallists Spain in the opening round.

defeated France to lift the title in Brazil two years ago, are drawn alongside Spain in Group C, with Poland

By Nick ButlerJuly 29 - Polish Olympic gold medallist Otylia Jedrzejczak heads the names of 20 students who will receive scholarships to study for a Master of Sport Administration (MSA) programme at the Russian International Olympic University (RIOU).

Russia), Grenaderova Natalia (Russia), Hopp Evelyn Miriam (Germany), Jedrzejczak Otylia (Poland

By Nick ButlerJuly 24 - Reigning world champion Mhairi Spence will defend her title at the Modern Pentathlon World Championships in Taiwan next month after being selected as part of a four person British women's team, alongside Olympic silver medalist Samantha Murray.

in her home Olympics but - after winning a team gold medal at the recent European Championships in Poland

By Emily GoddardJuly 23 - Sixty-two riders from 20 nations have been confirmed to compete at next month's International Equestrian Federation (FEI) European Para-Equestrian Championships in Herning.

the world, will also be competing in the team event, while Belarus, Czech Republic, Israel, Latvia, Poland