By David GoldOctober 23 - Britain's women performed admirably before succumbing to defeat against Olympic silver medallists Russia in their Handball European Championship qualifying clash, going down to an eventual 24-16 defeat.

Their next game in qualifying rounds will be against Poland in March, and they will go into next month's

Olympic test event heartened after this performance.There they will face Austria, Angola, China, Poland

By Tom DegunOctober 22 - Ukrainian pole vault legend Sergey Bubka, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) vice-president, has predicted that his country will host the World Athletics Championships "within the next few years" following major investment in sports facilities in the Eastern European country.

The nation is set to host the 2012 UEFA European Football Championships - together with Poland - with

By David GoldOctober 18 - LA Galaxy's David Beckham has reiterated his desire to play for Britain at the London 2012 Olympic Games, and has his sights firmly set on gold.

Beckham would likely jump at the chance to compete in those Championships, being held in Ukraine and Poland

By Emily GoddardOctober 17 - Great Britain's women's handball team will head to Montenegro in the first of their Euro 2012 qualification matches as they take on the Southeastern European country this week.

their victory against Finland in the pre-qualifiers, Britain were drawn in a four-team pool alongside Poland

By Tom DegunOctober 14 - Six fighters, including London 2012 gold medal favourite Nicola Adams (pictured right), have been selected to compete at the International Boxing Association (AIBA) 2011 Women's European Championships in Rotterdam, the Netherlands later this month.

In 2011, the women's GB Boxing squad has won four medals in two international competitions in Poland

Bulgaria.In June this year, Adams and Jonas (pictured right) won gold at the EU Championships in Katowice, Poland

Strandja Cup in Bulgaria in February.The women's team will spend a week in a training camp in Cetniewo, Poland

By David GoldOctober 4 - Sweden underlined their status as favourites for the Wheelchair Rugby European Championships with a 64-44 win over the Netherlands in Nottwil, Switzerland, as they begin their campaign to qualify for the London 2012 Paralympic Games.

Austria 45-44 in the same group.In pool B, the hosts Switzerland romped to a 49-32 win over Ireland, Poland

By David GoldOctober 5 - England's under-21 boss Stuart Pearce has confirmed that he wants to manage the Great British football team at the London 2012 Olympic Games, calling the opportunity a "great privilege".

England are likely to be the only British nation competing in the European Championships in Ukraine and Poland

By Tom Degun in BakuSeptember 27 - Liz Nicholl (pictured), the chief executive UK Sport, has praised the transformation in Britain's Olympic boxing programme and has predicted that there will be further medal winning performances in 2012 as the fighters gear up for the London Olympics next year.

start of 2011, we sent teams to face the world's top countries at tournaments in Turkey, Bulgaria and Poland

Britain's modern pentathlete Jamie Cooke in the individual final of the European Junior Championships in Poland

women take team silver today the Modern Pentathlon European Junior Championships in Drzonkow, Poland

pentathletes are celebrating striking gold on the opening day of the European Junior Championships in Poland

the Hungarian trio of Zsofia Foldhazi, Sarolta Kovacs and Adrienn Toth earning silver with 5,280 and Poland

By David GoldSeptember 17 - Britain's Olympic football teams will be staying at the Atheltes' Village during the London 2012 Games, ditching England's usual pre-match home of the Grove hotel in Watford, the Football Association has announced.

sides.The FA has also said that players participating in the European Championships in Ukraine and Poland

By Tom DegunSeptember 15 - GB Boxing has selected a 12-man team to compete in the 2011 AIBA World Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan, later this month, with 2008 European champion Luke Campbell (pictured)  likely to lead the British medal charge.

tournaments against some of the world's top amateur boxing nations including Russia, Ukraine, Turkey, Poland

By David GoldSeptember 2 - Fabiana Beltrame made history at Lake Bled in Slovenia today by becoming the first Brazilian rower to take a World Championship title.

final but found themselves leading a six way fight for medals going into the final lengths.However Poland

By David GoldSeptember 2 - Great Britain face an uphill struggle to qualify for the second phase of the EuroBasket in Lithuania after falling to an opening game defeat against the hosts and then following it up with a loss to Turkey.

succumbed to a 90-61 loss.These results place Britain at the bottom of Group A on two points, just behind Poland

left to play in the group, starting with defending champions Spain on Friday, Portugal on Sunday and Poland