By Duncan Mackay September 29 - The future of Britian's basketball coach Chris Finch (pictured) is in doubt after his decision to leave Europe to return home to the United States to take up a new role within the organisation of NBA team Houston Rockets.

There they lost all three of their matches in Poland against Slovenia, Spain and Serbia.

  SEPTEMBER 29 - FRESH fears about the European 2012 Football Championships have emerged after the Polish Football Association was tonight replaced by an administrator in a move that has shocked UEFA.

latest in a string of officials who have tried to revolve long-running problems involving football in Poland

UEFA, who announced last Friday that Poland would remain as joint hosts of Euro 2012 with Ukraine despite

guarantees, in theory with the blessing of the Government, and when a delegation of the UEFA went to Poland

Zawlocki said Poland aimed to reassure UEFA that tonight's decision would not hurt the 2012 tournament

September 27 - Britain, led by Tina Cook (pictured) won the team and individual titles at the HSBC FEI European Eventing Championships in Fontainebleau today.

Germany's Michael Jung, the World Cup winner in Poland last month, took bronze 0.1 points ahead of Fox-Pitt

September 25 - Luol Deng (pictured) is confident that the injury problems which forced him to miss the Chicago Bulls NBA play-offs last season and Britain's first appearance in the European Championships since 1981 are behind him.

Britain, has worked hard on his rehabilitation and believes missing the European Championships in Poland

September 24 - New world champion Jack Bobridge (pictured) today vowed to help Australia knock Britain's cycling team off their perch at London 2012.

20-year-old, who also won silver in the individual pursuit at the World Track Championship held in Poland

September 23 - Roger Draper (pictured), the chief executive of the Lawn Tennis Association, has pledged to see out his new £1.5 million five-year contract despite Britain being relegated to the third division of world tennis.

Britain's defeat against Poland in Liverpool on Sunday saw them drop out of the top group in the

a period of hard grind.   "It was massively uncomfortable to be sitting there as we lost to Poland

’s embryo basketball  team being eliminated at the pool stage of the European Championships in Poland

As one of the few journos who got off his backside and trekked to Poland let me tell you that Great

Just about the only downside of staging the Olympics is the number-crunchers and sporting know-nothings - particularly the former - who start butting in where they are neither wanted or needed. And my very particular gripe this week is their notion that there simply has to be a return – ie medals –  for any monies spent by UK Sport and other agencies.  

;s embryo basketball  team being eliminated at the pool stage of the European Championships in Poland

As one of the few journos who got off his backside and trekked to Poland let me tell you that Great

September 21 - Adidas and UEFA have signed an extension of their long-term partnership for the 2012 and 2016 European Championships, along along with all other national  team competitions in the  period from  2010 to 2017 under UEFA's EUROTOP banner, it was announced today.

Euro 2012 is to be held in Poland and Ukraine and the 2016 event is due to be awarded later this year

September 21 - Adidas and UEFA have signed an extension of their long-term partnership for the 2012 and 2016 European Championships, along along with all other national  team competitions in the  period from  2010 to 2017 under UEFA's EUROTOP banner, it was announced today.

Euro 2012 is to be held in Poland and Ukraine and the 2016 event is due to be awarded later this year

September 20 - Ireland's Katie Taylor (pictured) won her fourth European title in a row following an 11-0 decision over Turkey's Meryem Aslan Zeybek in today's lightweight final in the Ukraine.

title in Norway in 2005 and followed that up with gold medal wins at the European Championships in Poland

September 13 - Britain are hoping to earn a wild card to compete in next year's World Championships so that they can build on their success in qualifying for the European Championships for the first time in more than quarter-of-a-century.

.   That the Britons were able to compete here so strongly in Poland in the absence

He said: "The biggest thing we learned [in Poland] is that we're close.   "But

September 12 - Former world champion Barry McGuigan (pictured) has claimed that Britain's boxers will make a major impact the London 2012 Olympics despite returning home from the World Amateur Championships without winning a medal.

Last month Repton's Martin Ward won featherweight gold at the European youth championships in Poland.

September 10 - Britain coach Chris Finch (pictured) believes his team have shown they are on the verge of being able to compete at the highest level of the game.

.   But while they depart Poland without a victory, they have won a number of admirers with the

September 9 - Ben Gordon (pictured) has ended fears that he has changed his mind about playing for Britain's basketball team at the London 2012 Olympics by reaffirming his commitment to the team.

had been due to play for Britain at the European Championships, which are currently taking place in Poland