gravitas.Speaking last week, President Vladimir Putin described how winning the right to host the Games in Guatemala

final push in Sochi's Olympic bid when he made a speech to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Guatemala

By Paul OsborneJanuary 8 - Eight teams from across the Americas have gathered in the Cayman Islands this week as the countdown for the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football's (CONCACAF) Women's Under-20 Championships nears its end.

past two tournaments winning a record four titles in total.They have been placed in Group A alongside Guatemala

challengers for the place.The tournament gets underway tomorrow with a double-header which will see Guatemala

By Gary AndersonNovember 21 - The USA Knockouts franchise has announced that all of its bouts in this season's World Series of Boxing (WSB) will be broadcast in the United States by media firm Univision, which services the large Hispanic audience in the country.

With boxers from Brazil, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Puerto Rico and Venezuela along

By Paul OsborneOctober 17 - Two of the sport's most popular competitors came together on the fourth day of the World Boxing Championships in Almaty when former British Lionhearts team member Gamal Yafai took on AIBA Professional Boxer (APB) Aram Avagyan in the bantamweight division.

competition up and running in magnificent style with a win over Pakistan's Nadir Khan.The boxer from Guatemala

By Paul OsborneOctober 14 - The AIBA World Boxing Championships got underway in Almaty, Kazakhstan, today with the afternoon and evening sessions seeing the start of the flyweight and heavyweight weight categories.

watch will be Roldan Boncales of the Philippines who managed his tricky opponent, Eddie Barillas of Guatemala

By Gary AndersonAugust 2 - Softball officials claim that the success of the sport at the World Games in Cali has given its campaign to become part of the 2020 Olympic programme a massive boost. 

20 matches during the six-team tournament that saw teams from Argentina, Aruba, hosts Colombia and Guatemala

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).

Martins Natalie Yomura (Brazil), Martirossian Anna (Armenia), Menéndez Jorge Mario Marroquín (Guatemala

By Emily GoddardJune 24 - The Sochi 2014 Olympic Torch will be the first to travel in space after the historic spacewalk leg of the Relay was confirmed today.

Sochi Olympic bid presentation made during the 119th International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session in Guatemala

By James CrookApril 12 - The Central American Para Games are due to open in the Costa Rican capital of San José today as 250 athletes from six countries get ready to compete for medals in five sports.

Athletes from El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama and host nation Costa Rica will go

By James CrookMarch 9 - The Pan-American Para-Badminton Championships will take place in Ciudad de Guatemala

American nations such as Brazil, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Peru, Venezuela and the host nation Guatemala

awarding Sochi the Games once Russian President Vladimir Putin turned up at their voting Session in Guatemala

By James CrookMarch 6 - The crisis-hit South African Football Association (SAFA) is set for more unwelcome attention after President of the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) Gideon Sam ordered a probe into alleged match fixing in the South African national team's warm-up games before the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

that they had been involved in the fixing of friendly matches against Thailand, Bulgaria, Colombia and Guatemala

By Duncan MackayFebruary 6 - Vladimir Putin today toured Sochi to inspect the facilities being constructed for the 2014 Winter Olympics and Paralympics and claimed he was satisfied overall with the progress as Russia prepared tomorrow to celebrate the one year to go countdown.

 "It's difficult to believe that the promises you gave in Guatemala in 2007 have become the reality

By Andrew WarshawDecember 18 - Two years after staging the World Cup and just weeks before hosting January's African Cup of Nations, South African football has been plunged into crisis after the President of the country's national federation, Kirsten Nematandani (pictured), was suspended along with four others in a new match-fixing scandal.

apparently infiltrated South Africa's World Cup warmup games against Thailand, Bulgaria, Colombia and Guatemala

South Africa versus Guatemala is one of the games under the match-fixing investigationSouth Africa's

5-0 win over Guatemala and 2-1 victory over Colombia in May 2010 - two weeks before the World Cup kicked

been under suspicion.Nigerien referee Chaibou Ibrahim awarded three penalties for hand-ball in the Guatemala