ELEVEN cities have applied to host the first Summer Youth Olympic Games in 2010, an important new event in the build-up to London 2012, the international Olympic Committee (IOC) announced today.

Thailand; Belgrade, Serbia; Debrecen, Hungary; Guatemala City; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Moscow; Poznan, Poland

  BRITAIN'S composite eight secured a gold medal in today's World Cup rowing regatta in Amsterdam.

Zac Purchase and Mark Hunter held off the challenge of Poland to win silver in the lightweight double

  BRITAIN'S composite eight secured a gold medal in today's World Cup rowing regatta in Amsterdam.

Zac Purchase and Mark Hunter held off the challenge of Poland to win silver in the lightweight double

  The competition schedule for the LEN European Nations Trophy to be held in Manchester in July has been announced today.

Britain are drawn against France, Poland, Ukraine, Israel and Ireland in Group B, whilst Montenegro are

  TODAY marks the 50-day countdown to the LEN European Nations Trophy which takes place in Manchester from July 8-15 and is a tournament considered vital in Britain's preparations for the 2012 Olympics.

Britain has been drawn against France, Poland, Ukraine, Israel and Ireland, whilst hot favourites Montenegro

  COMPETITORS from 29 nations take to the streets of Leamington tomorrow for the most prestigious athletics event ever to take place in Warwickshire, which is being supported by the Coventry Warwickshire 2012 Partnership.

Matthews and 50km silver medallist Paul Nihill, and four-times Olympic champion Robert Korzeniowski of Poland

  WALES AND SCOTLAND are set to launch a joint bid to host the 2016 European Football Championhips, it was announced today. 

Speaking on the day after that Poland and Ukraine won the race to jointly host the 2012 event Collins

"The decision to give the Euro 2012 tournament to Poland and the Ukraine shows that  UEFA can be persuaded

  POLAND and Ukraine today won the race to host the European Championships in 2012 after beating off

Poland and Ukraine had staged an impressive presentation with Chelsea striker Andriy Shevchenko, Liverpool

The victory for Poland and Ukraine signifies the first step in new UEFA president Michel Platini's plan

It is even more surprising as there has been a match-fixing scandal in Poland.  

Ukrainian cities Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Kyiv and Lviv have been lined up as host cities along with six in Poland

  BRITAIN'S Georgina Harland (pictured) struck gold in the third round of the Modern Pentathlon World Cup held at Millfield School in Somerset today.

leading the field and finished 75m ahead of  Kazakhstan's Lada Jienbalanova with Sylwia Czwojdzinska from Poland

  BRITAIN'S swimmers added two more bronze medals to their total on the final day of the World Championships in Melbourne today thanks to Liam Tancock (pictured) and David Davies.

Gold went to young Mateusz Sawrymowicz of Poland, who lead the race from the first third, in a time of

  BRITAIN will face Celtic rivals Ireland in the group stages of the men's LEN European Nations Trophy in Manchester, the largest water polo competition hosted in Britain in recent years and an event that is important on the road to London 2012.

Britain were drawn in Group-B alongside water polo heavyweights France, Poland, Ukraine and Israel, but

  BRITAIN finished top of the medals table at the European Indoor Championships in Birmingham, the biggest ever athletics event to be staged in Britain before the 2012 Olympics.

Britain moved up into the gold medal position with a time of 3min 07.04sec , with Russia second and Poland

 DECEMBER 10 - MO FARAH'S awesome finishing speed on the last circuit ensured he emphatically claimed the European Championship Cross Country title for Britain in San Giorgio su Legnano today.

history.The under-23 trial event saw the women's side led home by Aine Hoban in fourth clinch gold ahead of Poland

 DECEMBER 10 - MO FARAH'S awesome finishing speed on the last circuit ensured he emphatically claimed the European Championship Cross Country title for Britain in San Giorgio su Legnano today.

history.The under-23 trial event saw the women's side led home by Aine Hoban in fourth clinch gold ahead of Poland

 DECEMBER 8 - BRITAIN won its first gold medal at the European Short Course Championships in Helsinki tonight thanks to Kirsty Balfour (pictured) in the 200 metres breaststroke.

own British record to touch in 2min 21.82 sec, ahead of Germany's Anne Poleska and Beata Kaminska of Poland