By Lauren Mattera at Santa Cruz in ArubaTaekwondo has now established itself as a sport which embraces everyone regardless of disability, gender or race, and through this progression, Para-Taekwondo has evolved to the point where those with the physical ability and confidence to overpower their difficulties can do, and it has aspired to become a sport made up of many inspirational values and ideals.

, along with Mongolia, Nepal, Croatia, Iran, Finland, United Kingdom, Australia, Brazil, Canada and Guatemala

By Lauren Mattera at Santa Cruz in ArubaNovember 21 - Aruba's Minister for Sport and Health, Richard Visser, has today welcomed the third World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) Para-Taekwondo Championships to the island, praising the values and ideals behind the sport.

Azerbaijan, Croatia, Iran, Finland, France, Russia, Spain, United Kingdom, Australia, Brazil, Canada and Guatemala

By Mike Rowbottom at Krasnaya Polyana in SochiNovember 6 - The Sochi 2014 Games promise to do for Russia what Beijing 2008 did for China, the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) former vice-president Kevan Gosper said here today as he opened the World Press Briefing in the luxury hotel complex that lies amid the inland mountains which will host the alpine events in 15 months' time.

Sochi has bid twice before for the Winter Games, but they left no stone unturned before going to Guatemala

Korea and Salzburg in Austria with a little help from a certain Vladimir Putin at the IOC Session in Guatemala

on.Vladimir Putin played a key role in helping Sochi secure the 2014 Winter Games at the 119th IOC Session in Guatemala

By Duncan Mackay in LausanneMarch 13 - Kuala Lumpur is set to host the 127th International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session in 2015 after it was put forward as the sole candidate for election.

better known for their heat than snow and ice.The 2014 Games, awarded to Sochi, were announced in Guatemala

By David GoldJanuary 22 - Canada, Costa Rica, Mexico and the United States are all in the semi-finals of the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) Olympic football women's qualifiers, with all four winning their first two games of the competition with relative ease at BC Place in Vancouver.

finalists US scored 27 times without reply in their first two games against the Dominican Republic 14-0 and Guatemala

13-0.Mexico were not quite as emphatic, but still crushed Guatemala 5-0 before defeating the Dominican

By David GoldJanuary 20 - Four goals from Christine Sinclair helped Canada to an easy 6-0 win over Haiti in the opening game of the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) women's London 2012 Olympic football qualifiers at BC Place in Vancouver.

tournament along with group favourites Canada.In Group B the United States, Mexico, Dominican Republic and Guatemala

By David GoldJanuary 17 - The United States women's team coach Pia Sundhage has arrived in Vancouver with a 20 woman squad for the 2012 Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) Olympic women's qualifying tournament, which is due to start on Thursday (January 19) and last until January 26. 

The US will play their first game on Friday against the Dominican Republic, before facing Guatemala and

By David GoldJanuary 16 - The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) women's qualifying tournament for the London 2012 Games gets underway in Canada on Thursday (January 19), with eight teams vying for two places at this summer's Olympics.

finishing second in the group is likely to face the hosts.The duo are joined by the Dominican Republic and Guatemala

By Tom Degun in InnsbruckJanuary 16 - Dmitry Chernyshenko (pictured right), the Sochi 2014 President and chief executive, has said that it would be a "stupid thing" to use the Olympics and Paralympics to make a political statement following calls from former Europe Minister Denis MacShane to ban Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (pictured left) from the London 2012 Games.

helping Sochi secure the 2014 Winter Games at the 119th International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session in Guatemala

He helped create the momentum to help us win the bid in Guatemala and he has also been fully supportive

By David GoldNovember 18 - CONCACAF has signed agreements with Telemundo and Universal Sports Network to show both the continent's women's and men's 2012 Olympic football qualifying tournaments.

teams are competing in two groups: Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba and Haiti in Group A, and the US, Mexico, Guatemala

By David GoldNovember 16 - A Kuban Cossack Choir of 157 singers have joined as ambassadors for the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics and Paralympics, and it has been confirmed that the group will perform during the Cultural Olympiad for the Games.

The Choir has supported us since 2007 when the Sochi 2014 bid won in Guatemala."

By David GoldNovember 14 - Mexico dominated on the first day of the Parapan American Games, taking two gold medals, four silver and one bronze to collect almost half the prizes on offer.

beat Brazil 67-49, and Group B witnessed a thumping for Peru, who lost 61-10 to USA, while Mexico beat Guatemala

By David GoldOctober 26 - Canada's national women's football team have been drawn alongside Costa Rica, Cuba and Haiti as they look to qualify for the London 2012 Olympic Games.

could be joined by the United States, who will be favourites to qualify from a group involving Mexico, Guatemala

By Duncan Mackay in DurbanJuly 6 - Pyeongchang were today awarded the 2018 Winter Olympics and Paralympics after beating rivals Annecy and Munich in the first round of voting at the International Olympic Committee Session here today.

second, following the elimination of Salzburg, as Vancouver won with 56.Then, at the IOC Session in Guatemala