By Duncan Mackay in DurbanJuly 5 - If Pyeongchang wins its bid to host the 2018 Winter Olympics and Paralympics then it will have the same effect on the country as when Seoul hosted the 1988 Summer Games, South Korean President Lee Myung-bak promised here on the eve of the vote.

Lee insisted that, unlike Putin in Guatemala or then British Prime Minister Tony Blair in Singapore in

By Duncan Mackay in DurbanJuly 3 - South Korean President Lee Myung-bak today chaired a meeting here of the main officials involved in Pyeongchang's campaign to host the 2018 Winter Olympics and Paralympics to ensure that they have the right strategy to beat rivals Annecy and Munich.

said.Lee also plans to address the IOC Session in English, just as Putin did four years ago in Guatemala

By Tom DegunMay 10 - Annecy, Munich and Pyeongchang, the three candidates bidding for the 2018 Winter Olympics and Paralympics, all reacted positively after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) today released the vital report from the Evaluation Commission for the Games.

Winter Olympics and Paralympics, but were pipped on the line by outsiders Sochi at the vote in Guatemala

By Tom DegunFebruary 16 - The Foundation for Global Sports Development (GSD) and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) are to promote new opportunities for athletes with disabilities in countries around the world.

and will be working together with neighbouring countries during the workshop including Costa Rica, Guatemala

By Duncan MackayBritish Sports Internet Writer of the YearDecember 28 - Sochi's preparations for the 2014 Winter Olympics and Paralympics have been praised by Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Zhukov (pictured right), who has claimed that the Games will provide the country with a "positive legacy".

"Three years ago in Guatemala, we won the right to host the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games

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By Duncan MackayBritish Sports Internet Writer of the YearDecember 12 - Prince Albert II of Monaco broke International Olympic Committee (IOC) rules by accepting lavish gifts from Vladimir Putin during Sochi's successful bid to host the 2014 Olympics and Paralympics, it has been alleged.

IOC President Jacques Rogge to claim that he violated bidding rules in the build-up to the vote in Guatemala

November 11 - President of the World Squash Federation (WSF) Rami Ramachandran (pictured) is due to take part in a fact-finding mission to the Asian Games, which begin in the Chinese city of Guangzhou on Friday (November 12).

largest shopping and entertainment complex.This week WSF chief executive Andrew Shelley will visit Guatemala

October 15 - Athletes from developing nations will have their fitness boundaries pushed to the limit after arriving on the shores of Australia for a gruelling 21-day sailing camp as part of the preparations for the 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships.

New faces, including Santiago Grillo from Columbia and Andrea Aldana from Guatemala, will test

October 4 - Stoke Mandeville Stadium, the birthplace of Paralympic sport, will be hosting the finals of the Four Nations Disabled Badminton Championships in May 2011, it has been announced.

in the last domestic event of the season before the World Parabadminton Championships being held in Guatemala

September 14 - Grupo Albavision has been granted the broadcast rights to the 2012 London Olympics in 10 Latin American countries in a deal worth $2.25 million (£1.45 million), it has been announced.

awarded the free-to-air rights in Bolivia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala

By Duncan Mackay British Sports Internet Writer of the Year August 27 - Top diplomat Michèle Ramis has been appointed to a key role with the international relations team campaigning for Annecy to be awarded the 2018 Olympics and Paralympics as the French city steps up its efforts to make up lost ground on rivals Munich and Pyeongchang. 

Since September 2008, Ramis has been the Ambassador for France in Guatemala.

July 5 - Sochi 2014 has celebrated the three-year anniversary of Sochi 2014 winning the right to host the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games with a traditional "Sochi-YES" festival.

chief executive of Sochi 2014, said: "The emotions and joy that the team experienced in Guatemala

By Duncan Mackay British Sports Internet Writer of the Year April 14 - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (pictured) today promised that Russia will spend 60 billion rubles (£1.3 billion/$2 billion) to ensure that preparations for the 2014 Sochi Olympics and Paralympics remain on course

Sochi since Russia was awarded the Winter Olympics for the first time by the IOC at its Session in Guatemala

By Duncan Mackay British Sports Internet Writer of the Year April 9 - Plans to install Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Zhukov (pictured left) as the new President of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) have been backed by the country's leading sports administrators.

;He attended the presentation of Sochi in Russia's bid to host the Winter Olympic Games in 2014 [in Guatemala