By Duncan MackayAugust 5 - Sweden's Gunilla Lindberg will head the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Coordination Commission overseeing preparations for the 2018 Winter Games in Pyeongchang, it was announced today.

IOC member in 2009.The other IOC members are Barry Maister, the former secretary general of the New

Zealand Olympic Committee and a gold medallist in hockey at Montreal in 1976, and Zhaiqing Yu, the vice-president

By David GoldAugust 4 - Discus thrower Dan Greaves is aiming to break the 60 metre mark at the Aviva London Grand Prix on Saturday (August 6) as he gears up for the London 2012 Paalympics.

Greaves took gold at the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) World Championships in New Zealand

By David GoldAugust 4 - The 2011 USA Triathlon Age Group and Sprint National Championships, which take place later this month in Burlington, have sold out in record time, according to the multisport National Governing Body, with possible options now being explored for expanding the field.

line, as well as the chance to qualify for the 2012 ITU Age Group World Championships in Auckland, New

Zealand."

By Tom DegunJuly 30 - The Gold Coast has received the latest endorsement of its bid to host the 2018 Commonwealth Games after the Australian men's basketball and rugby union teams arrived in the city to use it as a training base for upcoming competitions.

The rugby team, known as the Wallabies, are in town preparing for the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand

Olympic qualifier, while the Wallabies are currently top of the table in the 2011 Tri Nations Series with New

Zealand and South Africa also competing.Contact the writer of this story at [email protected]

By David GoldJuly 29 - Australia's wheelchair rugby squad are confident of clinching a qualifying spot for the London 2012 Paralympic Games and avenging their defeat in the gold medal match of Beijing 2008 when they lost out to the United States.

but I think that was our opportunity to get a gold and we blew it a bit," said the 23-year-old from New

to join hosts Great Britain.Australia took gold in the Asia-Oceania Championships in 2009, beating New

Zealand into second place, and they will have to retain their title in November to qualify for London

By Mike RowbottomJuly 26 - Britain's up and coming pair of Constantine Louloudis and George Nash (pictured) underlined their credentials to be considered for a place in the London 2012 team by winning gold in a world record at the World Under-23 Championships in Amsterdam, defeating the reigning champions South Africa in the process.

Amsterdam.Defending Champions Germany managed to retain their under-23 title in the women's double sculls with a new

superior races.For the women, the defending champions United States finished with bronze after Canada and New

Zealand pushed ahead to take gold and silver.In the men's single sculls, Germany revealed a new talent

By Duncan MackayJuly 23 - The Gold Coast's bid to host the 2018 Commonwealth Games has won the support of the Oceania countries it was revealed today.

revealed that he and his colleagues had decided last October during the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New

nbsp;told the Gold Coast Bulletin.The Oceania group is made up of the Cook Islands, Kiribati, Nauru, New

Zealand, Niue, Norfolk Island, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu"We

By Duncan MackayJuly 22 - Athletics Australia has appointed Andrew Faichney as its new Paralympic

The IPC World Championships in New Zealand gave us a good understanding of where we are at the moment

By Tom DegunJuly 22 - Thirteen Commonwealth Games voting delegates from the Oceania region have landed in the Gold Coast as part of the second international stream of Commonwealth Games Association (CGA) representatives to inspect the Australian city's bid for the 2018 event.

and that the team would need to impress the representatives from the Cook Islands, Kiribati, Nauru, New

Zealand, Niue, Norfolk Island, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu during

Andy Triggs-Hodge (pictured), have "a mountain to climb" if they are to overhaul their all-conquering New

Zealand opponents at World Rowing Championships in Bled, Slovenia, from August 28 until September 4.

unbeaten in 2010 across three World Cups.The lightweight men's four were also crowned world champions on New

has a valid medal hope in the women's pair of Helen Glover and Heather Stanning, who broke through in New

Zealand to take silver behind the host nation and whose Lucerne gold included a victory over the Kiwis.Matt

By Mike RowbottomJuly 19 - A field of Olympic proportions has been announced, fittingly enough, for the World Championship triathlon that will take place on the proposed London 2012 course next month, with five Beijing medallists, two world champions and Britain's Brownlee brothers - Alistair (pictured) and Jonathan - on the entry lists, as well as Britain's former world champion Helen Jenkins.

includes 2008 Olympic silver and bronze medallists, Simon Whitfield and Bevan Docherty of Canada and New

Zealand respectively, and the women's field will include Chile's Barbara Riveros Diaz who is sitting

By Tom DegunJuly 18 - Urvasi Naidoo, the chief executive of the International Federation of Netball Associations (IFNA), has claimed that her sport is still hopeful of inclusion at the Olympic Games in the long term future despite missing out on a place at the 2020 Olympics.

We continue to grow and expand globally with new member countries joining us this month, including Austria

12,000 capacity Singapore Indoor Stadium were won by Australia, who claimed their tenth world title.New Zealand

2010: Tom Degun - Why I think netball should be in the OlympicsMay 2008: Netball launches new

By Emily GoddardJuly 17 - Visa has announced it will sponsor four new United States Olympic and Paralympic

Olympic gold medallists Yelena Isinbayeva from Russia, Emanuel Rego from Brazil and Valerie Adams from New

Zealand, along with national teams from more than 20 countries, including the US, Canada, Brazil, China

TennisMens: Jia-Yi-Liu (China)Taekwondo: Prof Won Jae Moon (Korea)Triathlon: Ben Bright (New

Zealand)Weightlifting: Tamas Feher (Hungary)Volleyball: Harry Brokking (Holland)Wrestling:

By David GoldJuly 12 - Some of England's top hockey talents will be taking part in the London Cup in Chiswick today as the European champions look to lift the cup.

for the European champions.England will come face to face with Commonwealth Games bronze medallists New

Zealand, and head coach Jason Lee is excited about the competition."

Germany next month.Schools from across the United Kingdom will come to London to see Korea take on New

Zealand before England get the tournament underway against Belgium.At the conclusion of the tournament