By Lauren MatteraJuly 9 - The official logo of the Women's European Handball Federation (EHF) Euro 2012 in Serbia has been unveiled.

Romania, Montenegro, Russia, France, FYR Macedonia, Sweden, Czech Republic, Croatia, Denmark, Ukraine, Spain

By Andrew WarshawJuly 8 - Ryan Giggs, who retired from international football five years ago, will captain Team GB at London 2012, it was announced today.

Brazil, Spain and Uruguay have picked marquee players."

enough to take part.Sturridge fell ill with meningitis last weekend and will miss training sessions in Spain

By David GoldJuly 7 - The Australian men's and women's wheelchair basketball teams have been unveiled as the country bids to win medals in both tournaments.

London this will be their third Paralympic gold.They face the United States, South Africa, Turkey, Spain

They could give us a good shake while we believe Spain could cause a few upsets and could be quite dangerous

By David GoldJuly 7 - Three members of the Spain squad which made history at the European Championships

world's best player in his position after starring at the Euros.He scored a superb goal in the final as Spain

By David GoldJuly 6 - Team GB men's football coach Stuart Pearce has yet to decide on his captain for London 2012, despite having named his 18-man squad.

It is a shining example how seriously Brazil, Spain and so on take the Olympics."

Thiago Alcantarã, striker Adrian Lopez of Atlético Madrid and Athletic Bilbao winger Iker Muniain, Spain

By David GoldJuly 6 - Brazil's coach Mano Menezes has named Thiago Silva, Hulk and Marcelo as his overage players in his squad for this summer's London 2012 Olympic Games.

the group stage of the draw.Their main rivals for the gold medal are likely to be a hugely talented Spain

By David GoldJuly 5 - Luol Deng is the only NBA star in Britain's basketball squad for London 2012, with Charlotte Bobcats team mates Ben Gordon and Byron Mullens missing out.

experience vital for coach Chris Finch's side.Pops Mensah-Bonsu and Joel Freeland, who compete in Turkey and Spain

the world's top team, 13 times and defending Olympic champions the US, on July 19.Britain will face Spain

By David GoldJuly 1 - Brazil's Paralympic five-a-side football team have won a six team International Tournament in Madrid to underline their status as favourites at London 2012 this summer.

side swept their opposition aside, winning four out of five games against their rivals; Argentina, Spain

, China, France and England.Hosts Spain crushed France 4-1 on the opening game of the tournament, with

also met recently in a friendly tournament which Brazil also won.Brazil (pictured) went on to beat Spain

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By Andrew WarshawJune 30 - Turkey's controversial interest in hosting football's European Championships as well as the Olympics and Paralympics in 2020 hit a serious snag today when UEFA President Michel Platini made it clear he was running out of patience.

and Paralympics.At a news conference today on the eve of tomrrow's Euro 2012 final between holders Spain

By Andrew WarshawJune 30 - Team GB's chances of picking up a men's football medal at London 2012 have suffered a major blow with the news that Wales and Tottenham Hotspur star Gareth Bale will be unavailable due to injury.

four-year deal with his English club side – rather than, as anticipated, opt for an overseas move to Spain

By Mike Rowbottom at the Olympic Stadium in HelsinkiJune 27 - Mo Farah was, as predicted, a one-man show here in the 1952 Olympic Stadium this evening as he defended the European 5,000 metre title he had won amid such emotion in Barcelona two years ago.

Farah's performances in Spain, where he also became the first Briton to win a European 10,000m gold,

By Tom Degun at Team GB House in LondonJune 27 - Barry Middleton has been named captain of a 16-strong Team GB men's hockey squad for the London 2012 Olympics here today with group determined to win a medal in front of their home fans following their bitter disappointment at Beijing 2008.

be aiming to do the same at London 2012, where they have been drawn in Pool A alongside Australia, Spain

Games, the Team GB squad is scheduled to participate in a high standard tri-nation event in Santander, Spain

By David GoldJune 25 - The Brazilian Paralympic five-a-side football team is in Spain, for an important

Brazil will take on rivals Argentina, as well as China, Spain and France in Madrid, where the first national

The story of Alex Zanardi, the motor racing driver who has become a major medal contender at the London 2012 Paralympics, is almost as unbelievable as it is inspiring.Born in the city of Bologna in Northern Italy, Zanardi was spotted as an exceptional racing driver when driving karts as a teenager. So it was no surprise when he soon graduated to Formula One, the pinnacle of the profession, in 1991.He later switched to CART, where he was named Champ Racing Rookie of the Year, and had another stint at Formula One before returning to CART once again in 2000.

Then in 2004, he returned to full-time racing, driving for the BMW Team Italy-Spain in the FIA European

By Duncan MackayJune 23 - Another potential road to London 2012 for Aaron Cook has been blocked off after the British Olympic Association (BOA) turned down his latest appeal and refused to re-open his case.

Taekwondo officials discussing their anger about Cook's decision to leave the set-up at a camp in Spain