By Duncan MackayFebruary 15 - Stuart McReynolds been appointed by the Canadian Paralympic Committee (CPC) as its new senior coordinator for education programmes, they have announced.

February 24.Originally from Hitchin, McReynolds has travelled widely and worked in education in Britain, Spain

By Tom Degun in LausanneFebruary 15 - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) have claimed that they respect the controversial decision from Rome to withdraw from the bid race to host the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

the deadline being later this evening.Eyes will now invariably turn to Madrid due to the fact that Spain

I think Spain has decided to go after the Games," he said.

By Tom Degun in LausanneFebruary 14 - Madrid have today delivered their Applicant City file for their bid to host the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics one day ahead of the deadline on tomorrow evening.

The bid comes despite Spain being among the European countries worst affected by the current economic

Olympics and Paralympics "should be considered a statewide project, the Gobiernod [the Prime Minister] and Spain

By Tom DegunFebruary 10 - Istanbul's bid for the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games has received a major boost just days before the application file submission for the event after two new sets of data published underlined the huge strength and stability of the Turkish economy.

warning to some of Istanbul's 2012 bid rivals, particularly Madrid and Rome because the economies in both Spain

By David OwenFebruary 9 - Golf participation in Europe fell in 2011 for the first time in more than two decades, according to a new report.

42,700 registered golfers, equivalent to 3.1 per cent, with Sweden (down 21,000; 4.1 per cent) and Spain

By David GoldFebruary 8 - Australia are taking nothing for granted ahead of London 2012 despite the wheelchair basketball team's status as Beijing gold medal holders and favourites.

be decided.Australia have a tough draw at London 2012, being pooled with the United States, Italy, Spain

By Duncan Mackay in LausanneFebrurary 7 - An angry Alberto Contador, the two-time Tour de France champion, tonight claimed he "totally disagreed" with his two-year doping ban and pledged to return.

Andy Schleck of Luxembourg.Contador's determination to carry on means he may compete at the Tour of Spain

By Duncan Mackay in LausanneFebruary 6 - Alberto Contador has been banned for two years and stripped of his 2010 Tour de France yellow jersey for doping by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) here today.

The 29-year-old from Spain, who tested positive for the anabolic steroid clenbuterol during the 2010

Unlike certain other countries, notably outside Europe, Spain is not known to have a contamination problem

By Tom DegunFebruary 5 - Thomas Bach (pictured), vice-president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), has claimed that the high quality of the six bidders competing to host the 2020  Olympic and Paralympic Games has put his organisation in a very comfortable position ahead of the all-important vote next year.

in a strong position as Azerbaijan, Qatar and Turkey have never hosted the Olympics before whereas Spain

By Duncan MackayFebruary 3 - Rome must continue to play a waiting game to see whether they will be able to bid for the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics after Italy's Prime Minister Mario Monti refused to be rushed into a decision amid a warning from Mario Pescante that the delay could prove fatal to the campaign even if does go-ahead.

"Other possible candidatures such as Spain [Madrid] and Azerbaijan [Baku] have already decided long ago

compete at a major international competition, and so will make the most of this opportunity.Then there's Spain

By Tom DegunFebruary 1 - Switzerland's Denis Oswald (pictured) has announced his resignation as President of the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF) in a formal letter to the organisation's 28 member federations.

currently the ASOIF vice-president.International Triathlon Union (ITU) President Marisol Casado of Spain

By Andrew WarshawJanuary 31 - Controversial Spanish cyclist Alberto Contador (pictured) will finally hear the result of his doping case on Monday, February 6.

champion has always insisted he failed a dope test because he ate contaminated meat, brought in from Spain

By Duncan Mackay in MadridJanuary 30 - Madrid today launched the logo for its bid to host the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics, an event deemed to be a success despite the fact the logo was quickly mired in controversy with one poll claiming that 81 per cent of Spaniards did not like it and a leading commentator describing it as "naff".

Blanco told the audience, who included Pedro J Ramirez, who memorably won the 1500 metres the last time Spain

By Duncan Mackay in MadridJanuary 29 - Madrid's new Mayor Ana Botella will tomorrow here throw her support fully behind the city's campaign's to host the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics at a special ceremony to launch the bid logo and website, the bid boosted by the public support of the Government despite the country's economic crisis. 

Olympics and Paralympics "should be considered a statewide project, the Gobiernod [the Prime Minister] and Spain

We want to give support to Madrid 2020 to help build the momentum behind Brand Spain and help generate