July 22 - The 2010 International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Swimming World Championships in Eindhoven next month is set for record coverage, including unprecdented exposure in Britain thanks to Channel 4, the official broadcaster of the London 2012 Paralympics.

Broadcasters from Brazil and Spain will also be in Eindhoven covering the World Championships, which

By Mike Rowbottom A group of female athletes are lying on mats by the running track attached to Tonbridge School, in Kent. They are being taken through core exercises, designed to strengthen the body, by Tonbridge’s famous favourite daughter - Kelly Holmes. Dressed in black shorts and crop top, Holmes, who turned 40 this year, still has the lean look of a competing athlete, although she insists that nowadays, with her commitments to the Dame Kelly Holmes Trust and her work as President of Commonwealth Games England, she hardly gets time to train.

Since that initial camp, there have been regular get-togethers including a training camp in Spain in

By Tom Degun July 13 - Britain’s men’s basketball team have suffered a huge setback ahead of their EuroBasket qualifying campaign this summer with the news that NBA and Detroit Pistons star Ben Gordon (pictured) will not be able to join up with the team due to a slow recovery from a minor operation to his ankle.

with his club team Unicaja Malaga as they progressed through to the playoff stage of the ACB League in Spain

By Duncan Mackay British Sports Internet Writer of the Year July 12 - International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge claimed today that South Africa hosting the Olympics and Paralympics would be a natural progression after successfully staging the FIFA World Cup.

Rogge was among the crowd of 84,490 at Soccer City in Johannesburg to see Spain beat the Netherlands

By Duncan Mackay British Sports Internet Writer of the Year July 8 - FIFA President Sepp Blatter has urged South Africa to build on the success of the World Cup by launching a campaign for the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics, revealing that he would support a bid from Durban.

Durban staged seven matches during the World Cup, including the semi-final last night which Spain beat

By Duncan Mackay British Sports Internet Writer of the Year July 6 - Durban's successful hosting of FIFA World Cup matches has proved that the city can stage the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics, the city's Mayor Obed Mlaba claimed today.

goalless draw with Portugal, and is due to host the World Cup semi-final tomorrow between Germany and Spain

By Tom Degun July 6 - Beijing 2008 Olympic 400 metres champion Christine Ohuruogu has been omitted from the British team for the European Championships in Barcelona at the end of the month due to a persistent quad injury, it was announced today. 

Britain has a number of strong medal chances in Spain with Mo Farah and Chris Thompson have both been

By Mike Rowbottom July 5 - Sixteen-year-old Zoe Smith (pictured) today became the youngest athlete selected for England at the Delhi Commonwealth Games when she was named in a 12-strong weightlifting team.

She also won the silver medal in the 58kg class at the European Youth Championships in Spain last month

By Duncan Mackay British Sports Internet Writer of the Year July 3 - Richard Caborn (pictured), who was the Sports Minister during London's successful bid to host the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics has put himself forward to replace Lord Triesman as the chairman of the Football Association.

Triesman, a friend of Caborn's, was forced to step down after he accused Spain and Russia of colluding

By Duncan Mackay British Sports Internet Writer of the Year June 30 - International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Pal Schmitt (pictured), a double Olympic gold medallist, has been elected as the new President of Hungary.

Schmitt served as Hungarian Ambassador in a number of countries, including Spain and Switzerland, and

By Tom Degun June 26 - Lithuania’s men gained revenge for their Beijing 2008 Paralympic final defeat at the hands of China by defeating their great rivals to claim gold at the 2010 World Goalball Championships in Sheffield.

Spain beat Sweden 4-2 to finish fifth while Algeria ran out 6-2 victors against Brazil to take seventh

June 20 - A total of six victories over two days of competition ensured the Britain finished second behind Russia in the European Team Championships in Bergen.

silver medallist was dissatisfied with his performance but looked ahead to the European Championships in Spain

June 19 - Dutchman Michel van den Heuvel (pictured) has been appointed as Pakistan's new hockey coach with the aim of guiding the country to success at the London 2012 Olympics.

Pakistan’s hockey team will tour Spain next month before competing in October’s Commonwealth

Spain was nominated to organise and host the final four of this year’s European League and will

Three days later we were on our way to Salamanca in Spain for the next two matches.

As expected, Spain made some changes from their losses against Romania.

The first match against Spain on Friday night could not have started any worse for Team GB.

Add Spain to the ever-growing list of countries that have fallen at the hands of Team GB!

By Mike Rowbottom June 18 - Plans are afoot to set up British Triathlon along the same lines that have created such success for cycling and rowing by centralising their operation in the High Performance Centre at Loughborough University.

Brownlee failed to win last year however was the European Championships where arch rival Javier Gomez of Spain