delegates I met were positively drooling about it, far better than a poor Russia and a even poorer Spain-Portugal

  Let us say by October there is an European country - Russia, Spain-Portugal or England - with

Last weekend we defeated Spain, the 2009 European League runners-up.

There is further to go, as acknowledged by our Dutch coach, Harry Brokking, but the three set defeat of Spain

June 15 - London Mayor Boris Johnson (pictured left) will tonight leave for Cape Town to attend the FIFA World Cup and learn lessons from South Africa on how to run a major international sporting event.

see him experiencing the excitement of a live FIFA Fan Fest site tomorrow to watch European champions Spain

June 14 - Britain's Olympic 400 metres hurdles bronze medallist Tasha Danvers (pictured) and the Czech Republic's world decathlon record holder and former Olympic champion Roman Sebrle are among 14 men and women who have been nominated for the European Athletics Athletes Commission election. 

Libor Charfreitag, multiple European and World Championships shot put medallist Manuel Martinez of Spain

June 13 - Britain’s hand-cyclists put on a stunning display at the World Cup event in Segovia, Spain

June 13 - Beach volleyball qualifying for the London 2012 Olympics will begin in Russia next month, it has been announced.

move to Illichivsk in Ukraine on September 3-5 and  Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in Spain

June 11 - Britain's boccia team, including Paralympic champion Nigel Murray (pictured),  won three silver medals at the CPISRA Boccia World Championships in Lisbon.

In the quarter-finals Murray avenged defeat in last year’s European Championships by beating Spain

June 11 - Caster Semenya's future remains in doubt after a planned press conference to announce her comeback was cancelled at the last minute by South Africa's Sports Ministry.

recently defied the two bodies by declaring her intentions to return to the sport, starting in Zaragoza, Spain

Zoe, already the Commonwealth Youth champion, won silver in the European Youth Championships in Spain

By Tom Degun in Manchester May 31 - Double Paralympic champion Ellie Simmonds (pictured) was one of the stars on the final day of the BT Paralympic World Cup as she smashed her own world record in women’s 200 metres individual medley in the SM6 category at an event where an astonishing four world records fell to British swimmers.

"We are all in heavy training in Spain right now for the World Championships in Eindhoven which

By Duncan Mackay British Sports Internet Writer of the Year May 18 - New Sports and Olympics Minister Hugh Robertson (pictured) has today laid out the priorities he has set himself after being officially confirmed in the roles by Prime Minister David Cameron.

and chairman of the Football Association following claims in the Mail on Sunday that Russia and Spain

May 16 - Sebastian Coe (pictured) and Sir Keith Mills, the architects of London's successful bid to host the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics, are set to adopt a higher profile role in England's campaign to stage the 2018 World Cup after Lord Triesman was forced to step down as chairman, Coe has exclusively told insidethegames.

optimism that England's chances of beating rivals Russia and the joint bids from Holland and Belgium and Spain

By Tom Degun May 12 - Olympic canoeing gold medallist Tim Brabants (pictured) is to return to the Great Britain team after 18 months away from the sport to qualify with ease for his first international competitions since the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.

two World Cup fixtures will help determine the British squad for the European Championships in Spain

By Tom Degun May 9 - Britain’s men’s wheelchair tennis team of David Phillipson, Marc McCarroll (pictured) and Gordon Reid joined the women’s and junior teams by finishing fourth in their event at the 2010 Invacare World Team Cup in Antalya, Turkey.

Whiley rescues Britain World Team Cup campaign again May 2010: Whiley inspires Britain to victory over Spain

By Duncan Mackay British Sports Internet Writer of the Year May 7 - Billionaire Alisher Usmanov (pictured), the President of the International Fencing Federation (FIE),  is to financially help Russia's bid to host the 2018 of 2022 FIFA World Cup, it was announced today.

bid, who are considered to be their main rivals along with joint bids from Holland and Belgium and Spain