By Duncan Mackay in London British Sports Internet Writer of the Year July 20 -  Britain should not take finishing among the top four countries in the medals table at the London 2012 Olympics for granted, they were warned today as a new report claimed that sport in this country had never been in a better position to succeed.

recent spate of firsts in Olympic sports over the past couple of months with the women’s hockey

July 18 - Goals by Susie Gilbert and Crista Cullen (pictured) saw England come from behind to beat Germany 2-1 in the bronze medal play-off at the Champions Trophy in Nottingham today.

Related stories July 2010: England hockey players miss out on final of Champions Trophy

July 17 - England's women hockey players missed out on a place in the Champions Trophy final after

By Duncan Mackay British Sports Internet Writer of the Year July 15 - Annecy today revealed their new plan to host the 2018 Winter Olympics and Paralympics, which they claim is more compact and meets the requirements of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

All of the Alpine skiing competitions and the ice hockey events will be held in at the foot of Mont Blanc

include road cycling, combined with the existing programme of athletics, badminton, fencing, gymnastics, hockey

July 12 - Two players from Britain's hockey team that finished third in the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki

Richard Leman, himself an Olympic gold medal winner from 1988 and now the President of Great Britain Hockey

Leman said: "Everyone involved with Great Britain Hockey is delighted that we have been able

By Duncan Mackay British Sports Internet Writer of the Year July 7 - Double Olympic sailing gold medallist Sarah Webb (pictured) leads the group of 14 athletes who will form the new British Olympic Association (BOA) Athletes' Commission, chaired by former world rowing champion Sarah Winckless.

Other members of the Commission elected are hockey player Ben Hawes, athletes Emily Freeman and Goldie

By Duncan Mackay British Sports Internet Writer of the Year July 5 - Senior senators have called for Vitaly Mutko's dismissal as Russia's Sports Minister following revelations he charged for five breakfasts a day during the Vancouver Olympics and a new survey ranked him as the country's second most disliked Government official.

Vyacheslav Fetisov, one of Russia's greatest ever ice hockey players who won two Olympic gold medals

By Duncan Mackay British Sports Internet Writer of the Year July 2 - Commonwealth Games officials in New Delhi are trying to get the Indian Government to put pressure on the cricket authorities to change the dates of their Test series against Australia later this year to avoid a clash they fear will overshadow their event.

Cricket attracts a passionate following in India and organisers of the hockey World Cup in New Delhi

Hi, my name’s Kate Walsh, and I'm the current England and Great Britain women’s hockey captain

That's one of the things I love so much about playing hockey - the different personalities coming

That's around 20 hours a week, covering hockey sessions, weights sessions, speed and conditioning.

Full-time training is extremely hard work but we love playing hockey so much.

A number of players in the squad still juggle work and hockey training.

June 30 - Hockey India has set July 29 as the new date for its much-delayed elections knowing that if

Earlier this month, Hockey India had ratified the affiliations of 33 units, including four institutional

Hockey India has postponed its elections several times, leading to International Hockey Federation (FIH

To make matters worse for Hockey India, the Delhi high court had earlier this reinstated the KPS Gill-led

in 2008 and replaced by Hockey India.

is too late for FIH to move hockey World Cup from Delhi January 2010: Hockey World Cup in doubt again

June 26 - Anthony Booth (pictured), a British Paralympian whose artificial legs were stolen, was given a specially-made new pair so he could walk his sister down at the aisle at her wedding today.

The 33-year-old, who represented Britain in the ice sledge hockey at the Winter Paralympics in Nagano

under-21 Internationals, EDF Energy / Heineken Cup rugby, international netball and National League ice hockey

June 23 -  Former Indian Olympians launched a crusade today to improve the governance of sports in the country, training their guns on New Delhi's 2010 Commonwealth Games organiser Suresh Kalmadi (pictured).

The group, led by former hockey captain Pargat Singh, urged the International Olympic Committee

June 22 - Construction is now underway on the historic Eton Manor site, which will host the wheelchair tennis during the Paralympics, the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) has today announced.

After the Games, the permanent facilities will be transformed into a hockey centre with two competition