December 12 -  Britain's men's basketball team, including Chicago Bull superstar Luol Deng (pictured), have not been awarded a wild-card to next year's World Championships in Turkey, it was announced today.

This summer Britain led Spain, the reigning World Champions and eventual winners of the European

By Steven Downes   December 8 - One of the world's leading experts on sports marketing and television rights has ridiculed a key recommendation of David Davies's working group on which sporting events ought to be free-to-air in Britain.

  The IOC has already secured deals in Spain (with TVE), Italy (with Rupert Murdoch-owned Sky Italia

December 6 - Australia claimed the Champions Trophy for a record 10th time, coming from behind to beat Germany 5-3 victory in the final in Melbourne today.

  In doing so Australia retained the title it won 4-1 against Spain at Rotterdam last year.

"   South Korea took the bronze medal over Netherlands 4-2 and Spain beat England 5-2 in

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December 5 - Defending champions Australia crushed Spain 10-3 to reach their third consecutive final

medal match at the last two Champions Trophy tournaments, losing 1-0 to Germany in 2007 and beating Spain

  Australia had only won one of their previous seven encounters against Spain in all major competitions

  Spain held Australia for the first 45 minutes, going into the break at 2-2 after goals by Grant

  "You have to remember that Spain has been in a position to win every match in this tournament

half, we did not play in the last 20 minutes, but you can expect to see very different matches from Spain

By Duncan Mackay December 3 - Fiji's exclusion from the 2010 Commonwealth Games will not have any impact on the country's military-led Government but will punish innocent sportsmen and women, the President of the Fiji Rugby Union (FRU) said.

Filipe Tuisawau was angry after the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Port-of-Spain

December 1 - Title-holders Australia got their third win in as many matches over England 2-1 at the Champions Trophy in Melbourne.

and South Korea have six points each after getting hard-fought victories earlier in the day, 5-4 over Spain

  Australia next host Germany on Thursday, with South Korea up against Spain and the Dutch against

  The Germans threw away a 3-1 lead and trailed 4-3 against Spain in a dramatic rematch of the

By Duncan Mackay   December 1 - Indian Commonwealth Games officials were today embarrassed when Usain Bolt (pictured) denied he had promised to compete at next year's event in New Delhi after they had assured Commonwealth leaders he would be there.

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, at the Commonwealth Heads of Governments Meeting (CHOGM) in Port-of-Spain

By Duncan Mackay   December 1 - Indian Commonwealth Games officials were today embarrassed when Usain Bolt (pictured) denied he had promised to compete at next year's event in New Delhi after they had assured Commonwealth leaders he would be there.

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, at the Commonwealth Heads of Governments Meeting (CHOGM) in Port-of-Spain

By Duncan Mackay   December 1 - Indian Commonwealth Games officials were today embarrassed when Usain Bolt (pictured) denied he had promised to compete at next year's event in New Delhi after they had assured Commonwealth leaders he would be there.

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, at the Commonwealth Heads of Governments Meeting (CHOGM) in Port-of-Spain

By Duncan Mackay November 30 - Fiji are threatening to take the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) over the ban on their athletes competing in the Commonwealth Games next year.

The Commonwealth Heads of Governments Meeting (CHOGM) in Port-of-Spain decided yesterday

By Duncan Mackay   November 30 - Fiji are threatening to take the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) over the ban on their athletes competing in the Commonwealth Games next year.

  The Commonwealth Heads of Governments Meeting (CHOGM) in Port-of-Spain decided

November 30 - Some of the country's leading sports stars, led by Sir Steve Redgrave (pictured), have joined a campaign for Britain's basketball team to be given a wildcard entry into next year's World Championships in Turkey.

"   Britain came close to beating reigning World Champions Spain, in their second group

  Spain, Serbia and Slovenia - all of Britain's group opponents - went on to finish in the

top four overall, with Spain beating Serbia in the final.

November 29 - Eleanor Simmonds (pictured) tonight claimed the gold medal in the 400 metres freestyle at the IPC World Short Course Championships in Rio de Janiero as Britain won one gold and two bronze medals.

  The gold went to Spain’s Sarai Gascon Moreni in 1:07.21.

November 29 - England suffered more frustration in the Champions Trophy as they were held to a 3-3 by Spain

minutes when Surbiton forward James Tindall (pictured) flicked a shot from a penalty corner past Spain

  Ribas added a second in the 16th minute to put Spain in front after a penalty corner was upgraded

  "It's not the fault of those using it but we actually felt, when Spain referred the penalty

By Duncan Mackay November 29 - Fiji's chances of taking part in next year's Commonwealth Games appear slimmer than ever a proposal to allow a team to compete in New Delhi was rejected by Commonwealth leaders, who did however admit Rwanda to the organisation.

Malaysia at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), attended by 54 countries in Port-of-Spain