August 15 - Britain put up a battling performance but lost again tonight in the Game On at the O2 tournament, this time 70-63 to Turkey.    

Turkey are one of the toughest tests on GB's warm-up schedule, although world champions Spain - who

August 15 - New Zealand officials are growing increasingly confident that Auckland will be given the opportunity to follow Glasgow 2014 and bid to host the 2018 Commonwealth Games.  

But an expected bid from Port-of-Spain collapsed in June after the Trinidad Government cancelled the

August 13 - Blue State Digital (BSD), the digital agency behind Barack Obama's election campaign, has launched the United States Bid Committee's digital campaign to host the World Cup in 2018 or 2022.  

The front-runners for that tournament are England and the joint bid from Spain and Portugal, with other

August 13 - England have begun its search to find a public relations firm to help market the message that will help it win its bid to host the 2018 World Cup.    

England are the favourites but face strong opposition from a joint bid from Portugal and Spain while

By Duncan Mackay   August 13 - Marca, Spain's biggest selling newspaper, has claimed that Madrid's bid to follow London and host the 2016 Olympics can only be saved by the intervention of King Carlos.    

But the bid can still be salvaged if King Carlos, a former sailor who competed for Spain at the 1972

King Carlos, who opened the Olympics the last occasion they were held in Spain, at Barcelona in 1992,

August 13 - Blue State Digital (BSD), the digital agency behind Barack Obama's election campaign, has launched the United States Bid Committee's digital campaign to host the World Cup in 2018 or 2022.  

The front-runners for that tournament are England and the joint bid from Spain and Portugal, with other

By Duncan Mackay   August 13 - Marca, Spain's biggest selling newspaper, has claimed that Madrid's bid to follow London and host the 2016 Olympics can only be saved by the intervention of King Carlos.    

But the bid can still be salvaged if King Carlos, a former sailor who competed for Spain at the 1972

King Carlos, who opened the Olympics the last occasion they were held in Spain, at Barcelona in 1992,

August 13 - England have begun its search to find a public relations firm to help market the message that will help it win its bid to host the 2018 World Cup.    

England are the favourites but face strong opposition from a joint bid from Portugal and Spain while

mortar mounted on a cast-iron Chinese dragon which commemorates the lifting of the siege of Cádiz in Spain

August 8 - Debby Hodgkinson (pictured), who helped Australia to victory in the inaugural Women’s Rugby World Cup Sevens in Dubai earlier this year, has today been named rugby's Women’s Personality of the Year for 2009.  

coveted award amongst fierce competition in what was a truly exciting women’s tournament, with Brazil, Spain

August 8 - Russia will only have to build four new stadiums from scratch to be able to host the 2018 or 2022 World Cup, Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko (pictured) has claimed.  

expected to return to Europe for the first time in 12 years, Russia, along with the joint bid from Spain

August 8 - Russia will only have to build four new stadiums from scratch to be able to host the 2018 or 2022 World Cup, Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko (pictured) has claimed.  

expected to return to Europe for the first time in 12 years, Russia, along with the joint bid from Spain

August 8 - Debby Hodgkinson (pictured), who helped Australia to victory in the inaugural Women’s Rugby World Cup Sevens in Dubai earlier this year, has today been named rugby's Women’s Personality of the Year for 2009.  

coveted award amongst fierce competition in what was a truly exciting women’s tournament, with Brazil, Spain

August 3 - ARD and ZDF have submitted a joint bid of around €90 million (£76.5 million) for the rights to broadcast the 2014 Winter Olympics and the 2016 Summer Games in Germany, it was revealed today.    

Germany, Spain, France and the United Kingdom, Europe's biggest and most lucrative markets, will be handled

August 3 - ARD and ZDF have submitted a joint bid of around €90 million (£76.5 million) for the rights to broadcast the 2014 Winter Olympics and the 2016 Summer Games in Germany, it was revealed today.    

Germany, Spain, France and the United Kingdom, Europe's biggest and most lucrative markets, will be handled