SEPTEMBER 26 - THE Princess Royal has officially launched a new trust in Northern Ireland named after Dame Mary Peters, the 1972 Olympic pentathlon champion.

Among those present were Jim Kirkwood, a member of the British hockey team that won the Olympic medal

  SEPTEMBER 16 - BRIAN ASHTON (pictured), who guided England's Rugby World Cup final last year, is to become director of coaching at the University of Bath, it was announced today.

the Olympic and/or Paralympic sports of modern pentathlon, judo, bob-skeleton, bobsleigh, badminton, hockey

16 - PAKISTAN today unveiled a new plan that they hope will see them win the gold medal in the men's hockey

A four-year plan has now been launched by the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) that will include hiring

Asif Bajwa, the secretary of the PHF, said: “Pakistan Hockey is at its worst.  

supported ad-hocism and worked to get the results immediately and now we can see the position of Pakistan hockey

won three gold medals since it started competing in the Olympics at London in 1948, all of them in hockey

16 - PAKISTAN today unveiled a new plan that they hope will see them win the gold medal in the men's hockey

A four-year plan has now been launched by the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) that will include hiring

Asif Bajwa, the secretary of the PHF, said: “Pakistan Hockey is at its worst.  

supported ad-hocism and worked to get the results immediately and now we can see the position of Pakistan hockey

won three gold medals since it started competing in the Olympics at London in 1948, all of them in hockey

SEPTEMBER 15 - KIP KEINO, the two-time Olympic gold medallist, said today he hopes that Kenya's new deal with Bristol will help them make progress in sports other than running in the build-up to the 2012 London Games.

"We want to see if we can improve in rowing, football, swimming, hockey, volleyball and also rugby

 SEPTEMBER 10 - A TOP official in Northern Ireland has claimed that the Province could stage matches in the Olympic football tournament in 2012 if a decision is made on building a new national stadium within the next month.

title at the 1972 Games in Munich, although Jimmy Kirkwood and Stephen Martin were part of the British hockey

 SEPTEMBER 10 - A TOP official in Northern Ireland has claimed that the Province could stage matches in the Olympic football tournament in 2012 if a decision is made on building a new national stadium within the next month.

title at the 1972 Games in Munich, although Jimmy Kirkwood and Stephen Martin were part of the British hockey

 SEPTEMBER 6 - ZIMBABWE are holding a review to see how they can improve for the 2012 Olympics on their performance in Beijing where, thanks to Kirsty Coventry (pictured), they enjoyed their best ever Games.

The other medal in the country's history was the gold medal won by the country's women's hockey team

  SEPTEMBER 4 - A MAJOR row has broken out in South Africa over the treatment of its Paralympic athletes, including sprinter Oscar Pistorius (pictured), arguably the best known disabled competitor in the world.

“Look at the hockey teams, they are losing nine and 10 nil.  

  SEPTEMBER 1 - PAKISTAN'S Government has called an inquiry into the performance of its hockey team

sub-committee of the Senate Standing Committee on Sports has summoned officials from the Pakistani hockey

The hockey team, tipped to challenge for a medal in Beijing, comprised 16 of Pakistan's team of 21 in

All of them have come in hockey, the last of which was at the Los Angeles Olympics in 1984.  

The last occasion they won an Olympic medal was when they took the bronze in the hockey tournament at

AUGUST 26 - BRITAIN'S Linford Christie (pictured) wants to get involved with India's top athletes as they begin their preparations for the London 2012 Olympics, he said today.

Helsinki Games where freestyle wrestler Kashabha Jadhav took bronze alongside the victorious men's hockey

president Suresh Kalmadi said: "I'm very happy we have three individual medals and that too without hockey

AUGUST 17 - ABHINAV BINDRA (pictured), who made history last week when he became India's first individual Olympic gold medallist, has predicted that his country can win 10 medals in London 2012.

200m and 200m hurdles.But until Bindra's victory, the only gold medals India had celebrated was in hockey

Bindra, whose victory was also India's first Olympic gold medal since the hockey team's in Moscow 28

JULY 15 - INDIA'S Cricket Board is to provide financial assistance to help the country's top sportsmen and women prepare for the Beijing Olympics and 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games, it was revealed today.

boxing, judo, swimming, archery and wrestling.The last time India won an Olympic gold medal was at hockey

    PETER ERIKSSON (pictured), the Swede poached from Canada and appointed last month as UK Athletics new Paralympic head coach, believes Britain's competitors are failing to fulfil their potential and, as he exclusively tells MIKE ROWBOTTOM, he plans to do something about it

  He then moved into coaching where he worked in speed skating and ice hockey in Sweden in the

    PETER ERIKSSON (pictured), the Swede poached from Canada and appointed last month as UK Athletics new Paralympic head coach, believes Britain's competitors are failing to fulfil their potential and, as he exclusively tells MIKE ROWBOTTOM, he plans to do something about it

  He then moved into coaching where he worked in speed skating and ice hockey in Sweden in the