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

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 early 1980s

  LOOMING recession and the meltdown in the money markets has widened the gap between the world's richest and poorest sports despite London hosting the 2012 Olympics and the success of swimmers like Rebecca Adlington (pictured), according to new research released today.

television revenues, sponsorship, gate receipts and merchandising include darts, winter sports, bowls, hockey

  IT IS not just London that is hoping to benefit from the Olympics, regions around the countries are also planning to cash in and insidethegames starts its new weekly regional round-up with a boost for an equestrian centre in Essex as it seeks to host a major team there in the build-up to the 2012 Olympics

Those sports included basketball, indoor bowls, football, hockey, badminton and netball, with all 10

  THE fifth Australian Youth Olympic Festival (AYOF), due to take place in January 2009, promises to be biggest and best yet, with more sports, more competing countries and more aspiring Olympians than ever before, organisers said at the launch of the event today.

Athletics, gymnastics, swimming, diving, hockey, archery and fencing will all be contested at Sydney

The number of team sports on the programme has increased from two to four, including basketball, hockey

 THE National Lottery has raised £375 million for the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics - halfway towards its target of £750 million, it has been announced today.

major facilities - including the Olympic Stadium, a new velopark, aquatics centre, handball arena and hockey

 JUNE 3 - UK SPORT and the English Institute of Sport (EIS), together with the major football authorities, today offered over 1,000 released academy footballers the chance to take up the challenge and switch their talents to targeted Olympic sports in time for 2012.

British Hockey has already shown great interest in taking on football recruits if they meet the required

 JUNE 3 - UK SPORT and the English Institute of Sport (EIS), together with the major football authorities, today offered over 1,000 released academy footballers the chance to take up the challenge and switch their talents to targeted Olympic sports in time for 2012.

British Hockey has already shown great interest in taking on football recruits if they meet the required

  MORE THAN a 100 young athletes have been selected to represent Britain at the Australian Youth Olympic Festival (AYOF) in January, it was announced today.

sports to be contested in Sydney are archery, canoe/kayak, diving, equestrian, fencing, gymnastics, hockey

David Faulkner, the hockey team leader said: “The AYOF is an excellent opportunity to expose younger