MAY 3 - BRITAIN will have two representatives when open water swimming makes its Olympic debut in Beijing, including one of the favourites.

There was also an historic performance in fourth place by South Africa’s Natalie du Toit, who has

  OKLAHOMA CITY has been awarded the 2010 World Softball Championships by which time the sport hopes have regained its Olympic stadium, it has been announced.

Representation comes from five regions: Africa, Americas , Asia, Europe, and Oceania. 

 MAY 4 - DAVID DAVIES (pictured) today claimed the silver medal at the World Open Water Swimming Championships in Seville and guaranteed his nomination to the Olympic team in the men's 10km race.

"That was my first competitive 10km swim, in South Africa there was only six athletes competing, so the

  SOUTH AFRICAN Paul Revington (pictured) will be tasked with leading Ireland's men's hockey team to the London Olympics in 2012 after being named as the new men's national coach today.

Revington was in charge of his native South Africa from 2001 until 2006 and oversaw both the 2004 Olympic

  SOUTH AFRICAN Paul Revington (pictured) will be tasked with leading Ireland's men's hockey team to the London Olympics in 2012 after being named as the new men's national coach today.

Revington was in charge of his native South Africa from 2001 until 2006 and oversaw both the 2004 Olympic

  A COMPROMISE has been hammered out between the Football Association and its counterparts in Jamaica over an unpaid debt that could include England, including David Beckham (pictured), playing another friendly in the Caribbean.

£135,431.94 owed by the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) until after the 2010 FIFA World Cup Finals in South Africa

prevent Jamaica from being unable to fulfil its qualifiying fixtures for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa

 JULY 4 - LORD'S, which is due to stage the archery during the 2012 Olympics,will still host the final of the Twenty20 Cricket World Cup in 2009, after Zimbabwe agreed today to withdraw from the tournament.

Council (ICC) has been discussing Zimbabwe's future at a board meeting in Dubai after England and South Africa

  MAY 12 - GLEN KIRTON (pictured), one of sport’s most experienced and best respected administrators, has been appointed chief executive of Rushmans, the international major events company which provides a broad range of services to some of competitions, it was announced today.

They include IRB Rugby World Cup, UEFA Euro ’96, ICC Cricket World Cup and the Africa Cup of Nations.

  ITALY'S hopes of hosting the Rugby World Cup for the first time have taken a significant step forward after the Government pledged its full financial support.

South Africa and England have also received assurances of support from their respective Governments,

  ENGLAND could stage the 2010 World Cup - with the final at the new Wembley - if FIFA decide South Africa

"But then for the time being the plan B is South Africa and the plan C we definitely must have a possibility

finest stadia and football infrastructure in the world but it's hypothetical as we understand South Africa

  IN THE second of his new regular columns, DAVID OWEN looks at whether it is realistic to expect Britain's talented amateur boxers, including world champion Frankie Gavin (pictured), to stay around until London 2012 after Beijing

all over the world from dogsledding in Yukon to cricket in Chicago and football in Japan and South Africa

  PROTESTS against China's rights record and crackdown in Tibet disrupted ceremonies in Greece today to light the Olympic flame for the Beijing Games.

It will only stop in San Francisco and Buenos Aires in the Americas and just Dar es Salaam in Africa.

  DAVID OWEN, one of the world's leading experts when it comes to the financial aspects of the Olympic movement, starts a regular new column by assessing the chances of Russian company Gazprom becoming a sponsor for London in 2012

all over the world from dogsledding in Yukon to cricket in Chicago and football in Japan and South Africa

ZARA HYDE PETER (pictured) starts in her new position as British Triathlon chief executive today having moved to the organisation from UK Athletics where she was director of athlete development.

She takes on her new role, replacing Norman Brook, who has moved to South Africa, at an important time

  FOREIGN SECRETARY David Miliband (pictured) said today he opposed a boycott of the Beijing Olympics.

Miliband said he wanted to discuss China's role in the world and its vision for development in Africa