DECEMBER 19 - MORE THAN a 100 of Britain's athletes who will potentially make up the team in 2012 have been selected by the British Olympic Association to compete at the Australian Youth Olympic Festival (AYOF) in Sydney next month.

More than 2,000 athletes representing 23 nations, including China, United States, Australia and South Africa

 DECEMBER 10 - MO FARAH'S awesome finishing speed on the last circuit ensured he emphatically claimed the European Championship Cross Country title for Britain in San Giorgio su Legnano today.

"I've had to work hard for this goal and to achieve this and I spent a month preparing in South Africa

 DECEMBER 10 - MO FARAH'S awesome finishing speed on the last circuit ensured he emphatically claimed the European Championship Cross Country title for Britain in San Giorgio su Legnano today.

"I've had to work hard for this goal and to achieve this and I spent a month preparing in South Africa

We are looking to liaise with, and learn from, representatives from the hosts Disability Sport South Africa

, the IPC, IPC Swimming and Swimming South Africa.  

 DECEMBER 2 - BRITAIN tonight won gold in the men's 39-point 4x100m Freestyle in world record time to top off an awesome first day for the team at the IPC World Championships in Durban.

a consistent period of training at home and I've had a good two weeks of preparation here in South Africa

signalled the start of another flurry of medals for Britain at the IPC World Championships in South Africa

  NOVEMBER 9 - LONDON 2012 chairman, Sebastian Coe (pictured), used a trip to Malawi as an opportunity to today outline plans for grants to assist African Olympic teams and athletes attend training camps in the United Kingdom in preparation for the Games.

  In a key note speech to the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA), Coe said

Under the London 2012 grants plan, national Olympic committees in Africa and other continental regions

Speaking in Africa for the first time since London 2012’s bid win last year, Coe outlined progress in

Coe said there was increasing support for the Olympic and Paralympic Games to be staged in Africa and

with temporary venues, infrastructure and overlay, would help to bring hopes for an Olympic Games in Africa

 OCTOBER 19 - THE British Volleyball Federation (BVF) have been busy interviewing prospective candidates to oversee preparations for the 2012 Olympics from the 120 applications received.

Applications came from every part of the World including South America, North  America, Europe, Asia and Africa

 OCTOBER 19 - THE British Volleyball Federation (BVF) have been busy interviewing prospective candidates to oversee preparations for the 2012 Olympics from the 120 applications received.

Applications came from every part of the World including South America, North  America, Europe, Asia and Africa

  OCTOBER 19 - THE British Volleyball Federation (BVF) have been busy interviewing prospective candidates to oversee preparations for the 2012 Olympics from the 120 applications received.

Applications came from every part of the World including South America, North  America, Europe, Asia and Africa

  SEPTEMBER 11 - ENGLAND'S team manager Pete Nicholson (pictured) today claimed he was happy with his side's performance at the World Hockey Cup in Moenchengladbach despite them failing to qualify for the semi-final.

are now fourth in Pool B, four points off a semi-final spot with one group game left, against South Africa

  SEPTEMBER 10 - GERMANY inflicted a potentially fatal blow on England's hockey players at they beat them 2-1 in the third match of their World Cup campaign in Moechengladbach today.

  With Holland and South Africa still to play in Group B, England face an extremely tough task if

  SEPTEMBER 7 - ENGLAND'S hockey players came from behind to beat India 3-2 in their opening World Cup match in Moechengladbach today.

face Korea in Pool B tomorrow and then take on hosts Germany on Sunday, Holland on Monday and South Africa

  SEPTEMBER 7 - ENGLAND'S hockey players came from behind to beat India 3-2 in their opening World Cup match in Moechengladbach today.

face Korea in Pool B tomorrow and then take on hosts Germany on Sunday, Holland on Monday and South Africa

  JUNE 25 - LONDON'S brilliant promotional video, credited with having last July helped the Capital win the bid to stage the 2012 Olympic Games, is to be turned into a Hollywood film.   Daryl Goodrich, director of the original which cost just £400,000 to make, and Caroline Rowland, the producer, will also make the Hollywood version, a £19 million production by Paramount studios due to be released on the eve of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. They have been advised by David Puttnam, director of Chariots of Fire.

international level in karate; Rowland, who was born in Britain and has lived here for 18 years, swam for South Africa