By Mike RowbottomOctober 1 - Usain Bolt is on course to complete a hat-trick of World Athlete of the Year awards after being named on a shortlist which also includes Britain's world 5,000 and 10,000 metres champion Mo Farah.

In the women's version, meanwhile, Bolt's Jamaican team-mate Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, like him a triple

Mohammed Aman (Ethiopa), Usain Bolt (Jamaica), Bohdan Bondarenko (Ukraine), Ashton Eaton (USA), Mo Farah (GB

By Gary AndersonSeptember 30 - GB Taekwondo has announced a new sponsorship agreement with Beacon Bingo

Jade earlier this year, we felt the next step in our developing relationship was to support the senior GB

team and the Grand Prix."

We're delighted to be working with an organisation that is committed to supporting our GB team in its

Prix, an exciting addition to the international calendar, and our long term target -Rio 2016," said GB

nbsp;World Taekwondo Grand Prix series launched to build on success of London 2012November 2012: GB

Journal of Olympic History, has lectured at the National Olympic Academy and contributed extensively to Team

GB publications.

support from Dame Kelly Holmes and offers of tuition and advice from several members of the London 2012 Team

GB.

By Gary AndersonSeptember 23 - British heptathlon star Katarina Johnson-Thompson is set to appear in a series of television idents across some of Sky Living's most popular daily programmes after she was announced as the new Nissan Micra's ambassador.

up to "Go Get It" with the new Nissan Micra Nissan became an Official Automotive Partner to Team

GB and ParalympicsGB in April of this year to support British athletes in the build up to Rio 2016,

"The New Micra delivers a confident performance," said managing director of Nissan GB

[email protected] StoriesApril 2013: Nissan unveiled as top-level sponsor of Team

GB and ParalympicsGB

By Emily GoddardSeptember 19 - Paralympic silver medallist Will Bayley has been named on the 13-strong British squad for the 2013 European Para Table Tennis Championships in Lignano, where he will be looking to defend his European title.

bronze medallists Head and Campbell will be defending their European title in the women's class three team

competitions.Sara Head and Jane Campbell will be defending their European title in the women's class three team

Karabardak, Rob Davies, Kim Daybell and former Commonwealth champion Sue Gilroy also feature on the team

We have had a good preparation for the European Championships," said GB performance director Gorazd Vecko

many of the top players in the world in all the classes we will be competing in and we have a young team

By James CrookSeptember 19 - The world's top Paraclimbers will descend on London this weekend for the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) Paraclimbing Cup, which will take place at the Westway Climbing Centre.

It's really exciting to see the pace at which Paraclimbing is developing," team manager Graeme Hill said

Team GB is on great form, with two podium places in the Euros this summer."

IFSC Paraclimbing Commission and assistant manager for the British team Andy Coltart added: "The IFSC

By Gary AndersonSeptember 15 - Germany became the first European nation to win gold at the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) Under-23 World Championships in Alanya with victory over Sweden, while Britain lost out to Australia for bronze.

following their 76-62 win in the group stages.This time the winning margin was just one point less as the team

place finish with a pulsating 54-52 win.Germany's Jens Albrecht (left) was named onto the All Star team

"However we matched the best success of any other GB under-23 team by coming fourth in the world."

Sargent's teammate Harrison Brown was named onto the All Star team of the tournament along with Iran's

By Gary AndersonSeptember 15 - David Florence won C2 gold with partner Richard Hounslow today at the International Canoe Federation (ICF) Slalom World Championships in Prague, to become the first British canoeist to win both C1 and C2 gold at a single Championships.

Republic as Štěpánka Hilgertová, Kateřina Kudějová and Eva Ornstová secured top spot in the women's K1 team

title for 18 years in PragueJune 2013: Czech canoe slalom venue hit by floodsMarch 2013: GB

By Gary AndersonSeptember 11 - Sport Wales has announced the appointment of former Welsh hockey captain Sarah Powell as the organisation's first female chief executive, replacing Huw Jones who retired earlier this year.

Commonwealth Games, and following her retirement she took up a role coaching the Welsh under-18 hockey team

Sports Strategy in the lead up to London 2012 which saw a record 30 athletes from Wales included in the Team

GB squad.

By Gary AndersonSeptember 9 - The British Sledge Hockey Association (BSHA) has revealed the 14 players that will be battling it out for a place at the Sochi 2014 Winter Paralympics in the upcoming Qualifier Tournament in Turin next month. 

This is the strongest team we've put together since my appointment as head coach and it couldn't come

All the players in the GB programme have worked extremely hard and we are sure that their dedication

"I'm delighted to welcome such a talented and experienced group of players to the British team

He oversaw the re-entry of a symbolically united German team, but did not engage with Communist China

New Zealand's Rugby team toured South Africa in 1976 and the African nations boycotted Montreal in protest

Journal of Olympic History, has lectured at the National Olympic Academy and contributed extensively to Team

GB publications.

By Gary AndersonSeptember 8 - The United States won back the top international amateur golf tournament with a comprehensive 17-9 win over Great Britain and Ireland in the Walker Cup at the National Golf Links of America, New York.

before outplaying the visitors again in the afternoon singles matches, winning seven out of ten.The GB

round of singles matches and with Fitzpatrick losing out to Michael Weaver the omens were not good for GB

It was a team."

Meanwhile, GB and Ireland captain Nigel Edwards suggested that it was his players' touch on the greens

The GB and Ireland team will be itching to reclaim the Walker Cup trophy in September 2015 as they welcome

By James CrookSeptember 6 - British military charity Help for Heroes have reported a massive 80 per cent increase in wounded veterans, Servicemen and women's participation in sport following the 2012 Paralympic Games in London.

writer of this story at [email protected] storiesJuly 2013: Help for Heroes team

set for Copper Box exhibition match with GB wheelchair basketball squadsJune 2013: British Cycling

By Emily GoddardSeptember 5 - UK Athletics has confirmed a new official kit supplier deal with Nike after winning a legal battle with long-time partner Adidas.

sponsorship dealsOctober 2012: Nike announces deal with IOCNovember 2011: Adidas extend deal with team

GB until Rio 2016