Obviously, some like it hot when chewing over things that happen in a cold climate.

By Tom Degun October 21 - UK Sports Minister Hugh Robertson told insidethegames that despite the Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) having its budget cut by 25 per cent, it has actually received a highly favourable settlement because of a substantial increase in lottery funding.

"But, in the current economic climate, this is a good settlement for DCMS's sectors.

By Tom Degun in London   October 20 - Sporting bodies across Britain are braced for barren times ahead after Chancellor George Osborne slashed £300 million ($471 million) from the budget of the Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) but claimed that things were not as bad as they had feared.

Olympic Association (BOA) chairman Colin Moynihan (pictured) added: "In this difficult economic climate

By Tom Degun October 16 - Sports Minister Hugh Robertson has told insidethegames there is no set location for the new merged body of UK Sport and Sport England but admitted he would not like to see the organisation in Central London offices due to high rents.

exercise to save up to £1 billion ($1.6 billion), is particularly vital in the current financial climate

September 25 - The NBC network will broadcast more than 200 hours from the London 2012 Olympics, almost a 25 per cent increase on what they showed from Beijing 2008, they have revealed.

A fragile economic climate in the United States had prompted the IOC to delay the start of negotiations

By Duncan Mackay British Sports Internet Writer of the Year September 23 - Liz Nicholl was today officially confirmed as the new chief executive of UK Sport - as first revealed on insidethegames last week.

  "The current economic climate and proposed structural changes present us all with some

By Andrew Warshaw in Sochi September 23 - Russian officials are hoping that the choice of Sochi to host the 2014 Winter Olympics will boost their chances of landing the 2018 World Cup as well.

With its sub-tropical climate, lush vegetation and long coastline, Sochi is the number one tourist destination

committee this week hosted a media trip to the country and made sure Sochi was included, given its unique climate

By David Owen September 17 - Employee costs, excluding so-called "restructuring payments" climbed nine per cent at the British Olympic Association (BOA) last year, as the body made a third straight operating loss.

£62,853.50 ($98,742.84) in 2008 to £72,041 ($113,190)  last year, in spite of the climate

By Duncan Mackay British Sports Internet Writer of the Year September 12 - London's preparations for the 2012 Paralympics have been praised by the Australian Paralympic Committee (APC) after they completed their first visit to inspect the facilities currently being built for the Games, claiming they are looking forward to an event that will be "uniquely British".

"The facilities, climate, transport and warmth of the local community are unmatched in the UK"

September 9 - The FIVB, volleyball's world governing body, today launched a new brand identity designed to signal its transition into a new era.

For many developing countries, indoor climate-controlled gyms do not exist and sports such as volleyball

By Duncan Mackay British Sports Internet Writer of the Year July 21 - The Winter Olympics and Commonwealth Games will remain among British sport's "crown jewels", events that must remain on free-to-air television, after new Sports and Olympics Minister Hugh Robertson today announced that he had scrapped earlier recommendations for them to be de-listed.

    "The current economic climate also points to us not making a decision at this time

By Tom Degun July 20 - Wales, who are able to call on athletes like cyclists Nicole Cooke (pictured) and Geraint Thomas and rower Tom James, have set an "unashamedly ambitious" target for major events over the next few years, including winning a record 35 medals at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

small nation with limited resources so we must demonstrate return on investment in a tough financial climate

By Duncan Mackay British Sports Internet Writer of the Year July 15 - Britain's winter sports are to face a tough new funding criteria which means that they will be judged on their medal potential, UK Sport chief executive John Steele has revealed following a review into the team's disappointing performance at the Vancouver Olympics earlier this year.

regards to funding decisions for Sochi, we weren’t able to make these due to the current economic climate

By Duncan Mackay British Sports Internet Writer of the Year July 15 - Plans to deliver a "fantastic 2012 Olympics and boost competitive sport in schools" are at the heart of a series of goals set today by Jeremy Hunt (pictured right) as he launched the Department for Culture, Media and Sport's (DCMS) Structural Reform Plan.

  "Our task is huge, and made all the more daunting by the economic climate in which we

By Duncan Mackay British Sports Internet Writer of the Year July 13 - A change in how Britain's winter sports prepare for the Sochi 2014 Olympics is to be proposed after the team's disappointing performance at Vancouver earlier this year when the only medal was won by Amy Williams (pictured), who struck gold in the bob skeleton.

  "We recognise in this difficult financial climate that sport needs to address its own