Summer Sports

USA Track and Field fire chief executive

By Duncan Mackay

September 13 - USA Track and Field (USATF) today fired its chief executive Doug Logan, who had adopted a hardline approach to dealing with the sport's endemic drug problem.

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Bronze for England as Argentina claim world title for second time

By Duncan Mackay

September 11 - England's women's hockey team celebrated their first World Cup women's bronze medal tonight after beating Germany 2-0 in front of a near capacity crowd of 10,000 fans in Rosario.

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Double delight for Brownlee brothers at World Championships

By Duncan Mackay

September 11 - Alistair Brownlee dramatically hit winning form in the final round of the Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Series in Budapest as his victory in the elite race was followed by his brother Jonathan (pictured) triumphing in the under-23 race to add the world crown to his growing list of honours.

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Burton hopes World Championship bronze is step towards London 2012 gold

By Duncan Mackay

September 10 - Edinburgh's Euan Burton (pictured) captured a brilliant bronze medal at the World Judo Championships in Tokyo.

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Record TV figures for IRB Sevens World Series

By Duncan Mackay

September 10 - Almost a year after rugby sevens was voted into the sporting programme of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, the International Rugby Board (IRB) has announced record viewing figures.

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Medway Park to host European Modern Pentathlon Championships

By Duncan Mackay

By Mike Rowbottom

September 9 - Medway Park, which successfully staged a Modern Pentathlon World Cup in April, has earned the right to host next year’s European Championships.

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FIVB launch new logo to take it into new era

By Duncan Mackay

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

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Steffensen will not defend Commonwealth Games 400m title after pull-out

By Duncan Mackay

September 9 - Defending Commonwealth Games 400 metres champion John Steffensen (pictured) will not defend his title in New Delhi next month after pulling out of Australia's team following a long-running feud with the sport's national governing body there.

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Pal Schmitt welcomes ITU World Championship to Budapest

By Duncan Mackay

September 9 - Hungarian President Pal Schmitt, a double Olympic gold medallist and leading member of the International Olympic Committee, today welcomed delegates from the International Triathlon (ITU) to the opening of the 2010 Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Budapest Grand Final.

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Ainslie to begin training full-time for fourth Olympic gold medal

By Duncan Mackay

September 7 - Triple Olympic sailing champion Ben Ainslie will begin full-time Finn training this winter to try to win his fourth title at London 2012.

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Korean boxers threatened with suspension by AIBA

By Duncan Mackay

September 5 - South Korea's boxers could be banned from international competition because of internal problems within their national governing body.

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Morrison lifts duathlon world title before home crowd

By Duncan Mackay

By Mike Rowbottom

September 5 - Catriona Morrison won her second world duathlon title today in her native city of Edinburgh.

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Vlasic delights Croatian fans with record performance

By Duncan Mackay

By Mike Rowbottom

September 5 - Croatia's Blanka Vlasic (pictured) provided the IAAF/VTB Bank Continental Cup with an emotional finale tonight as she delighted 30,000 vociferous fans at her home stadium in Split by equalling the world’s best high jump performance this year of 2.05 metres.

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Former world number one badminton player banned for drugs

By Duncan Mackay

September 5 - The world's former top-ranked female badminton player Zhou Mi is set to miss the London 2012 Olympics after being banned for two years by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) following a positive test for clenbuterol.

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Brilliant Greene shocks world champion in Split

By Duncan Mackay

By Mike Rowbottom

September 4 - European 400 metres hurdles champion David Greene became the first Briton to run under 48 seconds in 18 years tonight when he earned a shock victory over world champion Bershawn Jackson at the IAAF/VTB Bank Continental Cup in Split, lowering his personal best to 47.88sec.

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