Sports

Alexander Stadium set for multi-million pound upgrade

By Duncan Mackay

By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year

alt September 27 - Birmingham City Council today unveiled plans for a £12.25 ($19.41 million) redevelopment of Alexander Stadium that they hope will mean it takes its place alongside New York City, Monaco and Rome and host International Association of Athletics Federations Diamond League meetings.

Tickets go on sale for World Short Course Swimming Championships

By Duncan Mackay

September 27 - Tickets have gone on sale for the FINA World Short Course Swimming Championships, which open in Dubai in December, and which is expected to be attended by more than 600 swimmers.

Korean boxers to be allowed to compete in Asian Games despite row with AIBA

By Duncan Mackay

September 27 - South Korea's boxers will be allowed to compete at the Asian Games in in Guangzhou in November after world governing body, AIBA, lifted sanctions on the country's national governing body.

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British cyclists frustrated at rule changes for London 2012

By Duncan Mackay

September 26 - Britain's top cyclists, led by four-time Olympic champion Sir Chris Hoy (pictured), have hit out at new rules to be introduced for London 2012 which will limit each country to just one rider per event and prevent the host country dominating the sport the same way they did at Beijing.

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World Cup footballer training to skate at Sochi 2014

By Duncan Mackay

By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year

September 25 - Ilhan Mansiz, a member of the Turkish side that finished third at the 2002 FIFA World Cup, has claimed that he wants to compete in figure skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.

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UK Athletics faces race to get Government backing for 2015 London World Championships

By Duncan Mackay

By Mike Rowbottom in London

September 22 - UK Athletics faces a tight deadline to secure the necessary financial backing for its bid to host the 2015 World Championships.

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Grainger and Watkins to concentrate on double sculls at World Championships

By Duncan Mackay

By Mike Rowbottom

September 21 - Katherine Grainger and Anna Watkins, Britain’s overall World Cup champions in the double sculls, will concentrate on that event at this year’s World Championships in New Zealand rather than doubling up in the quadruple sculls as they have so far this season, it was announced today.

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Double Olympic champion joins three60 agency

By Duncan Mackay

September 21 - Double Olympic champion Sarah Ayton is to be represented by agency three60 Sports Management during the build-up to the London 2012 Games, where she will be seeking to become Britain's first woman to win a hat-trick of gold medals, it has been announced.

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Don and Stimpson clinch British Triathlon Series titles

By Duncan Mackay

By Mike Rowbottom

September 19 - Britain’s Tim Don (pictured centre) and Jodie Stimpson have secured the 2010 British Triathlon Super Series men’s and women’s titles, sealing their victories with gutsy performances in the final race of the Series, the GE Parc Bryn Bach Triathlon, in Wales.

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Gebrselassie shows class on Ethiopian day at Great North Run

By Duncan Mackay

September 19 - Haile Gebrselassie (pictured) added another title to his seemingly never-ending list of accolades with a commanding victory in the Great North Run.

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Sprinter in drug controversy elected to new ASA Board

By Duncan Mackay

September 18 - Athletics South Africa (ASA) elected a new Board today which included former sprinter Geraldine Pillay, who was implicated in a doping scandal earlier in the week.

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German appointed table tennis referee for London 2012

By Duncan Mackay

September 18 - Germany's Michael Zwipp (pictured) has been appointed as the referee for the table tennis tournament at the London 2012 Olympics, it has been announced.

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Exclusive: Countries set to miss chance to vote in AIBA elections

By Duncan Mackay

By David Owen

September 16 - Scores of national bodies are understood to face missing the forthcoming Congress of AIBA, the International Boxing Association, because of unpaid membership fees.

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Brownlee brothers go head-to-head in season finale

By Duncan Mackay

By Tom Degun

September 16 - The 2009 ITU Triathlon world champion Alistair Brownlee, along with his younger brother Jonathan, will head a strong elite men’s field for the prestigious 2010 GE Parc Bryn Bach Triathlon in Wales on Sunday (September 19).

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Exclusive: Briton to challenge C K Wu for leadership of AIBA

By Duncan Mackay

By David Owen

September 16 - A battle for control of AIBA, the International Boxing Association, is about to break out with Paul King (pictured right), chief executive of the Amateur Boxing Association of England, set to challenge C K Wu for the Presidency.

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