PETER ERIKSSON (pictured), the Swede poached from Canada and appointed last month as UK Athletics new Paralympic head coach, believes Britain's competitors are failing to fulfil their potential and, as he exclusively tells MIKE ROWBOTTOM, he plans to do something about it

DWAIN CHAMBERS, the original face of London 2012, will be allowed to compete in the Norwich Union World Indoor Trials in Sheffield this weekend after the sport's chief executive backed down in is row with the drugs cheat.

MAY 17 - TEENAGER Zoe Smith (pictured), voted the British Olympic Association's weightlifter of the year, faces having her preparations for London 2012 ruined by the closure of the gym where she trains.

AUGUST 31 - TELEVISON broadcaster BSkyB is to spend £40 million on backing a British professional road racing team run by David Brailsford (pictured) with the aim of producing a Tour de France winner within five years, it was announced today.

A RECORD worldwide television for the Rugby World Cup Sevens in Dubai next month is set to give the sport's Olympic chances a major boost.

MARCH 31 - NICOLA MINICHIELLO and Gillian Cooke tonight became the first British women to win a bobsleigh World Championship title when they won gold in Lake Placid today.

THE International Amateur Boxing Association (AIBA) has voted to officially move ahead with a bid to include women's boxing in the Olympics, starting with the 2012 Games in London.

August 31 - Ugur Erdener (pictured) has been re-elected as the President of the world archery governing body FITA during the second day of the organisation's Congress in Ulsan, South Korea.

PRIME MINISTER Gordon Brown (pictured) today claimed that if a British football competed at the 2012 London Olympics it would not jeopardise the independence of the Home Countries.

A FINAL decision on where the shooting should take place at the London 2012 Olympics still has to be made, Games officials admitted today.

NEW DELHI will stage the 2010 Hockey World Cup despite the concerns over the security situation in India following the Mumbai terrorist attack, the president of the International Hockey Federation (FIH) said today.