BRITAIN'S Euan Burton claimed a bronze medal in the -81kg weight category at the European Judo Championships in Belgrade today.

IT WAS, Tony Blair claimed, going to be his favourite moment of the 2012 Olympics, watching the beach volleyball staged in Horse Guards Parade, and, as MIKE ROWBOTTOM finds out, Britain is doing its best to discover some talent worthy of the setting

BELGIUM'S Mariette Withages (pictured) has bowed to pressure and today resigned as head of the dressage committee of the International Equestrian Federation (FEI).

BARKING is among a number of alternatives on the outskirts of the East End being considered by the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) as an alternative venue for the shooting facility for London 2012, it was reported today.

JONATHAN EDWARDS (pictured), a member of the Board of London 2012, was today elected to the ruling council of the European Athletics Association (EAA).

THE president of the International Amateur Boxing Association (IABA) has said today that he is hopeful that women will be included on the programme for the 2012 Olympics.

A EUROPEAN ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIP could be held in 2012 just a few weeks before the London Olympics if a radical new proposal is approved.

THE BTCB Sport Taekwondo UK Ltd, the high performance business arm of the sport in Britain, today announced the appointment of three high performance coaching staff to work with their elite academy athletes to help them prepare for London 2012.

BRITISH HANDBALL today announced the appointment of Morten Arvidsson (pictured) as head coach of the women’s world class programme, aimed at preparing the British team for the 2012 Olympics.

BRITISH TRIATHLON today announced that Heather Williams (pictured) will take over as its new performance programme director as it seeks to restructure following the departure last year of performance director Graeme Maw.

BRITISH TRIATHLON has begun advertising for a head coach to help the team prepare for the London 2012 Olympics, which could include top competitors like World bronze medalllist Alastair Brownlee (pictured).

SEBASTIAN COE (pictured), the chairman of London 2012, has claimed that British athletics is on its way up as it aims toward the Olympic Games.

BRITAIN'S top hockey stars will this weekend launch Great Britain's inaugural hockey super league in Edinburgh which is aimed at helping the players prepare for London 2012.

THE influential President of the European Olympic Committee, Pat Hickey (pictured), has expressed his confidence that women's boxing will be included in the 2012 Olympics.

PAUL DRINKHALL, a 17-year-old table tennis player tipped as a potential gold medallist in London 2012, carried the flag at the opening ceremony of the Australian Youth Olympic Festival in Sydney tonight.