TODAY marks five years to go to the start of the London 2012 Paralympic Games when the Capital will be centre of the world’s attention as the opening ceremony gets underway.

The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) today announced a shortlist of seven world class design teams for the Handball Arena for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, which will provide elite and community indoor sports facilities in legacy.

JULY 11 - EDF ENERGY signed today as the second national sponsor of the 2012 London Olympics.

BRITISH BASKETBALL has ended its power struggle with an international ban on English players looming that threaten the team's participation in the 2012 Olympics.

June 2 - Teofilo Stevenson, Cuba's triple Olympic boxing champion, has been banned from helping London 2012 launch its new logo on Tuesday.

APPLICATIONS from three cities have been received for the European Athletics Indoor Championships 2011, a major build-up competition to the 2012 Olympics, it was announced today.

ANDY TURNER (pictured), one of Britain's top athletes and a training partner of Olympic 400 metres champion Christine Ohuruogu, is set to protest to UK Athletics after his £18,000 National Lottery funding was cut.

A MAJOR row has errupted in Irish athletics after it emerged Patsy McGonagle (pictured), who heads up the country's high performance committee, was under investigation for gross misconduct.

A SENIOR figure has warned the Football Association that a bid for the 2018 World Cup should not be at the expense of producing the next generation of young English players.

DAVID CAMERON (pictured), the leader of the Conservative Party, today said a tournament between the four football teams from the Home Countries should be held to decide who represents Britain at the 2012 London Olympics.

FEWER of Britain's top Paralympic athletes will receive National Lottery funding in the build-up to London 2012, it was announced by UK Athletics today.

FEWER of Britain's top Paralympic athletes will receive National Lottery funding in the build-up to London 2012, it was announced by UK Athletics today.

THE National Hockey Stadium in Milton Keynes, built in the euphoria following Britain's gold medal winning performance at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, is to be turned into a new, state-of-the-art centre for Network Rail.

ALAN STOREY (pictured), one of Britain's top distance coaches for more than 30 years, is to leave his post as the senior performance manager for endurance, UK Athletics confirmed today.