IT HAS been reported today that British Handball is set to appoint Norwegian Vigdis Holmeset (pictured) as coach for its women's team for the 2012 Olympics.

BRITISH VOLLEYBALL has received a major boost with the announcement that it is to stage the first round of the World Championships in Sheffield.

FRANKIE FREDERICKS (pictured), one of the greatest sprinters in history and now a senior member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), is to run for the presidency of Athletics Namibia in an effort to help shape the sport in the build-up to London 2012. 

BRITISH CYCLING have complained to London 2012 about the lack of legacy for off-road competitors that will be left once the Games are finished.

BRITISH OLYMPIC ASSOCIATION (BOA) chief excecutive Simon Clegg (pictured) has today vowed to address key concerns British cycling hold over the legacy of facilities for the sport after the 2012 Games.

A GROUP of Scotland-linked MPs have backed the idea of a united British football team competing at the 2012 London Olympics.

ENGLAND are assured a first-ever Sudirman Cup medal after today reaching the semi-finals at the World Team Championships in Glasgow.

ROGER DRAPER (pictured), the chief executive of the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA), has today launched a stinging attack on the sport in Britain.

AYAZ MAHMOOD, a member of the Pakistan hockey team that won the Olympic gold medals in 1984, has been given the task of trying to revive the country's fortunes for London 2012.

THE Scottish Government have claimed that FIFA should investigate claims from a Westminster Minister that they would back a united British football team for London 2012, a move that could jeopardise the participation of the four Home Countries in the 2010 World Cup.