July 19 - Britain's double Olympic champion Rebecca Adlington (pictured) has said she will not wear the new generation of swimsuits in the belief using high-tech kit constitutes an unfair performance enhancement.

July 19 - Abbi Carter (pictured) was chosen to carry Britain's flag today at the opening ceremony of the tenth European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) in Tampere, a ceremony attended by Finland's President Tarja Halonen.

July 19 - Joe Uva (pictured), the chief executive of Univision, is the latest high-profile figure to join the Board of the United States bid to host the 2018 or 2022 World Cup, it was announced today.

July 19 - Britain finished with an unprecedented 18 medals in their most successful European Under-23 Championships, which finished in the Lithuanian capital Kaunas today, coming second overall in the final medal table.

July 19 - John Pink and Rick Peacock (pictured)  maintained British sailing’s outstanding record of 49er World Championship medals, clinching a superb silver at the 2009 event at Riva del Garda today.

July 19 - Britain's Bradley Wiggins (pictured) today produced a remarkable final climb in the 15th stage of the Tour de France that propelled the track specialist to third place overall.

July 19 - Double amputee Oscar Pistorius (pictured) has given up trying to qualify for the 400 meters at the World Championships in Berlin next month, he has admitted.

July 16 - Leeds is to host Holland's swimming team in the build-up to the London 2012 Olympics, it was announced today.

July 6 - Giselle Davies (pictured), the former communications director of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), is to head a new company overseeing a study to decide whether Dubai should bid for the 2020 Olympics.

July 5 - Laura Robson (pictured), a 14-year-old, today gave Britain's tennis fans hopes that she might be able to challenge for a gold medal at the 2012 Olympics when she pulled off a major shock to win the junior girls singles title at Wimbledon today. 

July  3 - Malaysia's athletes will start training at Bath University later this year for the London 2012 Olympics after they choose there instead of Loughborough, it was announced in Kuala Lumpur today.

June 30 - Francis Dodoo (pictured), the 1987 All-Africa Games triple jump champion, has controversially been elected as the new President of the Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC).

June 28 - Dubai's ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum (pictured) has set up a new initiative to investigate the possibility of hosting the 2020 Olympics, it was announced today.

JUNE 20 - LONDON 2012 officials have been told to get a grip to prevent the cost of the Olympics spiralling out of control in a new report published today.

June 18 - Plans to boost the popularity of handball on the back of the 2012 Olympics have received a boost this week when the International and European Handball Federations agreed to participate on a working group.