July 20 - Kelly Sotherton (pictured), the 2004 Olympic bronze medallist, has ruled herself out of next month’s World Championships in Berlin due to a heel injury and because she wants to concentrate on London 2012.

July 20 - Buckingham Group Contracting started construction work on the Olympic Handball Arena today, two months ahead of schedule, it was announced.

July 20 - Ministers have approved a £19 million injection to bolster security improvements at Olympic Park venues, the Government has announced today.

July 20 - Indonesia's chances of hosting the 2018 or 2022 World Cup have suffered a major setback after last year's bomb attack in the capital Jakarta, the leader of the bid admitted today.

July 20 - Britain's swimmers got the ball rolling with a hat-trick of medals, led by Welshman Ieuan Lloyd (pictured), in the pool the first day of European Youth Olympic Festival in Finland.

July 20 - Derby has officially launched its bid to host matches in the 2018 World Cup if England's campaign to stage the tournament is successful.

July 20 - The ASA today revealed how it will help shape the Government’s Free Swimming initiative, one of the main legacy promises of London staging the 2012 Olympics, and help encourage more people to take it up.

July 19 - The British Open Squash Championships in Manchester will take place later this year despite the economic downturn, the chief executive of the company organising the event has vowed.

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.