JULY 3 - THE Home Nations may not have had any football teams at this summer’s European Championships but two football teams will travel to Beijing to represent Britain at this summer’s Paralympic Games in Beijing.

JULY 4 - THE British Show Jumping Association (BSJA) has appointed Di Cornish, a highly successful executive from the commercial world, to succeed Jacky Wood as chief executive.

JULY 4 - ACTIVITIES holiday specialists Center Parcs and Badminton England announced today the start of a five-year partnership that will see them working together beyond the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

August 23 - Patrick Ekeji (pictured), the director general of Nigeria's National Sports Commission, has promised an improvement in the performance of the country's athletics team in London 2012.

AUGUST 1 - TICKETS went on sale today for the European Team Badminton Championships to be held at the Echo Arena in Liverpool next February.

June 12 - FISA, rowing's governing body, announced today it had signed a rights deal with Europe's public broadcasters to screen the sport's major events until the 2012 London Olympics.

June 13 - The Olympic football tournament at London 2012 seems set to retain its current format, leaving the door open for players like Wayne Rooney (pictured) to represent Britain.

June 15 - Mark Armitage, who formerly worked for British Airways, has been appointed as the new commercial and membership director of Hockey England, it was announced today.

June 15 - Britain's European silver medallists Anthony Clark and Nathan Robertson scored the best win of their career today when they lifted the men's doubles title at the Aviva Singapore Open.

June 15 - Boxing has rejected a proposal by London 2012 organisers to move the sport to Wembley Arena claiming it could see competitors having to endure journey times of up to three hours.

June 16 - John Brewer (pictured), the director of sport science and Communication at multinational pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline, has been appointed as the new chairman of British Handball.

June 16 - Britain's male water polo team will no longer train together for the London 2012 Olympics because of funding cuts and British Swimming has decided to concentrate on the women's squad.

By David Owen

June 17 - The Royal Albert Hall is emerging as a possible compromise venue for the 2012 Olympic boxing competition.

By David Owen

June 18 - Olympia is being viewed as a possible venue for the 2012 Olympic boxing competition, as efforts continue to solve the one remaining conundrum relating to where sports are to be staged.