Hayatou to be unopposed in CAF Presidential elections after challenger barred from running
By Duncan Mackay
December 12 - Issa Hayatou is set to extend his 25-year reign as head of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) unopposed after Jacques Anouma's challenge to be President was thrown out.
December 12 - Issa Hayatou is set to extend his 25-year reign as head of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) unopposed after Jacques Anouma's challenge to be President was thrown out.
December 12 - London's bid to host the 2018 Gay Games could involve venues on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, including the Olympic Stadium and the Aquatics Centre, that were used to stage the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics this summer.
December 12 - Glasgow have unveiled their vision for the 2015 World Gymnastics Championships which will see an estimated 500 gymnasts from 80 countries take part in 10 days of world-class competition.
December 12 - The London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) has reopened the Greenway and the View Tube opposite the London 2012 Olympic Park in Stratford so that the public can see first-hand the dramatic changes being made to it following the Games.
December 10 - Sochi has escaped undamaged following a minor earthquake which hit the Black Sea coast.
December 11 - Canadian city Windsor will host the 2016 World Short Course Swimming Championships, it was announced by FINA in Istanbul today.
December 11 - London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe claims more major sports events must be taken round the world in order to improve the infrastructure and enhance the wellbeing of fans in developing nations.
December 11 - Russia's ice sledge hockey team have been named as the International Paralympic Committee's (IPC) Athlete of the Month for November after winning gold at the 2012 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey B Pool World Championships, just two years after starting up their programme.
December 9 - England has two new Youth World Champions after boxers Hughie Fury and Oliver Simpson (pictured) both claimed gold with victories at the 2012 International Boxing Association (AIBA) Youth World Boxing Championships in Yerevan, Armenia.
December 12 - Rebecca Romero, the first British woman to win Olympic medals in two sports, has set up her own sports performance business in Chester.
December 11 - Britain's Sports Minister Hugh Robertson met for the first time today with organisers of the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup and pronounced planned facilities as "mind-blowing".
December 11 - Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy added his voice to the growing calls to switch the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup to the winter when he made his first public speaking appearance since May today by addressing the conference here.
December 11 - Chris Townsend, the former London 2012 commercial director, has taken on a new role that will see him lead the fundraising efforts for a proposed £2 billion ($3.1 billion/€2.5 billion) theme park in Kent, which has been dubbed the "British Disneyland".
December 11 - Architecture firm Populous, who created the London 2012 Olympic Stadium in Stratford, has won the contract to design the Rostov-on-Don Stadium in Russia, which is one of twelve venues that will be used at the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
