Copper Box Arena to host Hoops Aid celebrity basketball game
By James Crook
September 13 - The Copper Box Arena in London will open its doors for the first Hoops Aid celebrity charity basketball game this Sunday (September 15), bringing sports stars and celebrities together to face-off on the court to support disadvantaged and disabled children in the United Kingdom.
September 13 - The Copper Box Arena in London will open its doors for the first Hoops Aid celebrity charity basketball game this Sunday (September 15), bringing sports stars and celebrities together to face-off on the court to support disadvantaged and disabled children in the United Kingdom.
Olympic heptathlon champion Jessica Ennis-Hill has unveiled a giant floating sculpture called "Victor" in the Serpentine at London's Hyde Park to launch the International Triathlon Union (ITU) World Triathlon Grand Final today. 
September 12 - Madrid Mayor Ana Botella has quashed any notions that the Spanish capital may bid for the Olympics and Paralympics in the "next few years" following its failure to secure the 2020 Games last weekend.
September 12 - South Africa's Government has said that the nation is ready to host the first Olympics and Paralympics on African soil in the city of Durban in 2024, although an official decision is yet to be made on whether the country will join the bid race.
Jordanian powerlifter Omar Sami Qaradhi is to stand trial in Northern Ireland after a judge concluded that he had a case to answer after being accused of sexually assaulting a woman and two girls, prior to the London 2012 Paralympics last year.
September 12 - Seven nations - Croatia, Norway, Sweden, France, Ukraine, Austria and Denmark - have submitted bids to host the 2018 and 2020 European Handball Championship, the European Handball Federation (EHF) announced today.
The National Ice Skating Association of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (NISA) has revealed plans to revive the sport of long track speed skating in the United Kingdom in an effort to gain some international and Olympic success.
September 11 - World number one alpine skier Jon Santacana of Spain will face a race against time to be fit for next year's Winter Paralympics in Sochi after tearing his Achilles tendon at the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Alpine Skiing World Cup in Australia.
September 11 - Italy's Prime Minister Enrico Letta wants to submit a bid for his nation to host the 2024 Olympics and Paralympics, a Government official told insidethegames today.
September 11 - United States Olympic Committee (USOC) chairman and newly-appointed International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Larry Probst has claimed that few cities in the nation would be capable of successfully hosting the Games in 2024 should the USOC decide to lodge a bid next year.
September 11 - Newly-elected International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has made a change in the bidding process for the Games a major priority, he revealed here today.
Commonwealth Games England (CGE) has today named Jan Paterson as Team England's Chef de Mission for Glasgow 2014, completing the senior leadership team for the event, which runs from July 23 to August 3 next year.
September 11 - Days after losing its bid for the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics, Istanbul has been proposed as a potential venue to host the semi-finals and final of the first continent-wide UEFA European Championship in seven years' time.
September 11 - Japan's Sports Minister Hakubun Shimomura is set to be charged with the task of overseeing preparations for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics, it was announced as Prime Minister Shinzō Abe's initial plans for the showpiece event were revealed today.
Tommie Smith, the American who raced to gold in the 200 metres at Mexico City 1968 before famously performing the Black Power salute, has said that athletes have a choice to make at Sochi 2014 regarding the controversial anti-gay laws introduced by the Russian Government.
