By Mike RowbottomFebruary 14 - British sporting competitors will warm up for the London 2012 Games with the most action-packed year of domestic sporting competitions on record.

World Junior Rowing Championships at Eton Dorney, World Triathlon Championships Series at Hyde Park, BMX

By Tom DegunFebruary 6 - Britain's Sean Rose made up for the disappointment on missing out on a medal at the Vancouver Winter Paralympics and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) World Championships in Sestriere last month as the dare-devil athlete secured bronze in the Mono Skier X contest at Winter X Games in Aspen, Colorado.

With my background as a BMX rider, it's something that really took my fancy," said Rose."

By Tom DegunFebruary 4 - British Basketball Performance Director Chris Spice is deighted at the news that the men's basketball team are one of six nations set to compete in the London 2012 test event from August 16-21 at the Basketball Arena on the Olympic Park.

during the London 2012 Games.The venue, located to the north of the Olympic Park near the Velodrome and BMX

By Mike RowbottomJanuary 29 - Eight Olympic champions, including Sir Chris Hoy, Victoria Pendleton (pictured), Bradley Wiggins and Jason Queally are among the 27 British riders announced today in the team which will complete in the final round of the UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics at Manchester's National Cycling Centre from February 18-20.

The team also includes double Paralympic gold medallist Sarah Storey and the current World BMX Champion

By Duncan MackayBritish Sports Internet Writer of the YearJanuary 26 - Rio de Janeiro wants to raise at least $500 million (£314 million) in "Olympic Bonds" to help prepare the city for the 2016 Games, it has been revealed by the Mayor Eduardo Paes (pictured right).

modern pentathlon, fencing, tennis, swimming and synchronised swimming, canoe and kayak slaloms, and BMX

January 11 - Britain's heptathlete world champion Jessica Ennis (pictured), BMX star Jamie Bestwick and

Nottingham-born Jamie Bestwick (pictured) claimed his seventh gold medal in BMX Vert at the 2010 X Games

December 22 - World diving champion Tom Daley has stepped out for the first time on one of the dive boards where he hopes to go for gold at the London 2012 Olympics.

Pidgeon, 21, of Cheltenham, stood on the final straight in the Olympic Stadium while three-time world BMX

parts of the country can enjoy the great spectacle of cycling in close quarters – be it road, track, BMX

By Tom Degun in LondonDecember 6 - London Mayor Boris Johnson today urged Londoners to "get off the sofa and get active" as he announced £2.4 million ($3.8 million) funding for 18 projects to increase participation in sport and physical activity among Londoners.

schools, and Access Sport, which will set up 50 sports clubs in the Olympic Boroughs, including five BMX

By Tom Degun in LondonNovember 16 - Hotel chain Holiday Inn have today introduced a programme offering 1,500 free nights to 50 emerging and established British athletes including Olympic champions such Rebecca Adlington, Tim Brabants, Victoria Pendleton and Christine Ohuruogu as they prepare for the London 2012 Games.

marathon specialist Richard Whitehead will also be part of the programme.Other athletes benefiting include BMX

By David Owen Only two companies are top-tier sponsors of both of the world’s most powerful sports bodies, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and FIFA. One is Coca-Cola; the other is Visa. So an obvious question for Colin Grannell, executive vice president partnership marketing at Visa Europe, is why both? Sitting in his office near Paddington station in west London, Grannell - who will be part of a panel discussing the "Perfect Event" at next month’s Global Sports Industry Congress - addresses the subject with a combination of clarity and insight that is the product of a 20-year career with the payments...

standing and they are just about to pull the arrow in the archery, or someone is just about to do a BMX

rsquo;ve got that familiar Olympic buzz, but everything is young, fresh and dynamic, like a brand new BMX

July 31 - Britain's Shanaze Reade (pictured) claimed the third world BMX title of her career with

June 30 - The roof has been lifted into place on the 6,000-seat Velodrome being built for the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics.

After the Games, a road cycle circuit and mountain bike course will be added to the Velodrome and BMX

By Tom Degun June 9 - Britain’s Olympic cycling champion Jamie Staff (pictured) is set to try to deny his former team-mates, including Sir Chris Hoy, the opportunity of glory at London 2012 after accepting a new job to coach the United States track sprint team.

Staff, a former BMX world champion, said: "I am very excited to be given the opportunity to develop