December 28 - SportAccord has launched a search for a Director General and a senior manager Multi-Sports Games

Combat Games.The SportAccord World Mind Games and the SportAccord World Beach Games will follow in 2011

"This is why expand our services and why we will launch further multi-sports games such as the World

Mind Games and the World Beach Games."

contact Platen at [email protected] storiesApril 2010: Verbruggen launches Combat

Games in Beijing

on a competitive season that will include hosting The Champions Trophy in Nottingham and playing the World

Among the relative newcomers to combat were debutant Ashleigh Ball, forward Charlotte Craddock, defender

brother, Gray, who is currently auditioning for the Kenya rugby sevens squad to play at the Commonwealth Games

brother and sister who played in two different sport for two different countries at the 2010 Commonwealth Games

Cups, Olympics, Wimbledon, Commonwealth Games, Athletic World Championships, FA Cup Finals and several

January 9 - Rashid Ramzi (pictured) has been officially banned for two years by the Bahrain Athletics Association after being stripped of his 1500 metres gold medal from the 2008 Beijing Olympics for doping, they announced today.

The Bahrain association backdated Ramzi's ban to May 3, 2009, and "pledged to combat the use of

Ramzi had tested negative at the Games but the IOC reanalysed the samples when a fully validated

included becoming the first athlete in history to win gold medals in the 800m and 1500 m in the same World

Ramzi also finished second in the 1500m at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka and won the Asian

Games title at Busan in 2002.

rsquo;s wheelie revolution, angrily warns that 2012 is now in danger of becoming the "have-a go-Games

I agree with the former world champion Barry McGuigan who calls it  "a devastating blow for

long and lyrically about our prospects for London and the support boxing needs as a sport which helps combat

UK Sport, who emphasise that that the decision has been taken not by them but World Class Lifting, to

He has covered a total of 16 Summer and Winter Games

November 27 - Singapore has unveiled the mascots for first Summer Youth Olympic Games (YOG), Lyo and

"As the host city for the inaugural YOG, we hope to share our culture with friends around the world

appearing at many Singapore 2010 events in the coming months to help create buzz and excitement for the Games

Preparations for Youth Olympics on track says Bubka June 2009: Thomas Luff - Youth Olympics will help combat

November 27 - Singapore has unveiled the mascots for first Summer Youth Olympic Games (YOG), Lyo and

"As the host city for the inaugural YOG, we hope to share our culture with friends around the world

appearing at many Singapore 2010 events in the coming months to help create buzz and excitement for the Games

Preparations for Youth Olympics on track says Bubka June 2009: Thomas Luff - Youth Olympics will help combat

October 17 - At least 12 people were killed and a helicopter was downed today in fierce clashes between drug gangs and police in Rio de Janeiro, just 15 days after the city won its bid to host the 2016 Olympics and Paralympics.

  Rio's win to host the 2016 Olympic Games, the first ever to be held in South America, is a serious

: "Our operations will only cease when these criminals are captured, arrested or are killed in combat

"   Santos promised that things would improve before the Olympics and the 2014 World Cup,

  He said: "We have a lot of time before the World Cup and the Olympics and before then

"   Rio held the Pan-American Games in 2007 without major incidents, deploying more than

October 17 - At least 12 people were killed and a helicopter was downed today in fierce clashes between drug gangs and police in Rio de Janeiro, just 15 days after the city won its bid to host the 2016 Olympics and Paralympics.

  Rio's win to host the 2016 Olympic Games, the first ever to be held in South America, is a serious

: "Our operations will only cease when these criminals are captured, arrested or are killed in combat

"   Santos promised that things would improve before the Olympics and the 2014 World Cup,

  He said: "We have a lot of time before the World Cup and the Olympics and before then

"   Rio held the Pan-American Games in 2007 without major incidents, deploying more than

October 17 - At least 12 people were killed and a helicopter was downed today in fierce clashes between drug gangs and police in Rio de Janeiro, just 15 days after the city won its bid to host the 2016 Olympics and Paralympics.

  Rio's win to host the 2016 Olympic Games, the first ever to be held in South America, is a serious

: "Our operations will only cease when these criminals are captured, arrested or are killed in combat

"   Santos promised that things would improve before the Olympics and the 2014 World Cup,

  He said: "We have a lot of time before the World Cup and the Olympics and before then

"   Rio held the Pan-American Games in 2007 without major incidents, deploying more than

By Tom Degun in London   October 15 - UK Anti-Doping (UKAD), the country's first stand-alone anti-doping agency chaired by former policeman David Kenworthy (pictured), that will assume responsibility for the UK’s national anti-doping programme in the build-up to the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics, will officially come into being on December 14.

"The organisation that will be in charge of dope-testing at the London 2012 Games will actually

be LOCOG [the London 2012 Organising Committee of the Olympic Games] – but we have the expertise

  "The eyes of the world will be on us in 2012 and we want to be ready [to fully combat drug

By Tom Degun in London   October 15 - UK Anti-Doping (UKAD), the country's first stand-alone anti-doping agency chaired by former policeman David Kenworthy (pictured), that will assume responsibility for the UK’s national anti-doping programme in the build-up to the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics, will officially come into being on December 14.

"The organisation that will be in charge of dope-testing at the London 2012 Games will actually

be LOCOG [the London 2012 Organising Committee of the Olympic Games] – but we have the expertise

  "The eyes of the world will be on us in 2012 and we want to be ready [to fully combat drug

By Adrian Hill - 16 June 2009   The accolade of a place in the Olympic Games is so cherished and

But aren’t there enough combat and martial art sports in the Olympics?

world to gather in four year’s time".

participation sport with leading practitioners from a variety of nations, limited venue costs as the world

therefore as much as i love golf and rugby (7's or otherwise) the Rugby World Cup and 4 majors /ryder

By Adrian Hill - 16 June 2009   The accolade of a place in the Olympic Games is so cherished

Supporters also argue that if Roger Federer and Michael Jordan can play in the Olympic Games, then why

But aren’t there enough combat and martial art sports in the Olympics?

No sport would sum up more accurately the traditional close of Games call for the "Youth of the world

participation sport with leading practitioners from a variety of nations, limited venue costs as the world

therefore as much as i love golf and rugby (7's or otherwise) the Rugby World Cup and 4 majors /ryder

By Thomas Luff - 3 June 2009   The 2010 Summer Youth Olympic Games in Singapore will be held for

Along with existing top class sporting facilities Singapore also has one of the world’s best transport

Up 15,000 of these will have travelled specifically to the island to watch the Games.

All them will be available for the Games and will undoubtedly want to do well.

: “These Games are not all about competition.

April 10 - Emerging markets like Brazil, China and India are to be targeted by London tourism authorities as they to cash in on the potential benefits of the capital staging the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics.

London Tourism Action Plan 2009-2013 which covers everything from international promotion of London as a world

The plan, which capitalises on 2012 Games opportunities, includes using the 2012 Games to capture emerging

accomodation; developing a business tourism 2012 legacy; delivering domestic and overseas marketing to help combat

boost London’s profile across the world.  

world class, sustainable city on a global stage.