By Andrew Warshaw on Centre Court at WimbledonAugust 4 - Four weeks to the day since she won her fifth Wimbledon singles crown, Serena Williams returned to the Centre Court to achieve her one remaining goal today: capturing Olympic gold for the United States with a ruthless 6-0, 6-1 demolition of Maria Sharapova in just 63 minutes in what was the most one-sided final in the Games' history.

powerful standards, the 30-year-old (pictured above and below) simply blew her Russian opponent away, at times

the so-called Golden Slam in the most lopsided women's final in Olympic history.It beat the previous record

always secretly wanted a singles gold medal," said Williams, who has beaten Sharapova eight straight times

It all came together today."Now I have them all, it's a great feeling."

singles gold medal match in a repeat of their recent Wimbledon final, is now assured of at least two medals

By Mike Rowbottom at Eton Dorney LakeAugust 4 - The host nation took its total of London 2012 rowing titles to four here – thanks to the flagship men's four, winning a fourth consecutive British gold in their event and the lightweight double scull of Katherine Copeland (pictured, right) and Sophie Hosking (pictured, left) – on a stretch of water that has proved so golden for the home team that they might now be tempted to re-name it Eton Adorney.

There was silver too for the hosts as they finished with nine medals in total, one more than their previous

record Olympic haul at the 1908 London Games – but for the shattered defending men's lightweight double

I feel very humbled by it all – I really do."

Alex Gregory, Pete Reed, Tom James and Andy Triggs Hodge smile after receiving their gold medals

have had a tough Olympiad – it was a silver Olympiad, to be honest – and we had many trials and dark times

team-mates (pictured) pedalling to the gold medal in the men's team sprint while setting a new world record

three times between them in the course of the evening.The gold medals went ultimately to Germany's

42.600, thanks in part to a superlative second lap by Kenny, who, like Hoy, now has a shot at two gold medals

I watched his five medals and I used to do a bit of rowing too..."

You cannot put into words the respect he has from all athletes."

International Olympic Committee (IOC) member and competitor at the Montreal Games in 1976, who presented the medals

By Tom DegunJuly 16 - Britain's 11-time Paralympic gold medallist Dave Roberts has failed in his late bid to make it onto the ParalympicsGB team for London 2012 despite forcing British Swimming to reconsider their decision not to select him.

Obviously we are sorry that Dave will not be there and we all wish him well for the future."

I am sure that he, along with all of us, wishes the whole Paralympic team good luck for the Games."

includes four silver and a bronze, it would have taken him past Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson's Welsh record

Stratford but the situation took a major turn for the worse when an ill Roberts failed to make the times

before he followed it up by winning four gold medals at Athens 2004 and four gold medals again at Beijing

No gold medals there then.

Let's hoped it all works, because this year brings an ominous reminder of what can happen if it doesn't

world's press, television and radio were been erroneously informed in the early hours on Wednesday that all

should be remembered for more uplifting reasons: the swimmer Mark Spitz's – himself Jewish – winning a record

seven gold medals; the delightful teenager Olga Korbut (pictured below), whose elfin-like precocity

He was cornered in a Warsaw hotel in 1981 and shot 13 times.

for this month's United States Sports Academy (USSA) Athlete of the Month award after beating world record

the men's prize after defeating Bolt (pictured above, far left) in both the 100m and 200m races in times

at the United States Olympic trials.Eaton scored 9,039 points, beating the previous record by 13.Tennis

individual events, taking his total to eight at this summer's Olympics during the US trials.As if 14 gold medals

history to qualify for the Olympic Games in seven events last month.Aged just 17, her achievement is all

last month with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Italian Sara Errani, and became the 10th woman in history to claim all

the Paralympic Games and Richard Whitehead did exactly that by clocking a new T42 200 metres world record

time of 24.93sec.Overall, we enjoyed a really successful Championships with 28 medals in total.But the

personal bests for Libby Clegg in the T12 100m (12.41) and 200m (26.10), improving her previous best times

and she just wants to ride it.She's right.The road to London is now pretty much clear and we're all

just need to get back into some solid training so we're prepared to be the best we can be when it all

By Duncan Mackay at Team GB House in LondonJuly 3 - Dwain Chambers, who at times admitted he gave up

drugs cheat, Carl Myersough, in a squad of 77 athletes set the target of winning at least eight Olympic medals

"To be given the opportunity to do so in my home town has been a dream that at times has seemed very

  "It is now my responsibility to prepare fully for the 100m, the relay, to support all my fellow

athletes and all my other colleagues within Team GB.

would not only double the four medals won in Beijing, but would represent Team GB's best result since

"With a record medal haul of nine medals at the World Indoor Championships [in Istanbul] earlier this

By Tom DegunJune 26 - Commonwealth Games silver medallist Jenny McLoughlin added another silver to her collection when she finished second in the T37 200 metres in a personal best time of 30.10sec at the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) European Athletics Championships in Stadskanaal, Netherlands.

left) was narrowly held off the top spot by Germany's Maria Seifert, who won the race in a European record

Overall though it's positive, we have three good girls in our group in this event/class and we're all

in the relay squad which makes for a great team as well as pushing us all on to improve."

were claimed by T36 800m runner Paul Blake – in a race won by Russia's Evgenii Shvetcov in a world record

I was frustrated yesterday [after the 200m] because I wasn't running the times I was running last year

By Mike Rowbottom in HelsinkiJune 26 - Sophie Hitchon, Britain's fast-rising world junior champion in the hammer, is determined to try and bridge the gap to the world's top performers when she competes in the European Athletics Championships here, which runs from tomorrow until July 1.

The 20-year-old (pictured below) has broken her own British record three times already this season, with

from 69.43m to 69.59m.This year she has broken the British record three more times, reaching 70.40m

I know some track athletes may not be competing in Finland because they are worried about running all

The Europeans is going to be such a great competition – there are so many throwers who could win medals

The top throwers all have different strengths, but one of the most noticeable things about a thrower

By Tom DegunJune 25 - Britain's triple Paralympic champion Stephen Miller warmed up for London 2012 in perfect style by claiming his third consecutive title in the F32 club throw at the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) European Athletics Championships in Stadskanaal.

I wanted to break my European record of 34.93m and I thought I had that kind of throw in me, but I'm

sure we all lost a couple of metres in the conditions."

I'm happy with a win and to become a three-times European champion."

There were 200 metres bronze medals on day two for Britain from Olivia Breen in the T38 category, Sally

throwing 11.34m in the shot put F35 class.Serbia's Tanja Dragić (pictured above) also bagged a world record

the Olympics despite being the nation's most prolific Commonwealth Games competitor in any sport– 17 medals

Office from Hoey and other MPs.Cook (pictured above, right), a Bedfordshire-based Scot who holds the record

as the all-time most successful British Army marksman, four times British Forces champion and winner

587 out of 600, 19 more than the mark set by British Shooting and four points higher than the Olympic record

We felt this was the fairest way across all the disciplines and decided on a series of major international

By Tom DegunMy experience of the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games was certainly a memorable one.There were safety and security fears bandied around virtually every second, huge delays over the construction of the venues to the point that work was going on literally hours before the start of the competition and an enormous athlete boycott that meant the likes of Usain Bolt and Jessica Ennis were nowhere in sight.But one of my most vivid memories of the event was seeing Craig Hunter (pictured below), who was serving as Chef de Mission to the English team, acting as an unflappable beacon of...

the problems with such apparent ease because he has a track record of coming out on top.

That is really what it is all about for me."

Our aspiration is to win more medals in more sports than ever before," he said."

We have a great track record and we have finished second on the medals table at the last three Summer

Hunter already made a statement of intent earlier this year when he left 11-times Paralympic champion

By Mike RowbottomJune 9 - Tyson Gay indicated that he will be an Olympic contender this summer as he made his first competitive appearance in almost a year after problems with a hip injury, running the 100 metres B final at the Samsung Diamond League in New York in 10.00sec into a headwind.

I wanted to get all the jitters out," said Gay (pictured above and below, centre), who last raced at

2011 United States trials.Gay said he may run in a small meet in Texas before trials.The American 100m record

holder won three gold medals at the 2007 World Championships.But since then, has been overtaken by Usain

the standard to earn a trip to the London Games.After struggling recently with a sore hip and slow times

By Mike Rowbottom at the Manchester Regional ArenaMay 22 - Oscar Pistorius produced another peerless victory at the BT Paralympic World Cup here today on a day of unvarying sunshine as he finished half a straight clear to win the T42/43/44 200 metres in 22.08sec, almost three tenths of a second off his best.

The South African double amputee (pictured above), who plans to seek medals at both the Olympics and

British sprinter Graeme Ballard, who completed the double in the T36 100m and 200m, setting a world record

of 13.58m and Martina Caironi of Italy ran a T42 record of 16.25m.Ballard already has a Paralympic bronze

I just wanted to come out all guns blazing."I haven't had a day like this in a long time."

likes of Dwain Chambers, Christian Malcolm and Marlon Devonish, commented: "You hope for these kind of times