By Tom DegunMarch 5 - Britain's Liam Tancock (pictured) unsurprisingly secured his spot the London 2012 Olympics as he dominated the men's 100 metres backstroke final to claim gold in the event on the third day of competition at the 2012 British Gas Swimming Championships at the Aquatics Centre on the London Olympic Park.

The 26-year-old from Exeter is renowned as a 50m specialist, a discipline in which he is the world record

All-in-all I'm pretty pleased with tonight's performance."

It's going to take a fast time to get in the medals but I'm on the team now and I'm excited about it.

I doubted a lot of times that I could do it."

There are always ups and downs and it all comes down to the last 10m."

Squash will give the opportunity for some players to win Olympic medals from countries who otherwise

GB have a particularly good track record in the sport too, so the nation's medal tally would also quite

Mexico.Supporting the 2020 Olympic campaign is Malaysia's women's world number one, Nicol David, a record

six times world open champion who says, "There is no question that the Olympic Games would be the absolute

  It is not yet clear whether all the sports on the current list will go all the way to the decisive

recall the huge moments in her career.She was making another appearance, as she had done countless times

I had introduced them all, in cities here and there, and watched as audiences reacted with delight in

The California teenager, with her quirky windmill stroke, won three gold medals at Olympic Park, set

a world record and an Olympic record, and whipped the shadowy East German stars Heike Friedrich, Anke

their brilliance had dimmed.One day in October, 1990, 40-year-old Mark Spitz, he of the seven gold medals

First up was the 4km pursuit, an event I'd only ever ridden two or three times before, and never really

enough the level of competition pushed us to another world record.

once again by the UCI.So track worlds were a success, I came away with two world records, two gold medals

He represented Britain three times in swimming at the Paralympic Games from 1996 to 2004, winning three

gold and two bronze medals.

By Mike RowbottomDecember 31 - Sarah Stevenson (pictured) has ended the most difficult year of her life on a welcome high after being awarded an MBE in the Queen's New Year Honours List that also offers knighthoods to two key figures linked to London 2012 – Charles Allen and John Armitt.

in the 1990 Commonwealth Games triathlon in Auckland.She amassed 20 elite ETU European Championship medals

in triathlon over all distances and duathlon, including three individual and five team golds, as well

Rory McIlroy, winner of the US Open, receiving an MBE.Christopher Paterson, the rugby player with the all-time

record number of appearances for Scotland; and Martyn Williams, Wales' most capped rugby forward, also

story at [email protected] storiesDecember 2011: Sarah Stevenson claims Sunday Times

By Declan WarringtonDecember 21 - World record holder Jody Cundy has been named BBC East's Disabled Sports

enjoyed his most successful championships since his switch from swimming to cycling, claiming two gold medals

Gold medals have almost become part of what's expected from me so to pick up another different award

This is not all about beating people in times and competitions, it's about what you have done for the

This is when people are really going to find out what Paralympic sport is all about and it would be nice

story at [email protected] storiesOctober 2011: Cundy breaks world record

marker back in April.As a marathon virgin, I was happy to see the balloons and gantry clocks marking all

in 2003, there is the same sense of awe as when we watch a surfer riding a glistening-backed monster all

be the case, she would unwillingly join an illustrious list of great runners who have failed to earn medals

Another proud Brit who entered the Olympics as world record holder for the marathon – in his case, in

Previously he has worked for the Daily Mail, The Times, The Observer, the Sunday Correspondent and The

By David GoldNovember 28 - Paralympic gold medallist Liz Johnson has delivered an ominous warning to her swimming rivals ahead of London 2012 by declaring: "I don't think I've reached my potential yet."

Committee (IPC) World Championships.Given that she also set and then broke her own 50m breaststroke world record

In terms of medals I've got the full set so I can be happy with what I've achieved but...I don't think

given that the two sporting role models she picks out are former England captain David Beckham and four times

We're all individuals – one way doesn't work for everyone."

with their medals gleaming on their chests, and the drink is flowing.

FIFA's record is not bad."Indeed it is not.

Its record on this is certainly a lot better than most other international sports organisations.This

is worth emphasising as the cricket world celebrates the life and times of Basil D'Oliveira (pictured

He formerly wrote for The Sunday Times and The Daily Telegraph, and was the BBC's head sports editor.

By David GoldNovember 19 - Brazil's Daniel Dias continued his personal domination of the swimming at the Parapan American Games in Guadalajara, as he collected his eighth gold medal.

the home support, in the women's 100m freestyle S6 Doramitzi Gonzalez led home a clean sweep of the medals

before winning the men's 200m T13.In the two powerlifting events of the day, Mexico cleaned up the gold medals

three times in the -60kg class, and in the men's 75kg-82.5k0g class Porfirio Arredondo lifted 193.0kg

to win gold.Brazil have all but guaranteed their place at the top of the medal table with 70 golds,

;Dias dominates the pool at Parapan American GamesNovember 2011: Brazil win six of 13 swimming medals

Their recent record at world and Olympic level has been abysmal.McCracken says these world championships

The Germans and Russians did not field all their number ones in the Europeans.

This is true, notably this year with a shoal of international tournament medals, 33 in all including

My take has always been to get as many medals as possible in London."

There were times when I went into tournaments not fully fit, which probably was the same for everybody

By Tom DegunSeptember 14 - United States wheelchair racing star Anjali Forber-Pratt has revealed that the chance to compete at the Crystal Palace Athletics Stadium in London last month has given her renewed excitement ahead of the 2012 Paralympic Games next year.

at the 2007 Parapan American Games in Rio de Janeiro before claiming two bronze medals at the Beijing

New Zealand this January where she claimed a gold and three silvers, as well as breaking the world record

Coming off of a gold medal and three silvers at the World Championships and a world record this season

classes.She will not be competing in the Parapan American Games in Guadalajara in November as she is saving all

Their times have gotten faster for sure," Forber-Pratt said."

By Duncan MackaySeptember 7 - Canada's preparations for London 2012 have been rocked by the shock resignation of Alex Baumann as the chief executive of Own the Podium, which oversess the country's high performance programme.

"It is times such as these we realise the importance of family and time together."

What most people don't know is that I have no relatives in Canada at all and [wife] Tracy's family are

all in Australia," said Baumann."

2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.The initiative was a stunning success as Canada finished top of the medals

Alex has played a pivotal role in Own the Podium's evolution and positioning Canadian athletes for a record

By Mike Rowbottom in DaeguSeptember 3 - The noise inside the Daegu Stadium reached unparalled proportions here tonight as the home nation embraced their first and second medallists of the World Championships, and both in the same race – the men's 400m T53 wheelchair event.

rest of the podium as they finished in 50.69 and 50.76 respectively, edging Josh George out of the medals

"This is a great way towards the Palympics and it is good to know that my times are still improving."

"Tonight is probably the night with a record number of spectators and having them all cheer for us is

month, Powell was clearly viewing Daegu as his best opportunity to add a global title to his global times

resident of Kingston has not earned any international championship gold since setting his first world record

of 9.77 in 2005, having finished fifth at the 2008 Olympics and earned bronze medals at the last two

"I've been running well so far and I have posted some great times."

Previously he has worked for the Daily Mail, The Times, The Observer, the Sunday Correspondent and The