December 24 - World Series of Boxing (WSB) franchise British Lionhearts have confirmed that the iconic York Hall will become their home for the remainder of season three of the competition.
December 26 - Scottish swimming star Michael Jamieson, who won silver in the men's 200 metres breaststroke at the London 2012 Olympic Games, has been unveiled as a swimming ambassador for British Gas for the next two years.
December 23 - Disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong is being sued for £1 million ($1.6 million/€1.2 million) by British newspaper, The Sunday Times, over his libel action against them eight years ago.
December 23 - Hesterine de Reus has been appointed as the new head coach of Australia's women's football team to replace Tom Sermanni, who has left to take over the United States.
December 23 - Jakarata will host the 2013 FIBA 3x3 Under-18 World Championships, it has been announced.
December 22 - Dave Beeche, who organised the ITU World Triathlon Series Grand Final in Auckland earlier this year, has been named chief executive for the 2015 FIFA Under-20 World Cup, which New Zealand is staging.
December 21 - Interpol has been drafted in to help with the investigation into the match-fixing scandal that has sent shock waves through South African football.
December 21 - Fionnuala Britton, who retained her European cross country title for Ireland earlier this month, and Spain's former European silver medallist Ayad Lamdassem will defend their individual titles in the annual international match between Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Team Europe and the United States at the Great Edinburgh Cross Country at Holyrood Park next month.
December 21 - Asia's FIFA vice-president has called for an end to disunity in the region and has urged the various factions to bury their differences and set the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) on a new path of reconciliation.
December 21 - UK Sport chief executive Liz Nicholl says that the Welsh and Scottish Amateur Boxing Associations must respect the British Amateur Boxing Association (BABA) as their ruling body or the sport could lose £10.4 million ($17.9 million/€12.8 million) of its funding.
December 20 - FINA, the international federation for aquatic sports, has extended its Official Partner agreement with Yakult Honsha Co Ltd for a further six years, it was confirmed today.
December 20 - Travis Tygart, the anti-doping chief who took the lead role in relentlessly pursuing Lance Armstrong and uncovering the most explosive scandal in the history of cycling says he has received "death threats and hate mail" but does not have a shred of regret.
December 19 - World Karate Federation (WKF) President Antonio Espinós believes that his sport will be rewarded with inclusion on the 2020 Olympic programme following years of persistent bidding to join the Games.
December 19 - The leaders of the new World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) have told the International Olympic Committee (IOC) that they practically offer two sports for the price of one in their bid to join the 2020 Olympic programme.
December 19 - Billy Walsh and Pete Taylor have shared the prestigious Philips Sports Manager of the Year prize at the Shelbourne Hotel in Dublin.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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