COACHES for the men's and women's British Volleyball programmes for the build-up to London 2012 have been unveiled today by the British Volleyball Federation.

LEEDS bantamweight Nicola Adams (pictured) today moved within one more win of becoming England's first women's world amateur boxing champion just as the sport begins to prepare for its inclusion in the London 2012 Olympics.

LONDON 2012 have denied a newspaper story that Sebastian Coe (pictured) said “F*** ’em” after being asked about objections from Wales and Scotland to the idea of a British Olympic football team and said that they consulted lawyers.

BRITAIN'S women's volleyball team said that the disappointment of being overlooked for funding last week proved to be the spur for them to beat Nigeria.

THE Portuguese town of Montemor-o-Velho has been selected to host the 2010 European Rowing Championships, it has been announced.

MALCOLM ARNOLD (pictured), the man who guided Colin Jackson's career, has claimed that British athletics' poor performances can be traced back to the lack of importance attached to coaches in the sport.

HAVING rugby as part of the Olympics would help make it more commercially successful, the sport's chief executive claimed today.

BRITISH BOXING could turn to Ireland's performance director for London 2012 but all sports will be hoping that doubts over a missing £100 million in funding are soon resolved, as DAVID OWEN reports