X-Games disciplines could be added to cycling programme for Rio 2016 after UCI proposal
By Tom Degun
February 3 - More cycling events, including new extreme disciplines that already appear in the X-Games, could be added to the programme for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro following a proposal from the world governing body.
February 3 - More cycling events, including new extreme disciplines that already appear in the X-Games, could be added to the programme for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro following a proposal from the world governing body.
February 3 - Argentinian tennis star David Nalbandian has pledged his support to the Buenos Aires 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games bid.
February 2 - International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Shooting has introduced a number of new rule changes for 2013 designed to ensure athletes in some events need to be even more accurate with their shots to be successful.
February 2 - Ireland have missed out on the chance to host the 2013 Women's Boxing European Championships after the European Boxing Confederation (EUBC) was forced to postpone the competition to 2014, leaving the country's Olympic champion Katie Taylor disappointed.
February 2 - Japan's wheelchair tennis star Shingo Kunieda (pictured) heads the five athlete shortlist for the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athlete of the Month for January after claiming his sixth Australian Open title in Melbourne.
February 3 - Ireland's double European cross-country champion Fionnuala Britton was among the athletes modelling kit produced by New Balance at the Dublin launch event to mark the company's new position as the sponsor for Athletics Ireland in a multi-year deal.
February 2 - Australian Paralympic shot put thrower Hamish Macdonald has announced his retirement from the sport after a glittering athletics career that spanned over two decades.
February 2 - Wood chopping is "unlikely" feature at Gold Coast 2018 despite campaigners looking to get it added to the sports programme, the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) have said.
February 2 - Qatar's National Sport Day, due to take place later this month, will feature the launch of a new, countrywide weight losing competition designed to get the public fitter and healthier.
February 2 - South Korea's President-elect Park Geun-hye has taken the opportunity during a meeting with Jacques Rogge to urge him to keep taekwondo as part of the Olympic programme.
February 1 - Sir Paul Holmes, Patron of Paralympics New Zealand, has died, it has been announced.
February 1 - Madrid 2020 has officially presented its Candidature file to the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) in Bonn today.
February 1 - UK Sport today reversed a decision to cut British Basketball's funding following a high-profile campaign waged by leading figures in the sport, including Chicago Bulls superstar Luol Deng.
February 1 - International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge has praised Pyeongchang's early preparations for the 2018 Winter Olympics and Paralympics after visiting the South Korean resort for the first time.
February 1 - Tokyo 2020 today appointed Hisao Shuto as its new international communications director as its campaign to host the Olympics and Paralympics continued to gather momentum.
