Beckham "honoured" to be appointed Chinese football ambassador
By James Crook
March 4 - David Beckham has claimed he is "honoured" to have been appointed as a global ambassador for Chinese football today, with the British icon to help promote the game in the world's most populous nation.
March 4 - David Beckham has claimed he is "honoured" to have been appointed as a global ambassador for Chinese football today, with the British icon to help promote the game in the world's most populous nation.
March 4 - China's Ma Long has regained number one position in the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) World Rankings following his victory at the 2013 World Tour Qatar Open.
March 1 - Olympic venue Lee Valley White Water Centre has launched its new rafting season, with very high demand expected as its £6.3 million ($9.5 million/€7.3 million) renovation project gets underway.
March 4 - British Wheelchair Basketball have unveiled their current performance programme manager Haj Bhania as the new GB men's team head coach, where he will be tasked with leading them to medal success at Rio 2016.
March 4 - Medellín's bid to host the 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games has received a huge boost after it was recognised as the world's most innovative city in a global competition conducted by American newspaper Wall Street Journal.
March 4 - There should be no safety concerns about holding the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics in Tokyo the team of inspectors, headed by Britain's Sir Craig Reedie, were assured today as they started assessing the Japanese capital's bid.
March 3 - Switzerland's proposed bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics in St Moritz and Davos has been ended after a state referendum today rejected the idea.
March 3 - France's David Lappartient has today been elected as new President of the European Cycling Union (UEC) at its Congress in Paris.
March 3 - Never has a gold medallist been more wretched.
March 3 - Japan's Kozo Kubo finally took gold after three silver medals at the 2013 International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Nordic Skiing World Championships in Solleftea, Sweden, with a win in the men's sitting biathlon long distance race.
March 3 - Paralympic wheelchair racing champion Dave Weir showed imperious form in the official warm-up race for the 2013 Virgin London Marathon as he claimed a comfortable victory in the adidas Silverstone Half Marathon today.
March 3 - London-based professional services firm PwC have signed a deal to become a Gold Partner of the SportAccord Convention, which this will this year take place in St Petersburg, Russia.
March 3 - British players secured a clean sweep titles at the North East Wheelchair Tennis Tournament at Sunderland Tennis Centre with Gordon Reid leading the way.
February 27 - The sale of sponsorship packages for the 2014 International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Basketball World Cup in Spain are now almost complete over 500 days before the competition takes place.
March 1 - The British Lionhearts have a home World Series of Boxing (WSB) quarter-final to look forward to despite a narrow 3-2 defeat to a star-studded Ukraine Otamans team at York Hall in London in their last group match of the season.
