DECEMBER 15 - TOP French volleyball coach Philippe Blain (pictured) is flying over to Britain this weekend to offer advice and support at the GB Volleyball Camps in Sheffield which start today.

August 18 - Green Park's tube station is to be upgraded in time for the 2012 Olympics so it is easier for disabled passengers to use, it has been announced today.

DECEMBER 18 - BRITISH VOLLEYBALL has appointed two new coaches in its goal to qualify in beach volleyball for the Olympics at Beijing in 2008 and make an impression in London 2012.

DECEMBER 19 - THE Irish Amateur Boxing Association (IABA) are hoping to celebrate their centenary year by staging the 2011 World Senior Championships in Dublin.

DECEMBER 20 - IN THE shadow of where the beach volleyball will take place in 2012, the foreign coaches appointed by Britain have declared their confidence in the sport being successful at the London Olympics.

DECEMBER 21 - ENGLAND HOCKEY has appointed sponsorship, PR and event agency Capitalize to implement a PR campaign for the EuroHockey Nations Championships to be held in Manchester in August 2007, one of the most important events to be held in Britian before the 2012 Olympics.

DECEMBER 22 - THE International Amateur Boxing Association's (AIBA) new president Ching-Kuo Wu (pictured)has set up a reform committee and appointed International Olympic Committee executive board member Gerhard Heiberg as its chairman as the sport aims to repair its tarnished reputation.

DECEMBER 23 - SARAH SPRINGMAN (pictured), one of the pioneers of the sport, has been appointed as the inaugural president and chair of the Board of directors of the recently-established British Triathlon Federation (BTF), who have high hopes of success in London 2012.

NOVEMBER 9 - THE The International Hockey Federation (FIH) congress is being held in London this week at Lord's, a venue more normally associated with cricket but which will host archery during the 2012 Olympics.

NOVEMBER 10 - TOP coaches and technical experts are keen to help Britain field a unified team at the 2012 London Olympics, international volleyball chief Ruben Acosta said today.

NOVEMBER 11 - LONDON'S HMS President provided the striking setting for the launch of a unique partnership between the Royal Navy and the Amateur Boxing Association of England which should help the country's best young boxers prepare for the 2012 Olympics.

NOVEMBER 16 - TIME is "rapidly running out" for a football club to stake their claim to move to the Olympic Stadium a fter the 2012 Games, a senior London official warned during a visit to Barcelona today.

NOVEMBER 17 - BRITISH VOLLEYBALL has today made its first staff appointment in the run up to the London 2012 Olympic Games and has announced Wayne Coyle as performance manager.

Coyle, currenthly head of sport and director of Olympic and Paralympic strategy for Sheffield, will oversee the British programme on its course to Beijing in 2008 and, even more importantly, London.

He was previously a player, coach and team manager of the England men's team. Coyle's volleyball event management experience is unrivalled, and includes the World University Games in 1991, several international matches and the English National Cup Finals.

“Having a background in volleyball and wealth of experience, Wayne is the ideal person to set the foundations for a successful British programme," said Richad Callicott, the president of British Volleyball. "British Volleyball is also actively working to recruit a team of coaches for the programme.”

The post is being funded from the £4.04 million awarded to the sport earlier this year by UK Sport. The extra money has already enabled British Volleyball to hold several training camps this year.

“I am honoured by the appointment in a sport with which I have been very closely involved," said Coyle, who will start in the New Year. "The opportunity presented to British Volleyball to compete in the Olympic Games in 2012 is one which must be grasped wholeheartedly and I relish the challenge presented.”

Volleyball was introduced to the Olympics in 1964, but there has been no representation by Britain before. Beach Volleyball was introduced at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996 and Britain was represented by Audrey Cooper and Amanda Glover, who finished ninth. Britain qualify automatically as hosts in 2012.

NOVEMBER 17 - BRITISH VOLLEYBALL has today made its first staff appointment in the run up to the London 2012 Olympic Games and has announced Wayne Coyle as performance manager.

NOVEMBER 17 - THE International Boxing Association (AIBA) plans to use the Women's World Championships beginning in India tomorrow to press for inclusion in the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi and the 2012 Olympics in London.