Sports

Tweddle and Britain's top gymnasts to miss 2010 Commonwealth Games

By Duncan Mackay

By Duncan Mackay

December 8 - Beth Tweddle (pictured), Daniel Keatings and Louis Smith and the rest of Britain's top gymnasts will miss the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi next year because British Gymnastics is refusing to allow them to compete in case it affects their preparations for the London 2012 Olympics.

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We have stablised ASA, claims Mali

By Duncan Mackay

December 8 - Athletics South Africa (ASA) is stable after its board was suspended and replaced with an interim leadership body in the fall-out from the Caster Semenya (pictured) scandal, the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (Sascoc) claimed today.

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Sheffield expecting windfall after British Volleyball decide to stay

By Duncan Mackay

December 8 - The decision to keep the British Volleyball programme in Sheffield in the lead up to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games will be worth £1 million to the Yorkshire city, it has been claimed.

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London 2012 planning application for Greenwich is illegal claim opponents

By Duncan Mackay

December 8 - London 2012 has submitted its controversial planning application for the use of Greenwich Park during the Olympics and Paralympics with protesters claiming that it is illegal.

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Holmes died while snowshoeing it is revealed

By Duncan Mackay

December 8 - Peter Holmes (pictured), the British-born communications manager of the International Triathlon Union (ITU) who died on Saturday, slipped from a mounatin in Vancouver, it has been revealed.

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Yonex to sponsor European Championships in Manchester

By Duncan Mackay

December 7 - Yonex were today unveiled as the sponsor of the 2010 European Individual Championships to be held at the M.E.N. Arena in Manchester in April.

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Williams heads list of promising youngsters to get UK Athletics funding boost

By Duncan Mackay

December 7 - Double world youth champion Jodie Williams (pictured) is among more than 40 young athletes who will be supported by the UK Athletics Futures Programme it was announced today.

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Australia head swimming coach takes leave after serious allegations

By Duncan Mackay

December 7 - Australia’s head swimming coach Alan Thompson (pictured) has taken leave pending an investigation into an allegation of "inappropriate behaviour", officials said today.

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ITU communications manager killed in hiking accident

By Duncan Mackay

By Duncan Mackay

December 7 - Peter Holmes (pictured), the communications manager of the International Triathlon Union (ITU), has died in a hiking accident in Canada.

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Exclusive: Brian Stocks to step down as British Gymnastics chief executive

By Duncan Mackay

By Duncan Mackay

December 7 - Brian Stocks (pictured right), who has overseen the most successful period in the sport's history in this country, is to step down as chief executive of British Gymnastics, it has been revealed.

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USATF budget increased by 40 per cent to $21 million

By Duncan Mackay

December 6 - USA Track and Field (USATF) has announced a $21 million (£13 million) budget for next year, a 40 per cent increase over 2009 thanks largely to a new marketing deal with Nike.

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Sampson agrees big deal to help Philippines qualify for London 2012

By Duncan Mackay

December 6 - Former LA Laker Jamal Wesley Sampson (pictured) has agreed to become a naturalised Filipino so he can help the country try to qualify for the London 2012 Olympics.

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Russian bilionaire elected head of FIE

ALISHER USMANOV (pictured), a billionaire Russian metals magnate linked with a takeover of Premiership club Arsenal, was today elected as the new president of the international fencing federation, the FEI.

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Conte claims Jones still has not faced up to her drug past

By Duncan Mackay

By Duncan Mackay

December 6 - Marion Jones, who last week announced that she hopes to make a comeback to sport by playing professional basketball, has still not faced up to her drug-fuelled past, Victor Conte (pictured) has told insidethegames.

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Australia come from behind to beat Germany and lift Champions Trophy

By Duncan Mackay

December 6 - Australia claimed the Champions Trophy for a record 10th time, coming from behind to beat Germany 5-3 victory in the final in Melbourne today.

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