MAY 7 - POPULAR television star Davina McCall will once again help to give Britain’s sailors a glorious Olympic send off when she attends the prestigious 2008 Sail for Gold Ball.

MAY 10 - BRITAIN'S Kirsty McWilliam (pictured) and Jonathan Brownlee showed their potential for London 2012 by finishing second and third respectively at the European Triathlon Championships in Lisbon today.

MAY 10 - THE sailing events for the 2012 Olympic Games will remain unchanged, following a vote by the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) council today at its mid-year meeting in Qingdao.

MAY 13 - STUART PEARCE (pictured), the former Manchester City and current England under-21 manager, has today been appointed by the Football Association as their chief adviser for the 2012 Olympics.

August 20 - Britain's Paula Radcliffe (pictured) today withdrew from the marathon at the World Championships in Berlin because he does not want to jeopardise her chances of running at the London 2012 Olympics.

MAY 14 - RUBEN ACOSTA (pictured), one of the world's most controversial sports chiefs, is to surprisingly step down as head of the international volleyball federation (FIVB) before London 2012, it was announced today.

March 27 - Gymnastics officials are investigating changing the scoring system again for the London 2012 Olympics because television executives are unhappy with the current format that has eliminated the perfect 10.

March 27 - British Cycling has confirmed today that it is to host the first round of the 2009/2010 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classic at the Manchester Velodrome from October 30 to November 1.

March 30 - Ed Warner (pictured) will remain as the chairman of UK Athletics beyond the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics, it was announced today.