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 - 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.

NOVEMBER 25 - BIRMINGHAM officials have claimed that their chances of hosting the Chinese team during the build-up to the 2012 Olympics have been boosted by staging the 8th FIG Trampoline and Tumbling World Cup Final before a sell-out crowd at the National Indoor Arena today.

NOVEMBER 28 - THE PRESIDENT of the international sailing federation (ISAF) has said that the sport must move with the times if it is to continue to have a role in the Olympics beyond the 2012 Games.

OCTOBER 1 - A LATE winner was ruled out for England's women hockey players as they drew 1-1 with India at the World Cup in Madrid today.

OCTOBER 4 - ENGLAND'S women's hockey team failed to qualify for the semi-finals of the World Cup after a 1-1 draw against hosts Spain in Madrid today.