By Duncan Mackay

May 26 - Rugby is prepared to make a $20 million (£12.5 million) financial sacrifice to regain its place in the Olympics, the sport's chief exeuctive Mike Miller told insidethegames today.

May 27 - Britain’s handball players are travelling across Europe this month as preparations for the new season step up a gear.

May 29 - A football team of only English players is set to represent Britain at the 2012 London Olympics after the other three Home Countries agreed that they would turn a "blind eye" to their participation.

May 30 - England Hockey has announced a three match test series against Pakistan to be staged at Chase Park, the home of Cannock Hockey Club, starting next month.

May 30 - Canadian-born Jason Haldane (pictured) is due to make his debut for Britain's volleyball team today as they continue their build-up towards the London 2012 Olympics.

May 31 - FIFA President Sepp Blatter (pictured) tonight backed the compromise agreement that will see British football teams containing only English players competing at the 2012 Olympics in London.

April 1 - Britain’s Paralympic cycling team, who won 17 gold medals in Beijing last year, will be well represented at the BT Paralympic World Cup in Manchester next month, led by Darren Kenny (pictured).

April 1 - A decision on whether women's boxing will be included in the 2012 London Olympics will be taken in August, it was announced today.

April 1 - Alan Knipe (pictured) was named today as the new coach of the defending Olympic champion United States men's volleyball team for the London 2012 Games.

April 3- Track cycling, featuring the likes of Sir Chris Hoy and Victoria Pendleton (pictured), will not be removed from the 2010 Commonweatlh Games, despite fears over whether the velodrome will be finished in time.

April 4 - Britain's Daniel Keatings (pictured) won the silver medal in the all-round event at the European Gymnastics Championships in Milan tonight.

April 5 - Jose Maria Odriozola (pictured), the president of the Spanish Athletics Federation, has been appointed as a Technical Delegate for athletics events at the London 2012 Olympic Games, it has been announced.

April 5 - World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) president Choue Chung-won (pictured) is to release two new books this week that he hopes will help people across the world understand his sport better.

April 5 - Adelaide is considering a bid to host the 2013 World Cup Rugby Sevens, the sport's leading administrator in Australia said today.

April 6 - London’s ExCel centre has been much in the news recently as the venue for the G20 summit of world leaders.