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- Olympic curling dreams nurtured
Funding is announced in order to ensure Scotland continues to produce world-class curlers. - Protests over sports car school
Residents call for a public inquiry over revised plans for a sports car driving centre in Staffordshire. - Full time for the Springbok?
The BBC's Mohammed Allie reports on the debate over whether to drop the Springbok as the emblem of South Africa's rugby team. - Olympic flame for city switch-on
Sporting heroes, a soap star and Scooby Doo are on hand to help switch on Belfast's Christmas lights. - China TV bans top football league
China's main TV station switches off coverage of the country's top football league following a series of team and players scandals. - Swimming champ beat the bullies
A Paralympian gold medallist tells of how he overcame bullying at school by excelling at sport. - Crane starts £13m canoe centre
A giant crane arrives to begin building work at the UK's first pumped Olympic standard canoe slalom centre. - Downturn hits sport event turnout
Organisers blame the economic downturn for cutting the number of people taking part in this year's Jersey Disabled Games. - Petition to improve sports centre
A petition to improve the running of one of Bristol's newest leisure centres has been launched. - Kitesurfer clinches world title
A professional kite surfer from Carmarthenshire wins the sport's world tour after the final round in Morocco. - Commonwealth legacy fund launched
A fund dedicated to building a lasting legacy from the 2014 Commonwealth Games is launched in Glasgow. - Second GAA club damaged by fire
The people behind two attacks on Tyrone GAA clubhouses are condemned as "morons" by DUP Sports Minister Gregory Campbell. - Sue Barker in the hot seat
School Reporters from De La Salle Humanities College in Liverpool interviewed the Sports Personality of the Year presenter - Call for 'return' of lottery cash
The Scottish Government is trying to recover lottery funds it claims were diverted to finance the 2012 London Olympics. - Vendee Globe yachts get under way
The Vendee Globe - the single handed round-the-world yacht race - has got under under way. - Sports award winners to be named
The winners of the Oxfordshire Sports Awards for 2008 will be announced at a gala event at the Kassam Stadium later. - Banker takes polo to town
A London banker invests £1m to transform polo into an urban spectator sport that he hopes will generate income from the sale of television rights, sponsorship deals, corporate entertainment and ticket sales. - Raiders take footballer's medal
An Olympic bronze medal and a collection of sports memorabilia is stolen from a footballer's home. - Rugby death 'a tragic accident'
The death of a rugby player who broke his neck during a match was a tragic accident, says a coroner. - Arrest over damage to ref's car
A woman is arrested by officers investigating damage to a Premiership referee's £40,000 sports car.








