Cuba has no plan to field female boxing team when sport debuts in 2012 London Games

October 9th, 2009 Rogge: IOC unhappy with 3 nations on women's sportCOPENHAGEN — IOC president Jacques Rogge and the International Olympic Committee are unhappy with three countries for failing to support the participation of female athletes. Rogge did not name the countries, but said they all pose "religious, cultural and political difficulties for women" to compete in sports.

October 7th, 2009 IOC says its concerned about London Olympic venuesCOPENHAGEN — The International Olympic Committee is concerned that organizers of the 2012 London Games have yet to finalize plans for all the sports venues. The IOC's chief coordinator for the London Games says Wednesday that organizers are making "encouraging progress" overall in their preparations.

October 7th, 2009 IOC concerned about London Olympic venuesCOPENHAGEN — The International Olympic Committee is concerned that organizers of the 2012 London Games have yet to finalize plans for all the sports venues. The IOC's chief coordinator for the London Games says Wednesday that organizers are making "encouraging progress" overall in their preparations.

August 18th, 2009 Female ski jumpers send letter to IOC presidentVANCOUVER, British Columbia — Women's boxing is in. So how about women's ski jumping in the Olympics? That's what a group of female ski jumpers pitched in a letter to IOC president Jacques Rogge, urging him to include their sport in the Vancouver Games.

August 14th, 2009 London Marathon to manage 2012 Olympic courseLONDON — London 2012 officials have appointed the London Marathon organizers to manage and help design the course for the Olympic event. The London Marathon will provide the organizing committee with free staff and equipment, including start facilities, race vehicles and feeding stations, for both the Olympic and Paralympic events.

August 13th, 2009 BERLIN - In a move certain to please the world's major sport sponsors, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) agreed Thursday to propose golf and rugby sevens as sports for the 2016 Olympics at the next IOC Session in October. The 15-strong IOC Executive Committee meeting in Berlin also approved the introduction of three weight divisions of women's boxing for the first time at the London Olympics in 2012, removing the anomaly of it being the only summer Olympic sport without women competitors.

August 13th, 2009 LONDON - Women's boxing may have been legal in Britain for only 11 years, but on Friday, it could move a major step closer to being part of the 2012 London Olympics. The International Olympic Committee's 15-man executive board is meeting in Berlin to consider requests from boxing and 16 other sports to incorporate new events, reports the Daily Express.

August 13th, 2009 Women's boxing added to 2012 London OlympicsBERLIN — Women's boxing will make its Olympic debut at the 2012 London Games, giving all 26 sports on the program female and male competitors. The International Olympic Committee added the event to the program on Thursday during a meeting of the executive board.

August 13th, 2009 IOC board mulls 2 new sports for 2016 OlympicsBERLIN — International Olympic Committee leaders met Thursday to decide which two sports to recommend for inclusion in the 2016 Summer Games. The IOC executive board was considering a list of seven sports: baseball, golf, karate, roller sports, rugby, softball and squash.

August 11th, 2009 IOC studies women's boxing, other events for 2012GENEVA — Women's boxing, mixed doubles in tennis and 50-meter sprints in swimming are among the events being considered this week for inclusion in the 2012 London Olympics. The International Olympic Committee executive board will meet in Berlin on Thursday to consider a range of changes put forward by the 26 summer Olympic sports federations.

July 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Indian Boxing Federation (IBF) president Abhay Singh Chautala called it a "historic" day for the sport in the country after Olympic bronze medallist Vijender Singh and four-time world boxing champion M.C.Marykom were declared recipients of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award. For the first time since the inception of the Khel Ratna award in 1991, three sportspersons - Marykom, and Olympic bronze medallists boxer Vijender and wrestler Sushil Kumar - will receive the country's highest sporting honour in the same year.

July 20th, 2009 Work starts early on London 2012 handball arenaLONDON — Construction work on a handball venue for the London Games has begun two months early, meaning all permanent venues for the 2012 Olympics are under way, organizers said Monday. The copper-clad arena in Olympic Park will host qualifying matches in the handball competition, the fencing discipline in modern pentathlon and goalball during the Paralympics.

July 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Four-time world champion Mary Kom has called for the inclusion of women's boxing in the Olympic Games. The Indian said she was hopeful that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) at its executive board meeting scheduled August 13 would take the decision in favour of the sport.

June 3rd, 2009 KINGSTON - Triple Olympic champion Usain Bolt rejected the possibility of running the three individual events of 100, 200 and 400 meters in the 2012 London Olympics. Bolt, winner of 100, 200 and 4x100m relay in last year's Beijing Games, said he would do either two of them but not all.

May 31st, 2009 LONDON - The Scottish, Welsh, Northern Irish and English football associations have agreed that Great Britain should field a composite team at the 2012 Olympics. The compromise plan needs to be first endorsed by the British Olympic Association (BOA), which has always sought a team open to all British players.