HOUSTON - The site of some of the most historic American half-marathon performances and host of the 1992 U.S. Olympic Team Trials for the women's marathon, Houston will host the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Men's and Women's Marathon, USA Track & Field and the United States Olympic Committee announced Monday.

It may not have the makings of a Hollywood flick such as Cool Runnings, the film about the Jamaican bobsleigh team, but Great Britain's Gillian Cooke & Co's journey to the Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver has been no less captivating.

Vancouver welcomed the world to the XXI Olympic Winter Games on Friday night with an Opening Ceremony that showcased Canadian culture and the unifying power of sport.

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge has appointed Nawal El Moutawakel to chair the Coordination Commission for the Games of the XXXI Olympiad in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 2016.

In November 2009, the General Assembly of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) voted in favour of the reinclusion of Athletes with Intellectual Impairment in the London 2012 Paralympic Games and beyond.

In a nod to the current state and future direction of the sport, athletics has been recognised by the Australian Olympic Committee as one of the best-performed sports in the nation following last year’s Olympic Games

Special Olympics International has begun to develop a five year strategic plan for global inclusion across all geographies and constituencies.

The International Paralympic Committee announced that the ICSSPE Special Advisor and former President Gudrun Doll-Tepper will receive the Paralympic Scientific Award 2009.

On 11 September, 2009 ICSSPE Executive Director Detlef Dumon participated in a ceremony to sign the contract for the 2012 International Convention on Science, Education and Medicine in Sport (ICSEMIS) at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre in Glasgow, UK.

London, UK - Last week it was announced that a high jumping design by a nine-year-old girl from the English city of Bristol has been chosen as the first of a series of commemorative coins to be produced for the London Olympic Games of 2012.