Olympics news from the BBC…
- Olympic organisers opt not to move the basketball and equestrian events but may re-site venues for badminton, handball and rhythmic gymnastics. - The basketball event at the 2012 Games in London will not be moved away from the Olympic Park, it is announced. - Funding is announced in order to ensure Scotland continues to produce world-class curlers. - Stoke City throw-in specialist Rory Delap dismisses speculation that he will be part of the Irish Olympic team in 2012 in the javelin. - Paul King, the chief executive of the Amateur Boxing Association, believes Huyton's Tom Stalker could be a future Olympic medallist. - Ministers unveil plans to end rough sleeping in London by the time the city hosts the Olympic Games. - Triple Olympic cycling gold medallist Chris Hoy is to compete in a special man versus machine race against Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton at Wembley. - Sporting heroes, a soap star and Scooby Doo are on hand to help switch on Belfast's Christmas lights. - Funding for Olympic sports will have to be prioritised if there is less money available, warns UK Sport's performance director. - The Sports Personality presenter answers questions on the event, his year and his love of sport - Bantamweight Luke Campbell becomes England's first European amateur champion in 47 years. - The Yngling class which has yielded successive Olympic golds for Team GB is dropped from the 2012 Games. - The BBC's Piers Edwards reports on the cut-throat competition of the 2008 World Petanque Championships, hosted by Senegal - the first time the event has been held in Africa. - Olympic medal winner Anna Bebington has been honoured at a reception in Staffordshire. - An elderly woman is among five people arrested on suspicion of burgling the home of Liverpool footballer Lucas Leiva.
