London Mayor Boris Johnson will read out an Olympic Ode in ancient Greek to celebrate the athletes and personalities of the London 2012 Games.

ESPN has been awarded all media rights in Oceana for the 2012-15 UEFA Champions League.

Cypriot clubs APOEL FC, and Anorthosis managed to advance to the next stage of the Europa League qualifiers

The Hawthorn Spartans bounced back from last weeks defeat taking the points off Old Geelong, having not lost at home since their inaugural game in round 1 2011.

The silver cup given to marathon winner Spyros Louis at the first Modern Olympic Games is going on display at the Acropolis Museum in September.

A historic day for Panathinaikos soccer club as its majority stake of 54.7 percent was passed on by the Vardinoyiannis family to the Panathinaiki Alliance 2012 club of fans

The 2012 AFL salary cap stands at $8.78m per team with the exception of new franchises, the Gold Coast at $9.53m and Greater Western Sydney $9.78m.

The Kanga Cup is the longest running youth football tournament in the southern hemisphere.

Melbourne Heart FC has secured its key attacking weapon for the Hyundai A-League 2012/13 season with the signing of former Dinamo Zagreb striker Josip Tadic.

FIFA president Sepp Blatter insisted that he did not have the power to punish former supremo Joao Havelange after the 96-year-old Brazilian was accused of taking bribes.