London will be the focus of the sporting world when it stages the 2012 Laureus World Sports Awards Ceremony on Monday, February 6. The Laureus World Sports Awards, which recognise sporting achievement, are the premier honours on the international sporting calendar. The winners, as voted by the Laureus World Sports Academy, the ultimate sports jury, made up of 47 of the greatest sportsmen and sportswomen of all time, will be unveiled at a globally televised Awards Ceremony staged at Central Hall, Westminster, in London.

Proceeds from the Laureus World Sports Awards directly benefit and underpin the work of the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation, which supports 91 community sports projects around the world. Since its inception, Laureus has raised €40 million for projects which have improved the lives of more than one-and-a-half million young people.

The MCC World Cricket committee met in Cape Town on the 8^th and 9^th January 2012.  Kumar Sangakkara, the newest member of the committee, attended the meeting. The most important topic covered at the meeting, because of the dangers it brings to the game overall, was corruption.

The MCC World Cricket committee very much appreciated its contact with Sir Ronnie Flanagan, Chairman of the ACSU, and Tim May, Chairman of the Federation of International Cricketers' Associations. It welcomes Sir Ronnie's account of all the work being done by the ACSU and hopes that the meeting will help to promote links between the ACSU, players and players' associations.

Sport in the UK is in danger of 'falling off the edge of a cliff' after the Olympics if the industry isn't managed correctly during the economic crisis, according to a former Government advisor on sport. Martyn Allison, former national advisor for culture and sport for the Department of Culture, Media and Sport, also argued that the greatest opportunities will be around using sport to improve health and wellbeing, and that sport participation could help address youth alienation and social unrest.

He made the comments at the sixth annual Sheffield Hallam University Physical Education, Sport Development and Coaching student conference, the first major UK sport conference of the Olympic year.

The epochal and path-breaking World Series Hockey is putting on a special exhibition match on December 20 at the Sector-42 Stadium in Chandigarh. This showcase is aimed at giving fans a taste of the action that they can expect to see when WSH begins on 29th February, 2012.The two teams playing this match will be WSH World XI and WSH India XI. The match will start at 6 pm and the stadium gates will be opened at 4 pm.

The WSH World XI will comprise of all the star players from abroad who have signed on for the tournament and will be coached by Andrew Meredith and Jose Brasa. Leading the pack will be Olympic Gold Medalist Brent Livermore along with Zeeshan Ashraf, Jiwa Mohan, Chris Seddon and many more as they scorch the field for the WSH World XI team with their stunning pace and technique.