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Double Olympic medallist Muhammad confirms taekwondo retirement

  • Member National Association and Continental Unions News

Britain's double Olympic medallist Lutalo Muhammad has announced his retirement from taekwondo.

2016 final against Cheick Sallah Cissé, right ©Getty Images"I would like to thank my family, those at Team

GB and all the athletes, staff and coaches at GB Taekwondo for giving me the opportunity to go to two

Everyone at GB Taekwondo, me included, recognises the immense contribution Lutalo has made to the world

class programme and to the history of the sport since he has been with us," said GB Taekwondo performance

But I am sure he will be the first to agree he's received outstanding support from GB Taekwondo and the


IOF and Orienteering Australia bidding for inclusion at Victoria 2026

  • Victoria 2026

The International Orienteering Federation (IOF) and Orienteering Australia are aiming to secure a place on the programme for the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Victoria.

Orienteering also ticks the box of having athletes that are 'world class' given team GB and Australia


Teach First becomes headline partner of BUCS tennis programme

  • Universiade

Teach First has become the headline partner of the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) tennis programme.

professional, notably Joe Salisbury, who won gold at the FISU World University Games while competing for GB

Grand Slam doubles titles, winning at the 2020 Australian Open and the 2021 and 2022 US Opens.Meanwhile Team


Sarah Winckless: Hard work and miles were what was going to make the champion rower, not some supplement or dubious drug

  • Inside the Blogs

My drive has always been to achieve all you can - sometimes against the odds. I tested positive for the genetic mutation that gives Huntington’s disease in my twenties, so I know I’m likely to get ill from that at some point.

double sculls at Athens 2004 alongside Elise Laverick ©Getty ImagesThe first time I got selected for Team

GB for rowing was a game-changer too.

By the time I gained a place in the Team GB rowing squad we had been well-educated on the issues and

 The damage ripples out too - it can tarnish the reputation of an individual, a team, their support

If you have a team sport and one individual tests positive or has an anti-doping violation it’s hugely



Alan Hubbard: My memories of Munich and the dreadful day that scarred sport forever

  • Inside the Blogs

The recent evocative pieces on the 50th anniversary of the 1972 Olympic Games by my insidethegames colleague Philip Barker brought personal memories flooding back. Not that they were ever far from consciousness.

dispatches, not least from BBC commentator David Coleman and John Rodda of The Guardian who borrowed a Team

GB track suit and jogged into the besieged Olympic Village, posing as an athlete.Twenty-four hours of

 Black September terrorists knew where the Israeli team was staying because signage in the Olympic

Nazi Party.The first concentration camp, in Dachau, was located on Munich's outskirts and the Israeli team



Britain announces skateboard park team in lead-up to Paris 2024

  • Skateboarding

Britain has announced its skateboard park team for the forthcoming year, as the build-up to the Paris

by teenagers Lola Tambling, this year’s national champion, and Lilly Strachan.On the men’s side the team

Britain on the international stage. https://t.co/nnguNaeuzn pic.twitter.com/1QGgu7SBye— Skateboard GB

difficulty level, trick repertoire, competition results and performances were considered.Skateboard GB

performance manager Darren Pearcy said: "We're so stoked on the 2022 Skateboard GB park team."

The team consists of an extremely talented group of individuals who we can't wait to see shine on the


Ceccon earns individual and relay gold on final day of swimming at European Aquatics Championships

  • Aquatics

Swimming competition concluded at the European Aquatics Championships in Rome, with hosts Italy taking their gold medal tally up to 13 courtesy of victories in the men's 100 metres backstroke through Thomas Ceccon and the men's 4x100m medley relay.

LEN/Fabio Cetti pic.twitter.com/5pvlMFQKoD— Team GB (@TeamGB) August 17, 2022Britain's gold medal tally

record for the most European Championships medals yesterday and extended that to 28, following on from team-mates

Hanna Rosvall, Sophie Hansson and Louise Hansson to help the Swedish team finish in 3:55.25.France were


Brisbane says British wheelchair rugby has "come a very long way" since London 2012

  • Wheelchair Rugby News

Great Britain Wheelchair Rugby (GBWR) chief executive Jason Brisbane has insisted that the country's success at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics demonstrates that it has "come a very long way" in the 10 years since its home Games at London 2012.

There is no doubt that what this team achieved in Tokyo was extraordinary and so very much deserved,"

was just superb and it says everything you need to know about the players and the dedicated coaching team

providing a route for progression in wheelchair rugby.Jason Brisbane said Britain's wheelchair rugby team

level of success in the future we have recognised the importance of developing the next generation of GB

Adding these individuals to a strong core of experienced athletes from the Tokyo cycle ensures that the team


Von Eckermann leads Sweden to gold and Paris 2024 at FEI World Championships

  • Equestrian

Olympic gold medallist Henrik von Eckermann guided Sweden to their first title at this year's Herning 2022 International Equestrian Federation (FEI) World Championships and sealed a spot at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

faults alongside brother Jens Fredricson, who steered Markan Cosmopolit during the second round of the team

The Jumping team battled back from 6th overnight to take home the bronze & that all important spot

#Herning2022 pic.twitter.com/u0Uph5pWPb— Team GB (@TeamGB) August 12, 2022The Dutch also saw success

in the Para dressage team event where they established themselves as one of the favourites at the BB

position for the Netherlands as they lead the charge for gold in the FEI Para Dressage World Championship Team


Britain’s Olympic Alpine skiers launch emergency appeal after funding cut in run-up to Milan Cortina 2026

  • Milan Cortina 2026

Britain's Olympic Alpine skiers have issued an emergency appeal following UK Sport funding cuts which they say could cut short their careers in the run-up to the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics.

Last week, GB Snowsport confirmed that UK Sport judged Alpine, cross-country and Para Nordic no longer

I'm so proud to be part of this team'."It's sad."

Guest was a member of the British team that finished joint-fifth in the first-ever Olympic mixed team

The 35-year-old is due to see some of the funding as part of the total awarded to GB Snowsport.UK Sport

Snowsport, said: "We fully support and share the disappointment of our Alpine team and all other GB


Princess Royal leads celebrations of London 2012 10th anniversary

  • London 2012

London 2012 can look back and say it staged the Olympic Games "exceptionally well", the Princess Royal said during a special reception to mark the 10th anniversary of the Opening Ceremony here tonight.

pic.twitter.com/sAqfiXau0e— Team GB (@TeamGB) July 27, 2022Sir David Wootton, who was the Lord Mayor


New poem released to mark 10-year anniversary of London 2012

  • London 2012

Lemn Sissay, official poet at the London 2012 Olympics, has marked the 10th anniversary of the Games with a new poem which looks forward to Paris 2024.

therefore, felt very special, and a fitting way to pay tribute to the extraordinary achievements of Team

GB as they start looking ahead to Paris 2024."

community, with so many of today’s athletes, myself included, inspired by the incredible successes of Team

GB at a home Games," Muhammad reflected."

Now sights are on Paris 2024, which is as close to a home Games as it gets for Team GB, so it’s going


UK Sport broadens funding for Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics and Paralympics

  • Milan Cortina 2026

UK Sport has announced a funding package of £24.2 million ($29.1 million/€28.6 million) for winter sports to cover the cycle until the Milan Cortina 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

 British Curling and GB Snowsport remain on the World Class Programme and will be joined by bobsleigh

) following Eve Muirhead's rink's women's gold medal at Beijing 2022, complemented by Bruce Mouat's team