By Mike Rowbottom at Team GB House in LondonJuly 23 - Britain's women volleyball team, making their first

The team will have to be ready given that they open their Olympic campaign at Earls Court in five days

GB women's volleyball team"We have been scouting them and we think we will have some effective game

Maria Bertelli, one of the team vice-captains, said the difficulties the team – which has spent the summer

We have had to trust each other to give everything to the team."

Grace Carter represents the Team GB women's volleyball team at London 2012There will be one final warm-up

By Mike RowbottomJuly 23 - China's top swimmers, including double world champion Sun Yang (pictured top), have been finalising their preparations for the London 2012 Olympic Games at the University of Bath.

World Championships in Shanghai.Lu Yifan, chief technical researcher of the Chinese national swimming team

Things are looking quite promising for the team this year."

Jiao Liuyang in training at the University of BathThe hottest prospect in the team is 20-year-old Sun

at the Beijing 2008 Olympics, and Pang Jiaying, also a member of the medley relay team and who took

GB and one each will compete for Egypt and Ghana.Six Bath-based athletes will represent ParalympicsGB

By Mike Rowbottom at the Main Press Centre on the Olympic Park in LondonJuly 23 - Phillips Idowu, Britain's Olympic triple jump silver medallist, has raised concerns still further that he may be unable to compete at the London 2012 Olympics by pulling out of the UK Athletics pre-Games training camp in Portugal in order to receive treatment in London on "an ongoing injury problem".

, a statement released by UK Athletics today confirming that Idowu would not be travelling with his GB

stories ahead of preparation for Crystal Palace returnApril 2012: Idowu, Pendleton and Pollock join Team

in LondonJuly 23 - Britain's four-time Olympic cycling champion Sir Chris Hoy has been named as the Team

GB flag bearer for the London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony after being nominated for the honour by

GB out at the Olympic Stadium on Friday (July 27)."

I'm absolutely delighted and honoured to have been voted as the flag bearer for Team GB," said Sir Chris

, comprised of 542 athletes, after he was nominated on a nine strong shortlist by Team GB Chef de Mission

Andy Hunt, his four deputies and the 31 team leaders across the Olympic various sports.Team GB athletes

Team GB could not have placed the flag in better hands," said Hunt."

By Mike RowbottomJuly 22 - Scott Overall, selected to run the marathon for Team GB at the London Olympics

Olympic Park in LondonJuly 21 - British Olympic Association (BOA) chairman Colin Moynihan admits that Team

GB face a "major task" at London 2012 to surpass their medal tally at Beijing 2008, where they finished

GB medal haul in China.Earlier this month, Government agency UK Sport revealed they expected Team GB

GB face a major threat from the likes of Germany and Australia, who finished fifth and sixth respectively

So the delivery of results for Team GB is going to be a major task in light of the outstanding competition

Sir Clive Woodward, the BOA performance director and Team GB Deputy Chef de Mission, also predicted that

Contact the writer of this story at [email protected] storiesJuly 2012: Team GB set

By Andrew Warshaw at the Main Press Centre on the Olympic Park in LondonJuly 22 - The draw for the London 2012 tennis tournament, which features both recent men's Wimbledon finalists Roger Federer and Andy Murray (pictured), will be staged at the All England Club on Thursday (July 26) with seedings based on the most up-to-date world rankings.

women's doubles will be contested by 32 teams, with eight seeded teams in both events.The draw for the 16-team

at London 2012June 2012: I'll be very motivated at Wimbledon, says Murray after being selected for Team

GB 

By David GoldJuly 21 - Great Britain Hockey has revealed there will be over 20,000 opportunities across Britain to play hockey during this summer's Olympic Games.

provides a search engine to find local hockey activities as well as venue details for Britain's hockey team

London 2012 with teams in both the men's and women's competitions in contention for medals.The men's team

same opponents in London in May at the test event, and stand a good chance of fighting for gold.Team GB

Argentina in London earlier this yearSean Kerly, a member of the 1988 gold medal winning men's hockey team

By Andrew Warshaw at the Main Press Centre on the Olympic Park in LondonJuly 21 - British Olympic Association (BOA) chairman Colin Moynihan says he still favours a lifetime ban for drugs cheats even though his organisation now has to comply with a two-year sanction instead.

selected for London 2012.Moynihan (pictured) has repeatedly stressed that former drugs cheats selected by Team

GB would be treated no differently to clean athletes following the CAS verdict.

Myerscough in but no place for MeadowsJune 2012: Millar becomes first former drugs cheat picked by Team

GB since scrapping of BOA bylawJune 2012: New WADA code set to reintroduce Osaka RuleMay 2012:&

By David GoldJuly 21 - Sir Matthew Pinsent is helping Transport for London (TfL) to encourage London 2012 spectators travelling to Eton Dorney for the rowing this summer to plan ahead and ensure they do not miss their events.

Eton Dorney to watch Britain's rowers bid to live up to their billing as one of the strongest of the Team

GB squads at the Games.Getting to Eton Dorney will require either booking a park and ride service in

One hundred years after winning an Olympic football gold medal in an era that was strictly amateur, Team

GB were given a stern footballing lesson by Brazil tonight in their final warm-up game before the start

GB, who open their Olympic account against Senegal on Thursday next week, went through a serious learning

"Do I think the team are ready? "No. "Next Thursday we'll be a lot closer.

GB squadJuly 2012: Sturridge must be fully fit to compete in London 2012 football tournament, insists

: Giggs to captain Team GB at London 2012July 2012: Welsh hero Giggs odds-on to take captain's armband

for Team GB football squad at London 2012

By David GoldJuly 20 - Britain's women's football team put on an encouraging performance in their friendly

writer of this story at [email protected] storiesJuly 2012: I'm enjoying life with Team

GB women's squad, says Scottish starJune 2012: Little and Dieke defy Scottish FA to represent Team GB

2012: Bring on Brazil, declares buoyant British women's football coach PowellApril 2012: Team

GB footballers face tough London 2012 test following group draws

campaign pitting Westfield London and Westfield Stratford City consumers against each other – with Team

GB merchandise as the prize.

Olympic Association for the campaign with consumers also being given the option of signing up to support Team

GB.Team GB merchandise will be awarded to winners throughout the campaign.Developed by Story Worldwide

Westfield London and Westfield Stratford City (pictured below) websites.The best content from each team

end of the campaign, an overall winner for best content will be selected, and members of the winning team

interactions by recruiting roving reporters around London who will generate content for their respective team

WarshawJuly 20 - Former Manchester United defender Gary Neville, now a member of the England senior team

pictured above, left) said: "There will be people who will argue that David does deserve a position in the GB

team for helping to bring the Games here."

He goes beyond football in his reach around the world and selection for a football team is different

of athletes and celebrityJune 2012: Beckham's omission shows there is no room for sentiment in Team

GBJune 2012: Beckham left out of London 2012 by Team GBMay 2012: "No pressure" on Team GB

Jason Kenny ahead of the reigning Olympic champion Sir Chris Hoy to race in the individual sprint for Team

GB at the London Olympics.

titles he won in Beijing four years ago – the keirin, in which he is also world champion – and the team

silver from his three appearances at the Games, starting at Sydney in 2000, when he won a silver in the team

 "I am now focused entirely on the keirin and team sprint and my goals for those events haven't

 Team GB cyclists Sir Chris Hoy and Victoria PendletonBritish Cycling performance director Dave

We believe this gives us the strongest team possible going into the Games."