By David GoldJuly 18 – The man captaining the first British basketball team competing in the Olympics

since 1948 has told insidethegames that leading the team out at London 2012 "is what dreams are made

Born in London, Andrew Sullivan (pictured top, in blue) is the long serving captain of the team, hoping

Mullens, have not been able to be a part of the squad.Luol Deng (in white) is the star player of the Team

GB basketball squadSullivan insists that the absence of Gordon and Mullens is not a concern, particularly

nonetheless.They face 2008 runners-up Spain, Australia, China, Russia and Brazil.Sullivan says the team

We have got a team made up of hugely competitive individuals," he said."

By Tom DegunJuly 18 - Craig Crowley, President of the International Committee of Sports for the Deaf (ICSD), has admitted that the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics will be "bittersweet" for deaf sport after it has become isolated in recent years.

especially when it was some six months after we won 10 medals at the Melbourne Deaflympics and the GB

Deaf Team returned triumphant with world and Deaflympics champions in men's and women's football, women's

back centre stage thanks to the exploits of Usain Bolt (pictured below, left), Michael Phelps, the GB

cycling team and others.The performances of Usain Bolt, who won three gold medals, helped make Beijing

By Tom Degun at Team GB House in LondonJuly 18 - Scotland's Ifeoma Dieke admits she is enjoying life

with Team GB, despite being just one of two non-English players named in coach Hope Powell women's football

Arsenal, defied the wishes of the Scottish Football Association (SFA) by joining up with the 18-strong Team

GB squad for the Games.But the 31-year-old American-born defender, who currently plays for Swedish

Linking up with the team has been great and I'm really happy to be here."

We are here representing the whole of Great Britain, we are one Team GB and I feel privileged to be part

GB at OlympicsSeptember 2011: I'd definitely play for Britain at the Olympics given the chance,

By Andrew Warshaw at the Main Press Centre on the Olympic Park in LondonJuly 17 - Despite constant assurances that the tournament would be packed out and a huge success, London 2012 organisers were forced to retreat today when they announced that half-a-million Olympic football tickets for men and women combined are to be removed from sale.

No Scottish players are in the Team GB men's squad and interestingly capacity is to be reduced at Hampden

Main Press Centre on the Olympic Park in LondonJuly 17 - Ryan Giggs, captain of the first all-British team

I couldn't turn down the captaincy [of Team GB]."

GB at London 2012July 2012: Giggs to captain Team GB at London 2012July 2012: Giggs and Bellamy

defy Welsh FA as they join Team GB for London 2012June 2012: Bale's London 2012 dreams in tatters

as injury forces withdrawal from Team GB football squadMay 2012: Disgruntled Coleman expects "three

or four" Welsh footballers to represent Team GB at Olympics

By Andrew Warshaw at the Main Press Centre on the Olympic Park in LondonJuly 16 - Team GB football head

struck down by viral meningitis earlier this month but has now been given the all-clear to link up with Team

GB."

A lot of the players know each other but we've only had one game as a team."

Although a British football team has little or no history in the Olympics compared to the FIFA World

GB star in meningitis scareJuly 2012: Giggs and Bellamy defy Welsh FA as they join Team GB for

Institute (STRI) have overhauled the pitches at London's Eltham College in preparation of the arrival of Team

Games.Tony Timms, Eltham College Estates Manager, added: "Everyone at the college is extremely proud to host Team

GB and the other teams who will use our facilities."

been one of the Premier League's biggest stars over the past season, was named in Pearce's 18-strong team

selected in April for the ParalympicsGB seven-a-side cerebral palsy team.Scott's inclusion in the Olympic team

He got a call up to the England under-21 team from Stuart Pearce and now he has got that call up to Team

GB for the Olympics, which was a very proud moment for the Sinclair family."

GB and ParalympicsGB at the same Olympics and Paralympics so that makes it even more special for the

GB football game because I know it will be amazing."

I am just one member of the team.

RowbottomJuly 14 - A total of 130 athletes and 56 coaches from 44 different sports have been for the Team

GB Olympic Ambition Programme during the London Games.

such as modern pentathletes Freyja Prentice and Kate French, who narrowly missed out on making the team

the experience will doubtless prove bitter-sweet – but they may gain heart from the fact that their team-mate

GB at their first Olympic Games as a competitor this summer.Team GB Chef de Mission and British Olympic

GB."

GB at future Olympic Games."

have-a-go sports, as well as screening all the sporting action, and live and exclusive appearances from Team

GB medallists, as part of the London 2012 celebrations.

Ren Harvieu and indie rock band The Enemy (pictured below).Fans have an exclusive opportunity to see Team

GB medallists in person during the Games at the official Team GB Fan Zone, where British medal winners

the Cadbury House to step into the shoes of the athletes by going head to head in a virtual race with Team

GB swimmer Rebecca Addlington (pictured below) before receiving a celebratory chocolate medal.Meanwhile

By Tom Degun at the Main Press Centre on the Olympic Park in LondonJuly 13 - Scotland House for the London 2012 Olympic Games is set to be based at the luxurious Army and Navy Club in Pall Mall where it will be used to promote key Scottish events, including the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games.

I'm delighted to be part of a team representing Scotland in showing London the best of what we have to

Marketing Edinburgh.It will be closed to the general public during the Olympics and has no connection with Team

GB House in Westfield Stratford City.Contact the writer of this story at [email protected]

By David GoldJuly 13 - Brazilian star Neymar insists they have what it takes to bring back Olympic football gold for the first time in history this summer.

will be the man most want to see this summer at the football tournament, after starring for his club team

his arrival on the world stage at last.But he is insistent that he is not the star of Mano Menezes' team

have been exacerbated by recent friendly defeats to Mexico and Argentina.Neymar says, though, that the team

hoodooApril 2012: Brazil and US the bookies favourites for football gold medalsApril 2012: Team

GB footballers face tough London 2012 test following group draw

By Tom DegunJuly 12 - Richard Caborn, the former Minister for Sport, has been appointed the new chairman of the Amateur Boxing Association of England (ABAE) where he replaces Keith Walters in the senior role.

class international boxers and four of the seven men and all three of the women that will compete for Team

GB at the London 2012 Olympics came through the ABAE's ranks.Contact the writer of this story at tom.degun

By Mike RowbottomJuly 11 - Adam Gemili's extraordinary rise to sprinting prominence this season continued in Barcelona tonight as the 18-year-old Londoner won the World Junior 100 metres title in a personal best of 10.05sec – beating the Championship record of 10.09 set by Darrel Brown of Trinidad and Tobago in 2002, and also replacing the British junior record of 10.06 set by Dwain Chambers 15 years ago.

I want to thank my mum, my dad, my sister, my coach, my training group and the whole of the GB team,

Gemili to shoot for home GamesJune 2012: Chambers colourfully lets off steam after winning 100m at GB