By Duncan MackayJune 28 - David Beckham has been left out of Britain's football squad for the London 2012 Olympics.

GB manager Stuart Pearce in a transatlantic telephone call."

"So I would have been honored to have been part of this unique Team GB squad."

GB London 2012 squadJune 2012: Bellamy to be one of Team GB's three over-age players for London 2012

GB to pick Beckham, says CoeMay 2012: Disgruntled Coleman expects "three or four" Welsh footballers

to represent Team GB at Olympics

By Tom Degun at Team GB House in LondonJune 27 - Barry Middleton has been named captain of a 16-strong

Team GB men's hockey squad for the London 2012 Olympics here today with group determined to win a medal

At the last Olympics in the Chinese capital, Team GB men's team narrowly missed out on a place in the

It is a great honour to have been selected in Team GB for my third Olympic Games," said the 28-year-old

I'm delighted to welcome such a talented and experienced group of men's hockey players to Team GB for

the London 2012 Olympics," said Team GB Chef de Mission Andy Hunt."

In preparation for the Games, the Team GB squad is scheduled to participate in a high standard tri-nation

Henley Royal RegattaJune 27 - Reigning Paralympic champion Tom Aggar heads the eight-strong rowing team

Like their Olympic counterparts, the rowing team are in great shape and train incredibly hard so I can't

GB Rowing team performance director David Tanner said: "We are ambitious to show well at the home Games

as part of a well-prepared and focused ParalympicsGB team."

GB mixed adaptive coxed four takes victory over Germany in MunichJune 2012: British Paralympic rowing

star Tom Aggar praises support team in quest for London 2012December 2011: I won't be happy with anything

GoldJune 27 - The United States Association of Blind Athletes (USABA) has named its women's goalball team

The team now needs approval from the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) before it is confirmed for

will be joined by Lisa Czechowski who has appeared in three Paralympic Games.A member of the goalball team

medal in the discus competition in Sydney when she took home bronze.Making her debut in the Paralympic team

assistant.Contact the writer of this story at [email protected] storiesJune 2012: Team

GB to face world champions in opening goalball matches of London 2012April 2012: Britain avoid

Dieke have turned their backs on Scottish Football Association (SFA) wishes by accepting a call up by Team

GB women's coach Hope Powell for London 2012.

GB will be greeted as good news in some quarters.Northern Ireland's FA is also against its players competing

GB charge.She is joined by midfielder Rachel Yankey, striker Ellen White, defender Alex Scott (pictured

Team GB Chef de Mission Andy Hunt added: "I'm immensely proud to welcome the women's football team into

Team GB for the London 2012 Olympic Games."

The strength of the Team GB selection owes a great deal to the work she has done for women's football

Chambers is set to become the second British competitor to regain a place in the London 2012 Olympic team

selectors.Earlier this month road cyclist David Millar became the first Briton to return to the Olympic team

insidethegames.bizRelated storiesJune 2012: Chambers colourfully lets off steam after winning 100m at GB

off-the-pace sixth in first 100m race since ban liftedApril 2012: Jarrett says Chambers return will make Team

GB "very strong"April 2012: Moynihan laments "hollow victory" for WADA after CAS overturns ban

Ginn – seeking a fourth Olympic gold – is the most illustrious rower named in a 46-strong Australian team

which is expected to be one of the toughest challengers to Team GB at the London 2012 rowing venue at

We came together well and will race as hard as we can and represent the team and Australia the best we

Sarah Tait (pictured above), the women's team captain, added: "Many of our crews had very positive performances

By Tom DegunJune 26 - British Airways, the Official Airline of London 2012, has unveiled a giant painting of heptathlon star Jessica Ennis on the Heathrow Airport flight path which will be seen by millions of visitors from abroad during the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

which features the saying "Welcome to our turf", is designed to provide a warm reception home to ex-pat Team

GB and ParalympicsGB fans while also reminding athletes and supporters from overseas that Great Britain

celebratory message reminds us all of the power of the home crowd and how important it is to get behind Team

GB and ParalympicsGB," said British Airways sponsorship manager Luisa Fernandez.British Airways (pictured

GB and ParalympicsGB athletes to bring home their friends and family for an extra boost during London

has done his utmost to ensure that Britain's Olympians go forth to the Games in style and comfort – Team

GB House in Stratford where they can escape for a spot of R&R with families and friend is quite

He says he does not altogether share the confidence of those who believe Team GB will surpass the achievement

had in this regrettable affair.Yet one imagines they would be bound to give wholehearted backing to GB

And answer this: Why is it that Team GB is happy to accommodate a drugs cheat in Dwain Chambers (pictured

By Mike Rowbottom in HelsinkiJune 25 - Mark Lewis-Francis, who is looking ahead to another significant career relay marker at the European Championships here this week, from Wednesday (June 27) to July 1, believes he made the right decision 12 years ago in choosing to run at the World Junior Championships rather than the Olympics – a choice currently facing emerging 100 metres star Adam Gemili.

the qualifying time, having run 10.08sec earlier in the summer, is assured of a place in Britain's team

at 100m in Santiago, and four years later he won Olympic gold as he anchored home the sprint relay team

We don't have that many meetings before the Olympics, so we need to get together and work as a team in

I'm hoping this year's Europeans is going to be just as good for me and the rest of the British team.

insidethegames.bizRelated storiesJune 2012: Chambers colourfully lets off steam after winning 100m at GB

By Sara EvansJune 25 - Team GB athletes arriving at the Loughborough Preparation Camp will learn how

environmental impact of all journeys to and from the competition.This support starts as soon as Team

GB athletes collect their kit from the Loughborough Training Camp, where they will spend time in

- Westfield Stratford City, the shopping complex at the gateway of the Olympic Park, will host the team

also be an Official Supplier to the AOC, although there are no firm plans as yet for the Australian team

highlight of the AOC's London events calendar and will be the only occasion where all of the Australian team

in hosting our Team Reception, which is a grand occasion and tradition for our team."

addition to our Olympic Family and we welcome them to the team."

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

set to defy the British Olympic Association (BOA) and take an appeal against his omission from the team

Aaron and his team strongly disagree with the BOA's position and they responded to the BOA in writing

"Nor is it objectively clear to Aaron or to anyone in his team why the world number one in his weight

category and discipline has not already been selected for Team GB."

switched her nationality from Anguilla –  a British Overseas Territory which does not have an Olympic team

insidethegames.bizRelated storiesJune 2012: Chambers colourfully lets off steam after winning 100m at GB

By Sara EvansJune 24 – Alistair Brownlee, British Olympic favourite and reigning ITU World Seires champion, put on a masterful performance today taking gold in his first World Championship Series race of the season in Kitzbuhel – despite suffering from an Achilles tear four months ago.

in fifth.Contact the writer of this story at [email protected] storiesJune 2012: Team

GB ignores top-ranked triathletes to pick domestiques for London 2012May 2012: Jonathan Brownlee maintains