British Wrestling to impose their gaggle of grapplers imported from Eastern Europe on 2012 and ordering GB

in the teeth he is more used to inflicting on opponents.Three times now he has been knocked back by GB

considering just how much further their Olympic qualification standards panel can go in questioning GB

was to go it alone.That was his prerogative, and judged by his results he has been proved right.But GB

pitch.What we have now as the Olympics approach is unseemly bickering over selection processes that bedevils Team

By David GoldJune 5 - Great Britain's women's handball team put up a spirited performance before succumbing

match, Britain's early pressure eventually faded.Britain had trailed just 14-12 at the break as the team

It was a very good first half and it was the best we can play," said GB head coach Jesper Holmris."

By Stuart NewmanJune 5 - Nathan Robertson, one of the elite group of England players to make more than 100 international appearances, has brought the curtain down on his hugely successful badminton career.

men's doubles with Anthony Clark and mixed doubles with Jenny Wallwork, at Melbourne 2006 in the mixed team

sport was recognised at the 2010 Commonwealth Games when he was awarded the honour of carrying the Team

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By Duncan MackayJune 5 - Craig Bellamy has been selected as one of three over-age players selected by Great Britain for the London 2012 Olympics, he has claimed.

The Liverpool and Wales striker, 32, would be one of the three players over the age of 23 Team GB manager

Beckham, Ryan Giggs, Rio Ferdinand and Joe Cole in contention for the two further overage places in the GB

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By Duncan MackayJune 4 - The National Lottery, arguably the biggest supporter of sport in Britain, is to launch an advertising campaign portraying itself as a "genuine supporter" of the London 2012 Olympic Games.

campaign by Camelot, the operator of the Lottery, will include television and print adverts featuring Team

GB athlete Jenny Meadows, the 2009 world 800 metres bronze medallist, and her mother Barbara, who was

By David GoldJune 4 - Team coach Danny Kerry has named his Great Britian women's hockey line-up for this

The three replacements understand our play well and bring good energy and pace to the team."

If they can bring to the Investec London Cup the support they gave the team at last month's test

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By Mike RowbottomIf Great Britain's Paralympic footballers wanted a measure of how realistic their chances are of making the podium at the London 2012 Games they got it at the recently completed BT Paralympic World Cup in Manchester.There, in the Arena alongside the mighty Etihad Stadium, which a decade ago reverberated with nationalistic pride during a Commonwealth Games, at times resembling the last night of the Proms, they laboured selflessly to earn a silver medal.The United States were dismissed 7-0, just hours after Lyndon Lynch's squad had what many of them described as an inspirational meeting with Roy Hodgson's newly...

That energy carried through to a 7-3 win over the Republic of Ireland, a team who, although they have

 What the tournament did reveal, however, is that Britain have a well organised, composed team who

, left), whose driving presence and precise touch in midfield proved a constant torment to the host team

And I think we finished as the stronger team."

When I started this job in 2008 we had our first get-together as a GB team in January 2008, so we had

By David GoldJune 1 - The British Olympic Association (BOA) have named seven fencers who will represent the hosts at this summer's Olympic Games, although the selections have proved controversial.

four European Championship top three places since 2009.That haul included a first major championship team

Myself and the team will be working hard to repeat that in just over 50 days."

GB Chef de Mission Andy Hunt paid tribute to the seven."

I am delighted to welcome the seven fencing athletes as official members of Team GB," he said."

I think that we have a really well balanced team and I am delighted to be leading such a dedicated and

By Duncan MackayJune 1 - The "Osaka Rule", which bans athletes convicted of serious doping offences from competing in the next Olympic Games, is set to be resurrected under new plans drawn up by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).

Association's (BOA) bylaw which bans any athlete convicted of a serious doping offence representing Team

GB at the Olympics, leaving the way clear for convicted drugs cheats like sprinter Dwain Chambers and

By David GoldJune 1 - David Beckham surprised pupils and staff this morning when he turned up at Vaughan Primary School in Harrow to promote the Paralympics and the virtue of living a healthy lifestyle.

Manchester United, Real Madrid and England star, who hopes to appear in this summer's Olympics for Team

GB, was unveiled as an ambassador for the retail chain last year.In November he appeared in an advert

playing blindfolded with the British Paralympic visually impaired football team to promote the Games.That

advert was also to promote the Million Kids Challenge, and taking time out from his club team, Major

By David GoldJune 1 - David Beckham surprised pupils and staff this morning when he turned up at Vaughan Primary School in Harrow to promote the Paralympics and the virtue of living a healthy lifestyle.

Manchester United, Real Madrid and England star, who hopes to appear in this summer's Olympics for Team

GB, was unveiled as an ambassador for the retail chain last year.In November he appeared in an advert

playing blindfolded with the British Paralympic visually impaired football team to promote the Games.That

advert was also to promote the Million Kids Challenge, and taking time out from his club team, Major

By Duncan MackayJune 1 - British taekwondo officials claim they stand by their decision not to select world number one Aaron Cook for London 2012 despite the British Olympic Association (BOA) demanding that they review it.

and Sarah Winckless, chairman of the BOA Athletes Commission, met yesterday with officials from GB

medal potential, as well as for the sport as a whole," said GB Taekwondo in a statement."

 But he left GB Taekwondo's high-performance programme last year to train independently for London

2012, which many suspect is at the root of his omission from the team.

 GB Taekwondo deny this."

London 2012 after the British Olympic Association (BOA) today refused to accept his omission from the team

by GB Taekwondo.

If given the chance, I will make GB proud."

By David GoldMay 30 - Imogen Bankier (pictured far left) and Chris Adcock (pictured left, far right) have been officially selected to represent Britain in the badminton mixed doubles at London 2012, fending off competition from Athens 2004 silver medallist Nathan Robertson and Jennie Wallwork.

I am absolutely delighted to become a member of the Team GB badminton team and I'm really looking forward

I had achieved one of my lifelong goals and now that I have been selected to represent Team GB, my focus

The Olympics is a once in a lifetime experience and I'm honoured to be representing Team GB in my home

closer it is great to welcome four badminton players as officially selected members of Team GB.

deserves to be a part of Team GB."

By Duncan MackayMay 30 - Britain's Foreign Secretary William Hague has held talks with Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak and Sochi 2014 President and chief executive Dmitry Chernyshenko at the White House in Moscow and taken the opportunity to hold a special ceremony to welcome volunteers travelling to London to work on this year's Olympics and Paralympics. 

Olympics and Paralympics.Hague presented Kozak, who has special responsibility for Sochi 2014, with a Team

GB shirt and received in return a Sochi 2014 tee-shirt.