selection of five canoe slalom athletes, including Beijing 2008 silver medallist David Florence, to Team

GB for London 2012 has been confirmed here today.

GB will compete during this summer's Olympics.Richard Hounslow (pictured above, first left), also competing

GB athletes – bringing the contingent up to a total of 66 for London 2012, which includes the likes

I am delighted that our canoe slalom team has been officially announced today as part of Team GB and

It is fabulous to have five more athletes on Team GB, four who have not been to the Games yet and David

Florence," Team GB Chef de Mission Andy Hunt told insidethegames."

By David GoldApril 25 - Britain's women's football coach Hope Powell is relishing the prospect of pitting her wits against Brazil at the Olympic Games after the football draw was made.

put back on sale.At the Wembley press conference following the draw, Powell (pictured top, alongside Team

GB men's football coach Stuart Pearce) said: "Any game of this magnitude – World Cups, European Cups

GB is going to be massive for us."

We are trying to make the team more popular, and with this Olympic Games the matches will be live and

of women's football, believes GB coach Powell

By Tom DegunApril 24 - Great Britain's men's wheelchair basketball team has been boosted with the

The women's side has named an equally strong team, including the impressive Helen Freeman (picturd below

I'm delighted with the team I've named and I'm really looking forward to seeing what they can do," he

All 12 are fantastic players, and work fantastically as a team and with the tactics we like to employ

The team is in great shape and having won the event last year we're all looking forward to going out

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By David Gold at Wembley Stadium in LondonApril 24 - Britain's women were paired with Brazil in the group stage of the London 2012 Olympic Games, while the men face an intriguing tussle with Copa America champions Uruguay after the draw here today.

Team GB's opening men's Group A game will be a historic clash against Senegal – winners of the final

and Morocco.The first event of the Games, two days before the Opening Ceremony on July 27, will pit Team

By Andrew WarshawApril 24 - England women's football head coach Hope Powell believes London 2012 will at last provide a platform for showcasing the sport in a country where it long been male-dominated.

Women's football made its Olympic debut in 1996 but no British team has ever taken part.The draw for

By Mike RowbottomApril 23 - Claire Hallissey's "all or nothing" run in yesterday's Virgin London Marathon earned her the expected result today as she was given the last remaining British Olympic women's place at London 2012.

Also drafted into the men's team was Dave Webb, who put himself in the frame for qualification by finishing

It's what you aspire to, getting onto an Olympic team."

Team GB Chef de Mission Andy Hunt added: "I am delighted to welcome Claire and Dave to Team GB to make

The group of five Team GB marathon athletes now includes an excellent blend of up and coming runners

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victorious British eight (pictured) at the Sydney Olympics in 2000, has launched a formal appeal against the GB

coxed the eight to world silver last year – was made after Nethercott had withdrawn and before the team

April 23 - Thanks to two readers for pointing out a promotion by worldwide sponsor P&G. The company are offering the chance to earn points when you buy their products. These points which can be used to buy Olympics themed rewards. Each £1 you spend earns 4 points and 40 points will get you a pin badge.

There are 2 designs - one for Team GB and one for Team Ireland.If you are interested, you can find out

eligibility for London 2012 by confirming that no player selected for Euro 2012 will be chosen for Team

GB.

pictured below) is already on a shortlist for Olympic selection following the recent pruning to 80 of Team

GB coach Stuart Pearce's (pictured top) so-called "long list".However, the FA has made it clear that

Any player who travels to Euro 2012 with England will not be considered for the Olympic GB team," confirmed

GB list until England's Euro squad is finalised," Bevington explained."

GB

By Mike Rowbottom at the Tower Hotel in LondonApril 22 - The Kenyan Olympic trials passed off well here in the capital today, with Mary Keitany becoming the third fastest woman of all time as she defended her Virgin London title in 2 hours 18min 37sec and Wilson Kipsang , the second fastest man of all time, also securing his London 2012 place with victory in 2:04:44, just four seconds outside the course record set by fellow countryman Emmanuel Mutai last year.

halt after 15km was untimely and unfortunate.Lee Merrien made a gallant effort to join Overall in the team

By Tom DegunApril 21 - Middleweight Anthony Ogogo from England and lightweight Josh Taylor (pictured) of Scotland have secured spots at the London 2012 Olympic Games after both put in superb displays at the International Boxing Association (AIBA) qualification tournament in Trabzon, Turkey.

never lost faith in myself and have had some amazing support from the coaches and all of the back-up team

I am very proud of the whole team and to have qualified seven boxers," said McCracken."

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By Mike RowbottomApril 21 - Britain's Samantha Murray (pictured left) collected the first Modern Pentathlon World Cup medal of her career when she took bronze in Rostov, Russia, in a competition won by Anastasiya Prokopenko of Belarus with a final surge over the last kilometre of the shoot/run element.

Murray is among those athletes facing a tough battle against her own team mates to secure a spot at the

into the run/shoot in first place with a five second lead over compatriot Katy Burke in second, with team

just outside the top 10 in 11th place, her best World Cup result of the season.Jan Bartu, Pentathlon GB

performance director of the GB programme, which has been supported by National Lottery funding since

The World Cup in Rostov is the final opportunity for GB athletes to impress ahead of selections for the

By Tom DegunApril 21 - Surrey will be hosting more Olympic and Paralympic training camps than any other county in the South East region of England with a total of 31 teams committed to using its training facilities to prepare for London 2012.

Mongolia and Nigeria will be using Surrey for combined Olympic and Paralympic camps to complete the 31 team

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By Tom DegunApril 20 - Britain's top Paralympic athletes, including wheelchair racing stars David Weir and Shelly Woods, have been honing their preparations for London 2012 at a warm-weather camp in the Algarve, Portugal.

The camp, in Monte Gordo, provided one of the final opportunities for the UK Athletics team to enjoy

of the team.He was appointed shortly after the Beijing 2008 Paralympics in which Britain's athletics team

It is great to put on a Team GB vest any time you compete, but London 2012 will be something else."

The whole of the British team has a really great opportunity to perform well at London 2012 and I think

starts with the Virgin London Marathon and there are a few track meets after that before the Paralympic team

By Andrew WarshawApril 19 - Britain's chances of winning an Olympic women's football medal at London 2012 have suffered a disappointing blow with the news that experienced England skipper Faye White will miss the Games after announcing she is expecting her first child.

I have spoken to [England and Team GB coach] Hope Powell and this will more or less signal the end."