By Mike RowbottomMarch 27 - Britain's Paralympic 100 metres silver medallist Ben Rushgrove says the home nation will struggle to beat China in the overall medals table at this year's Games in the capital – but he believes the hosts will improve on their Beijing 2008 medal haul.

That's great for disability sport in general, but not so great for Team GB."

By Tom DegunMarch 27 - The odds on Britain's greatest Olympian, Sir Steve Redgrave, igniting the Olympic Flame at the London 2012 Opening Ceremony have lengthened – after he revealed to insidethegames that he does not expect to be involved.

Olympics, the last time the capital hosted the Games.Then, Bannister served as a teenage assistant to the Team

GB leader; just prior to the Opening Ceremony at Wembley Stadium it was discovered the only team without

Many of the team wore the light blue of Cambridge University or the dark blue of Oxford.

blazers and flannels, topped off with a boater trimmed in the red white and blue.In 1948, the British team

With strict amateur rules and even stricter rationing in force, the team had nothing like the range of

outshone any previous British team in appearance".Stella McCartney is by no means the first fashionista

In 1968, Sir Hardy Amies, the Queen's dressmaker designed the parade uniforms for the team which went

By David OwenMarch 27 - Tourism in Surrey is gearing up for a bumper summer thanks to the expected extra influx of visitors attracted by the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

2012.Contact the writer of this story at [email protected] storiesDecember 2011: Team

GB cyclists choose Surrey as London 2012 Olympics baseOctober 2011: USA cyclists to prepare for

GB has already delivered a portion of this through its outstanding result of four years ago.If absolutely

the question, partly because of the unusually wide range of sports – football, for example – where Team

GB should be competitive.I think a total of between 55 and 60 medals is more likely – however,

these, I would foresee China experiencing a significant decline from 100 to around 70 medals, with Team

GB, is well capable of making the podium, and Eton Dorney, west of London, could yield a very impressive

By Tom DegunMarch 25 - Divers Tom Daley and Peter Waterfield shook off recent criticism to display improving form heading into this summer's Olympic Games.

in the London 2012 test event at the Olympic Park Aquatics Centre last month – with Daley accused by Team

GB diving coach Alexei Evangulov (pictured, below) of spending too much time on media commitments rather

in the World Series meet in Sheffield last year, and the success bodes well for the pair that will team

By David GoldMarch 25 - Garnier Ambre Solaire has become a licensee of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, it has been announced.

its best selling products, an ultra-moisturising SPF30 lotion and a clear protect +SPF30 spray, in Team

GB packaging.They will be sold during the Olympic and Paralympic Games to help protect the public from

They join a fantastic team of licensees, 90 per cent of whom are British, who are creating, distributing

By Tom DegunMarch 25 - Knut Kursawe (pictured), the head coach of Britain's men's and women's goalball teams, has admitted that a dream has come true for his players after the British Paralympic Association (BPA) confirmed last week that it would endorse the host country slots for the sport at the London 2012 Paralympics.

level with additional guidance and direction in nutrition, psychology and physiology.Players in the GB

country to train regularly in Winchester in a bid to secure Paralympic placement.Impressive recent team

performances in Venice, where the women's team clinched silver and the men finished fourth, saw the

Now as goalball will be part of Paralympics GB the real journey starts and we have to work even harder

step and I am so proud of all of my athletes for what they have already achieved and how strong the team

Gary Barlow, Melanie Chisholm and Alfie Boe are among those who will take part in the Our Greatest Team

GB and ParalympicsGB."

of the Team GB and ParalympicsGB athletes that will be representing our country during London 2012."

Andy Hunt, Team GB Chef de Mission and BOA chief executive said: "Our Greatest Team Rises is the first

, as it is the first time that Team GB and ParalympicsGB athletes will come together, so it is fitting

GB at London 2012

By Tom DegunMarch 23 - Great Britain Wheelchair Rugby (GBWR) have announced their squad for the London 2012 test event which will be held in the new Basketball Arena in the Olympic Park on April 18 and 19.

of Leamington Spa.There will be particular focus on Sehmi, who is considered the poster boy of the team

Mandeville Hospital.At the hospital, he met Bob O'Shea of the Great Britain national wheelchair rugby team

.He will be hoping for another gold at the test event and GBWR chief executive David Pond feels the team

The team has put in some excellent performances against strong opposition recently," Pond said."

Their GB Cup win against Japan, currently ranked third in the world, was a clear sign that coach Tom

challenge was to deliver a Team GB kit that brings together 550 Olympic athletes from 26 sports, 750

We wanted the kit to be truly inspirational for the athletes and the broader Team GB delegation.

GB replica kit will be available for the British public to buy to show their support for the team.

me say it before, and you'll hear me say it again; our commitment to the Team GB athletes and sports

and be remembered as bold, stylish and proudly patriotic.Andy Hunt is Team GB Chef de Mission and chief

By David GoldMarch 22 - The British men and women's basketball teams are to stop in Sheffield as they prepare for the London 2012 Olympic Games.

It is also a fantastic opportunity to showcase our world-class facilities, both to the GB team and to

bring teams like this into the city, and we know that by the time the Games come round one in seven GB

I am looking forward to welcoming GB basketball to the city for this vital preparation."

By Tom Degun at the Tower of LondonMarch 22 - The dark blue, white and red team kit that will be worn

Games has today been unveiled at a special event here by adidas, the Official Sportswear Provider of Team

GB and ParalympicsGB.

Ultimately, we wanted the athletes to feel like a team and be proud with the identity we created."

and they want to look like they are a team and there is such power in that."

Everton midfielder Jack Rodwell (pictured) has already modelled the Team GB football kit, increasing

speculation that the 21-year-old Englishman will compete in the first British Olympic football team in

GB collection for London 2012July 2010: Stella McCartney to design British kit for London 2012

By David OwenMarch 21 - British skiing's most faithful benefactor has warned of the sport's desperate need for long-term funding on the eve of the British National Alpine Ski Championships which begin next Sunday (March 25) – in France.

United States nasal spray.Now there are warnings that the very attendance of a Great Britain alpine ski team

their marketing spend savagely over the last couple of years, I firmly believe that our alpine ski team

funding ahead of Sochi 2014February 2010: BOA forms temporary new company for Olympics after Snowsport GB

he does not have the required mark.Yet as he points out the irony is that should he be selected for Team

GB, under Olympic rules he would be permitted to shoot in both categories.

civil servant with the RAF in Norfolk tells insidethegames he is "disappointed and gobsmacked" that GB

They also insist GB will have a strong team when the Olympic guns start blazing in Woolwich, including