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Chris Newton appointed as GB women's road coach in run up to Olympics

  • Cycling

Olympic champion Chris Newton (pictured left) will take responsibility for coaching the Women's Road Team

he has done superb work bringing the group together on both the road and track and building a true team

with increased support from Keith Lambert so that he can commit time to his role with the Women's Road Team

We're confident that Chris' skills and capabilities will ensure that the Women's Road Team arrive at

with Katie Colcough on Team Specialized-lululemon.Newton will work closely with all the trade teams

You can't put a Great Britain team together and ride as Great Britain if that rider's pro team is competing


British javelin star Steve Backley launches Cadbury Keep Team GB Pumped Parade

  • Sponsor News

the first British athlete to medal at three consecutive Olympic Games, has launched the Cadbury Keep Team

GB Pumped Parade, a 3D spectacle to encourage the public to get behind the country's medal hopes at

which aims to encourage the public to become more competitive.Anyone joining the parade must choose a team

As a former athlete, I know how important it is to have the nation rally behind Team GB and ParalympicsGB

Norman Brodie, Cadbury's London 2012 general manager, said: "We created the Keep Team GB Pumped Parade

GBJanuary 2012: Cadbury's unveils latest music video to Keep Team GB PumpedOctober 2011: Cadbury

encourages British public to "Keep Team GB Pumped"


London 2012 Olympic Stadium to be opened by member of public

  • London 2012

By Duncan MackayMarch 14 - More than 40,000 people are to be given the opportunity to be at the Olympic Stadium in London for its first major event, an occasion that is set to be marked by an evening of entertainment and which will give one person to be chosen from the crowd the chance to officially declare it open.

Athletics Invitational events featuring some of Britain's best athletes who will be aiming for a place in Team

GB this summer.After the athletics has finished, a celebrity host will be joined by famous faces including

nbsp;the world's best men's and women's hockey teams including Australia, the world's top ranked men's team

testing the Riverbank Arena.In the Water Polo Arena, from May 3 to 6, the Britain women's team


Dani Samuels claims London 2012 discus place for Australia

  • Athletics

Melbourne has earned Dani Samuels (pictured), the 2009 discus world champion, her place in the Australian team

Britain, "hands off Jana - she's one of ours"June 2010: Australian double world champion considering GB


Moynihan "cautiously optimistic" on retaining anti-doping bylaw following CAS hearing

  • London 2012

By Tom Degun at Old Broad Street in LondonMarch 12 - British Olympic Association (BOA) chairman Colin Moynihan (pictured) revealed he is "cautiously optimistic" of securing victory in his bid to retain his organisation's controversial lifetime ban ruling on convicted drug cheats following the all-important hearing from the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

sprinter Dwain Chambers (pictured) and cyclist David Millar will be able to be selected to compete for Team

GB at the London 2012 Olympic Games.But Moynihan admits he is quietly confident that the BOA will be


Greg Searle: After the GB Rowing trials it's more testing, lots of resting and keeping myself at my best

  • Inside the Blogs

Last weekend I raced in the GB Rowing trials on the Olympic course at Eton Dorney.

Along with the rest of the eight and the GB team I was pretty excited and tense about the event.

The final was a step on for us but it is good to see how strong the rest of GB team is looking for 2012

important race in the calendar for us, but only part of the jigsaw which will determine the makeup of the team


Reed, Triggs Hodge and Grainger deliver once again at GB Rowing trials

  • Rowing

Reed and Andy Triggs Hodge (pictured) secured their seventh pairs victory at the Great Britain Rowing team

It is a very strong team."

world champion women's double scull partner Anna Watkins to reverse the finishing order from the last GB

We've had some outstanding and very close racing today," David Tanner, GB Rowing's performance director

also commented on the outstanding support given to the squad by the National Lottery and Siemens, the GB


Exclusive: Defiant Moynihan says athletes will always defend BOA position

  • London 2012

By Mike Rowbottom at Eton DorneyMarch 11 - Colin Moynihan (pictured), chairman of the British Olympic Association (BOA), believes that even if the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) rules against the byelaw which currently allows his organisation not to select serious doping offenders for any Games, the BOA position will be regained.

That autonomy is the same as Sir Alex Ferguson's when it comes to choosing his Manchester United team

we will fiercely protect the right to select those that we believe are best capable of representing Team

GB at the Olympic Games, where Olympic values are important."

GB in the Olympic Games."

whatever the decision of the three-man CAS panel, Moynihan – who was at Eton Dorney to watch the final GB


Olympics Minister enters "Plastic Brits" row saying British athletes should know National Anthem

  • London 2012

By Mike RowbottomMarch 11 - Hugh Robertson, the Minister for Sport and the Olympics, has stepped into the row over "Plastic Brits" which has erupted at the World Indoor Athletics Championships by suggesting that all athletes representing Britain at the Olympics should know the words of the National Anthem.

Athletics press conference in Istanbul on Thursday (March 9) when a reporter from the Daily Mail asked team

ban was authorised by the governing body's chairman, Ed Warner and chief executive Niels de Vos.Team GB

She's an absolutely brilliant team captain," said Clitheroe.

"She gave a brilliant team speech last night and inspired us all.

"I'm pretty sure if you asked the majority of the team, they wouldn't know the words to the National


Team GB names 38 swimmers for London 2012

  • Aquatics

Rebecca Adlington is one of 12 swimmers who have won World Championship medals officially included in Team

GB for London 2012.

Chef de Mission Andy Hunt said: "I am thrilled to welcome a total of 38 swimmers to Team GB.

"Team GB enjoys a proud tradition in Olympic swimming competition and I'm sure the class of 2012 will

Many of the swimmers selected to Team GB today have enjoyed success at European, Commonwealth and World

Team GB also won three medals in the open water 10km events.With the latest announcement, 59 athletes

;marathon, boxing, sailing and aquatics.Michael Scott, Team GB Swimming team leader and British Swimming


Olympic champion Schoneborn wins opening modern pentathlon World Cup

  • Modern Pentathlon

By Mike Rowbottom March 10 - Germany's Olympic modern pentathlon champion Lena Schoneborn (pictured centre) has laid down an early marker for the retention of her title at London 2012 by winning the opening World Cup competition of the year in Charlotte, United States.

fourth in the world, said the competition for the maximum of two women's places on the British Olympic team

for 2012 is driving her and the other GB pentathletes on to further improve their performances.Fellow


Cadbury give sweet-toothed fans opportunity to contact Team GB

  • Sponsor News

By David GoldMarch 10 - London 2012 sponsor Cadbury is giving fans the chance to write to British sports stars and wish them luck ahead of the Olympic and Paralympic Games this summer.

of Cadbury Dairy Milk containing pre-paid postcards for fans to write their wishes and send to their Team

GB favourites.It follows Cadbury's last campaign, Keep Team GB Pumped, which sought to get the public

postcard sent will be entered into a prize draw to win one of 150 pairs of tickets to the launch party for Team

as well.The public can also send their wishes to Team GB at www.cadburypostcards2012.co.uk.Cadbury has

GB PumpedOctober 2011: Cadbury encourages British public to "Keep Team GB Pumped"


Rod Jaques: British athletes are receiving unique medical support in build-up to London 2012 thanks to EIS

  • Inside the Blogs

Dealing with elite athletes at the EIS, we employ a team of 19 Sport and Exercise Medicine Doctors, 12

Through regular sessions held by the EIS with not only our own medical team but others from the high

to ensure they have the best opportunity for recovery ahead of London 2012.It's not unusual for our team

GB at the London Olympic and Paralympic Games, what we will be left with in the UK is a enviable network

Behind The Team", delivering 4000 hours of Sport Science and Sport Medicine to Olympic and Paralympic


Exclusive: Crewroom to extend sponsorship of London Youth Games

  • Sponsor News

By David GoldMarch 7 - Specialist sportswear brand Crewroom have told insidethegames that they plan to continue their sponsorship of the London Youth Games when the current deal expires.

moving towards the cycling and running markets, having been a long term supplier for the British rowing team

, a partnership which dates back to 2000.Crewroom, who also have a partnership with GB Canoeing, have

stronger and stronger," Giles, a former rower herself, said of the relationship Crewroom enjoy with GB

the British climate quite severe is constant wind so the whole thing is built around looking after GB

I want to see every single one of the [GB rowers] get a medal [at London 2012] and hopefully the right


British Cycling appoints TrainingPeaks to improve team performance

  • Sponsor News

By David GoldMarch 7 - British Cycling have appointed TrainingPeaks as their official training software supplier, providing athletes and coaches with a software programme for their training.

The software programme will analyse training, nutrition and daily metrics for the British cycling team

The programme will help the GB cycling team coaches and riders better understand what type of training

Our experience with the GB cycling team will help us to test and develop new software features with the