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Canadian Paralympic Committee accept Petitclerc resignation after she joins UK Athletics

  • Athletics News

resignation of Chantal Petitclerc as a member-at-large on their Board of Directors and also as a member of Team

disability category during an incredible career, was set to serve as an Athlete Services Officer for Team

The Canadian Paralympic Committee wishes Chantal all the best in her new role with the Paralympics GB

athletics team," he said."

Being asked to coach with another National Paralympic Team is a testament to the respect that she has

We are very grateful for her commitment to the Canadian Paralympic Team and we look forward to her return



Moynihan backs Pearce's London 2012 selection policy

  • London 2012

selected for England's squad for the European Championship finals next summer will double up for Team

GB at London 2012.

: Rooney set to miss out on Olympics after Pearce rules out Euro 2012 squadDecember 2011: Team

GB begins recruiting footballers for London 2012December 2011: Arsenal youngster insists "Olympics


Drugs cheats will be treated equally if we are forced to pick them promises BOA chairman

  • London 2012

By Andrew WarshawDecember 18 - Banned drug cheats will be "fully embraced" in the team for London 2012

order to prevent athletes who have tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs from representing Team

GB at any Games, has the overwhelming support of British athletes.But he conceded the likes of sprinter

[the bylaw] is overturned by the lawyers, you can rest assured they will be fully embraced into the team


Westfield Stratford City unveils premium hospitality lounge for London 2012

  • Sponsor News

By Tom DegunDecember 18 - Westfield Stratford City have unveiled their premium hospitality lounge which will welcome corporate guests for the duration of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The lounge is situated on the 11th floor of One Stratford Place, a short distance away from where Team

GB will be housed during the Olympics and ParalympicsGB during the Paralympics.The venue offers panoramic

million sponsorship target with Westfield dealJuly 2011: Westfield Stratford City to be home to Team

GB for London 2012July 2011: Westfield Stratford City "tip of the iceberg" regeneration from London


Britain's defending sailing world champions have to settle for silver

  • Sailing

By Mike RowbottomDecember 18 - Britain's defending world champions Lucy Macgregor, Annie Lush and Kate Macgregor had to settle for silver in the match racing final at the Perth 2011 Sailing World Championship as they were defeated 4-0 by the US trio of Anna Tunnicliffe, Debbie Capozzi and Molly Vandemoer.

I think we have pretty mixed emotions right now," said 25-year-old helm Macgregor, whose team had to

of this story at [email protected] storiesSeptember 2011: Ainslie leads first Team

GB selections for London 2012


Wenger will not stop players competing at London 2012

  • Football

By David GoldDecember 17 - Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has indicated that he will not prevent his players from competing at the London 2012 Olympic Games next year, despite having previously stated his opposition to their participation.

Wilshere, Kieran Gibbs and Aaron Ramsey are in line to be a part of Stuart Pearce's squad, though the Team

GB coach did say yesterday that any player playing in the European Championships earlier in the summer

squad for the Euros, though Ramsey's Wales have not qualified and so he will be a prime contender for Team

2011: Rooney set to miss out on Olympics after Pearce rules out Euro 2012 squadDecember 2011: Team

GB begins recruiting footballers for London 2012December 2011: Arsenal youngster insists "Olympics


Rooney set to miss out on Olympics after Pearce rules out Euro 2012 squad

  • Football

of playing in next year's Olympics after Stuart Pearce confirmed he will not select any player for Team

GB at London 2012 if they have been part of the England squad for the European Championships.

Pearce, the coach of the Great Britain men's team, had initially been keen not to rule out that option

the plane to the European Championship in Ukraine and Poland will not be considered for selection to Team

GB."

GB football involvementDecember 2011: Team GB begins recruiting footballers for London 2012December

GB 


GB dressage riders receive London 2012 boost with Olympia performances

  • Equestrian

By Tom Degun at Olympia in LondonDecember 16 – Britain's dressage riders have put down a formidable marker ahead of the London 2012 Olympics after claiming to top four places on successive nights here at London's Olympia.

behind the duo in both of the events while Richard Davison came fourth on both occasions.A British team

result illustrates Britain's increasing prominence in the sport after they won their first ever European team

past, we've had an incredible horse or two come along but, without back-up, that doesn't make a great team

World Cup qualifiers with the event set to be the only World Cup qualifier that most of the British team

will compete in prior to the London 2012 Olympics, where both team and individual dressage medals will


Rangers and Celtic managers disagree over Team GB football involvement

  • Football

a host of Celtic and Rangers players expressing their desire to play in the Great Britain football team

Two of Celtic Lennon's side have already expressed their desire to compete for Team GB – Gary Hooper

I'm not a lover of the idea of a Team GB to begin with," he said."

Team GB looks promising," said the Scottish young player of the month."

GB."

We have been consistently clear in our position regarding Team GB and, in particular, the threat it poses


We agree with BOA that row with WADA should be settled in CAS, says UKAD chief

  • Latest

By Tom Degun in LondonDecember 15 - Andy Parkinson (pictured), chief executive of UK Anti-Doping (UKAD), has stated that he is happy to see the dispute between the British Olympic Association (BOA) and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) settled in the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

the door would be open for convicted drugs cheats like Dwain Chambers and David Miller to represent Team

GB at London 2012.Contact the writer of this story at [email protected] storiesDecember


I sense it may be some time before women's sport is on a level-playing field with men's

  • The Big Read

By Mike RowbottomThe result of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year, to be announced on December 22, is already known. The winner is a man.The controversy – some might call it the brouhaha – which followed the announcement earlier this month that the shortlist of 10 contenders contained no female sporting figures continues to generate heat. But the gathering which took place this week in the most ancient part of the Palace of Westminster aimed to produce light rather than heat – specifically, guiding light, given that it was composed of some of the most admirable of our female...

Kylie Grimes, who has been playing GB wheelchair rugby since 2008, believes that one of the main factors

a natural one for her because her family had always been "rugby-mad", adding: "When members of the GB

wheelchair rugby team visited the ward it seemed like a good idea for me to give it a try."

"I am the only woman in the team," she says with a grin.

There are not enough women to form a female British wheelchair rugby team."


Double medal success for GB taekwondo team at French Open

  • Taekwondo

By Tom DegunDecember 14 - The GB taekwondo team put in a superb display at the French Open in Paris as

teenager Jones added another medal to her growing collection despite being the lone female in the official GB

their 2010 European Championship final result.But there was a huge boost for Mahama Cho, another former GB


Team GB begins recruiting footballers for London 2012

  • Football

Britain are being invited to state in writing whether or not they would be prepared to take part in Team

GB at the London Olympics next year.

administrators, along with leading club managers, have long opposed their players being part of any unified team

clubs.The so-called "long list" will go out shortly with players being asked whether they want to represent GB

GB manager is that no players who take part in the European Championships with England are likely double

appearing in Olympics, insists CoeNovember 2011: Leave my kids alone, Sir Alex Ferguson warns Team

nbsp;"I'd love to play in the Olympics," says Joe ColeNovember 2011: Great Britain men's football team


British squad unveiled for Innsbruck 2012 Youth Winter Olympics

  • Innsbruck 2012

By David GoldDecember 13 - The British Olympic Association (BOA) has named the 23 athletes who will represent them at the first Winter Youth Olympic Games in Innsbruck next month.

The 23-strong British team, which is led by Chef de Mission Sir Clive Woodward, who coached England's

rugby team which won the World Cup in 2003, will compete alongside 1,000 of the best young athletes

It means so much to me to be able to compete for Team GB and to experience everything else around it.

I am hugely excited to be leading a team of 23 very talented and ambitious young winter athletes to the

GB athlete to fulfil their potential and produce their personal best in Innsbruck."