By Duncan Mackay at the Old Royal Naval College in GreenwichSeptember 20 - Ben Ainslie was today named among the first group of British athletes to be selected for the London 2012 Olympics, giving him the opportunity to try to make history.

It's an honour to be selected to compete for Team GB at the 2012 Olympics," said Ainslie, who won the

I'm really proud to be representing Team GB at my fourth Olympics."

de Mission of Team GB."

Having the first athletes confirmed for Team GB for the London 2012 Olympic Games is fantastic."

GB sailing team leader."

By Tom Degun at the Ricoh Arena in CoventrySeptember 19 - London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe claimed today that he is confident tickets for the football tournament at the Olympic Games next year will sell-out.

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By Mike RowbottomSeptember 19 - Britain's young modern pentathletes are celebrating striking gold on the opening day of the European Junior Championships in Poland after moving up to places in the final run/shoot discipline.

The trio of Kate French, Freyja Prentice and Lydia Rosling (pictured) won gold in the women's team

securing bronze as Joanna Gomolinska, Natalia Kozuchowska and Oktawia Nowacka totalled 5,144 points.Team GB

fifth to third.Rosling, originally from near Taunton in Somerset, but now training at the Pentathlon GB

Rosling was a member of the GB relay team that struck gold at last year's event in Portugal, when she

was partnered by Katy Burke and Samantha Murray.The GB team made a strong start to the relay, finishing

By Tom DegunSeptember 17 - Britain's men's wheelchair basketball team will head into London 2012 in the

possible fashion after claiming gold at the European Wheelchair Basketball Championships while the women's team

The men's team, who secured bronze at Beijing in 2008, took top spot by defeating Germany 76-65 in

first quarter but Britain's devastating forward combination of Terry Bywater and Simon Munn powered the team

I thought it was a magnificent team performance we stuck to our game plan and our disciplines and it

60-47 win over France.After a disappointing defeat in the semi-finals against the Netherlands; the team

GB named for Wheelchair Basketball European ChampionshipsJanuary 2011: Draw made for European Wheelchair

By David GoldSeptember 17 - Britain's Olympic football teams will be staying at the Atheltes' Village during the London 2012 Games, ditching England's usual pre-match home of the Grove hotel in Watford, the Football Association has announced.

GB set up during the Games, and it means that stars such as David Beckham (pictured) and Gareth Bale

GB at the Olympics, and his box office appeal seems likely to win him a place in the squad barring injury

GB in East London.Stuart Pearce and Hope Powell are the favourites to select and coach the squads during

players for Team GB football team sparks angerJune 2011: Scottish FA chief claims BOA are trying

to sell tickets for London 2012 with talk of Team GB

By Tom DegunSeptember 15 - The Great Britain wheelchair rugby team showed exactly why they will be strong

medal contenders at the London 2012 Paralympic Games next year as they claimed second place at the 2011 GB

the competition as they won all four of their encounters, which bodes well for them as the Australian team

With so many of the world's top players present, the 2011 GB Cup is going to be hugely exciting and a

fantastic challenge for our team."

founded in Canada in 1977.Eight rolling substitutes make up squads of 12, with four players on court per team

Not only is Team GB progressing well towards the Paralympic Games but thanks to the funding support of

By Tom DegunSeptember 15 - Dan Thompson, founder and chief executive of Gold Challenge, has announced that he is taking on a major sporting challenge himself as the entrepreneur and philanthropist aims to complete every Olympic and Paralympic event before the London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony on July 27 next year. 

partners.Yesterday saw Thompson in action at the Olympic rowing and canoeing venue Dorney Lake near Windsor where Team

GB rowing coach Terry Hunter put him through his paces with the aim of completing the Olympic rowing

Olympic and well known sporting venues throughout the country, as well as working with national and GB

By Tom DegunSeptember 15 - GB Boxing has selected a 12-man team to compete in the 2011 AIBA World Championships

who reach at least the quarter-final stage will be eligible for a place at London 2012.The British team

English heavyweight Simon Vallily (pictured), while two silver medallists from India are also in the team

nations will have been working to ensure their boxers are in peak condition for this tournament," said GB

In addition to the GB Boxing team, Welsh pair Sean McGoldrick (pictured), who competes at 56kg, and Joe

rather the GB team.Meanwhile, as part of their final preparations, the GB team will spend a week at

By Tom DegunSeptember 12 - Pride the Lion - the official Team GB mascot for the London 2012 Olympics

In London 2012 Team GB will field our greatest team."

So come on, join me in supporting Team GB - our greatest team and roar with Pride."

Andy Hunt, the Team GB Chef de Mission for the London 2012 Olympics and British Olympic Association (

BOA), added: "We are delighted to welcome Pride to Team GB as our official mascot for the London 2012

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By Mike RowbottomSeptember 12 - Britain's Heather Fell and Nick Woodbridge finished seventh in the mixed relay competition at the Modern Pentathlon World Championships in Moscow today.

It's the first time we've competed in the new mixed relay at this level," said Jan Bartu, Pentathlon GB

and Mhairi Spence – eighth in the women's individual event – will represent Britain in the women's team

final day Jamie Cooke, Rob Flack and Woodbridge go in the final event of the Championships, the men's team

By Tom DegunSeptember 11 - Sarah Storey was the standout performer for the GB Para-Cycling team at the

Denmark has been a mixed bag for the team," said Gareth Sheppard, the British Cycling Paralympic performance

Championships were the last major road competition before the London 2012 Paralympics and the British team

By Mike RowbottomSeptember 11 - Britain's Sam Weale, whose European Championships at Medway in July ended in a controversy over faulty equipment in the final laser shooting element, achieved his best result at a Modern Pentathlon World Championships to date by finishing 12th in Moscow today.

He missed out on a top-10 finish by just five seconds.There was disappointment, though, for team-mate

competitors are allotted horses on a random basis, and he ended the final in 35th place.Jan Bartu, Pentathlon GB

already achieved the London 2012 qualification standard, although they are not guaranteed places on the GB

team for 2012 as there are further qualification opportunities and only a maximum of two athletes per

By Mike RowbottomSeptember 10 - Britain's Alistair Brownlee regained his world triathlon title today at the Grand Final in Beijing and declared: "It's nice to do it twice and show it is not a fluke."

disappointing 21st.Britain is now the world's leading elite triathlon nation, with victories in the recent Team

Championships, lots of young talent such as Matt Sharp, David McNamee and Tom Bishop who made it a GB

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By Mike RowbottomSeptember 9 - Britain's Sam Weale, who made a despondent exit from the European Championships in July, claiming technological problems with the laser shooting were turning the sport into a "lottery", has responded in ideal fashion by qualifying for Sunday's World Championships final in Moscow.

Weale, who finished seventh in the second semi-final, will be joined by team-mate Jamie Cooke, who

finishing 10th in the fencing, eighth in the swimming and 13th in the combined event.Jan Bartu, Pentathlon GB

By David Gold at Trafalgar Square in LondonSeptember 8 - A new world record was set during Cadbury Spots v Stripes sitting volleyball session here, as the British men's squad made 239 consecutive passes in just over two-and-a-half minutes to beat the previous record of 225.

confirmed as participants in the London 2012 Paralympic Games with a host nation place.Paralympics GB

delighted that they were able to meet the criteria, we are serious about our desire to take as strong a team

We've acknowledged the progression of the GB volleyball team on the world stage, they're progression