By Tom Degun at the Basketball Arena on the Olympic Park in London August 16 - Britain's Pops Mensah-Bonsu has hailed the London 2012 Basketball Arena as "phenomenal" with his only wish being that it was not a temporary structure as the venue today successfully hosted competitive sport on the Olympic Park for the first time ever through the London International Basketball Invitational.

there were still loud cheers for the other five competing nations as they took to the court.The Britain team

We have got some really good guys in this GB team and I'm not one for predictions but we will definitely

By Duncan MackayAugust 16 - The Olympic Park was one of the main targets for rioters in London last week but the Metropolitan Police were able to prevent an attack because of intelligence they picked-up on social networking sites like Twitter, senior officials told the House of Commons today.

Westfield is also due to be the headquarters for several teams and sponsors during the Games, including Team

said Andy Hunt, the chief executive of the British Olympic Association and the Chef de Mission for Team

GB."

bodies, to test our operations and use the feedback to develop our detailed plans for execution with Team

GB next summer.Last week my colleagues from the Team GB leadership and I took part in the London 2012

GB to succeed.

Let's go GB!

Andy Hunt is the Chef de Mission for Team GB and Chief Executive of the British Olympic Association

By Tom DegunAugust 15 - The Olympic Park is set host to competitive sport for the first time ever tomorrow as the London International Basketball Invitational takes place at the temporary arenea built to host the sport during next year's Games.

majority of the teams will feature top NBA stars, including Luol Deng of the Chicago Bulls, who will lead Team

GB in their pursuit of victory on home turf.This top level line-up will give basketball fans a taste

By Tom Degun at Marble Arch in LondonAugust 15 - Investec will be the principal partner of the England and Great Britain women's hockey teams in a landmark six-figure sponsorship deal announced here.

Championships, which starts in Monchengladbach later this week.The agreement means that the women's team

are now commanding greater investment than the men's team, who are still looking for a sponsor ahead

We are very excited about working with the England and GB Hockey women in the years to come."

captain, Kate Walsh, said: "It is fantastic that Investec is sponsoring the team."

will hopefully inspire future generations and help to build on the fantastic progress of England and GB

By David GoldAugust 15 - Athens 2004 Olympic silver medallist Leon Taylor is predicting medal success for Britain's divers at the London 2012 Olympic Games.

the home crowd at Manchester, I raised my performance to a whole new level, so I'd say many of the Team

GB athletes will do that next year."

They will be the team to beat across all the events in the diving pool."

[Tom] has proved himself, if you look at the team as a whole, you have him and Peter Waterfield paired

By Tom DegunAugust 14 - Stoke Mandeville Stadium, the birthplace of the Paralympics, will host a major shooting event later this month.

Pasan Kularatne, the head coach and performance manager for the GB team, said: "I am pleased that we

The athletes of the GB team are in good form and this will be a very exciting competition a year before

major concert at the Royal Albert Hall is being planned for next May to help raise funds for Britain's team

stage.The BOA hope the event will help raise much-needed funds to pay for the cost of preparing the team

exploring the possibility of hosting an event at the Royal Albert Hall on 11 May 2012 to celebrate Team

GB," he told insidthegames."

of British entertainment and provide an exciting opportunity for the British public to rally around Team

GB by showing their enthusiasm and support for the home team."

By Tom DegunAugust 10 - British gymnastics star Daniel Keatings has claimed that the major knee injury he suffered last year may actually have been a blessing in disguise and go on to help him achieve his dream of winning gold at the London 2012 Olympic Games next year.

Championships which will take place in Tokyo in Japan from October 8 to 16.The priority for the British team

recoverySeptember 2010: Daniel Keatings - Rehabilitation is on track and I am back training with my GB

team mates

By Tom DegunAugust 8 – With just over a year to go until London 2012, the British Paralympic Association (BPA) have today announced the first athletes to be officially selected to represent Britain at the Games.

The five athletes, who will compete in the British sailing team when the event takes place at Weymouth

The five athletes are the first individuals to be officially selected for either ParalympicsGB or Team

GB and Rickham claimed she was delighted at the news.The 29-year-old, who was born in Jamaica but lives

Birrell, who has cerebral palsy and is the youngest member of the British sailing team, said: "I'm personally

By Duncan MackayAugust 6 - Britain's Lee Westwood, the world's second-ranked golfer, has admitted he has changed his mind about the sport being part of the Olympics and he now wants to represent Britain at Rio 2016.

golfers are eligible for Britain at Rio.Besides Westwood and Donald, other players eligble to represent Team

GB include current US Open champion and world five number five Rory McIlroy and British Open winner

By Duncan MackayAugust 6 - The United States claimed the first gold medal of the Junior World Rowing Championships at Eton's Dorney Lake in what is the test event for the London 2012 Olympics.

I'm very pleased with our medals," said David Tanner, GB Rowing's performance director.

They won silver medals against very tough opposition in both events for GB today."

the shadow of Windsor Castle, has been a success.London 2012 have decided to employ the services of a team

have the most accurate weather data available when the competition begins on July 28 next year.The team

will provide hourly updates to organisers so they can ensure no team is aided too much by any cross

By David GoldAugust 6 - Britain's double Olympic gold medallist Rebecca Adlington has told insidethegames that she could retire from swimming after the London 2012 Olympic Games.

positive and a confidence booster, and believes that performing in front of a home crowd will help Team

GB."

By Duncan MackayAugust 3 - Chicago Bulls star Luol Deng has been cleared to play for Britain in EuroBasket 2011, which is due to start in Lithuania at the end of this month, after an insurance row was resolved.

Playing for GB has always been hugely important to me so I'm really glad we could resolve this," he said

It has been a long process but a great team effort.

I can't wait to get back to the UK to run my Foundation camps before joining up with the team to prepare

GB means a huge amount to Luol which, in turn, means a huge amount to his management team."

"He has always been a great supporter of the GB basketball programme and we are excited to have him on

By David GoldAugust 2 - Sixteen British hopes for London 2012 will be taking to the Olympic waters at the Weymouth and Portland International Regatta over the next ten days for the official test event ahead of next year's sailing contest.

There will be a lot of learning opportunities from both Skandia Team Britain's perspective and from the

Lush and Kate Macgregor (pictured) will have the chance to get the competition off to a fast start for Team

GB on the first day of the competition in the women's match racers contest."

Regatta the last opportunity to test their skills at the Olympic venue, Park is hopeful of the British team

We had a great Sail for Gold Regatta earlier on this year, the team did well and we were certainly in