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Brownlee ignores flat feeling to retain European triathlon title

  • Triathlon

By Mike RowbottomJune 25 - Britain's Alistair Brownlee defeated the man who succeeded him as world champion last year, Javier Gomez, in the Spaniard's home town of Pontevedra today - despite suffering a flat tyre during the bike section - to retain the ETU European Championships title.

significantly.Alistair Brownlee, who had won the European Championships in Athlone last year, said: "It was a great team

He would have won if he hadn't done that, so it was great team work."

"We're Team GB and we're brothers as well, obviously.

Leckie finished 22nd and McNamee 45th after contributing to the overall success of the British team.


Selby and Evans make history for GB Boxing with European Championship golds

  • Boxing

By David GoldJune 24 - Andrew Selby and Fred Evans made history as the Welsh boxing wonders both clinched gold medals for Britain at the European Championships in Ankara.

GB Boxing's Performance Director, Rob McCracken was delighted and said: "The European Championships is

Once again, the team has performed superbly at a major Championship and shown that we can hold our own


Northern Ireland manager backs Team GB and Scots say they want to play at London 2012

  • Football

By Duncan MackayJune 23 - Plans for a united British football team at next year's Olympics, including

The players will have their own views on whether they want to be involved in a GB team at the Olympics

But if I do get called up to the Team GB team it would be good for me and my career ahead."

Obviously if the chance came along to be picked for Team GB it would be a great achievement for me."

GB football team sparks angerJune 2011: Scottish FA chief claims BOA are trying to sell tickets for

claims LeeMay 2011: Welsh captain joins Bale in wanting to play for Team GB at London 2012


Mike Rowbottom: Who will claim the Boy Wonder McIlroy for Rio 2016?

  • Inside the Blogs

five years away, we would of course be delighted for Rory to make himself available for selection to Team

GB to represent Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games," a BOA spokesman told

World Cup because, while England, Scotland and Wales compete separately, there is no Northern Ireland team

isolated should he choose to represent Ireland.Over the last 30-odd years, around 25 per cent of the Irish team


Three departures confirmed from Taekwondo World Class Performance programme

  • Member National Association and Continental Unions News

Taekwondo World Class Performance programme (WCPP) of 2010 European champion Aaron Cook (pictured), fellow GB

clubs every month until the end of September 2011.On Cook's decision to leave the Manchester based GB

Team."

While he is no longer an Academy athlete, like Mahama, he remains eligible for selection for future GB

I am pleased Mahama remains committed to taekwondo and is keen to be considered for future GB teams,"

While we have one eye on next year's Olympics where we intend to be the best equipped and best prepared team


BOA decision to pick Scottish and Welsh players for Team GB football team sparks anger

  • Football

British Olympic Association (BOA) have sparked a row after claiming it has reached agreement for a Team

GB side to compete in both the men's and women's football competitions at London 2012 with a controversial

 "The FAW can confirm that no agreement has been reached with regards Team GB and the 2012 London

No historic agreement on Team GB," he tweeted."Legally we cannot stop players being selected.

of the managers for both Team GB sides will be made in due course, although it is widely expected to

We're delighted there will be football teams representing Team GB at the London 2012 Olympics," he said

: Exclusive - Team GB at London 2012 would help England relations with FIFA claims LeeMay 2011: Welsh


Finch announces British men's squad for EuroBasket

  • Basketball

By David GoldJune 21 - Standard Life GB's senior men's head coach Chris Finch has announced the squad which will be participating in this summer's 2011 EuroBasket competition.

continue to make the commitment to our program, and arrive at Cobham in peak shape determined to take GB

I am very disappointed to not be participating in this summer's activities with the GB team," he said

But I am also confident in the coaches and the players representing GB, and I know that they will do

Although it will be difficult to watch, I will be supporting the team along the way, hoping and praying

be taking on Lithuania, Turkey, Spain, Poland and another qualifier in the tournament.Standard Life GB


GB canoeing duo strikes gold

  • Canoeing

By Emily GoddardJune 21 - Liam Heath and Jon Schofield stormed to victory in the K2 200 metres demolishing a quality field to retain their European crown at the 2011 European Senior Canoe Sprint Championships in Belgrade.

Earlier in the day Ed McKeever opened GB Canoeing's medal tally winning bronze in the K1 200 metres.With

With four Olympic discipline finals for the women's team, a medal seemed on the cards but with tough

Belarusian paddler, Maryan Paltaran, Belcher had to settle for the silver making it three medals for GB

amongst the racing he finished in ninth place, bringing a close to the 2011 European Championships for GB


Scottish FA chief claims BOA are trying to sell tickets for London 2012 with talk of Team GB

  • Football

Association (BOA) chief executive Andy Hunt has been accused of trying to hype-up expectations that a British team

 "Our position remains: we are opposed to taking part in Team GB," said Regan, who is English."

GB."

As we know, there isn't a final position on Team GB as far as football is concerned."

"very close" claims BOA chief executiveJune 2011: Exclusive - Team GB at London 2012 would help England

relations with FIFA claims LeeMay 2011: Welsh captain joins Bale in wanting to play for Team GB at London


British athletes from London 1948 to receive free tickets for 2012

  • London 2012

By Tom DegunJune 20 - British athletes who competed in the London 1948 Olympic Games, including high jump silver medallist Dorothy Tyler (pictured right with Dame Kelly Holmes), will each be given a free pair of tickets to next year's Games by the British Olympic Association (BOA), it was announced today. 

GB and the many thousands of British Olympic fans."

GB," he said."

GB Chef de Mission at London 2012."

GB Olympians."

opportunity to support Team GB on home soil."


Relay calamity condemns Britain to finishing outside top three in European Team Championships

  • Athletics

Mike RowbottomJune 19 - Despite wins for Andy Turner in the 110 metres – expected, nay demanded by team

1500m – unexpected – Britain could only finish fourth as Russia retained their title at the European Team

Team GB lay third after yesterday's first day of competition but their hopes of overhauling Ukraine

Van Commenee's humour was not improved by the foul-up in the men's 400m relay team, though.

The women's team of Kelly Massey, Nicola Sanders, Lee McConnell and Perri Shakes-Drayton had produced


Exclusive: BOA set to sink back into red in 2011 admits chief executive

  • Latest

By David OwenJune 19 - The British Olympic Association (BOA) is likely to fall back into the red this year, Andy Hunt (pictured) has acknowledged.

host nation NOC.Because of this it must cover the costs associated with the biggest British Olympic team

century.These will be higher than the approximately £8 million ($13 million) it cost to send the British team

between BOA and London 2012September 2010: Exclusive - BOA promise financial problems will not force Team

GB cuts for London 2012


Financial crisis? What financial crisis? asks BOA chief executive

  • The Big Read

By David OwenAndy Hunt gives short shrift to those who think the British Olympic Association (BOA) is riding for a fall."That is absolute rubbish," the BOA chief executive says of those who point to the organisation's sale of future ticket rights and worry that it may be storing up trouble for itself post-2012."As far as I am concerned, that's absolute rubbish," he goes on.

"We have got a dedicated team here who are focusing on the 2013-2016 sale of rights."

Our plan is to make Team GB a much more week-in-week-out brand than one that the British public think

This is not to say that covering the costs associated with the biggest British Olympic team for a century

He puts the cost of sending the British team that enjoyed such success in Beijing three years ago at

GB at the Games and, importantly it has lifted the bar on us being able to go out and sell the rights


Exclusive: British Olympic football team "very close" claims BOA chief executive

  • Football

By David OwenJune 18 - The British Olympic Association (BOA) believes it is closer than ever before to establishing ground-rules paving the way for non-English football stars such as Gareth Bale and Aaron Ramsey (pictured) to represent Britain at London 2012.

incredibly positive that we will get to an outcome where we will field a men's and a women's football team

GB at London 2012 would help England relations with FIFA claims LeeMay 2011: Welsh captain joins Bale

in wanting to play for Team GB at London 2012May 2011: Gareth Bale - "I want to play for Britain at

London 2012"May 2011: Exclusive - FIFA letter guaranteeing independence makes no difference to Team GB

opponentsApril 2011: Failure to field UK football team would harm women's game most, says Robertson


Exclusive: Hunter "enormously frustrated" after stepping down as head of Team GB preparation camp for

  • London 2012

By Mike RowbottomJune 17 - Craig Hunter, who has stepped down from managing Team GB's Olympic preparation

disappointment" at leaving a role which will now be carried out by Mike Hay, who coached Rhona Martin and her team

Hunter, who excelled in his role as Chef de Mission to the English team at last October's problematic

Commonwealth Games in Delhi, has also stepped down from the Team GB delegation leadership team, headed

were scrapped and many sports have elected to make their final adjustments for the Games away from the Team

GB managed multi-sport environment, with British Swimming basing themselves in Edinburgh and UK Athletics

designed to give others the chance to prepare, especially given the large number of the 500 strong team