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Team Stafford rally around GB archer Williamson to help her achieve London 2012 Olympic dream

  • Archery

By Tom DegunJune 9 - British archer Alison Williamson has received huge support from her home town of Stafford as she chases her dream of competing at the London 2012 Olympics, which would be her sixth consecutive Games.

and been donated of a pair of binoculars for competition from a local photographers with the idea of Team

I am really grateful to everyone," said Williamson, who won a silver medal in the women's team recurve

event at the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games as one-third of an England team that also featured Amy Oliver



Exclusive: Banning professional coaches is stupid, says McGuigan

  • Boxing

By Alan HubbardJune 7 - The former world featherweight champion Barry McGuigan has joined the chorus of disapproval at the ruling by amateur world boxing's governing body AIBA to ban professional coaches from the Olympics and World Championships.

The move will prevent Team GB's Rob McCracken from working in the corner of the boxers he has nurtured

BOA and UK Sport seeking clarification on McCracken London 2012 Olympic banApril 2011: Exclusive - GB



Cann closes up on Egelstaff as they head for Bangkok

  • Badminton

By Emily GoddardJune 6 - Elizabeth Cann is right behind her great Olympic rival Susan Egelstaff going into this month's three Asian tournaments, starting with this week's Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold event in Bangkok.

take on Komala Dewi and Jenna Gozali of Indonesia.After Bangkok the players will head for Singapore to team

and Robert Blair of Scotland will continue their Olympic rivalry.Just eight places separate the three GB



Gayle heads to Innsbruck on the comeback trail

  • Taekwondo

By Emily GoddardJune 3 - Jordan Gayle returns to action in Austria this weekend, looking to put an injury-ridden 18 months behind him as he targets a place at next year's Olympic Games.

heads to Innsbruck for the Austrian Open with a clear plan for the next 12 months before the British team

one-on-one sessions with Paul Green [Britain's high performance coach] and a lot of sparring with the team

GB Taekwondo performance director, Gary Hall said: "We are really pleased to see Jordan returning to

Gayle is entered in the under 68kg competition on Sunday (June 5), a category recently nominated by GB

Innsbruck.Contact the writer of this story at [email protected] storiesMay 2011: BOA and GB


Triumph as GB Volleyball's Olympic dream kept alive

  • Volleyball

By Emily GoddardJune 3 - British women's volleyball team will remain in Sheffield, despite the recent

In a collaborative effort lead by Sheffield City Council, the team has been provided with the accommodation

a great city with sporting facilities which really are second to none, and we are thrilled that the team

Growth at Sheffield City Council, said: "We were determined to do everything in our power to keep the GB

women's volleyball team in Sheffield, and I am very happy that we've been successful."

put together a gruelling schedule of games.In addition to volleyball, Sheffield will host three other GB


Exclusive: Team GB at London 2012 would help England relations with FIFA claims Lee

  • Football

Communications, has written a letter to the Football Association urging it to step up efforts to ensure that a Team

GB football team competes at the London 2012 Olympics as part of an overall effort to help improve England's

The FA should step up and lead efforts to ensure a genuine Team GB football team at the London 2012 Olympic

GB football squad, in his letter to John Whittingdale, chairman of the Culture, Media and Sport Select

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 RobertsonApril 2011: London 2012 Team GB


Top Para-cyclists to participate in Deloitte Ride Across Britain as part of London 2012 training programme

  • Latest (Paralympics)

By Tom DegunJune 1 - Nine of Britain's greatest Para-cyclists, including seven-time Paralympic champion Sarah Storey, will use the Deloitte Ride Across Britain (RAB) as part of their endurance training programme for the Road World Championships in September, a vital qualification event for London 2012.

Paralympic gold medals.Storey and her husband Barney Storey, who is the most experienced pilot on the team

weapons technician Jon-Allan Butterworth and Tel Byrne from the Parachute Regiment, who joined the team

Paralympic hopefuls David Stone, Shaun McKeown and Helen Scott complete the British team.Chris Furber, GB

training is an honour and a great chance for the public to ride with the Great Britain para-cycling team

Cycling was Britain's most successful Paralympic sport at Beijing 2008 Pwhere the team won a remarkable


ETTA hope to encourage table tennis participation through creation of new online portal

  • Table Tennis

By David GoldJune 1 - The English Table Tennis Association (ETTA) has signed a deal with Into Sport Group to create Explore, an online portal designed to encourage people to take up the sport, as well as to transform the accessibility and quality of development resources available to coaches, clubs and schools.

Sport Group, added: "We're delighted to be working with ETTA and their forward thinking development team

Contact the writer of this story at [email protected] storiesJanuary 2011: Pentathlon GB


Cooke moves closer to London 2012 qualification

  • Modern Pentathlon

By Mike RowbottomMay 31 - Jamie Cooke, Britain's 20-year-old modern pentathlete, has moved a step nearer to competing at the London 2012 Games by qualifying to compete at his first World Cup final.

weekend.That performance helped Cooke, originally from Cheltenham but now training at the Pentathlon GB

final by finishing 24th in the 2011 World Cup standings.It means Great Britain will have a five-strong team

competing at the World Cup Final on July 9 and 10 with Cooke and Woodbridge joining the GB women's trio


Crista Cullen: London 2012 could change hockey in Britain for ever

  • Inside the Blogs

We have serious intent to go even better than we did last year when the England women's hockey team won

Not to mention the fact that the GB men are reigning European Champions and it would be a great thing

GB Hockey's centralised programme has made a massive difference to all those lucky enough to be involved


Britain's women defeated by Atlanta Dream in Manchester

  • Basketball

By David GoldMay 29 - Britain's women's baksetball team lost 82-51 to Atlanta Dream as the Women's NBA

I think we are continuing to learn as a team and we have to because we can't rely on a superstar to come

Americans.Contact the writer of this story at [email protected] storiesDecember 2010: GB

London 2012 but we will earn respect says basketball coachApril 2010: British coach names strong team


Britain's handball team prepare for Brazil after being narrowly beaten by Turkey

  • Handball

By David GoldMay 29 - The British men's handball team narrowly lost twice in Turkey to their hosts during

It's a good test for us as we're about on the same level, but their team is older and more experienced

writer of this story at [email protected] storiesMay 2011: Britain's handball team

begin Turkish training campMarch 2011: Turkish delight as GB handball men's hat-trick bid thwarted