By Tom Degun at Finsbury Avenue Square in LondonMay 19 - Cadbury, the Official Treat Provider and Tier Two sponsor of the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics, has today begun the first in a series of activities aimed at increasing knowledge about disability sports ahead of the Games next year.

Avenue Square opposite London's Liverpool Street Station, which featured the British wheelchair rugby team

amazing to see how many people had never heard of this sport but once they watched the skills of the GB

team, they were hooked."

By Tom DegunMay 19 - Sir Clive Woodward has today ruled out returning to the Rugby Football Union (RFU) despite being widely tipped to return to his former employers as elite performance director.

stay on in his role as British Olympic Association (BOA) Director of Sport and Team GB Deputy Chef de

GB in London 2012."

GB, at home, in the London 2012 Games.""

GB."

Hunt added: "We are now in the critical phase of our planning and preparation for Team GB in London 2012

pleased to say that, despite a somewhat rocky road on the way to 2011, these are exciting times for GB

of activity, respect and discipline that is so important to youth development in today's society.Our GB

team are taking a well earned rest before training begins in earnest again in June and we'll see them

next May, just weeks before London's opening ceremony, it's going to be a busy 15 months or so for GB

can rest assured that we'll continue to keep kicking above our weight.Jeremy Beard is the chairman of GB

By Tom DegunMay 16 - Andy Anson, the chief executive of England's disastrous 2018 World Cup bid, has been officially named as an independent director of the British Olympic Association (BOA) - as first reported on insidethegames last month.

my commercial and sports management experience to the BOA Board at the governance level to benefit Team

GB athletes in London 2012 and beyond," said Anson.

By Tom DegunMay 15 - Tyson Gay sent a warning to Jamaican sprint rivals Usain Bolt and Asafa Powell that he is in ominous early-season form as the American produced a blistering 150 metre sprint at Manchester's Great City Games despite the damp and grey conditions overhead.

fellow American Danielle Carruthers was an exceptional showing but a time of 17.40 to finish behind GB

team-mate Abi Oyepitan in the 150m was less than convincing.However, remaining injury-free was the top

By Tom DegunMay 16 - Chicago Bulls superstar Luol Deng, the man set to lead Britain's basketball team

places at the Games after both teams failed to qualify automatically for the competition.Britain's team

We're going to try and compete with every team."

Deng, currently a vital member of the Bulls team that has reached the finals of the NBA Eastern Conference

It's not going to be easy for our opponents, they're not going to look at Team GB and just circle that

overturn the ruling revived recently by global governing body AIBA which bars national coaches like Team

insidethegames] and to Ho Kim on two or three occasions and have kept both Richard and Derek Mapp [GB

with them to discuss the issue.McCracken, who has achieved considerable success since taking over as Team

leading professional trainer, American Freddie Roach, has been recruited to prepare the United States team

anything at the Lilleshall National Sports Centre - home of, among others, the Grand National Archery GB

As indeed do all his colleagues.The British team had gathered impressive momentum before travelling to

was sent to the former event – a "B" team that excelled itself in the men's and women's competitions

had sent its top selection.At the subsequent World Championships the women finished seventh in the team

target is to secure a place in London at the first opportunity by ensuring their men's and women's team

It made his fellow team members realise that medals – and not even world medals, but Olympic medals –

Britain and Northern Ireland in a non-disabled competition, fuelling his ambition and desire to represent Team

GB on the greatest stage of all.So what changed?

January's International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athletics World Championships in New Zealand as Aviva GB

& NI team captain and admitted that the squad as a whole had benefited from a change in attitude

, attention to detail and team spirit in the intervening years."

This is one of the best competitions I've ever been involved in for team cohesion," he said at the time

The team went on to exceed all expectations and won a total of 38 medals to surpass the previous totals

By Tom DegunMay 8 - London 2012 have announced details on the equestrian and modern pentathlon test events which will be held in Greenwich Park in July with tickets set to be distributed to schools, residents of the Borough and the British Equestrian Federation (BEF).

wish.Recipients are likely to include potential 2012 volunteers, official supporters and suppliers of Team

GB, Board members and staff, volunteers, organisers, under-21 team staff and young people.They will

Andrew Finding, chief executive of the BEF, said: "Our World Class Performance team will be doing all

By Duncan MackayMay 8 - Any attempts by players from Northern Ireland to represent Britain when rugby sevens makes its debut in the Olympics at Rio de Janeiro in 2016 will be blocked by the Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI), its President Patrick Hickey has warned.

that they would not allow Britain to cherry-pick top players like Ulster's Stephen Ferris for a united Team

body for rugby union in the whole of Ireland, including the North, and Ireland competes as a united team

It would be like the senior team with someone in the North and opting out to play for Scotland.

insidethegames.bizRelated storiesApril 2011: Northern Ireland players banned from representing Team

GB in rugby sevens at Rio 2016

By Tom DegunMay 7 - Beijing 2008 champion Matt Skelhon (pictured) was Britain's star performer at the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Shooting World Cup in Turkey as he claimed two wins as Britain finished with four gold, three silver and two bronze medals.

Deanna Coates and Ian Marsden finished 11th and 12th respectively but all three teamed up to take team

bronze with a combined score of 1788.Team gold went to Australia and silver to Slovakia.Coates then

Wedin Victoria won gold with a total score of 705.8 and Dragan Ristic, of Serbia, won silver.A British team

of Callingham, James Bevis and Adam Fontain then went on to win team gold in the R5 event with a total

nbsp;Britain's shooters dominate opening World Cup event of 2011January 2011: Perfect scores for GB

By David GoldMay 6 - Rio Ferdinand, the Manchester United and England defender, has spoken of his excitement at the best American basketball stars coming to Manchester next year in the buildup to the London 2012 Olympics.

British counterparts as they look to prepare for the defence of their Olympic titles.The British women's team

and American talent to Manchester over the next few years, starting with the Atlanta Dream against Team

GB women."

the top of their game, and I'm sure that the game will be a great spectacle and good preparation for Team

GB ahead of next year's Olympic Games."

By Tom DegunMay 6 - Britain's women have dominated the Para-Cycling Road World Cup in Sydney by winning eight out of ten of the team's medals at the event to secure vital qualification points for London 2012.

road season for the new pairing and bring Britain a fantastic haul of ten medals.Chris Furber, the GB

The GB Para-Cycling team are beginning to establish themselves as the team to beat at the London 2012

By Tom DegunMay 6 - Jens Grill has been appointed Badminton England performance director in a series of key staff changes as the Great Britain World Class Performance Programme (WCPP) announced a reshuffle of the organisation heading into the London 2012 Olympic Games.

Badminton England announced that as well as Grill taking on the role of performance director across the GB

England performance programmes with immediate effect, Kenneth Jonassen will move into the role of singles GB

of head of performance operations who will also support Grill as they oversee operations across the GB

Adrian Christy, chief executive of Badminton England, added that he has the upmost confidence in the new team

We are entering this phase with our eyes wide open and a strong performance focused team in place."