By Tom DegunFebruary 25 - London Mayor Boris Johnson was today joined at City Hall by 30 children from Merton Hawks Basketball Club as he tipped off the first ever UK NBA Basketball Week.

Locker Three-Point contest and appearances from NBA legends the New Jersey Nets Dancers, Sly the Nets team

mascot, the Nets Dunkin Divas and Team Hype.In addition, the National Basketball Association (NBA),

British Basketball (representing Team GB), the British Basketball League (BBL), and England Basketball

By Mike RowbottomFebruary 23 - Saskia Clark has revealed her new partner in the 470 class boat heading into the Olympic qualifying year, following last week's shock announcement by Sarah Ayton that she would not be seeking a third sailing gold medal.

but even through that time she's been 100 percent dedicated to wanting to achieve a gold medal for Team

GB, and that was the factor for me that I was really looking for."

Royal Yachting Association (RYA) selectors starting to turn their thoughts towards their Games team

By Tom Degun at the Olympic Velodrome, LondonFebruary 22 - London 2012 today celebrated one of its most significant milestones to date as the impressive Velodrome, which British cycling hero and four-time Olympic champion Sir Chris Hoy has described as the "best in the world," became the first Olympic Park venue to be fully completed.

and it was Sir Chris, alongside fellow Olympic champions Victoria Pendleton and Jason Kenny, plus a team

The British cycling teams provided many of the team GB superstars in recent Games and I am proud to see

Olympic Park to be finished, given the gold medal hopes we have for our British Olympic track cycling team

Chris's three victories and another four gold medals in the sport accounting for more than a third of Team

will be pushing to beat that at London 2012 Olympics when a rule change means only one rider and one team

February 22 - The British Olympic Association's (BOA's) sport engagement team is now complete following

the recent addition of seven new team members, including former runner Alison Wyeth (pictured), who

GB in London 2012, working with the sports to deal with issues on site and ensure preparation plans

GB kit."

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will play a crucial role for Team GB in 2012 and beyond, as the primary point of contact with the national

Ultimately, we aim to deliver performance enhancing support to Team GB at London 2012 and beyond."

By Tom DegunFebruary 21 - Coca-Cola-owned sports drink brand Powerade has launched a campaign featuring Paralympic star Richard Whitehead, the reigning 200 metre T42 world champion, to promote its drink formula ION4.

34-year-old double leg amputee from Nottingham putting Powerade ION4, the official sports drink of Team

GB and ParalympicsGB for the London 2012 Olympic Games, to the test alongside two-time Olympic swimming

By Tom Degun February 18 - Chelsea and England midfield star Frank Lampard has revealed that he wants to be selected to complete for Britain at the London 2012 Olympic Games.

"It will be great having the whole nation behind the GB Olympics team.

" The London 2012 Olympic football team remains a controversial topic with constant questions

Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have all stated they will not take part in a unified team for fear

not a big hockey watcher but come the Olympics I'll be watching it, especially when the Great Britain team

February 18 - Defending champions England retained the prestigious Tri-Nations weightlifting tournament in Norway on Saturday as some of their best athletes continued their preparations for the English Championships next weekend.

The annual team event saw eight English athletes take on some of the best weightlifters from hosts

Norway and Sweden in Stavanger, with two athletes in the senior men's team, two in the senior women,

account of an athlete's bodyweight.Sonny Webster of the Empire Sports Club, Bristol and Alex Collier of Team

Games, and several are members of the extended GB Olympic squad and Talent ID squad," said British Weight

However, we were very pleased with the performance of the English team, particularly the performances

By Mike RowbottomFebruary 18 - Alpine skier Jack Gower has been selected to carry the Union Jack at the Closing Ceremony of the tenth European Youth Olympic Winter Festival (EYOWF) in Liberec, Czech Republic.

Gower who competed in the giant slalom, slalom and team parallel giant slalom was selected by his fellow

the week and achieved proportionally the best results at the festival.Ross Gardner, Britain's lpine Team

All the athletes we have in this alpine team are the best in Britain and some rose to the occasion whereas

DegunFebruary 16 - Britain's double Beijing 2008 gold medallist Sarah Story (pictured) is set to lead a strong team

World Championship debutants Tel Byrne and Jon-Allan Butterworth, ex-servicemen who have joined the GB

Para-Cycling Team through the Battle Back programme.Team manager Gareth Sheppard said: "We have selected

a very strong squad as this is the first of only two track competitions at which our team will be able

The team in full is: Mark Bristow (C5, Kilo), Jon-Allan Butterworth (C5, Kilo and Pursuit), Tel Byrne

(C4, Kilo and Team Sprint), Jody Cundy (C4, Pursuit, Kilo and Team Sprint), Neil Fachie with pilot Craig

Olympic Winter Festival (EYOWF) in Liberec, Czech Republic.For every one of the 15 athletes representing Team

GB on the snow and ice, the EYOWF will be their first taste of Olympic competition and their first exposure

GB athletes that has travelled to Liberec is packed with exciting talent and great potential.

As chairman of the British Olympic Association (BOA), I will be supporting every Team GB competitor out

I will also be a proud father watching nervously as my son races in the alpine events.All the Team GB

By Mike RowbottomFebruary 13 - Calum Irvine was selected to carry the Union Jack at this evening's Opening Ceremony at the European Youth Olympic Winter Festival (EYOWF) taking place in Liberec, Czech Republic.

The Inverness athlete was selected as flag bearer by his fellow Team GB athletes, who took part in

Jan Paterson, Team GB Chef de Mission said: "Calum was an excellent choice as Team GB's flag bearer

Now, this weekend he is among 15 youngsters representing Team GB in the European Youth Winter Olympic

where the state-of-the-art sports facilities are so outstanding that the Australian track and field team

Specialising in the salom and giant slalom, he was selected for the British junior Alpine ski team in

In 2009 he joined for the newly formed GB junior squad - and despite an ankle injury incurred in the

renewed in Liberec, where they will be roommates, racing both against each other and together in the team

By Tom DegunFebruary 9 - Jeremy Hunt, Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, has today outlined plans for the new School Games in a speech at the Youth Sport Trust National Conference at the Telford International Centre.

between the achievements of our most promising young athletes at the School Games and the achievements of Team

GB in the Olympics and Paralympics and use their example to inspire all schoolchildren with the excitement

By Tom DegunFebruary 8 - Britain's disability swimming team have just completed an intense two week training

Committee (IPC) European Swimming Championships in Berlin in July that take precedence for the British team

Disability Swimming National Performance Director, claimed camp in Qatar was vital for getting the team

We're going to have such a lot of pressure on us – not just me but the whole GB team."

By Tom DegunFebruary 8 - Great Britain and Chicago Bulls superstar Luol Deng has teamed up with American film and commercial director Bryan Buckley to launch the first ever commercial campaign for The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in order to raise awareness for refugees in Sudan.

Civil War, on his epic journey to visit his battle-ravaged homeland.Deng, who is set to lead the men's GB

basketball team at the London 2012 Olympics, hadn't set foot back in his country since his escape as