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Exclusive: Andy Hunt to be Britain's Chef de Mission for London 2012

  • London 2012

21 - Andy Hunt, chief executive of the British Olympic Association (BOA), is to be the Great Britain team

announcement of Hunt’s appointment "should be made at the same time as the rest of the HQ team

As host nation, Great Britain is set to field its biggest Olympic team of recent times at London 2012

making mention of a possible broadening of "the proposed strength and breadth of the Deputy Chef team

, scoping out the support team to circa 140 heads…and the appointment of 6 Team GB Olympic Ambassadors


BBC to show women's boxing for first time

  • Boxing

By Tom Degun October 21 - The BBC today announced it will broadcast live coverage of the new GB

amateur boxing event to be staged in Britain for more than a decade and pit members of the current GB

If a boxer who is not currently part of the GB Boxing squad manages to win the championship, they will

GB Boxing's Performance Director, Rob McCracken, said: "This will be a high quality competition

that will provide a real test for the existing GB boxers and have an influence on the make-up of the

opportunity for all of the competitors to showcase their skills and stake a claim to be part of the team


British sport braced for tough times following budget cuts

  • Latest

By Tom Degun in London   October 20 - Sporting bodies across Britain are braced for barren times ahead after Chancellor George Osborne slashed £300 million ($471 million) from the budget of the Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) but claimed that things were not as bad as they had feared.

nature of especially the National Lottery, but also private sector income such as that provided by Team

"This funding is critical to the success of Team GB at London 2012.

"We aim to repay this investment by winning medals for Team GB plc at the London 2012 Games.


Alan Hubbard: GB boxers are shaping up nicely for 2012

  • Inside the Blogs

Out in New Delhi Amir Khan's kid brother has been slagging off the GB coach Rob McCracken and the selectors

Haroon's tweet as he stuck up a verbal two fingers after beating Wales' Andrew Selby, who is on the GB

Four years ago Edwards' team returned from Melbourne with five golds, a silver and two bronze.

This England team, unlike the class of 2006, are virtually full-time fighters with the benefit of superb

team from the last Olympics subsequently turned pro, including all three medallists - James DeGale,


Medals alone don’t motivate me, says Paralympic star Rushgrove

  • Blogs (Paralympics)

podium finish in the Beijing Paralympic Games in 2008 in the T36 100m which, along with other members of Team

GB, was rewarded with a visit to the Queen’s official residence.

awareness of different conditions although I don’t necessarily think it’s made me a better team

athletes selected to represent Aviva Great Britain and Northern Ireland in New Zealand, he has an integral team

daring, outgoing and perhaps a little bit crazy - but definitely an athlete you’d want on your team


Harland and Cotton first sports engagement managers appointed by BOA

  • Latest

Georgina Harland has joined the British Olympic Association (BOA) as one of its new sport engagement team

2004 Games in Athens, joins fellow Olympian Bernie Cotton, who coached Britain's hockey team

retirement from international competition in 2008 Harland has worked on enhancing athlete performance with GB

GB athletes at the London 2012 Olympic Games and beyond," said Harland.

"The newly created sport engagement team will play a crucial role for Team GB in 2012 and beyond

"I am delighted to welcome both Tanya Crook (pictured) and Georgina Harland to the team.


Alan Hubbard: 7/7 bomb survivor is truly an inspiration to us all

  • Inside the Blogs

London - where she was born within the sound of Bow Bells 38 years ago - as a member of the British team

she drives herself from her specially modified bungalow in Tring, Hertfordshire, to train with the GB

"Also, I am very much a team person.

"After my son was born, I heard they were trying to put a women’s team together for 2012 and our first

  "We had only had a GB team for eight months but we really surprised ourselves by getting some


Alan Hubbard: 7/7 bomb survivor is truly an inspiration to us all

  • The Big Read (Paralympics)

London - where she was born within the sound of Bow Bells 38 years ago - as a member of the British team

she drives herself from her specially modified bungalow in Tring, Hertfordshire, to train with the GB

"Also, I am very much a team person.

"After my son was born, I heard they were trying to put a women’s team together for 2012 and

  "We had only had a GB team for eight months but we really surprised ourselves by getting


British Wheelchair Rugby launch new website

  • Latest (Paralympics)

October 3 - Great Britain Wheelchair Rugby (GBWR), the governing body for wheelchair rugby in England, Scotland and Wales, has updated its branding and re-launched its website in advance of London 2012.

"Not only is Team GB progressing well towards the Paralympic Games, but the unprecedented media

There is also team and player info, inspiring stories and lots of help for people who are thinking about


Skelhon continues British gold rush at Stoke Mandeville

  • Latest (Paralympics)

medal of the International Paralympic Committee Shooting World Cup at Stoke Mandeville as Britian's team

nbsp;"I’m delighted to win a medal at this World Cup and play a part in the success of the GB

team.


British shooters on target at Stoke Mandeville World Cup

  • Latest (Paralympics)

October 1 - Britain dominated the opening day of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Shooting World Cup at Stoke Mandeville winning six of the seven gold medals on offer with Matt Skelhon getting them off to the perfect start.

  "I hope that this will be the first of many at this event for the Great Britain team.

"This event has given all of the GB team a taste of what it will be like to compete in a top level


Andy Hunt: Olympic Ball a night to remember!

  • Inside the Blogs

The event was a tremendous show of support for the British Olympic Association (BOA) and Team GB.

Funds raised will enable Team GB athletes to make the most of the once-in-a-generation opportunity of

An impressive performance saw GB win 31-21.

GB at last month’s first Youth Olympic Games in Singapore.

London 2012 represents a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Team GB athletes, for sport, for our nation


Pupils beat athletes to white-knuckle, white water thrill

  • London 2012

September 30 - Careering down a roaring water course on a tiny raft has to be the ultimate adrenalin-pumping experience and now schoolchildren are being given the chance to try it out free - before London 2012’s Olympic athletes get to have a go.

to take part.Launching the scheme, World Championship medallist and member of Britain's canoe slalom team

Team GB is looking forward to training at this unique centre and we are all very excited about what we

Captain of the men’s senior Britain raft team Paskell Blackwell said: "I’m delighted to be supporting


Hannah Cockroft: Visit to London 2012 Stadium has inspired me

  • The Big Read (Paralympics)

UKA) World Class Performance Programme and the Aviva Great Britain & Northern Ireland Paralympic team

from the UKA Paralympic Head Coach informing me I had been successful in getting selected on to Aviva GB

& NI team for IPC World Athletics Championships in January.

screens, showing every bead of sweat, every mistake but also every victory; the tunnels from which Team

GB will enter the opening ceremony to a stadium full of supporters waving Union Jack flags; the finish