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Andy Pink: Postcard from Africa

  • Inside the Blogs

We also made some GB volleyball history when the youngest guy on the tour, Chris Frost, appeared on court

Guess what your little GB team did? We only went out there and won 3-0!

But in walks the GB volleyball team, which didn't even exist a few years ago.

Team GB is ranked in triple digits. Seriously.

team fair and square.


Bolarinwa blitzed by Jamaican flash in Youth Olympics

  • Singapore 2010

By Tom Degun in Singapore August 21 - Jamaica's Skeen Odane showed here at the Summer Youth Olympic Games just why he is being labeled as the next Usain Bolt as he produced a blistering performance in the 100 metres final to record a personal best of 10.42sec and leave British rival David Bolarinwa trailing in third.

The 16-year-old Briton, who received the honour of carrying the flag for Team GB at the Opening Ceremony

A British Olympic Association (BOA) statement said: "Team GB equestrian athlete Carian Scudamore

"In keeping with the rules of the competition, which Team GB fully respects, there is no substitution

Carian will return from Singapore with a Youth Olympic gold medal, having played an integral part in Team

Europe’s victory in the team competition on Friday.


Adams leads British team for World Women's Boxing Championships

  • Boxing

By Tom Degun August 20 - Britain have selected three members of the women’s Olympic squad, including Nicola Adams, a silver medallist two years ago, to compete at next month's World Boxing Championships in Barbados. 

(60kg) Amanda Coulson and welterweight (69kg) Savannah Marshall will compete as part of the England team

Neither Holford nor Cameron are members of the elite GB squad but have been selected to compete in Barbados

  GB Boxing’s Performance Director Rob McCracken said: "This is an important part of

Adams said: "After being out for so long with injury, I am thrilled to be part of the GB Boxing

The squad of seven women has recently been to training camps in Crete and China while the team for the


Gold for Britain's Scudamore in equestrian

  • Singapore 2010

equestrian gold at the inaugural Summer Youth Olympic Games here as part of a five-person European team

Scudamore led the way with her team victory in the equestrian while swimmers Rachael Kelly and Ellie

The team finished ahead of silver medalists Australasia and bronze medalists Africa.

  While the medal is not recognised as a Team GB medal due to that fact that the team contained

The 17-year-old from Wales, who was arguably the European team’s strongest performer, said: "

" Including Scudamore’s gold medal, Britain now has a total of five medals with the team


Daley to compete in Singapore but misses World Championship event

  • Singapore 2010

By Tom Degun in Singapore August 20 - British diver Tom Daley will compete at the Summer Youth Olympic Games but is set miss the event he was crowned as world champion in last year, it was announced here today.

A statement released here today said: "The British Olympic Association announced today that Team

GB diving athlete Tom Daley intends to compete in the Youth Olympic Games 3m Springboard competition

"The decision regarding participation in the Youth Olympic Games is taken by Diving Team Leader

2010: Daley set to face biggest rival at Summer Youth Olympics July 2010: Daley to lead Britain's team


British Volleyball axes funding for London 2012 teams

  • Volleyball

By Duncan Mackay British Sports Internet Writer of the Year August 19 - Support for two of Britain's volleyball teams preparing for the London 2012 Olympics has been axed because of lack of funding, it was announced today.

It means that that the men's indoor volleyball team, the women's beach volleyball and sitting volleyball

programmes will now share that money while the women's indoor team and the men's beach volleyball programme

" Audrey Cooper, the head coach of GB women's volleyball, said: "It is obviously difficult

this story at [email protected] Related stories July 2010: British volleyball team

2010: Lucy Wickes - Funding cut is devastating but we will not give up June 2010: British volleyball team


British Olympic Association Ball to be sponsored by BT

  • Sponsor News

August 19 - BT, a Tier One London 2012 sponsor, are to become the main sponsor of the British Olympic Association (BOA) Ball for the next three years, it was announced today.

  More than 1,100 fans and supporters of Team GB will join luminaries from the worlds of entertainment

: "As Presenting Partner of the British Olympic Ball, BT is making an important difference for Team

GB athletes by helping to ensure they have the resources and support necessary to perform at their very

GB athletes are fully prepared to make the most of this special opportunity.

GB.


Bolarinwa sizzles into Youth Olympics final

  • Singapore 2010

By Tom Degun in Singapore August 18 - Young British sprint star David Bolarinwa (pictured) lived up to his billing as gold medal favourite in the boys 100 metres at the Summer Youth Olympic Games as he cruised into Saturday’s final with the day’s fastest time of 10.62 seconds in a mixed 24 hours for Britain here.

The 16-year-old, who received the huge honour of carrying the flag for Team GB at the Opening Ceremony


Exclusive: Moynihan wants central role for BOA in new British sport structure

  • Latest

By Duncan Mackay in Singapore British Sports Internet Writer of the Year August 16 - The British Olympic Association (BOA) wants to be closely involved in the controversial restructuring of sport in the UK proposed by the Government, its chairman Colin Moynihan has said.

our principle intention - to make sure there is strong financial support for the athletes and that Team

GB in London 2012 needs continuity of financial support and all the structural support behind it.


Sprinter to carry British flag at Youth Olympics Opening Ceremony

  • Singapore 2010

100 metres sprinter in the world this year, will make history by carrying the Union Flag and leading Team

GB into the Opening Ceremony of the first Summer Youth Olympic Games here tomorrow.

GB athletes, who took part in a secret vote.

He said: "I am very proud and excited to be selected by my teammates to lead out Team GB at the

"There is an excellent spirit already building within the Team GB camp and the fact that David was

voted by his fellow athletes - a first for Team GB - makes it particularly special recognition

"David will now enjoy a place in the history books as the first ever Youth Olympic Games Team GB


Andy Hunt: Youth Olympics already feel new and different

  • Inside the Blogs

To that moment when a young athlete who has earned the honour of representing Team GB in the Olympic

While a patch of East London is being transformed before our eyes in preparation for 2012, Team GB&rsquo

So Team GB’s next generation of potential Olympians, 39 of whom are here in the heat and humidity

In fact, they need look no further than Team GB’s most recent Olympic Champion, skeleton slider

Team GB is packed with exciting talent and great potential.


Alan Hubbard: Singapore is catching up world in recognising importance of sport

  • Inside the Blogs

world champion diver Tom Daley, no longer a boy wonder at 16, and worldly enough to inform us in the Team

GB handbook that apart from scooping even more medals his ambition is to meet Cheryl Cole.

touch, that, as is the appointment of two outstanding and most delightful British Olympians to act as team


NBA to stage regular season matches in London as part of 2012 Olympic build-up

  • Basketball

August 9 - Regular season NBA matches are to be staged in London next year as the sport tries to maximise the development opportunities offered by the capital hosting the 2012 Olympics.

"I know there has been a lot of coverage recently of the Great Britain team leading up to EuroBasket

;We don't necessarily expect that to be the case in London but if things break right, in respect to Team

That is despite making a first ever appearance at a EuroBasket last year, while Chris Finch's team have

"I'm not allowed to root too hard for international teams, but it would be great if Team GB could


Olympic gold medallist to provide inspiration to British youngsters

  • Singapore 2010

By Tom Degun August 7 - Britain’s young athletes heading to the inaugural Summer Youth Olympic Games in Singapore next week are set to receive a boost ahead of their departure from London Heathrow Airport on Monday (August 9) with Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games bob skeleton gold medallist Amy Williams (pictured) set to see them off in person.

make a special appearance at a hotel at London Heathrow Airport as the athletes receive their official Team

GB kit for the Games.

Skelton will be with the Team GB athletes on their journey to Singapore and throughout the Games where

The British team will take a total 39 athletes from 16 sports and 18 disciplines to Singapore with all

at [email protected]  Related stories July 2010: Daley to lead Britain's team


Chance for boxers to force themsleves into London 2012

  • Boxing

competition to create an opportunity for the country's top boxers that are not in the GB

 The GB Amateur Boxing Championship will be the biggest amateur boxing event to be staged in Britain

for more than a decade and pit members of the current GB Boxing’s men and women’s Podium Squads

selected by their respective Amateur Boxing Associations (ABAs).If a boxer not currently part of the GB

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

Championship and the opportunity to break into the GB Boxing squads for London 2012."