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Tessa Sanderson: Newham Sports Academy is smiles better

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UK Athletics sprint hurdles and 400 metres; Clarence Callender former UK Athletics junior team

We also have coaches from boxing, GB Paralympic wheelchair track and field events, as well as Michelle

  For example: • Four of the NSA fencers went on to be selected for GB young cadets

champion, and I am hopeful that for the first time we could see sisters running in the same event for Team

GB at the 2012 London Olympic and Paralympics         Vicky



Wood named as new British head badminton coach

  • Badminton

August 4 - Andy Wood (pictured) has been named as Badminton's GB new head coach in the build-up

permanent -  he once held in Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004 before being  named  Britis team

exciting blend of talented youth and experienced achievers both within the playing squad and the coaching team

" Last month, Ian Moss was replaced by former runner Vikki McPherson as head of GB performance

Related stories July 2010: Former Paula Radcliffe team-mate put in charge of GB Badminton's preparations


Niels de Vos: Barcelona was wonderful but the whole sport is blossoming

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But she wasn’t the only GB medallist in Monkton nor the only gold medallist, with Sophie Hitchon

So there were eight medals for the Aviva GB Junior team in Canada, that’s three more than in 2008

this from Barcelona on the morning of the penultimate day of European Championships where the Aviva GB

team has won 11 medals after four days of competition, with, I’m sure more to come, the number


Entries for Disabled British Open golf tournament sold out

  • Latest (Paralympics)

July 31 - All competitors’ places in the second annual Disabled British Open (DBO) golf championship have been filled within weeks of the event’s launch, organisers have revealed.

Plus, four members of the GB Special Olympics team will also be participating in the contest which will


Skelhon leads Britain as they return home with four medals

  • Latest (Paralympics)

By Tom Degun July 28 - Britain’s top disability shooters have arrived home from the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Shooting World Championship in Zagreb with Peterborough’s Matt Skelhon having led Britain’s medal haul with two silvers and a bronze.

Coates also helped claim the team’s only other medal as she teamed up with Mandy Pankhurst and

Karen Butler to secure bronze in the 10m air rifle standing women’s team event.

The team would have been hoping to come away with more than four medals but Pasan Kularatne, the head

coach and team manager of Disability Target Shooting Great Britain (DTSGB), claimed he was  pleased

"However this year, the GB squad won two silver and two bronze medals, which shows how


Harry Redknapp wants to manage British football team at London 2012

  • London 2012

- Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp (pictured) today said that he wanted to coach Britain's team

because the Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales Football Associations have refused to endorse the team

out with world governing body FIFA last year that means Britain will be represented by an all-English team

" Roy Hodgson had been tipped to manage the team, which could include former England

GB 2012 role August 2009: Hodgson keen on 2012 Olympic job August 2009: Triesman rules out

Ferguson as manager of Team GB in 2012


British volleyball team get on their bikes to fuel Olympic dream

  • Volleyball

July 24 - Britain's women's volleyball team have set off on their four-day cycle ride from Sheffield

from UK Sport – set at that level because of their previous lack of Olympic experience - but the GB

"The GB women's volleyball team have a similar ambition - to compete in London 2012 as the very

  "I wish the GB women’s volleyball every success with their efforts, and sincerely

  "Your team spirit is there for all to see and I look forward to seeing you on the Olympic

" Audrey Cooper, the GB women's volleyball head coach said: "It's no surprise to me the


Former Paula Radcliffe team-mate put in charge of GB Badminton's preparations for London 2012

  • Badminton

McPherson (pictured), formerly one of the country's leading distance runners, as the new head of GB

"   McPherson, a member of the British team led by Paula Radcliffe that won the bronze medals

administrators in the sport from England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland in ensuring the players on the GB

against the best in the world and I am confident that Vikki will help take us forward into a new era for GB


Winter Olympics and Commonwealth Games to remain British TV listed events

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By Duncan Mackay British Sports Internet Writer of the Year July 21 - The Winter Olympics and Commonwealth Games will remain among British sport's "crown jewels", events that must remain on free-to-air television, after new Sports and Olympics Minister Hugh Robertson today announced that he had scrapped earlier recommendations for them to be de-listed.

sports in their drive to get young people inspired by sport, increase participation and ultimately find Team

GB champions of the future.


Weale wins historic European Championships silver medal

  • Modern Pentathlon

July 18 - Britain’s Sam Weale (pictured) won the individual silver medal at the Modern Pentathlon European Championships in Debrecen today.

rsquo;s trio of Heather Fell, Katy Livingston and Mhairi Spence, who won bronze in the women’s team

"   Dominic Mahony, Britain's team manager, said: "This is a very significant result

for the British team.

" Jan Bartu, Pentathlon GB Performance Director, said he was delighted to see a first individual

Tomorrow the women return to action in the team relay competition.


McCracken hoping Sheffield tournament will be another stepping stone towards London 2012

  • Boxing

Performance Director Rob McCracken (pictured) has revealed that he is looking to build on his team

"We are delighted to be hosting this high profile international competition and showcasing the GB

"The GB lads have been in great form and it will be fantastic to see them compete on home soil.

"Sheffield has a proud association with boxing and with the GB squad being based here at EIS Sheffield


Beckham wants to play for Britain at London 2012

  • Football

By Duncan Mackay British Sports Internet Writer of the Year July 14 - David Beckham has revealed that he still harbours ambitions of playing for Britain at the London 2012 Olympics when he will be 37.

If I’m still playing and I’m still considered to make a difference to the team I’d love to be involved

which means that the squad that represents Team GB in 2012 will be made up of English players.But Beckham

said: "Full marks to David Beckham for wanting to extend his Englnnd career or even to play for GB

Olympic team - but we can't see either happening."

GB for London 2012


Stella McCartney to design British kit for London 2012

  • London 2012

By Duncan Mackay British Sports Internet Writer of the Year July 14 - Sir Paul McCartney’s top fashion designer daughter Stella will design Britain's kit for the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics, Adidas revealed today.

British fashion designer it is an amazing, once in a lifetime opportunity to be creative director of Team

GB as the hosting nation of the London 2012 Olympic Games.

GB and show their pride and support for the athletes who will represent our nation during the 2012 Games

brings together the best in British design and creativity with Stella, the best in British sport through Team

GB, and the best in performance technology through Adidas.


BOA call for "systematic change" in preparations for Sochi 2014

  • Sochi 2014

By Duncan Mackay British Sports Internet Writer of the Year July 13 - A change in how Britain's winter sports prepare for the Sochi 2014 Olympics is to be proposed after the team's disappointing performance at Vancouver earlier this year when the only medal was won by Amy Williams (pictured), who struck gold in the bob skeleton.

In that regard, it was apparent to the BOA that if we wish to see future Team GB Winter Olympic success