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Andy Pink: Three defeats but we are on the right road for London 2012

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some creative priority boarding, we managed to monopolise most of the exit-row seating, which for a team

GB.

to win matches at this level and also gain respect for all the hard work everyone involved with the GB

When this Olympic cycle started a team of the calibre of Finland would have put out their second

team against us and laughed all the way to an easy win.


Head coach warns there is nothing to celebrate after opening day victory

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By Tom Degun in Manchester May 27 - Britain’s men opened their BT Paralympic World Cup basketball campaign in emphatic fashion by crushing Italy 57-37 here at the Manchester Regional Arena today.

"Saying that I could not have done it without great set-ups from the rest of the team.

writer of this story at [email protected]  Related stories May 2010: GB

women’s wheelchair basketball team excited by return to BT Paralympic World Cup March 2010: 


Seventh heaven for Kruse after silver medal

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May 25 - The outstanding form of Britain's Richard Kruse (pictured) has continued with him winning a silver medal in the foil event at the Grand Prix event in St Petersburg, helping lift him to seventh in the world rankings after he defeated world champion Andrea Baldini.

national foil coach Ziemek Wojciechowski said, "This is third consecutive podium result from the GB

men's foil team which shows our consistency and that medals at the 2012 Olympics are in sight.


Daniel Keatings: From the highs of success to the lows of injury

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I think as a nation, GB has some of the best pommel horse workers in the world, not only at senior level

to the local hospital that took x-rays and discharged me with a referral to my physiotherapist, the GB

medical team then sent me for an MRI scan.

I am disappointed but the GB team does contain a group of strong and excellent gymnasts who will be fighting

I have every confidence that team GB will have an extremely successful Championship and get through to


Exclusive: Keatings suffers cruciate injury and will miss World Championships

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By Duncan Mackay British Sports Internet Writer of the Year May 25 - Daniel Keatings (pictured), Britain’s first-ever male European gymnastics gold medallist, has suffered a major knee injury which will keep him out of the World Championships in Rotterdam later this year.

to the local hospital that took x-rays and discharged me with a referral to my physiotherapist, the GB

medical team then sent me for an MRI scan.

" Keatings, who also won a silver medal in the team event in Birmingham and was second in the

this story at [email protected] Related stories April 2010: Keatings looking for team


British athletes must enjoy competing before home crowd says Lane

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May 24 - ParalympicsGB chief executive Phil Lane today told insideworldparasport that the British team

Britain set make up the majority of the 300 athletes competing at the event; Lane believes that his team

" For the first time this year, a team challenge has been introduced which sees Britain take

Johnson said: "I love the new format and I think that it will really help the team camaraderie

" The team challenge should add further excitement to the event which will be broadcast by BBC

says Coe May 2010: Cassidy will be main threat at BT Paralympic World Cup predicts Weir May 2010: GB


David Cameron gives support to BT Paralympic World Cup

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By Duncan Mackay in Manchester British Sports Internet Writer of the Year May 23 - Prime Minister David Cameron has today sent a personal message of support to the BT Paralympic World Cup, which opens here tomorrow.

Cameron has given his support to the outstanding British team which finished second in the Paralympic

For the first time this year, a team challenge has been introduced which sees Great Britain take on teams

says Coe May 2010: Cassidy will be main threat at BT Paralympic World Cup predicts Weir May 2010: GB

women’s wheelchair basketball team excited by return to Paralympic World Cup May 2010: A touch


London 2012 to help Glasgow 2014 with expertise and equipment

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By Duncan Mackay British Sports Internet Writer of the Year May 24 - London 2012 have agreed to help Glasgow prepare for the Commonwealth Games two years later after today agreeing an unprecedented and unique agreement to work together to maximise the benefits of hosting major sporting events.

there to do - and that is to have a result on home ground, whether that is in London competing for Team

GB, or in Glasgow, as Team Scotland.


Ade Adepitan: New sport presents plenty of challenges

  • The Big Read (Paralympics)

  It’s also a great chance for GB athletes to get a sense of what it’s like to compete

I was lucky enough to play in the inaugural event, where the wheelchair basketball team won gold, and

Ade Adepitan, a member of Britain's wheelchair basketball team that won a bronze medal at the Paralympics


Saunders leads British boxing team for Moscow

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By Tom Degun May 20 - British Boxing has selected a 12-man team, which includes Beijing Olympian

Boxing Association of England (ABAE) champions, Antony Ogogo and Tommy Stubbs are also included in the team

GB Boxing’s Performance Director, Rob McCracken said: "The GB Boxing squad has performed very

" GB Boxing’s men have won 16 medals in three major international competitions in 2010.

  In February, the team landed three bronze and a gold for Andrew Selby at the Bocskai in Hungary

  The team won a medal in every weight category at the Commonwealth Federations in March when


Searle still on course for London 2012 after recall to British squad

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May 20 - Greg Searle (pictured) has rolled back the years to complete the first step of a remarkable Olympic comeback by winning a place in the British rowing squad.

"The new GB kit feels fantastic. "To get in the team was tough.

"It is a privilege to be part of the team again after a decade away from here.

"I started off saying I wanted to get into the team for 2010.

" Searle, who had never been to the GB rowing base at Caversham before consulting Grobbler about

"We now have fantastic depth in the team.


BT Paralympic World Cup is vital stepping stone for London 2012 says Coe

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By Tom Degun May 19 - Sebastian Coe (pictured), the chairman of London 2012, has claimed that the 2010 BT Paralympic World Cup is of paramount importance for athletes looking to compete at the Paralympics in two years time.

the World Championships being hosted in Birmingham in July, this event will be a crucial test for the team

May 2010: Cassidy will be main threat at BT Paralympic World Cup predicts Weir May 2010: GB

women’s wheelchair basketball team excited by return to Paralympic World Cup May 2010: A touch


Ade Adepitan: New sport presents plenty of challenges

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  It’s also a great chance for GB athletes to get a sense of what it’s like to compete

 I was lucky enough to play in the inaugural event, where the wheelchair basketball team won gold

Ade Adepitan, a member of Britain's wheelchair basketball team that won a bronze medal at the 


Rob Milligan: Being forced to retire from rugby was best thing that ever happened to me

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I’m training on the Lottery-backed and Siemens-sponsored GB Rowing Team’s "Start Programme

so I’ve been able to train at the Watersports centre at Nottingham Holme Pierrepont, and the GB

athletes being released from clubs each year, the Pitch2Podium talent initiative run by the UK Talent Team

 For more information on Pitch2Podium and other Talent ID initiatives from the UK Talent Team 


Lane salutes successful latest Paralympic Potential Day in Bath

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By Tom Degun May 13 - ParalympicsGB chief executive Phil Lane (pictured) has praised the success of the latest Paralympic Potential Day which took place at the University of Bath, the same venue that will host the British team's pre-London 2012 preparation camps.

here has had a chance to try out several different sports and the opportunity to impress some of the GB

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