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Clancy impressed by London 2012 Velodrome

  • London 2012

April 1 - World champion Ed Clancy (pictured) today saw the progress being made on the Olympic Velodrome as London 2012 officials claimed they remained on on target to meet all their major construction milestones this year.

the cable-net roof is completed, work will begin on installing the timber track where Clancy and his team-mates

Velodrome is already shaping up to be a fantastic venue and I can't wait to come back here to help Team

GB continue our gold rush in 2012.

ISG who were also responsible for replacing the track at the Manchester Velodrome where the British team

The design team for the VeloPark is made up of Hopkins Architects, Expedition Engineering, BDSP and Grant


Weir heads British team for BT Paralympic World Cup

  • Latest (Paralympics)

Paralympic gold medallist David Weir (pictured) is set to spearhead a 27-strong British athletics team

head coach Peter Eriksson added: "The BT Paralympic World Cup is an excellent opportunity for the GB

"I have high performance hopes for the team.

the 200m and following her switch from Canada to Britain, she is a great talent for Erikson’s team


British team for London 2012 set to be biggest for more than a century

  • London 2012

Internet Writer of the Year March 31 - Britain hopes to select 500 athletes, its biggest Olympic team

The British Olympic Association (BOA) has set the target of fielding its largest team since

the host nation, we know that the selection of the athletes who will have the honour of representing Team

GB will be of great interest to the British public.

GB are truly the Best of British.

The BOA hopes to compete at every sport in London 2012 and the size of the team will be swelled by the


New Zealand Olympic champion splits with coach

  • Athletics

March 28 - World and Olympic women's shot put champion Valerie Vili (pictured) has split with her coach of 11 years, she told a news conference today.

The New Zealander said her management team was working on finding a new coach.

in line for two major New Zealand awards May 2009: Exclusive - NZ Olympic champion may compete for GB


British Boxing picks its magnificent seven for London 2012

  • Boxing

pictured), have been given the chance to make history after being named in the squad for the British team

in Sheffield under British Boxing’s performance director, Rob McCracken, and his coaching team

The squad seven will be rationalised to a team of just three in the build-up to 2012.

Games so I am going to train hard, learn from the coaches and do everything I can to be part of the team

" The squad will have fortnightly training camps at the EIS in Sheffield with the GB Boxing coaches

and performance team which includes a nutritionist, a psychologist, a physiotherapist and video analyst


Sarah Boobyer: All eyes on London

  • The Big Read (Paralympics)

So, that's it. The Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games are officially over. The Olympic Flame was officially extinguished on March 22 and the eyes of the world now turn to London.

GB.

GB for Vancouver 2010, and I think it is so exciting and such a wonderful opportunity for London and

I hope that we will all be as proud and patriotic as the Canadians in encouraging Team GB to go for Gold

support we can provide to help Team GB reach the podium.

Sarah is a Manager in the Legal team at Deloitte.


Alan Hubbard: British boxing is finally looking to the future with optimism again

  • Inside the Blogs

  A Great Britain team returned from the Commonwealth Federation Championships in New Delhi

and the performances were excellent and showed the breadth and depth of talent we have throughout the GB

Delhi  it seems there will be healthy competition for places in England’s Commonwealth Games team

He is also a consultant to Ghana may well be in their team’s corner in London.


British Boxing strengthens coaching team for London 2012

  • Boxing

By Tom Degun March 22 - The British Amateur Boxing Association (BABA) has added to its coaching team

The duo will work with the GB Podium and Development Squad boxers at the BABA’s headquarters at

Alongside a team of coaches and recently appointed performance director Rob McCracken, Walmsley and Pullen

will help to deliver the GB Boxing World Class Programme with the aim of attaining medals at future

"I am really pleased to have taken on the role full time and hope to help build on the success GB

an exciting time for the sport and I am relishing the opportunity to work as part of a first class team


Gallagher leads the way for Britain's skiers in Whistler

  • Latest (Paralympics)

By Duncan Mackay in Vancouver British Sports Internet Writer of the Year March 14 - Kelly Gallagher (pictured) produced the outstanding performance of the day as Britain's skiers put in a series of strong performances as the alpine skiing events finally began following yesterday's postponement.

Britain's team manager Dave Chugg was pleased with the team’s performance.

He said: "It’s been a good day for GB on the hill.


BBC defend lack of Paralympic coverage as CTV cave into pressure to show Opening Ceremony live

  • Latest (Paralympics)

By Duncan Mackay in Vancouver British Sports Internet Writer of the Year March 12 - The BBC have today defended their lack of television coverage of the Paralympics, which open here tonight, claiming that budget restrictions mean they cannot hope to match the 160 hours they devoted to the Olympics last month.

provisional plans in place to stream the curling live through the BBC Sport website and BBC Red Button if the GB

team make the medal rounds and we will also be broadcasting a one-hour highlights programme on Monday

Paralympic Team will also offer daily video and news highlights of the competition from Vancouver


Great Dane appointed by Britain to guide London 2012 preparations

  • Badminton

March 8 - Badminton England finally got their man today when Kenneth Jonassen, formerly one of the world's top players, was confirmed as their new British and England men’s singles coach and will guide the programme in the build-up to the London 2012 Olympics.

appointment confirms our continued commitment to developing a world class singles programme within the GB

"He brings a wealth of knowledge to our coaching team and exhibits a real sense of what it takes to create

The long-term aim is to prepare GB singles players for the Commonwealth Games in October, the World Championships

Dane Peter Gade.He was Danish National champion in 2004 and 2008 and was a key member of the Denmark team

that took the Thomas Cup men’s World Team Championship bronze medal in 1998, 2000 and 2002 and the silver



Pakistan coach warns Amir Khan's brother he is not guaranteed place in team for London

  • Boxing

March 7 - A row has broken out in Pakistan between boxing officials and the country's head coach after it was announced that Amir Khan's younger brother, Haroon (pictured), was to represent the country at this year's Commonwealth Games in New Delhi and the Olympic Games at London in 2012.

his father's birth having grown disillusioned at being overlooked for both the 21-strong GB

"But this does not mean he is in the team.

"So I can't say for sure that he will be in the team.

is believed that Haroon wants to stay and train in Bolton at his brother's gym, joining the Pakistan team


Alan Hubbard: Exclusively reveals why Amir Khan's highly-rated younger brother is set to snub Britain and fight for Pakistan at London 2012

  • Inside the Blogs

Golden Boy, British boxing is set to lose his younger brother, Haroon who, after being omitted from the GB

After being overlooked for both the 21-strong GB podium and 11-man development squads named recently

eligibility, which should not be a problem as he has never fought at senior international level for Team

GB.

rsquo;s gold medal was the highlight of a strong showing by Great Britain with five of the six-strong team