By Duncan Mackay in Vancouver February 27 - Amy Williams (pictured), the only member of the team

Williams said: "What an amazing honour to be asked to carry the British flag and lead the way for Team

GB.

  "Our team has competed consistently well and produced some outstanding performances.

to savour the unique atmosphere of these Games, and hopefully spur them on to return to the ranks of Team

GB in Sochi in 2014.

By Tom Degun in Manchester February 25 - Leading Premiership footballers, including Manchester City goalkeeper Shay Given and Burnley players Wade Elliott and Michael Duff, were today on hand here to help welcome Football seven-a-side to the 2010 BT Paralympic World Cup.

the world and in a city like Manchester that is very passionate about the game, I’m sure the GB

” A new team format has been introduced for the 2010 which will see athletes from Britain take

An overall BT Paralympic World Cup trophy will be awarded to the team with the most points at the end

ParalympicsGB chief executive Phil Lane has welcomed the new sport and team format and said: "We

" British seven-a-side team captain Jordan Raynes said: "I'm very excited that Football

London February 24 - Guinness Premiership outfit Saracens Rugby Club agreed to take on members of the GB

The goalball taster day also marked the launch of the British team’s new London training hub

By Duncan Mackay in Vancouver February 20 - Amy Williams (pictured) has received the gold medal for her brilliant victory in the bob skeleton here last night which ended Britain's 30-year wait for an individual champion in the Winter Olympics.

individual gold medal at the Winter Olympics for 30 years is an outstanding achievement for Amy Williams, Team

GB, and all those in her sport and behind the scenes who have contributed to the win.

Andreas Schmid, the performance director of Britain's skeleton team, praised Williams' ability to

make a real impact at the Winter Paralympics in Vancouver next month, the chairman of Paralympics GB

Despite not being widely renowned as a winter sport team, ParalympicsGB are taking a strong squad

The curling team - which will be led by Glasgow’s Michael McCreadie in Vancouver - claimed

He said: "Following an outstanding performance by the British team in Beijing, there has been much

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full bloom in Sestriere January 2010: McCreadie chosen as British skip for wheelchair curling team

By Duncan Mackay in Vancouver February 16 - Britain's Shelley Rudman (pictured) has claimed that the changes made to the track at the Whistler Sliding Center following the tragic death last week of Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili have eased her fears about whether it is safe to compete or not.

" Rudman placed ninth and fifth in her first two Olympic practice runs yesterday while her team-mate

Rudman to carry British flag in Olympic opening ceremony January 2010: Rudman heads final list of GB

To top it off a trip to New Zealand during August with the team was more time on snow and invaluable

My ambitions fulfilled, dreams realised, a massive sense of pride that you put GB on the top of the podium

On top of this the team was selected for the Paralympics and I was delighted to be selected.

Our strong team of seven seated skiers this year is the largest ever taken in GB Winter Paralympic

Sean Rose has been a member of Britain's Disabled Ski Team since 2003 and narrowly missed a medal at

come out of retirement to try to qualify for London 2012, is leaving for Portugal to join a British team

year-old Londoner held off a late challenge from Brendan Crean to win the single sculls B final at the GB

Trafalgar Square today to celebrate the start of the 2010 Winter Games and show their support to Britain's team

I’m looking forward to following all of Team GB athletes over the next couple of weeks and know

"I’m a huge fan of winter sports so it’ll be great watching the Team GB athletes compete

;It’s always a great atmosphere when you get together with other people to cheer on your home team

By Duncan Mackay in Vancouver February 12 - Shelley Rudman (pictured), who won a silver medal in the bob skeleton in the Turin Olympics in 2006, will carry the Union Flag for Britain at the opening ceremony of the 2010 Games here tonight, it has been announced.

In Vancouver, the team captain will be David Murdoch, skip of the men’s curling team who are the

Rudman: "I am so excited to be selected to carry the flag for Team GB.

" Murdoch (pictured): "I take a great deal of pride in being part of Team GB and representing

athletes and, as with all members of Team GB, they represent the Best of British.

  "Shelley won Team GB’s only medal at the last Olympic Winter Games and did a huge

By Tom Degun February 10 - Volleyball England have today announced that Great Britain Sitting Volleyball will include a women’s development programme for the first time in the sports history.

Beijing 2008 Paralympics while Gordon Neale, the senior manager for Disability Sports Events, is the team

  "Our GB squads are by no means finalised, we are still recruiting via our regional centres

February 5 - Britain's Geraint Richards (pictured) has been named Coach of the Year for 2009 by the International Wheelchair Tennis Association.

  It is the first time a British team have reached the final of the women's competition in the

  "Personally, 2009 was a great year for me and I hope to continue to help our GB players

, having become GB National Junior Coach in 2006.

Cup - the first and only time a team from this country have won the junior event.

   Two of the players that made up the 2007 GB team at the Invacare World Team Cup ended

By Duncan Mackay in Vancouver February 5 - The British ski and snowboard federation has been placed in financial administration but the British Olympic Association (BOA) promised that all the affected athletes, including snowboarder Zoe Gillings (pictured), will still be able to compete here in the Winter Olympics, which open next week.

The FIS has endorsed the BOA’s move to mobilise a current dormant subsidiary company, "Team GB Ltd",

In this capacity, Team GB Ltd will trade under the name of BSS (British Ski and Snowboarding) and will

Snowsport GB needed to secure £200,000 in funding by the end of last month to stave off bankruptcy.

governing bodies has gone into administration, particularly at such a critical time for our Olympic team

The financial collapse of Snowsport GB has affected the build-up to the Olympics of some of Britain's

February 5 - Britain's Geraint Richards (pictured) has been named Coach of the Year for 2009 by the International Wheelchair Tennis Association.

  It is the first time a British team have reached the final of the women's competition in the

  "Personally, 2009 was a great year for me and I hope to continue to help our GB players

, having become GB National Junior Coach in 2006.

Cup - the first and only time a team from this country have won the junior event.

   Two of the players that made up the 2007 GB team at the Invacare World Team Cup ended

By Steven Downes February 3 - This year’s Commonwealth Basketball Championships, due to be staged in New Delhi in August, have been cancelled by the world governing body, FIBA.

national federations of the Commonwealth have experienced difficulty with the scheduling of the national team

"We always knew we wouldn’t have access to the GB players," Mair said.

Games in Glasgow, where hockey (men and women), netball (women) and rugby sevens (men) will be the team