World Speed Press Championships being held in Crawley on Sunday will be raising money for Paralympics GB

"We are aiming to raise as much money as possible for Paralympics GB because we have to raise the

"That gets narrowed down to the final 12 man team, which is what I'm aiming for in the run up to

I applauded the announcement that some of the £6.5 million of new funds from a successful Team

happy to be involved in any discussions to help resolve the issue "as Zoë clearly could be one of GB

  Look at the figures: There are1,500 National Lottery funded athletes; the size of Team GB for

 This loyalty can also manifest itself in the ability to operate in a team.

By Tom Degun December 19 - Britain's athletes may not be able to compete against the top nations until Rio 2016 Paralympics, Peter Eriksson (pictured), the UK Athletics Paralympic head coach, has warned.

;However, it takes time to do this and I’m not sure if 2012 is a realistic time-frame for the GB

Athletics team to be challenging the top nations in the sport.

"As an elite athlete, your place in the GB Athletics team is always under pressure and there are

Games but we will be working very hard to be successful and it is a challenge that everyone in the GB

Athletics Team is really relishing.

By Tom Degun December 19 - Britain's athletes may not be able to compete against the top nations until Rio 2016 Paralympics, Peter Eriksson (pictured), the UK Athletics Paralympic head coach, has warned.

;However, it takes time to do this and I’m not sure if 2012 is a realistic time-frame for the GB

Athletics team to be challenging the top nations in the sport.

"As an elite athlete, your place in the GB Athletics team is always under pressure and there are

Games but we will be working very hard to be successful and it is a challenge that everyone in the GB

Athletics Team is really relishing.

December 18 - European mixed doubles champion Anthony Clark is to team up with 23-year-old Eastbourne

  In women’s doubles she won the Irish International just over a week ago with another Team

Badminton England have also confirmed that Robert Blair has now fully recovered from injury and will team

Moss, Badminton England's performance director, said: "Anthony and Heather will be in the team

nbsp; "Following the 2010 Commonwealth Games, all athlete partnerships will be reviewed by the GB

probably the world’s best young player" - has been confirmed as skip for the British curling team

" Hunt described the "exciting and developing" women’s team as being a "

The Blair Atholl youngster’s team-mates will include 44-year-old mother-of-two Jackie Lockhart,

one of the team skipped by Kirsty Hay which missed a medal by a fraction at the 1998 Winter Games, and

The Team GB men, meanwhile, will seek their first Olympic medal since the event became part of the Games

"In recent Olympics, curling has provided some special moments for Team GB," Hunt said.

probably the world’s best young player" - has been confirmed as skip for the British curling team

" Hunt described the "exciting and developing" women’s team as being a "

The Blair Atholl youngster’s team-mates will include 44-year-old mother-of-two Jackie Lockhart,

one of the team skipped by Kirsty Hay which missed a medal by a fraction at the 1998 Winter Games, and

The Team GB men, meanwhile, will seek their first Olympic medal since the event became part of the Games

"In recent Olympics, curling has provided some special moments for Team GB," Hunt said.

probably the world’s best young player" - has been confirmed as skip for the British curling team

" Hunt described the "exciting and developing" women’s team as being a "

The Blair Atholl youngster’s team-mates will include 44-year-old mother-of-two Jackie Lockhart,

one of the team skipped by Kirsty Hay which missed a medal by a fraction at the 1998 Winter Games, and

The Team GB men, meanwhile, will seek their first Olympic medal since the event became part of the Games

"In recent Olympics, curling has provided some special moments for Team GB," Hunt said.

December 3 marked 1,000 days to go to the London 2012 Paralympic Games and, as Deloitte has long been an active supporter of disability sport in the UK, we were keen to celebrate this milestone in style. So a group of Deloitte Partners, including myself, was invited to take part in a wheelchair basketball game with players from the Great Britain men’s and women’s squads, who train just outside Manchester.

Initially, we were led in a training session by the coach of the GB team, learning the basic skills and

After the leisurely pace of our practice match, it was an amazing transformation when the GB players

training session afterwards and what instantly struck me was the impressive camaraderie amongst the team

Having watched the GB team and been lucky enough to play the sport myself, I have become a real fan of

By Tom Degun December 11 - Derek Mapp (pictured), the executive chairman of the British Amateur Boxing Association (BABA), claims that the sport has been short-changed by UK Sport's decision yesterday to award it less than £1 million extra to help it prepare for London 2012 when women are due to make their debut on the Olympic programme.  

nbsp;the amount falls some way short of the £1.8 million they had been expecting from the new Team

rsquo;s boxing at London 2012, we developed a programme to deliver world class performance and give Team

GB the best opportunity to maximise the undoubted talent we have in this area and turn it into medals

shown by UK Sport today will now encourage the public and commercial partners to really get behind Team

By Tom Degun December 11 - Derek Mapp (pictured), the executive chairman of the British Amateur Boxing Association (BABA), claims that the sport has been short-changed by UK Sport's decision yesterday to award it less than £1 million extra to help it prepare for London 2012 when women are due to make their debut on the Olympic programme.  

nbsp;the amount falls some way short of the £1.8 million they had been expecting from the new Team

rsquo;s boxing at London 2012, we developed a programme to deliver world class performance and give Team

GB the best opportunity to maximise the undoubted talent we have in this area and turn it into medals

shown by UK Sport today will now encourage the public and commercial partners to really get behind Team

December 10 - Britain's basketball coach Chris Finch (pictured) has hailed the next week as among the most important in the history of the sport in this county as he anxiously awaits an announcement on two major decisions that will have a massive impact on preparations for the London 2012 Olympics.

" Finch, who currently splits his time between head coach duties of the British men's team and

"The long term goal for the team is to medal at 2012, but the long term goal for the sport is to

establish itself in Britain for years to come and I believe the efforts of our two GB teams will be

" Related stories November 2009: Sir Steve leads calls for Britain's basketball team

December 8 - The decision to keep the British Volleyball programme in Sheffield in the lead up to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games will be worth £1 million to the Yorkshire city, it has been claimed.

Sheffield is due to host a European Volleyball Championships fixture, which will see Britain's men’s team

"GB Volleyball already has a good record of working with local Sheffield schools and the Sheffield

  "We're hopeful that this new agreement, that will see GB Volleyball act as an advocate

By Duncan Mackay   December 7 - Peter Holmes (pictured), the communications manager of the International Triathlon Union (ITU), has died in a hiking accident in Canada.

Harriers at cross-country, road and track events, Holmes had also thrown himself into the sport making the GB

Age Group Team for the 2007 ETU European Duathlon Championships.