By Duncan Mackay   November 22 - Charity Mencap have hailed the decision to allow athletes with an intellectual disability (ID athletes) to compete in the London 2012 Paralympics but warned that without funding British athletes will struggle to take part in the Games.

 lift a ban on ID athletes imposed after the 200 Sydney Games when the Spanish basketball team

disability will have to meet the same exacting performance and qualification standards as all other GB

By Duncan Mackay   November 22 - Charity Mencap have hailed the decision to allow athletes with an intellectual disability (ID athletes) to compete in the London 2012 Paralympics but warned that without funding British athletes will struggle to take part in the Games.

 lift a ban on ID athletes imposed after the 200 Sydney Games when the Spanish basketball team

disability will have to meet the same exacting performance and qualification standards as all other GB

By Duncan Mackay November 22 - Charity Mencap have hailed the decision to allow athletes with an intellectual disability (ID athletes) to compete in the London 2012 Paralympics but warned that without funding British athletes will struggle to take part in the Games.

 lift a ban on ID athletes imposed after the 200 Sydney Games when the Spanish basketball team

disability will have to meet the same exacting performance and qualification standards as all other GB

By Tom Degun   November 21 - The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) will re-admit athletes with an intellectual disability (ID Athletes) back into the Paralympic Games for London 2012 it was announced today at the General Assembly in Kuala Lumpur.  

cheating scandal at the Sydney 2000 Summer Paralympics, where a number of members of Spain's basketball team

disability will have to meet the same exacting performance and qualification standards as all other GB

By Tom Degun   November 21 - The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) will re-admit athletes with an intellectual disability (ID Athletes) back into the Paralympic Games for London 2012 it was announced today at the General Assembly in Kuala Lumpur.

cheating scandal at the Sydney 2000 Summer Paralympics, where a number of members of Spain's basketball team

disability will have to meet the same exacting performance and qualification standards as all other GB

By Tom Degun   November 21 - The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) will re-admit athletes with an intellectual disability (ID Athletes) back into the Paralympic Games for London 2012 it was announced today at the General Assembly in Kuala Lumpur.      

cheating scandal at the Sydney 2000 Summer Paralympics, where a number of members of Spain's basketball team

disability will have to meet the same exacting performance and qualification standards as all other GB

By Tom Degun November 21 - The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) will re-admit athletes with an intellectual disability (ID Athletes) back into the Paralympic Games for London 2012 it was announced today at the General Assembly in Kuala Lumpur.

cheating scandal at the Sydney 2000 Summer Paralympics, where a number of members of Spain's basketball team

disability will have to meet the same exacting performance and qualification standards as all other GB

November 16 - American Lloyd Brown (pictured), who coached Justin Huish to Olympic gold at the 1996 Games in Atlanta, has been appointed as Britain's new head coach for London 2012, it was announced today. 

Huish to glory in Atlanta, California-based Brown also coached the United States men's archery team

  He has also coached the US team at four World Championships.

" Sara Symington, Archery GB performance director, said: "We have hired a top-class

"   Brown's predecessor, Suk, served as head coach of the GB squad for four years.

  The British women's team lost out to France for the bronze medal in Beijing, while no individual

committment to his professional boxers, like Carl Froch (pictured), will not stop him preparing the Olympic team

I will ensure that Carl spends time with the GB squad in Sheffield [where Britain’s podium squad train

at the recent World Championships in Milan, he is very excited at the prospect of coaching the the team

and the pressure that comes with the task.He also revealed that he hopes to stay on to prepare the team

The final team to take us into 2012 has not yet been completed as there are still one or two names we

November 6 - Rob McCracken (pictured), trainer of world super middleweight champion Carl Froch, has been appointed as British Boxing's new performance director to replace Kevin Hickey, who quit earlier this month.

Class Programme and the attainment of medals at future championships and London 2012.He will lead a team

I have no doubt whatsoever that everything will fit together well and I want to make sure that the GB

November 5 - Long jumper Jade Johnson (pictured) has insisted that being one of the stars of "Strictly Come Dancing" has not detracted from her determination to win a medal at the London 2012 Olympics.

  "I had a spell of quite a few injuries during 2005 and 2006 and I didn't make the GB team

  "But when I don't make an Olympic team or a World Championship squad, it affects me for

British Olympic Association (BOA) are doing everything we can to make these Games a success for Team

GB.

It's a huge honour for me to be Team GB’s Chef de Mission in Vancouver, and there’s no way

The amount of Exchequer and Lottery funding given to GB winter sports is roughly 1.5 per cent 

But we're aiming much higher than that – our team should include more than 45 athletes by the time

British Olympic Association (BOA) are doing everything we can to make these Games a success for Team

GB.

It's a huge honour for me to be Team GB’s Chef de Mission in Vancouver, and there’s no way

The amount of Exchequer and Lottery funding given to GB winter sports is roughly 1.5 per cent 

But we're aiming much higher than that – our team should include more than 45 athletes by the time

Next week, I'll be going to Marquette, in the United States, to watch our short track skating team attempting

November 3 -  The Queen has visited Olympic Park to inspect preparations for the 2012 London Games as the controversy over whether it should be named after her continues to rage.

progress on the Olympic Park, where many of our athletes will compete in 2012 and where we are confident Team

GB will deliver an outstanding performance, cheered on by the home crowd.

November 3 -  The Queen has visited Olympic Park to inspect preparations for the 2012 London Games as the controversy over whether it should be named after her continues to rage.

progress on the Olympic Park, where many of our athletes will compete in 2012 and where we are confident Team

GB will deliver an outstanding performance, cheered on by the home crowd.