By Duncan Mackay September 24 - Michael Whitaker (pictured), one of Britain's greatest ever show jumpers who has been picked for four Olympics, could miss the London 2012 Games after he was today found guilty of doping and was banned for four months.

says: "The BOA strongly disapproves of doping in sport and does not regard it as appropriate that Team

GB should include athletes or other individuals who have doped or been found guilty of a doping offence

famous Hickstead Derby.   Alongside his brother, he was a member of the British show jumping team

By Duncan Mackay September 24 - Michael Whitaker (pictured), one of Britain's greatest ever show jumpers who has been picked for four Olympics, could miss the London 2012 Games after he was today found guilty of doping and was banned for four months.

says: "The BOA strongly disapproves of doping in sport and does not regard it as appropriate that Team

GB should include athletes or other individuals who have doped or been found guilty of a doping offence

famous Hickstead Derby.   Alongside his brother, he was a member of the British show jumping team

.   This was a team who 18 months ago we had suffered a 13-goal defeat to in the European Challenge

spirits rose as we turned on our favourite songs out on the corridor and got into our match kit.   GB

We could have easily qualified as the worst Great Britain team to ever sing "God Save The Queen", but

Our team captain Lynn McCafferty yelled out "TEAM" and we replied "GB!’" and were ready to go.

Winning the second leg will be the greatest victory a British handball team has ever had and will bring

  This was a team who 18 months ago we had suffered a 13-goal defeat to in the European Challenge

  GB piled on to the bus with Finland and we continued to sing and play those songs although this

We could have easily qualified as the worst Great Britain team to ever sing "God Save The Queen&

Our team captain Lynn McCafferty yelled out "TEAM" and we replied "GB!

rsquo;s not going to easy as the Finns are not best pleased about being beaten on home soil against a team

Winning the second leg will be the greatest victory a British handball team has ever had and will bring

- New world champion Jack Bobridge (pictured) today vowed to help Australia knock Britain's cycling team

.   Bobridge said: "The GB team has upset the track hierarchy for the past couple of years but

best trackies in the world."   Bobridge recently signed a two-year deal with professional road team

track ambitions with Australia was paramount to his decision.   The 20-year-old was part of the team

that helped Australia to the bronze medal race-off in the team pursuit at last year's Olympic Games

  His next assignment, however, will be trying to help Australia's under-23 men's road race team

September 23 - A brilliant display from goalkeeper Sarah Hargreaves (pictured) helped Britain beat Finland 17-14 in the first leg of their European Handball Championship clash in Helsinki today.

Heglund and Sophia Cannon, who both scored three each, while the other goals were spread across the team

much they have developed since these two teams last met in Cyprus in March 2008, when Finland beat GB

September 21 - The Olympic rings were swapped for an engagement ring this weekend as a marriage proposal to British hockey player Rachel Walker (pictured) by the site of the Olympic Stadium became the highlight of Open House weekend on the London 2012 Olympic Park.

The 30-year-old Walker, who competed in the Beijing Games for the British women's hockey team and

Olympic Park at first hand and I look forward to coming back here as a married man in 2012 to cheer Team

GB and possibly Rachel on to gold.”

September 21 - The Olympic rings were swapped for an engagement ring this weekend as a marriage proposal to British hockey player Rachel Walker (pictured) by the site of the Olympic Stadium became the highlight of Open House weekend on the London 2012 Olympic Park.

The 30-year-old Walker, who competed in the Beijing Games for the British women's hockey team and

Olympic Park at first hand and I look forward to coming back here as a married man in 2012 to cheer Team

GB and possibly Rachel on to gold.”

September 17 - British Judo has today confirmed that 27 countries will compete in the 2009 GB World Cup

.   The 49-strong British Team, who as hosts can enter up to four players per weight category,

Adlington in the +78kg and Faith Pitman in the -63kg who were the gold medal winners from last year’s GB

All the girls that I train with have rowed for GB at some level and talking to them really brought home

abroad say they’re always really jealous of the support from the home crowd as it can really help push a team

of the position I’m in is that, even though I’m fairly new to my sport, initially being brought into GB

It’s not just through GB Rowing that I’ve been lucky enough to learn from elite athletes. I was

It’s almost two years since I successfully applied to UK Sport’s Sporting Giants programme. The scheme was looking for tall sporting amateurs with potential to challenge for major competitions in a selection of sports. I was given one of 20 places in the rowing category and, within a whirlwind three weeks, I had relocated to the South East from Leeds and suddenly found myself focusing ahead to London 2012! 

All the girls that I train with have rowed for GB at some level and talking to them really brought home

they’re always really jealous of the support from the home crowd as it can really help push a team

position I’m in is that, even though I’m fairly new to my sport, initially being brought into GB

It’s not just through GB Rowing that I’ve been lucky enough to learn from elite athletes.

September 7 - Britain's basketball team pushed Slovenia all the way in their opening group game

half, particularly in the fourth quarter, where he was a little out of rhythm from the rest of the team

second and Freeland hit the jumpshot; with three minutes until half time the scoreboard read 34-33 to GB

Brezemc and Golemac added a couple of buckets, which put the team in green nine points ahead and

minutes left to play was too big an ask to pull back.   Mensah-Bonsu took one final basket as GB

"It will be easy for us to get up tomorrow morning and just get ready and keep improving as a team to

September 7 - Britain's basketball team pushed Slovenia all the way in their opening group game

half, particularly in the fourth quarter, where he was a little out of rhythm from the rest of the team

second and Freeland hit the jumpshot; with three minutes until half time the scoreboard read 34-33 to GB

Brezemc and Golemac added a couple of buckets, which put the team in green nine points ahead and

minutes left to play was too big an ask to pull back.   Mensah-Bonsu took one final basket as GB

"It will be easy for us to get up tomorrow morning and just get ready and keep improving as a team to

September 7 - Britain's basketball team pushed Slovenia all the way in their opening group game

half, particularly in the fourth quarter, where he was a little out of rhythm from the rest of the team

second and Freeland hit the jumpshot; with three minutes until half time the scoreboard read 34-33 to GB

Brezemc and Golemac added a couple of buckets, which put the team in green nine points ahead and

minutes left to play was too big an ask to pull back.   Mensah-Bonsu took one final basket as GB

"It will be easy for us to get up tomorrow morning and just get ready and keep improving as a team to

6 - David Beckham (pictured), England's former captain, wants to be involved in Britain's football team

I would certainly love to be involved with the GB football team."

independent status to compete in the World Cup and European Championships if they take part in a united Team

Manchester United to Real Madrid for £25 million in 2003.Stuart Pearce, the coach of the England under-21 team