By Duncan Mackay August 14 - Britain's athletes want to be financially rewarded by the Government for any medals that they win at the London 2012 Olympics, a new report published today has discovered.    

insidethegames: "Investment in elite sport is at record levels and has been major contributory factor in Team

By Duncan Mackay August 14 - Britain's athletes want to be financially rewarded by the Government for any medals that they win at the London 2012 Olympics, a new report published today has discovered.    

insidethegames: "Investment in elite sport is at record levels and has been major contributory factor in Team

I catch up with Andy Hunt on his return from Tampere, Finland.   The chief executive of the British Olympic Association (BOA) is   understandably delighted with the performances of young athletes like gymnast Sam Oldham and sprinter Jennifer Batten at the European Youth Olympic Festival, which spurred Great Britain to a creditable third in the medals table.  

With Team GB’s outstanding performance in Beijing still fresh in the memory and an unusually

”   Hunt (pictured) and his team have been forced into such imaginative revenue-raising

  AUGUST 3 - TOM DALEY (pictured) may be the youngest member of Britain's Olympic team in Beijing but

was recently taken on by Professional Sports Group, a Surrey-based company that represents 17 of the Team

GB athletes in Beijing.  

Bott’s eclectic batch of sports sponsorships, meanwhile, also includes Team KTM, an Austrian moto-cross

team, and Clyde FC, the Scottish football club.  

continuing to accompany him to diving events around the world, then their positive contribution to Team

July 27 - Britain will be without their leading NBA star Luol Deng (pictured) for this summer's European Championships, it was officially confirmed today - something first reported by insidethegames a month ago.    

"Since I started playing for GB the goal was to get to the highest level we can get to and not being

To show his support for the British team, Deng will be at the O2 Arena next month for the four-nation

"As for Luol, he committed to GB even before he was playing for us.  

"The great thing about him is when he is there he's giving 100 per cent for the team.  

July 27 - Britain will be without their leading NBA star Luol Deng (pictured) for this summer's European Championships, it was officially confirmed today - something first reported by insidethegames a month ago.    

"Since I started playing for GB the goal was to get to the highest level we can get to and not being

To show his support for the British team, Deng will be at the O2 Arena next month for the four-nation

"As for Luol, he committed to GB even before he was playing for us.  

"The great thing about him is when he is there he's giving 100 per cent for the team.  

July 25 - Britain's performance at the European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF), which finished in Tampere last night, has been praised by Mark England, the team's Chef de Mission.    

England said: “Team GB has every reason to feel proud of their exceptional achievements at the European

"This is the third EYOF in a row that Team GB has claimed third spot in the medal table and that represents

When you look at these performances, the future of Team GB is bright.

"It has been a fantastic week, both on and off the playing field, and all credit to the team managers

I 'm very proud of the entire team.”  

July 25 - Britain's performance at the European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF), which finished in Tampere last night, has been praised by Mark England, the team's Chef de Mission.    

England said: “Team GB has every reason to feel proud of their exceptional achievements at the European

"This is the third EYOF in a row that Team GB has claimed third spot in the medal table and that represents

When you look at these performances, the future of Team GB is bright.

"It has been a fantastic week, both on and off the playing field, and all credit to the team managers

I 'm very proud of the entire team.”  

July 24 - British swimming has become a force on the international stage thanks to the 2012 Olympics being awarded to London, double Olympic gold medallist Rebecca Adlington (pictured) claimed today.    

has been a driving force behind Britain's success and continued improvement and will help inspire the team

of the day what you gain from an Olympics in your home country and the pride you feel to represent GB

July 24 - Britain added 10 medals on the final of the European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF), which finished in Tampere today, to end the event with 25 medals, including ten gold.    

"Being part of Team GB at the EYOF has been awesome.  

Cameron Mackenzie, his team-mate from Huntingdon, then got in on the gold medal act with a superb routine

July 24 - British swimming has become a force on the international stage thanks to the 2012 Olympics being awarded to London, double Olympic gold medallist Rebecca Adlington (pictured) claimed today.    

has been a driving force behind Britain's success and continued improvement and will help inspire the team

of the day what you gain from an Olympics in your home country and the pride you feel to represent GB

July 24 - Britain added 10 medals on the final of the European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF), which finished in Tampere today, to end the event with 25 medals, including ten gold.    

"Being part of Team GB at the EYOF has been awesome.  

Cameron Mackenzie, his team-mate from Huntingdon, then got in on the gold medal act with a superb routine

July 23 - Britain added a medal of each colour on day three of the European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) in Finland, bringing their overall total to 12, including six gold medals.

Oliver Rossi, who finished the race in 18th position.Papworth said: “The medals are really for the team

Ollie helped us win that gold and silver and we couldn’t have done it without him, it was a fantastic team

“Our race plan was to make sure that every time somebody attacked, we had at least one GB rider stay

“Yesterday’s medal sunk in a little bit last night, but today was a real team effort with Ollie doing

Judo’s team leader and Sydney 2000 Olympian Karen Roberts, who competed in the inaugural EYOF in 1991

July 20 - Kelly Sotherton (pictured), the 2004 Olympic bronze medallist, has ruled herself out of next month’s World Championships in Berlin due to a heel injury and because she wants to concentrate on London 2012.

established herself this summer as a genuine contender for a gold medal.Sotherton said: “I wish the whole team

I know she can go out there and win the gold for the team."

under-23 championships, there are lots of emerging names and I hope they can go on and do well for GB

July 20 - Britain's swimmers got the ball rolling with a hat-trick of medals, led by Welshman Ieuan Lloyd (pictured), in the pool the first day of European Youth Olympic Festival in Finland.

had, by his own admission, performed below par in his morning heat.The women’s 4x100m freestyle relay team

concluded Britain's medal haul on day one with another bronze.The team of Natasha Hofton, Rachel Martin

individual event was delighted with his day’s work.He said: “It feels great to win the first gold medal for Team

GB."