Images of the team are everywhere, they are Gods in the eyes of most of their compatriots, but the sporting

GB, plans to defend her title in 2012.

New Zealand Olympic team manager Dave Currie believes his charges (with Vili or not) could achieve great

from a population of just four million people and sent 283 athletes – the 16th or 17th largest team

It’s staggering that a team which has largely dominated international rugby for the last 20 years

    By Adrian Hill - 14 May 2009 As I travelled around the beautiful country of New Zealand recently, I was struck by how sport unites its cosmopolitan society. The nation’s remoteness, in a way, is its strength – a “them against us” syndrome combined with the innate warrior instinct derived from the large Maori and Polynesian population.  

Images of the team are everywhere, they are Gods in the eyes of most of their compatriots, but the sporting

GB, plans to defend her title in 2012.

New Zealand Olympic team manager Dave Currie believes his charges (with Vili or not) could achieve great

“We have no targets, our only concern is to make sure the New Zealand Olympic team is competitive.”

It’s staggering that a team which has largely dominated international rugby for the last 20 years has

May 12 - Sports Minister Gerry Sutcliffe has officially opened a new state-of-the-art gymnasium in Sheffield that will be used by Britain's top amateur boxers preparing to compete in the London 2012 Olympics.

"We have congratulated GB Boxing for their success at European and Olympic contests but those congratulations

Association of England (ABAE), was among 150 guests including the Lord Mayor of Sheffield Jane Bird, GB

GB Boxing has opened a facility to match the goal and vision of its coaches and I am confident we can

“We believe we can provide the very best for our boxers and support team.  

"Any success at Olympic level is based on a team approach and this is what we have here.  

"I was saying to him, 'Come on, if I have to persuade all the different team set-ups to come to

It’s crazy to think that when the England team went to the last Commonwealth Games in Melbourne

"This is the multi-sport English team.

When it comes to the Olympics, as we know, it’s Team GB.

Outside, as the darkened-windowed coach bearing the team slides out onto the Marylebone Road en route

May 7 - The English Institute of Sport (EIS) has appointed Paul Davies as national lead of sport science and medicine for world class funded sports competing in the Paralympics, they announced today.

Davies previously spent six years at Paralympics GB, the last four as head of sport science and medicine

with ParalympicsGB, he brings great experience to the role and will be a significant addition to our team

May 7 - UK Sport is to provide £95,000 worth of funding when Manchester hosts the LEN Women’s European Nations Trophy this summer, they announced today.  

“Manchester not only continues to be the National Centre for British Water Polo, with the GB Squad based

“We are delighted to help provide a platform for the British team and also look forward to welcoming

By Adrian Hill in Auckland   May 6 - New Zealand’s Olympic shot put champion Valerie Vili (pictured) has not ruled out switching allegiance and defending her title in the colours of Great Britain at the London 2012 Games.

  Vili, who would qualify for Team GB through her Bristol-born father, exclusively told insidethegames

black New Zealand vest - as defending champion and would certainly be a valuable addition to a British team

April 29 - The British Olympic Association (BOA) has been living through challenging financial times.

“So Clive is a very important asset for the success of Team 2012.”  

“The point about Team 2012 is that it is exclusively aimed at Olympic partners.  

“I suppose it’s true to say that the catalyst for Team 2012 was Medal Hopes.  

The Chef de Mission’s function, he argued, is “a CEO of Team GB”.  

“A lot of what I am doing in the day job is actually acting as CEO of Team GB.”  

April 28 - Britain could be the suprise team at this year's European Basketball Championships, one of

The year-old 31-7ft 1in player from Leicestershire bases his opitimism on the inclusion in Britain's team

He said: "If everyone like me, Rob, Luol, Ben and Pops are fit and turn up for GB this summer it will

"Many people are telling me they believe we could be the surprise team this summer.

April 24 - Britain has named three NBA players in their training squad for this summer along with Tafari Toney (pictured), who has been the star of the British Basketball League (BBL) this season.

"We want guys from our home country's league representing the team because they are players that fans

there and I hope in the future that they will have an even bigger role to develop players, not just for GB

Melbourne Tigers, represented Australia at under-18 and under-20 level but has never played for the senior team

Sullivan believes the squad for this summer has so much quality in it that even his place in the team

April 16 - A solution could still be find in the row over a British football team to compete at London

FIFA for the four Home Associations to come to an agreement on a British Olympic men's and women's team

But the Scottish, Northern Irish and Welsh FAs are still opposed to any team - even one made up of purely

facilitate this as we believe most people in the country want to see a men's and a women's football team

"We really think it would be an absolute travesty if we didn't have a GB football team and we really

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April 16 - A solution could still be find in the row over a British football team to compete at London

FIFA for the four Home Associations to come to an agreement on a British Olympic men's and women's team

But the Scottish, Northern Irish and Welsh FAs are still opposed to any team - even one made up of purely

facilitate this as we believe most people in the country want to see a men's and a women's football team

"We really think it would be an absolute travesty if we didn't have a GB football team and we really

Related Stories: March 2009: EXCLUSIVE: Rogge backs GB

April 14 - Britain's basketball coach Chris Finch has predicted that more players from this country will follow the likes of Luol Deng, Pops Mensah-Bonsu (pictured) and Ben Gordon and make an impact in the NBA.

"It's never easy parachuting into a team but I feel I have done pretty well during my game time," added

"Then I need some rest and time to work on my overall fitness before building again towards the GB summer

squad to compete in the BT Paralympic World Cup in Manchester will include seven members who helped the team

  The team, which will include five development players, will face Paralympic champions, Australia

He said: “2009 is a development year for us, we’ve made five changes to our Paralympic team which is

The British team progressed well through last year’s event winning all their pool matches, but lost by

In Beijing the GB team had the opportunity to turn the result around and beat the US to the bronze medal

Ademola Orogbemi, who will captain the team, is excited about competing internationally again.  

April 6 - London’s ExCel centre has been much in the news recently as the venue for the G20 summit of world leaders.

I think Britain will have a strong team – in spite of having lost so many of its Beijing squad to the

This should ensure plenty of home interest, particularly if the GB medal count is further boosted by

The once all-conquering Cuban team should provide another strong story line.