ATHLETICS, whose only gold medallist at the Beijing Olympics was Christine Ohuruogu (pictured), has had its funding cut by UK Sport for the 2012 Olympics.

helped Britain to their best Olympics outside London, winning a record 47 medals, including 19 gold, as Team

GB finished fourth overall.  

  UP to 10 sports, including handball, face having their backing cut for London 2012 this week because of a £79 million shortfall in the amount of money UK Sport were promised by the Government but it is not as bad as some people claim, reports DAVID OWEN

Olympics spokesman for the Tories, recently described the situation as “a cruel betrayal of our Olympic team

the men’s and women’s competitions in 2012 even though there was no such thing as a British handball team

for Britain that might come from the 2012 Olympics than the creation, at long last, of competitive GB

NOVEMBER 10 - BRITISH CYCLING'S head coach Shane Sutton (pictured) has been named coach of the year at the UK Coaching Awards.

opportunity for coaches to pat themselves on the back following a phenomenal year, not least for the success Team

GB enjoyed in Beijing, but also for those that have helped moved things forward in school and community

  OCTOBER 28 - BADMINTON ENGLAND have begun advertising for the post of  a £75,000 per year performance director to help the sport prepare for the World Championships in London in 2011 and the following year's Olympics.

Christy wants to target next February's European Team Championships in Liverpool and in April 2010 the

said: "The successful applicant will be responsible for two World Class programmes – England’s and Team

GB.  

  OCTOBER 28 - BADMINTON ENGLAND have begun advertising for the post of  a £75,000 per year performance director to help the sport prepare for the World Championships in London in 2011 and the following year's Olympics.

Christy wants to target next February's European Team Championships in Liverpool and in April 2010 the

said: "The successful applicant will be responsible for two World Class programmes – England’s and Team

GB.  

  OCTOBER 27 - CITIES and regions in Britain were today warned by Culture Secretary Andy Burnham (pictured) that they would face stiff opposition from European rivals to host pre-Olympic training camps in the build-up to London 2012.

current role in the Cabinet, Burnham flew at his own expense to Kyiv to try to persuade the Ukrainian team

There are lots of countries coming but some may choose to go to France as their training camp, just as Team

GB used Macau before the Beijing Olympics.  

  OCTOBER 27 - THE Irish Sailing Association (ISA) is to embark on a multi-million pound fund raising campaign to train and support its Olympic hopefuls compete at the 2012 Games.

He said: “Team GB, one of the world’s greatest performing sailing teams, has invested in their elite

By Duncan Mackay  October 20 - Cadbury was today announced as the latest sponsor to sign up for the 2012 London Olympics, as insidethegames first reported last month that they would be, taking the total sponsorship secured so far to £430 million.

London 2012 chief executive said:  “Following the success of Team GB and ParalympicsGB this summer, we

  OCTOBER 16 - HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of Londoners have turned out for the victory parade through the capital of the British teams that performed so spectacularly at the Olympics and Paralympics in Beijing.

Team GB won 19 golds at the Beijing Olympics to finish fourth in the medal table with a haul of 47 medals

Beijing, said: "This is a fantastic and historic day bringing together the most successful Olympic team

"The success of the team and the reaction of the British public this summer will be multiplied many times

"There is so much support for the team and we did really well.  

Huckle said: “Luckily the GB pathway scheme I’m on leading up to 2012 involves the juniors and the seniors

England support me as much as GB so hopefully I can pick up some medals in the Commonwealth Games in

There was further success for the England's swimming team, with Streatham student Louisa Farrer-Fisher

"The Commonwealth Games feel so much more special than when we're competing for GB and it's far more

of a team thing.  

  SEPTEMBER 26 - THE Olympic and Paralympic flags have been raised outside City Hall today in a public event to formally mark London becoming host city for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

"Team GB and Paralympics GB have done us proud in Beijing, adding to the immense excitement as we continue

a new generation of youngsters will be inspired to get on their bikes by the success of the British team

Sky, the Edinburgh rider is convinced that his sport can reach new heights after Beijing, where the team

He said: "To the whole GB team, to have a big backer who is going to promote the sport and who is going

a new generation of youngsters will be inspired to get on their bikes by the success of the British team

Sky, the Edinburgh rider is convinced that his sport can reach new heights after Beijing, where the team

He said: "To the whole GB team, to have a big backer who is going to promote the sport and who is going

  SEPTEMBER 25 - BRITAIN'S basketball coach Chris Finch (pictured) today praised the way the governing bodies have thrown their support behind the sport in the build-up to London 2012.

"I've been in British sport now for a while, GB had a great Olympics.   "Why?  

Basketball is unique among the team sports that will be involved in the 2012 Olympics in insisting that

  SEPTEMBER 21 - THE buzz following the performances of Britain's teams at the Olympics and Paralympics was today credited for the record numbers who visited London's Olympic Park as it opened to the public for the second year running.

"This weekend thousands of people saw first hand that while Team GB and ParalympicGB were shining in