A NEW scheme to raise money to help British athletes preparations for the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics was announced today.

The partnership- which will be called Team 2012 - will be offered as a unique sport activation scheme

initiative as it is about elite British sport partnering with the private sector to make sure that Team

GB is as well prepared as possible for London 2012 and beyond.  

"Through Team 2012, the BOA and our partners aim to raise as much funding as possible for all Olympic

sports and ensure the success of Team GB.”

 AUGUST 4 - PEOPLE will be feeling more British during the Olympic Games than they usually do, a new survey published today claims.

Kate Fox, the co-director of the SIRC, said: "Despite the mixed fortunes of Team GB over the years the

    MULTI-MEDAL winning table tennis player Neil Robinson (pictured) has today announced his retirement from international competition following a Paralympic career spanning nearly 25 years.

    The Bridgend player won his first Paralympic medal - a team bronze - at Seoul

in 1988 but it was at the Barcelona 1992 Games that he really excelled, winning team gold with James

  "I have recently been added to the ParalympicsGB Table tennis coaching team and am looking

    "It would be great to be part of the London 2012 team and hopefully help others

m delighted to learn that he will be using this vast experience to help develop a new generation of GB

    MULTI-MEDAL winning table tennis player Neil Robinson (pictured) has today announced his retirement from international competition following a Paralympic career spanning nearly 25 years.

    The Bridgend player won his first Paralympic medal - a team bronze - at Seoul

in 1988 but it was at the Barcelona 1992 Games that he really excelled, winning team gold with James

  "I have recently been added to the ParalympicsGB Table tennis coaching team and am looking

    "It would be great to be part of the London 2012 team and hopefully help others

m delighted to learn that he will be using this vast experience to help develop a new generation of GB

  AUGUST 16 - SEBASTIAN COE and Simon Clegg today hailed the achievements of Britain's team as "Super

Saturday" lived up to its billing with the team winning nine medals, including four gold, described

Clegg, the Chef de Mission of Team GB, said: “What a great day.  

“I do believe that the performance of Team GB today means that this is the most successful day of the

“Team GB is in really good spirits at the moment.  

GB to further heights."  

“I don’t think that Team GB could do any more in terms of exciting the nation over and above giving a

  MORE THAN a 100 young athletes have been selected to represent Britain at the Australian Youth Olympic Festival (AYOF) in January, it was announced today.

A total of 106 Team GB athletes attended the 2007 AYOF with 91 returning to the UK with at least one

Mark England, the Chef de Mission of Team GB, said: “As part of the BOA’s desire to discover future Olympic

home nation players to a GB experience previously only limited to senior internationals.  

"The multi sport environment and travel experience is vital for our team development.  

To view the full list of athletes representing Team GB, please click here.

association members of FIFA to canvass international opinion on the desirability of a united British football team

The Scottish FA (SFA) and Scottish Government are opposed to the idea of united British football team

"A Team GB for football will not only establish a damaging precedent against the SFA, but will also undermine

McMillan said: "I'm disappointed to see the Westminster Government is continuing with the idea of a Team

GB football team at the Olympics.  

 AUGUST 4 - IF WELSH swimmer David Davies (pictured) or Scottish tennis player Andy Murray win medals at the Beijing Olympics, as they are tipped to do, then their fans had better not celebrate by waving their country's flags.

"At the Olympic Games we compete as Team GB (Great Britain and Northern Ireland)."

"What with Joe Calzaghe, the rugby team and the Grand Slam and Cardiff City going to Wembley for the

Pentathlon bronze medal today, giving a big boost to her bid to compete at the Beijing 2008 Olympics, as the team

British team-mate Heather Fell came just behind her in fourth place, while the Britain women’s team of

Fell, Mhairi Spence and Georgina Harland also collected the team silver medal, behind Poland.  

Pentathlon GB performance director Jan Bartu said:  “It was fantastic to win an individual bronze and

a team silver.  

She limped across the finish line in great pain to make sure Britain achieved a podium finish in the team

  AUGUST 5 - AT ATHENS in 2004 the estimated 40,000 British spectators who travelled to support Team

GB were one of the stories of the Olympics but there will be a lot less in Beijing, it was revealed

  AUGUST 17 - THE Prime Minister today hailed Britain's Olympic team after it enjoyed arguably the

The team has already won more gold medals than it did at the 2004 Athens Olympics and equalled the 11

Gordon Brown said: "I want to send my congratulations to Team GB on this golden weekend for British sport

"The whole country has been watching and has been thrilled by Team GB.  

Britain's outstanding performance in the Chinese capital to pressurise Brown over funding to help the team

  AUGUST 18 - BOOKMAKERS now make Britain's Olympic team competing in Beijing odds on to win 17 or

William Hill spokesman Graham Sharpe had claimed it would be a "bold punter" who would back the British team

Sharpe said: "We under-estimated the potential of Team GB and punters who steamed in to them to get 11

are on very good terms with themselves, so we have now upped the ante for punters - and for Team GB.

The British team are also now 8/11 favourites with William Hill to win more gold medals than Australia

 AUGUST 5 - SIMON CLEGG, the Chef de Mission of Britain's team, has claimed that Beijing have built the

“We’ve softened it to make it more Team GB friendly, with things like sofas, settees, TVs

, DVD players, throws, anything really to make the team feel slightly more at home.

With more athletes arriving by the day, Clegg is anxious to impress on his team the honour they have

 AUGUST 5 - INTERNATIONAL experts may be tipping Britain to have its best Olympic performance for a century but it appears the country's leading bookmaker is unconvinced.

 William Hill are betting that the British team will fail to achieve the 41-plus medal haul being predicted

the target set by UK Sport, the Government agency responsible for funding 19 of the 20 sports that Team

GB will compete in in Beijing.  

During a visit to the Team GB training camp in Macau today, he said: ''We are looking forward to meeting

"In fact, one of the biggest Olympic bets we have taken so far is £3,000 on the British team to end up

admitted today that if the Scottish Football Association refuses to take part in a united British football team

along with its counterparts in Wales and Northern Ireland, have said they do not want to take part in a Team

GB for London because they fear it will jeopardise their independent status for events like the World

Gleneagles last month he urged the four British associations to select only English players for their joint team

Highlands and Islands SNP MSP David Thompson said: "I think a British football team in London 2012 could

countries have questioned why the UK should have four teams in major tournaments, and having a British team