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Exclusive: Four Ukrainian athletes forced to quarantine in Torun after positive COVID-19 tests

  • Athletics

Positive COVID-19 tests have obliged four Ukrainian women athletes to remain in quarantine in Torun following the European Athletics Indoor Championships which finished on Sunday (March 7). 

Two staff members of the French team have also had to quarantine in Poland following positive COVID-19

has had to stay as she was the room-mate of one of the athletes who tested positive.The women’s relay team

isolation in line with Government guidance.British Athletics said in a statement: "A member of the GB

COVID-19 test among their party.An Athletics Ireland release said: "A member of the Irish athletics team

As a result all team members have been personally contacted and close contacts of the positive case in


World Taekwondo President hopes Gender Equity and Women Leadership Forum will leave positive legacy

  • Taekwondo

World Taekwondo President Chungwon Choue has expressed his hope that the Gender Equity and Women Leadership Forum will create a meaningful legacy for women in the sport.

psychology in sport and saw contributions from IOC senior sports intelligence manager Niccolo Campriani, Team

GB sports psychologist Sarah Broadhead and Dana Touran, a member of the World Taekwondo Development


Elliott appointed BOA chief medical officer ahead of Tokyo 2020

  • Tokyo 2020

Dr Niall Elliott has been appointed as the chief medical officer for the British Olympic Association (BOA) ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

as the chief medical officer for the BOA at Sochi 2014 and Rio 2016, while he held the same role for Team

The collaboration between the BOA and the home country institutes of sport ensures that Team GB athletes

We are proud to play our part in the team behind the team."


Committee chairs including six-time world champion Kom and ex-referee Roberts appointed by AIBA

  • Boxing

Olympic medallist Mary Kom and heralded coach Billy Walsh are among the chairs and and vice-chairs appointed to lead the seven International Boxing Association (AIBA) Committees.

be especially important.Mark Roberts, once a three-star AIBA referee and judge who has held roles at GB

psychology at Helwan University and Egyptian Boxing Federation Board member - vice-chair.Monaco's Olympic team


Renowned trainers Green and Brown to spearhead USA Taekwondo University

  • Member National Association and Continental Unions News

Renowned trainers Paul Green and Gareth Brown will bring coaching into athletes' homes through the launch of USA Taekwondo University.

easy to follow" examples will be demonstrated by academy athletes under the instruction of national team

and Brown joined USA Taekwondo in 2017.The British pair were both previously part of the successful GB


Alan Hubbard: Downsize the Tokyo Games - half an Olympics would be better than none at all

  • Inside the Blogs

It is surely the most agonising Question of Sport ever. Will Tokyo 2020, rescheduled for this summer, go ahead as planned? Or perhaps more pertinently should the Olympic and Paralympic Games now be abandoned as yet another victim of COVID-19?

His comments echo those of Team GB Chef de Mission Mark England, who says confidence in the Games going

distancing is inbuilt) and keeping a bit of fun and frivolity with beach volleyball.Out would go all team



Paralympic champions Newson and Jawad in British team for home Powerlifting World Cup

  • Powerlifting News

Paralympic medallists Ali Jawad and Zoe Newson are among a 13-athlete British squad named for the World Para Powerlifting World Cup in Manchester later this year.

five scheduled before the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics.British Weight Lifting has named 13 athletes in its team

with Liam McGarry taking part in the men's over-107kg.Newson, at under-41kg, headlines the women's team

ImagesBritish Weight Lifting performance director Tom Whittaker described the selection as "an exciting team

disappointing that we won’t be able to compete in front of a home crowd this year, we know our loyal GB


Olympic champion Peaty among quartet of British swimmers selected for Tokyo 2020

  • Swimming

Olympic champion Adam Peaty is one of the first four swimmers to be selected to represent Britain at the rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

its selection policy due to the COVID-19 pandemic and is set to add further names to its Tokyo 2020 team

following the British Championships, scheduled to take place in April.A full team announcement is expected

GB for the Tokyo Olympics and would like to congratulate them on this outstanding achievement," said

pic.twitter.com/bYobwgCuHM— Team GB (@TeamGB) January 20, 2021Wilby is set to make his first Olympic

World Championships in 2019, including securing gold as part of Britain’s men’s 4x100m medley relay team


Kazan 2022 Special Olympics World Winter Games organisers celebrate one-year countdown

  • Paralympics

With the 2022 Special Olympics World Winter Games now only one year away, organisers in Kazan and Special Olympics executives have expressed their support for the upcoming competition.

Here’s a message from our Head of Delegation Alex Williams to our @SOGreatBritain World Winter Games team

SOKAZAN2022 #TeamSOGB #ChooseToInclude @SpecOlympicsEU pic.twitter.com/yomhiXxefr— Special Olympics GB


FA to "consider next steps" for Team GB in March after Neville leaves Lionesses

  • Football

The Football Association (FA) is to "consider next steps" for the British Olympic women's football team

Major League Soccer side Inter Miami, which is part-owned by his former Manchester United and England team

mate David Beckham.The 43-year-old was reportedly "eager" to manage Britain’s women’s team at this year's

The FA's director of women's football, Baroness Sue Campbell, said an appointment would be made for Team

GB after February.Former Norway midfielder Hege Riise is due to take charge of England's training camp

GB in consultation with the home nations and the British Olympic Association."


Neville expected to lose Team GB post for role at MLS side Inter Miami

  • Football

would leave the Football Association seeking a replacement manager for the British women's football team

take over in September.Neville was reportedly still described as "eager" to manage Britain’s women’s team

confirmed as the manager of Inter Miami, which is part-owned by his former Manchester United and England team-mate

Neville's reported managerial role at Inter Miami is expected to see him lose the chance to manage Team

GB at Tokyo 2020 ©Getty Images"We did make a decision that Phil [Neville] would lead Team GB in November

If Phil remains, he will be Team GB coach."


Nour continuing promising taekwondo career by joining British programme

  • Taekwondo

British Taekwondo star Mohammed Nour is continuing his progression in the sport, having now joined GB

But once I got into taekwondo my team-mates helped me and now I am a confident person."

Mohammed Nour won senior gold at the Polish Open in 2019, at the age of 17 ©GB TaekwondoHaving just turned

Mohammed Nour has accepted an offer to join the full-time World Class Performance Programme," said GB


Mark England: Tokyo 2020 gives Britain the chance to write another chapter in rich Olympic history

  • Inside the Blogs

When you postpone an Olympic Games for the first time in peacetime it's hardly surprising that there is a whole host of unintended consequences that start to jump out at you. Fortunately, they are not all bad ones.

Anita Lonsborough among them.The 2020 Games was to signal the first time we had been back to Tokyo as a team

vintage will remain an inspiration for all of us to draw upon.Dame Mary Peters was part of the British team

next.In July 2021 over 370 British and Northern Irish athletes will make the return journey to Tokyo for Team

GB - the modern iteration of the British team - and in doing so they will create their own history and

while it was also heartening to hear so many stories of athletes playing their part in a different team


GB Para-badminton head coach describes difficulty of maintaining motivation during pandemic

  • Badminton News

GB Para-badminton head coach Richard Morris described the difficulties of helping players maintain motivation

coaches, the support staff, the families and everyone else involved in the journey of sending this team

prepare for this year's Paralympics in Tokyo ©IPC"We have pulled together as much as possible as a team

The British Para-badminton team are set to continue preparing for Tokyo 2020 this year.