JUNE 5 - BRITAIN'S team for this year's Paralympics in Beijing rose to more than 100 today when four

Cup in 2007 to book GB’s place at the Paralympics.  

their strong team of four for the Beijing Paralympics.  

of winning a team medal in Beijing.  

the world for the BC1 category and Nigel number three for the BC2 category, there is potential for GB

“We have a great chance to medal with this team in Beijing.”

  STEVE CRAM (pictured), one of the most influential administrators in British sport, admitted today that it will be the smaller sports who have less chance of winning a medal at London 2012 who will bear the brunt of any cut-backs.

of our Olympic sports that bad news could well be coming sooner than expected despite the success of Team

GB in Beijing this summer.  

  UK ATHLETICS' new head coach Charles van Commenee today made his first new appointment when it was announced that Bob Weir (pictured) was returning to Britain to oversee the heavy throws in the build-up to London 2012.

His roles there have included being the head coach for the US team that competed at the 2006 World Junior

"There were just two heavy throwers in Beijing for GB and neither made the final and that has to change

sports, including swimmers Dara Torres, Jenny Thompson and Karen Pickering and the US women's rugby team

    HARLOW shooter James Huckle (pictured) crowned a memorable debut for England by winning his third gold medal today in the men’s 10 metre rifle competition at the Commonwealth Youth Games in Pune, India.  

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.    

 AUGUST 22 - DENISE LEWIS, an ambassador for the British Olympic Association's Ambition 2012 Programme, today warned the rest of the world that the host nation is ready to take them on in London 2012 after the success in Beijing.

“Team GB has competed and performed above and beyond all of our expectations.  

  JUNE 20 - BRITAIN'S archery team for the Beijing Olympics will be led by Alison Williamson

#160; Terry, a 33-year-old from Grantham picked up two bronzes in Barcelona 16 years ago in the team

a year was competing for a place on the international squad, and has been a regular in the British team

Naomi Folkard in the women's.   Three men and three women will compete in the individual and team

GB Chef de Mission Simon Clegg said: "The squad has a great mix of first time Olympians and others with

am sure that they will be looking to build upon their recent successes, both individually and in the team

 JUNE 20 - SOUTHAMPTON'S Stacie Powell and Plymouth's Tonia Couch (pictured) today became the first British divers to realise their Olympic dreams after winning the women's 10 metre synchronised event with a personal best score at the diving trials in Leeds.

Powell and Couch secured their nomination to Team GB with a final score of 324.72, while McCarroll and

 AUGUST 26 - MORE THAN 15,000 cheering, flag-waving fans welcomed double Olympic gold medallist Rebecca Adlington home to Mansfield tonight.

Earlier in the year the town's football team were relegated out of the Football League after 77 years

so many emotions when I realised I was the first one over the line and mine was the first gold for Team

GB.  

Thomas, a member of the pursuit team that also struck gold, described Cooke’s win as a really &

 JUNE 21 - BRITAIN'S athletes were poised to pull off an unexpected victory at the European Cup in Annecy after ending the first day of the eight-nation competition in the lead.

The competition is said to engender team spirit for the both Norwich Union GB men and women's sides and

The 21-year-old Croydon runner said: "I wanted to win to bring eight poinst for the team.  

The 4x100m relay team of Christian Malcolm, Edgar, Marlon Devonish and Rikki Fifton also produced maximum

But they were eventually elevated to winners when Germany after one of its team stepped out of his lane

 AUGUST 27 - THOUSANDS of Scots lined the streets of the Royal Mail in Edinburgh to welcome home triple gold medal winning cyclist Chris Hoy (pictured) today.

He said: "Scotland made an outstanding and critical contribution to the success of Team GB."  

Scottish athletes were represented in 12 out of 20 sports in which the British team participated.  

First Minister Alex Salmond had earlier this week called for Scotland to have its own separate team at

 AUGUST 27 - BRITAIN'S Olympic gold medallists, like sailor Ben Ainslie (pictured) are all to receive a free high-definition television from Panasonic.

That is because in some events, such as the team pursuit in cycling, the gold medal was one by more than

Keith Evans, the managing director of Panasonic UK, said: “Team GB has done a fantastic job winning

"To recognise their tremendous achievement and contribution to Great Britain being a winning team, Panasonic

all the hard work and fantastic achievement that the athletes have put in to secure gold medals for Team

GB.  

 JULY 12 - DWAIN CHAMBERS (pictured) ran the fastest 100 metres time by a Briton for nine years today at the Aviva Olympic Trials in Birmingham to keep alive his hopes of competing in Beijing next month.

His legal team will argue the BOA ruling, introduced in 1992,  is unenforceable and a restraint of trade

BOA however is sticking firmly to its belief that drug cheats should never be allowed to appear in a Team

GB vest and will strongly oppose Chambers challenge to their ruling - and he is well aware a few more

 JULY 14 - BRITAIN today named a team of 48 athletes for the Olympics in Beijing next month and still

Uniquely the team announced today contained only one male 100 metres runner.  

Williamson, a 22-year-old from Highgate, said: "It means the world to me to be selected for Team GB and

She said: "I'm happy to be officially named in Team GB for Beijing, more importantly it will be my second

GB at these Olympic Games.  

"We have selected a strong team of athletes capable of achieving something truly significant at these

 JULY 14 - BRITAIN today named a team of 48 athletes for the Olympics in Beijing next month and still

Uniquely the team announced today contained only one male 100 metres runner.  

Williamson, a 22-year-old from Highgate, said: "It means the world to me to be selected for Team GB and

She said: "I'm happy to be officially named in Team GB for Beijing, more importantly it will be my second

GB at these Olympic Games.  

"We have selected a strong team of athletes capable of achieving something truly significant at these

 JULY 21 - BRITAIN today became the first country to register its list of competitors to take part in the Beijing Olympics, which open in 17 days.

 A group of officials led by Simon Clegg, the Team GB Chef de Mission, and including Sir Clive Woodward

Association's (BOA) elite performance director, spent nine hours formally entering and finalising the team

A team of 313 athletes and 236 officials were registered with Beijing 2008, meaning that Team GB will

Team GB staff are now busy preparing the residential area of the Olympic Village for the arrival of the