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BOA launches celebration of 125 years of British Olympic participation

  • EOC

A campaign video entitled "History Is What Makes Us" has been released to launch the British Olympic Association's (BOA) celebrations of the 125th anniversary of British athletes first competing at the Olympics.

 Since Athens 1896, a British team has attended every Games, including Moscow 1980 which was boycotted

 This places Team GB fourth on the all-time Olympic medals table.


Hamilton knighted as Burrow earns MBE in Queen’s New Year Honours

  • Non-Olympic Sports

Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton has been awarded a knighthood in the Queen’s New Year Honours List, while former rugby league player Rob Burrow, who is battling motor neurone disease, was among the recipients of the Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) distinction.

the Bob Champion Cancer Trust.Gillian Coultard, the former captain of the England women’s football team

OBE .Former tennis player Anne Keothavong Bretherton, the captain of Britain’s Billie Jean King Cup team

Special Olympics GB was also celebrating after its former chair Murton Mann was awarded an MBE for services

outstanding and much deserved recognition," said Michelle Carney, chief executive of Special Olympics GB


British Rowing confirms new coaching line-up and structure ahead of Tokyo 2020

  • Rowing

Olympic champion Steve Trapmore has been named in a new-look coaching team that will aim to steer Britain

of Imperial College Boat Club and chief coach of Cambridge University Boat Club before joining the GB

Reedy has been part of the GB Rowing Team since 2009 and helped Katherine Copeland and Sophie Hosking

Rowing team to take up a role with the German rowing team."

Williams, who coached Glover and Stanning to two Olympic gold medals in London and Rio, re-joins the GB

I would like to thank him for his significant contribution to the success of the GB Rowing Team since


GB Boxing lands glowing praise from UK Sport chief for management of Olympic programme

  • Boxing

UK Sport chief executive Sally Munday has heaped praised on GB Boxing for maintaining a "world-class"

and support to boxers during 11 weeks of lockdown.Her comments were made in the recently-published GB

in doubt.The final section of the review sees performance director Rob McCracken reflect on how his team

postponed by 12 months.Rob McCracken believes the postponement of Tokyo 2020 is a "big positive" for his team

boxers continue to work hard we can help them to achieve their dreams and deliver more success for Team

GB at Tokyo 2021."


Special Olympics GB announces team for 2022 Special Olympics World Winter Games

  • Paralympics

Special Olympics GB has announced a 27-member team for the Special Olympics World Winter Games in Kazan

due to compete in the female intermediates event, with Kathryn Martin selected as a reserve.The men’s team

Jonathan Higgins, Jennifer Gibson, Courtney Montgomery, Callum Mills and Jennifer Lee complete the team

compete at the Special Olympics Winter Games in Kazan in 2022,” said Michelle Carney, Special Olympics GB

head of delegation for the Special Olympics World Winter Games, congratulated athletes named in the team

“Following a difficult selection process we are thrilled to be able to announce our team to represent



ParalympicsGB athletes can sleep easy at Tokyo 2020 after Dreams partnership

  • Paralympics

ParalympicsGB chief executive Mike Sharrock says "quality sleep" is "fundamental" to athletes' preparations for Tokyo 2020 after securing a partnership with bed retailer Dreams.

The British-based company has been named as a Paralympics GB partner ahead of next year’s rescheduled

claims to make 10,000 mattresses, bases and headboards per week, is also the official sleep partner for Team

GB."

This builds on our existing Team GB partnership where we are the official sleep partners.

ParalympicsGB captured the imagination of the British public at London 2012, winning 120 medals.The team


Alan Hubbard: Why the thoroughly "modern" pentathlon needs to become a 90-minute wonder

  • Inside the Blogs

To some the modern pentathlon may sound as if it has been plucked from Strictly Come Dancing, rather like the American smooth or the Boston two-step. 

is British support for such revamping as modern pentathlon has brought a multitude of successes to Team

GB and individual athletes in both male and female Olympic, world and European competitions over the

Martin Dawe, a former competitor and team manager, is now vice-chair of Pentathlon GB and an Executive

Recently, Dawe and former GB competitor and team manager Dominic Mahoney visited Fox at his care home


Gallagher appointed insurance broker for Special Olympics GB

  • Summer Paralympics

management and consulting firm Gallagher has been appointed as the insurance broker for Special Olympics GB

Special Olympics GB offers participants more than just an opportunity to take part in sport – it transforms

operating in the charity sector, we are proud to be building on our relationship with Special Olympics GB

clubs and small community-based groups to some of the largest and well-known charities.Special Olympics GB

Special Olympics GB is the largest provider of year-round, sports coaching and athletic competitions

providing approximately 27,000 hour-long sporting sessions per year.The activities are delivered by a team


UK Sport announces programme to double representation of female coaches by Paris 2024

  • Paris 2024

UK Sport has announced a new leadership programme to double the representation of female coaches in the Olympic and Paralympic high-performance community by Paris 2024.

UK Sport’s long-term plan is to ensure that by Paris 2024, the number of female coaches available to Team

GB and ParalympicsGB has more than doubled to 25 per cent.


Team-mates lead tributes to late mountain runner Smith

  • Athletics

Tributes have been paid to British mountain runner Chris Smith, who died after going missing on a training run in Scotland.

finish at the European Championships in 2013 and 10th at the World Championships in 2015 - winning team

out there today. https://t.co/C6DZ4T9996— Andrew Douglas (@andoug_run) October 29, 2020One of Smith's team

Chris was a role model for everyone to look up to on the GB mountain running team," Douglas said."

https://t.co/MbZOsfkxKI— Marc Scott (@_MarcScott) October 29, 2020Sarah Rowell, team leader for many

for everyone and was always ready to help and give advice to those trying to take his place on the team


Esom appointed as new chair of British Wrestling

  • Wrestling

The British Wrestling Association (BWA) has appointed experienced administrator Steven Esom as its new chair, following the departure of Jem Lawson.

five-year tenure in May after announcing his resignation in March.Previously, Esom has been the chair of GB

Wrestling, helping to guide the strategy along with Craig [Anthony, British Wrestling chief executive], his team


British Rowing hits back at Morris’ "eating disorder factory" claims

  • Rowing News

British Rowing has hit back at Paralympic champion Rachel Morris’ claims the sport had become a "eating disorder factory" due to the amount of athletes trying to meet weight categories for races.

diet and nutrition, fluid loss is a common pre-race strategy managed by our sport science and medicine team

Within the GB Rowing Team (GBRT) we take all aspects of athlete health and welfare very seriously."

As a team, we encourage our athletes to have a positive relationship with food.

Morris also alleged she was called a "nutter" and the "weakest link in the team" when she approached

members of staff from GB Paralympic Rowing - which British Rowing strongly denies."


Chapple to lead England's boxers at home Commonwealth Games in Birmingham

  • Boxing

Darren Chapple has been appointed as England's boxing team leader for the country's home Birmingham 2022

boxing at a Commonwealth Games, beating their previous record set at Melbourne 2006.Out of the 12-strong team

decades as a boxing competitor, coach and official.Other roles include chairing the England Boxing Team

Managers' Panel and being a member of the GB Talent Commission."

As a team leader I will be working directly with the Chef de Mission (Mark England) to ensure that the

overall Team England ethos and values are embedded with the boxing squad," he added.


2021 Rugby League World Cup hires trio of marketing agencies

  • Non-Olympic Sports

Three marketing agencies - McCann Manchester, Hatch and Goodform - have been appointed to promote the 2021 Rugby League World Cup (RLWC 2021) in England.

the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics and has supported supermarket chain Aldi's sponsorship of Team

GB across Rio 2016 , Pyeongchang 2018 and the upcoming Tokyo 2020 Games."