June 8 - The Great Britain Wheelchair Rugby team succeeded in their bid to qualify for the Beijing 2008

The team then beat Sweden with a narrow 21-20 victory to book their place in the final against Germany

title and Britain were determined to win.Despite a closely fought contest with the German side it was GB

“The 12-man squad however proved GB are tough competition and succeeded in maintaining their dominance

  ALL four of Britain’s women, including Olympic bronze medallist Georgina Harland (pictured), today successfully booked places the final Modern Pentathlon European Championships final in Riga on Sunday.

The fact that more than three Britons have made the final means GB can also attempt to defend the European

team title they won in Hungary last year.  

“All four athletes are through to the final and they all had fairly low damage semi-finals,” said GB

“It shows the team and the programme have made a big step forward from where we were a couple of years

Again, both GB athletes did enough in the run to book a berth in Sunday’s final.  

2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games was launched in London this morning by Sebastian Coe and a team

Chairman of the British Olympic Association, Colin Moynihan said: “Standing alongside the Team GB logo

Together, I have no doubt that they will inspire those athletes who are aiming to compete as part of Team

GB at the London 2012 Olympic Games, and capture the imagination of generations of future Olympians.

  NIELS DE VOS (pictured), the new chief executive of UK Athletics, has today admitted that the sport is Britain is already targetting the 2012 Olympics and is not anticipating much success this year.

“This Norwich Union GB & NI team is a young team and the curve of progress is aimed squarely at London

“Outside of our World Championship team, we expect to see our Juniors, who secured five medals at their

  NIELS DE VOS (pictured), the new chief executive of UK Athletics, has today admitted that the sport is Britain is already targetting the 2012 Olympics and is not anticipating much success this year.

“This Norwich Union GB & NI team is a young team and the curve of progress is aimed squarely at London

“Outside of our World Championship team, we expect to see our Juniors, who secured five medals at their

NIELS DE VOS (pictured), the new chief executive of UK Athletics, has today admitted that the sport is Britain is already targetting the 2012 Olympics and is not anticipating much success this year.

  “This Norwich Union GB & NI team is a young team and the curve of progress is aimed

  “Outside of our World Championship team, we expect to see our Juniors, who secured 

  SIR STEVE REDGRAVE and Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson, Britain's greatest Olympic and Paralympic athletes respectively, were today named as mentors to the next generation of elite athletes as part of new sponsorship initiative by Visa.

The sixteen athletes in ‘Team Visa’ include eight "Hopefuls" who are regarded as realistic contenders

for Great Britain’s Beijing 2008 Olympic and Paralympic team, and eight "Apprentices" who have demonstrated

"‘Team Visa’ allows athletes of all ages and backgrounds to come together and share their experiences

"Such programmes can only benefit Team GB as a whole and assist in ensuring our athletes receive the

  THE British Handball Association (BHA) today announced the appointment of two coaches to help the developing sport prepare for the 2012 Olympics.

programme on a part-time basis, while he continues with his new role as head coach of Danish men’s team

mentor for the Norwegian Handball Federation and was a part or the national junior women’s coaching team

"While having Holmeset working full time on the women’s team preparation is bound to help us towards

the technical, tactical, physical and mental preparation of the players, which I am sure, will give GB

  THE British Handball Association (BHA) today announced the appointment of two coaches to help the developing sport prepare for the 2012 Olympics.

programme on a part-time basis, while he continues with his new role as head coach of Danish men’s team

mentor for the Norwegian Handball Federation and was a part or the national junior women’s coaching team

"While having Holmeset working full time on the women’s team preparation is bound to help us towards

the technical, tactical, physical and mental preparation of the players, which I am sure, will give GB

  WORLD triathlon champion Tim Don (pictured) was today cleared to compete at next year’s Beijing Olympics and the 2012 Games in London after overturning his lifetime Olympic ban.

“I am relieved and happy to be reinstated and I can now concentrate 100 percent on gaining Team GB selection

  A SENIOR marketing official from the American brewing giants Anheuser-Busch has visited London to hold talks about Budweiser becoming a sponsor of the 2012 Olympics.

is the world's second biggest brewer, is a partner of the British Olympic Association and will back Team

GB at next year's Beijing Olympics through its Michelob Ultra brand.  

official beer sponsors of the United States Olympic Committee, recently extending its support of the US team

  BRITAIN had its most successful Visa Paralympic World Cup yet in the pool with an impressive haul of seven gold medals, six silvers and five bronzes in Manchester today, led by Sascha Kindred (pictured).

And minutes later team-mates Natalie Jones, Nyree Lewis and Liz Johnson repeated the feat in the women's

"There are a lot of youngsters coming through into the GB squad - half this team are under 21, so at

Cashmore snatched silver from British team-mate Louise Watkin, taking 2/100ths of a second off the British

  BRITAIN'S men’s wheelchair basketball team beat Holland by 37 points to win bronze at the Visa Paralympic

He said: “The game went well for us – we had a 37 point victory over a team that beat us at the World

Terry Bywater, who was also part of the British team to win bronze at the 2004 Paralympic Games, added

In the round-robin stage GB had already beaten Holland 53-45 but suffered narrow defeats to Australia

team.  

Earlier in the tournament the GB side had beaten France 42 - 34 and Spain – who today won silver - by

  BRITAIN'S men’s wheelchair basketball team beat Holland by 37 points to win bronze at the Visa Paralympic

He said: “The game went well for us – we had a 37 point victory over a team that beat us at the World

Terry Bywater, who was also part of the British team to win bronze at the 2004 Paralympic Games, added

In the round-robin stage GB had already beaten Holland 53-45 but suffered narrow defeats to Australia

team.  

Earlier in the tournament the GB side had beaten France 42 - 34 and Spain – who today won silver - by

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