BRITISH CYCLING is hoping to cash in on its new status as the country's most successful sport by signing up a big-name sponsor to help it prepare for the 2012 Olympics.

The federation is hoping to raise £1m in sponsorship across all its properties, including Team GB; Go-Ride

British Cycling is offering team-naming rights and access to athletes as part of the sponsorship packages

The Team GB cycling team is Britain's best prospect for gold medals at the Beijing and London Olympics

  BRITISH CYCLING is hoping to cash in on its new status as the country's most successful sport by signing up a big-name sponsor to help it prepare for the 2012 Olympics.

The federation is hoping to raise £1m in sponsorship across all its properties, including Team GB; Go-Ride

British Cycling is offering team-naming rights and access to athletes as part of the sponsorship packages

The Team GB cycling team is Britain's best prospect for gold medals at the Beijing and London Olympics

  BRITAIN'S swimmers have come under attack after winning only five medals at the World Championships in Melbourne with Steve Cram (pictured), the chairman of the English Institute of Sport, leading the criticism.

and Korea, not renowned swimming nations with none of the resources we have, finished ahead of the GB

team in the medal table."  

"By embracing all of the medical and scientific support available to them Brailsford and his team have

  IT HAS been reported today that BT are being lined up as the next multi-million pound sponsor of the 2012 Olympics.

BT would be able to use its brand with the 2012 logo and as a backer of Team GB for the next six years

  LLOYDS TSB has won the race to become the exclusive banking partner and first multi-million pound domestic sponsor of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, it was announced today.

effective immediately, giving the Lloyds TSB Group exclusive access and category marketing rights to Team

GB and Paralympic GB for Beijing 2008 and Vancouver 2010, as well as exclusive category marketing rights

  THE MCC has announced that it will be giving a major boost to British archers in the run-up to the London 2012 Olympic Games, when the archery competition will be staged at Lord's.

The key elements of the new partnership include:   * Training camps for the British archery team being

consideration is being given to staging annual international archery events at the Ground - including, perhaps, GB

  EDINBURGH was today awarded the EuroHockey Youth Nations Championships 2007, an event that will feature many players who could compete in the 2012 Olympics.

finished sixth in the competition in 2005, have the benefit of two British junior internationals in the team

Kelburne duo Kenny Bain and Gordon McIntyre were part of the GB squad who won silver at the Australian

  EDINBURGH was today awarded the EuroHockey Youth Nations Championships 2007, an event that will feature many players who could compete in the 2012 Olympics.

finished sixth in the competition in 2005, have the benefit of two British junior internationals in the team

Kelburne duo Kenny Bain and Gordon McIntyre were part of the GB squad who won silver at the Australian

  VISA have chosen the symbolic landmark of 2,012 days to go until the start of the Games in London to announce they are to "substantially increase" their financial support to the British Olympic Association.

"This includes Visa’s sponsorship of the 2007 UK School Games and the support given to Team GB’s young

"For example, Team GB supported by Visa, last week succeeded in securing 13 gold medals and 47 medals

“I would like to thank Visa for supporting Team GB," he said.

Like many others my age, I dream of the opportunity of competing for Team GB at the London 2012 Olympic

  BRITAIN took home four out of a possible six gold medals at the Australian Youth Olympic Festival in Sydney, winning all women’s events and easily claiming top spot on the medal tally.

  Team GB achieved a total of six gold, five silver and a bronze, compared to Australia’s four gold

GB had a comfortable lead.  

Victoria took the lead early and as they approached 1,000m they began to pull away from Team GB and Western

Going in lane three, Team GB pulled ahead of New Zealand after 500m.

Team GB held on and finished in second place behind New South Wales.  

  BRITAIN clinched a hockey gold at the Australian Youth Olympic Festival in Sydney today after a thrilling 4-2 victory over Australia in the women's final, but the men were beaten 7-6 in a penatly shoot-out.

  In unbearable heat, the host team was unable to maintain their undefeated status for the tournament

but with such a young squad that is just fantastic, I’m overwhelmed and just so proud of the whole team

GB had to settle for silver but coach Bobby Cructhley felt his side deserved more.  

"I thought we played really well and were the better team for the vast majority of the game," he said

The tournament was open to Under-21s but GB selected players from 16 upwards with a view to developing

  BRITAIN clinched a hockey gold at the Australian Youth Olympic Festival in Sydney today after a thrilling 4-2 victory over Australia in the women's final, but the men were beaten 7-6 in a penatly shoot-out.

  In unbearable heat, the host team was unable to maintain their undefeated status for the tournament

but with such a young squad that is just fantastic, I’m overwhelmed and just so proud of the whole team

GB had to settle for silver but coach Bobby Cructhley felt his side deserved more.  

"I thought we played really well and were the better team for the vast majority of the game," he said

The tournament was open to Under-21s but GB selected players from 16 upwards with a view to developing

  LED by Peterborough's Louis Smith (pictured), Britain's young gymnasts had an excellent day in the individual apparatus competition at the Australian Youth Olympic Festival in Sydney, winning one gold, two silvers and one bronze.

His team mate Daniel Keatings was not far behind him.

Team Leader Vince Walduck was proud of the team’s performance.

individual all-round competition on Saturday, would have placed them in the gold medal-position in the team

In the diving competition, the 3 metre synchro girls team of Jodie McGroarty and Liz Heald won a second

medal for Team GB in the pool today.  

 JANUARY 20 - AARON COOK (pictured) won Britain's seventh gold medal today at the Australia Youth Olympic Festival in Sydney with victory in the taekwondo.

Stella Whitehead also won a taekwondo medal for Team GB, claiming a bronze in the women's 55-63kg category

  BRITISH rowers had a successful morning at the Australian Youth Olympic Fesitval on the Sydney International Regatta Course at Penrith with seven medals, including a one-two in the men's pair (pictured) and a gold in the women's single scull event.

The men’s pairs race provided the undoubted high spot of the morning as the two Team GB pairs finished

The morning ended on a further positive note as Chris Body and Nick Fearnhead collected Team GB’s fourth

Rowings’ team leader Peter Sheppard was pleased with the morning’s work and is now looking forward to