Former Paralympic champion John Cavanagh has retired from archery due to a "steady worsening" of "long-term injuries".

try and compete at the Tokyo Paralympic Games and then finish regardless of whether or not I made the team

John was not only a brilliant athlete at the top of his sport but also a great team member and ambassador

for Archery GB and ParalympicsGB."

Tom Duggan, the Paralympic performance manager for Archery GB, added: "John's knowledge, experience and

Former Welsh sprinter Christian Malcolm has been appointed as the new Olympic programme head coach for UK Athletics (UKA), ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

athletes and coaches to support performances across all disciplines and event groups for the British team

— Jeanette (@JNETTEKWAKYE) September 3, 2020This saw the men's 4x100m relay team win a major gold in

I've worked with some world class coaches throughout my career whilst competing as part of the GB relay

Alongside Sara, Christian will bring a fresh new approach to the performance team as we head towards

Olympic medallists Gus Kenworthy, Billy Morgan and Izzy Atkin are among the athletes named in GB Snowsport

represent Britain in 2019, with success at Beijing 2022 cited as his target.He is joined in the Freeski A team

only individual medal of the Games by winning silver in the women’s Big Air competition.The Freeski B team

Moore, Ethan Smith, Liam Tynan, Lenny Fenning, Hayden Harvey-Smith and Charlie Lane feature in the B team

Jürgen Grobler has stepped down as head coach of the British rowing team after 29 years ahead of the

I have had the most incredible experience with the GB Rowing Team working with fantastic British athletes

decision but British Rowing has big plans for Paris 2024 and we want to organise it now to give the GB

Rowing Team the best chance of success."

Behind every great athlete and every great team is a great coach," Bach said."

respected among his peers and they all know of his knack of putting together the right combinations in team

UK Athletics has appointed Sara Symington its new performance director as part of organisational restructuring ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

performance advisor for UK Sport.She additionally spent six years as performance director for Archery GB

Symington will lead a team of coaches and specialists at UK Athletics, aiming to achieve success at the

passed away suddenly in April of this year.Steve Paulding and Tommy Yule were set to lead the British team

Special Olympics Great Britain (GB) has announced that Vijita Patel and Kiera Byland have been added

another three titles at the Abu Dhabi edition last year.Byland has been part of the Special Olympics GB

We are absolutely delighted to welcome Vijita and Kiera to our Special Olympics GB Board," said Paul

SamanthaWothers) August 19, 2020"Their appointment is a further step in building and strengthening the team

at Special Olympics GB as we continue to transform and grow our movement across Britain."

Kiera is an extraordinary person and a shining example of the life-changing impact Special Olympics GB

The only sporting encouragement I received as a schoolboy practising gymnastics a zillion years ago came from a PE teacher, a grizzly bear of a man named Martindale, a former Army Sergeant Major who used to whack you on the backside with a plimsoll as you attempted to leap the vaulting horse.

Team GB Chef de Mission Mark England says the British Olympic Association is "alarmed" by the allegations

in 2017 says she does not believe enough has been done to support athletes ©Getty ImagesIn the USA a team

It may be different in some team sports of course.

remember how, back at the 1992 Winter Olympic Games in Albertville in France, the British four man bob team

year's re-arranged Olympic Games in Tokyo as part of a new collaboration launched between Hasbro and Team

GB.

character as part of a $3.8 billion (£2.9 billion/€3.2 billion) deal last December, Peppa Pig will join Team

GB as a special children's ambassador.

 "It will support the Team GB athletes and nurture a lifelong love of sports in the younger generation

Peppa Pig will be a special children's ambassador for Team GB and be seen taking part in a number of

Team GB athletes have been working tirelessly for four years, and interest in their achievement and progress

The Rugby Football Union (RFU) has scrapped its men's and women's sevens programme after telling players their contracts will not be renewed.

The decision deals a considerable blow to England's players who hope to be part of the British team at

the COVID-19 pandemic.The RFU has approached UK Sport for funding and is "exploring the option for a Team

GB sevens team", it said in a statement to British newspaper The Telegraph.It has been suggested that

We’re all concerned about the impact on the team that goes to Tokyo next year," Tom Mitchell, who captained

the British team at Rio 2016, told The Guardian."

Northern Ireland has appointed Alison Moffitt-Robinson as its first female Chef de Mission for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.

 Moffitt-Robinson has been an integral part of Team Northern Ireland at six Commonwealth Games and

 For Birmingham 2022 she will have overall responsibility for all aspects of team preparation and

 He brings vast experience to the general team manager (sport) post after 20 years of team management

roles at Team GB and Team Ireland.

Conal Heatley, centre, and Stephen Martin, right, will form Northern Ireland's executive management team

Liverpool City Council has announced that it will be unable to host the rescheduled Special Olympics Great Britain National Summer Games, after it was moved to 2022.

My team have worked extremely hard over the last two months following the postponement of the 2021 event

been unable to find a suitable solution that would do the athletes justice.The 2021 Special Olympics GB

was initially scheduled to take place in Liverpool ©Special Olympics GB"It is with a heavy heart that

Special Olympics GB was set up in 1978 to provide year-round sports coaching and athletic competition

While this is disappointing news, it has always been clear to everyone at Special Olympics GB that the

British wheelchair basketball player George Bates has claimed that he is considering having his leg amputated to continue his international career in the sport after recent classification changes were made by the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF).

ineligible in the sport after a revamp of classification rules after Bates was part of the Britain team

The British Olympic Association’s (BOA) Mark England, who is due to lead Team GB as Chef de Mission in

Is it time for that narrative to change, with Team GB athletes being role models for the British public

But the medal table outcome is irrelevant to us [Team GB]. Our mission is to support athletes."

  represented GB over 800m at the world championships in 2011 and believes that the injuries

GB Boxing performance director Rob McCracken has praised the efforts of staff and boxers to adapt during

and a newer but talented women’s squad.The GB Boxing performance director highlighted the teams progress

GB in Tokyo.”The women have had an equally positive last 12 months.

 ”The team featured two exciting new additions in Charley Davison and Caroline Dubois, who both

this group of men and women is a big positive for the Olympic boxing programme,” McCracken said.”At GB

GB when the Games finally get underway.”

GB Wheelchair Rugby (GBWR) has added four new independent members to the organisation's Board.

our new Board members will have much to contribute to its growth at grassroots and the success of the GB

team in the years ahead."