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Britain name team for ice hockey event cancelled due to coronavirus

  • Ice Hockey

Britain has publicly revealed the 22 players who would have represented the country at the World Championship Division II Group A tournament in Jaca in Spain, despite the event being cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic.

of the worst affected areas from the coronavirus outbreak ©Getty ImagesSmith added: "Putting on that GB


British Red Cross named as Team GB charity partner ahead of Tokyo 2020

  • Tokyo 2020

The British Red Cross has been named as Team GB's official charity partner ahead of this summer's Olympic

recovery from Japan, and this in turn has inspired the partnership between the British Red Cross and Team

GB athletes Katarina Johnson-Thompson, Andrew Pozzi and Adam Gemili recently visited to view the work

of the Red Cross.Speaking about the visit, current heptathlon world champion and Team GB athlete Johnson-Thompson

The announcement of the partnership also comes ahead of a planned visit by representatives of Team GB

 Since 2017 Team GB has supported Motomiya City, including by developing a school exchange programme


Alan Hubbard: How Olympian have-a-go Joe plans to defuse Dynamite Dan in all-British blockbuster

  • Inside the Blogs

I am among the many who believe that 22-year-old Daniel Dubois is the best young prospect in boxing today and that the sledgehammer slugger from Greenwich is the man who eventually will take over from Tyson Fury or Anthony Joshua and keep the Union Jack flying high over the world heavyweight boxing championship.

drugs tests.Have-a-go Joe has sparred regularly with Dubois – and Joshua - in their amateur days on the Team

GB squad and reckons he is capable of beating them both.


Starling announced as official "Bank of Team GB" for Tokyo 2020

  • EOC

Digital bank Starling, which is based in Britain, has been announced as the official banking partner of Team

GB for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

As part of its involvement with the British team, the London-based bank, which focuses on current and

their next financial goal.Commercial partnerships, such as the new arrangement with Starling Bank, help Team

GB fund its objective of taking athletes to the summer and winter editions of the Olympic Games.

GB for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games ©Starling BankThis year's Olympic Games are scheduled to take place

 “My own experience with Team GB taught me just how important the support of sponsors is when you


Britain announce Elliot Hanson as their final sailor for Tokyo 2020

  • Sailing

Elliot Hanson has been announced as the final sailor in Britain's Olympic sailing team for the Tokyo

Tom Squires and Nacra 17 pair Gimson and Burnet also making their first appearances for Britain.Team GB

GB, and I’m sure it hasn’t quite sunk in yet,” said Hanson.

“I always felt proud to represent the British Sailing Team in its own right, but the Olympics with Team

GB is a whole new level.

“Elliot completes a strong sailing line-up for the Tokyo 2020 team," said Team GB Chef de Mission Mark


Great Britain women's rugby sevens squad announced for Tokyo 2020

  • Rugby Sevens

The head coach of Great Britain’s women’s rugby sevens team, Scott Forrest, has announced an extended

Helen Nelson, Chloe Rollie, Hannah Smith and Lisa Thomson, who are part of their country's 15-a-side team

Hannah Jones and Jasmine Joyce – complete the line-up.Joyce was the only non-English player in the final team

I obviously know the Scotland Sevens team very well and I have had some good conversations with Ollie

is really important to create the right culture and the understanding of what it means to be part of Team

GB."


British Rowing launches campaign to find Para-rowing talent

  • Rowing News

British Rowing has launched a campaign to help find new athletes to join its Para-rowing talent development programme.

national governing body is asking for the rowing community’s assistance to share the campaign, entitled "GB

Para-Rowing - Not For Everyone" and keep the success of the Para-rowing team going.The British Para-rowing

team have won 50 per cent of all gold medals awarded in the Paralympic Games since its introduction

We are asking your help to spread the word about the team and help us find the next athletes."

there may even be a rower in your club already who might not realise they are eligible to join the team


Team GB announce performance services team for Tokyo 2020

  • Tokyo 2020

Team GB announced their 44-person performance services team for the upcoming Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games

The team, including doctors, physiotherapists, a psychologist, performance scientists, performance analysts

, nutritionists and a chef,  will be spread across the Olympic Village, as well as Team GB’s preparation

Yokohama International Pool and Todoroki Stadium in Kawasaki will host the preparation camp, while Team

©Team GB"We have created the best and most detailed pre-Games training environment that will rival any

GB’s chief physiotherapist.Team GB achieved 27 gold medals, 23 silver and 17 bronze at Rio 2016, but


Scottish Squash confirms non-executive director Board appointments

  • Non-Olympic Sports

Scottish Squash has announced the appointment of Graeme Jones and Marc Hope as non-executive directors to the Board, with Jones responsible for performance and Hope having a finance and commercial brief.

leading teams in science, medicine and analysis.He constructed and led the high-performance support team

and environment that aided the Scotland women’s national team gaining qualification for the 2019 FIFA

World Cup and the men’s national team winning their UEFA Nations League group in November 2018.Jones

and brands.Hope brought in a multi-million-pound deal with dairy products producer Müller, first as a Team

GB sponsor going into the Rio 2016 Olympics then as British Athletics' lead sponsor.He also played a


Müller and British Athletics renew delicious sponsorship partnership ahead of Tokyo 2020

  • Athletics

British Athletics have renewed their partnership with dairy company Müller ahead of the Tokyo Olympics, extending their agreement through to 2022.

both fans and athletes.”Sprinter Dina Asher-Smith will be one of the favourites to medal in Tokyo for Team

GB in athletics ©Getty ImagesThe British team currently hold 56 qualification standards in athletics


England to host Badminton European Mixed Team Championships in 2021

  • Badminton

England has been announced as the hosts of the European Mixed Team Badminton Championships for 2021 as

Breaking News: England to host European Mixed Team Championships.

ages can be assured of a warm welcome, and an amazing visit, to the home of English badminton, the GB


Coxsey becomes first British sport climber to make it to Tokyo 2020

  • Sport Climbing

Shauna Coxsey has become the first British sport climber to be announced for the country's team ahead

bronze medals at the 2019 Climbing World Championships.Coxsey said: “I am really excited to be part of Team

GB and to have the privilege of joining so many incredible athletes to represent our country and sport

disciplines, deciding the overall standings.Coxsey is the 20th athlete to officially be selected for Team

GB for Tokyo 2020, joining 14 sailors and five canoeists.Team GB Chef de Mission for Tokyo 2020 Mark

“It’s not only exciting for Team GB to be welcoming a new Olympic sport on the journey to Tokyo 2020


Hosts earn winning starts in IIHF Olympic Pre-Qualification Round 3 matches

  • Ice Hockey

There was opening night success for the host nations in all three of the International Ice Hockey Federation’s Olympic Pre-Qualification Round 3 groups tonight as Slovenia, Kazakhstan and Britain all won.

Podmežakla Hall in Jesenice.In the earlier Group G match, Japan beat Round 2 qualifiers Croatia 9-0.Team

GB defeated a plucky Romanian squad 4-3 to earn a vital opening day win in Group J of the Olympic Pre-Qualification

2 qualifiers, Romania, in Group J.Hungary had earlier beaten Estonia 4-1 at the same venue.The top team


GB Boxing announce 13 boxers to compete at Boxing Road to Tokyo in London

  • Boxing

GB Boxing have announced the 13-strong team set to compete in the Olympic qualifying event for Tokyo

men and five women have been selected for the squad, all hoping to seal their place on the Olympic team

 "We have a strong team and I am hopeful that we can do really well and see a lot of our men and

qualifiers in London next month ©Getty ImagesGB Boxing’s performance director, Rob McCracken said, "The team


Alan Hubbard: Boris' Brexit means Brexit - and it will change the face of British sport

  • Inside the Blogs

The morning after Boris Johnson had, to use his own parlance, got Brexit done, I had a plaintive telephone call from a young football-loving relative. “Does this mean that that England will have to pull out of Euro 2020?” he asked. “And what happens about the European Championships?”

players from EU countries.Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta is Spanish but never played for the national team

 There is also an EU Championship for amateur boxers, from which Team GB eventually would have to