December 19 - Britain's Michael Rock (pictured right) today achieved a rare victory over swimming legend Michael Phelps but the United States won the 'Duel in the Pool' in Manchester.

To have the USA team to come over here is such a big thing.

  It includes USA Hockey chief executive Dave Ogrean, representing the NGB Council, Olympic diving

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December 15 - USA Hockey today announced its squad for the 2010 Paralympic sledge hockey event for

December 15 - USA Hockey today announced its squad for the 2010 Paralympic sledge hockey event for

chief executive of the San Diego Padres, and Chuck Wielgus (pictured), the chief executive of USA

December 6 - USA Track and Field (USATF) has announced a $21 million (£13 million) budget

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November 30 - Some of the country's leading sports stars, led by Sir Steve Redgrave (pictured), have joined a campaign for Britain's basketball team to be given a wildcard entry into next year's World Championships in Turkey.

Championships would provide this platform and I would love to see them compete against the superpowers of USA

 There have been some heartening results in international tournaments, notably against the USA who

By Duncan Mackay   November 19 - British Swimming head coach Dennis Pursley has hit out at the prospect that Rebecca Adlington (pictured) could be denied the opportunity to defend her women's 800 metres freestyle title at London if the event is dropped from the Olympic programme.

  Pursley, the former head coach of USA Swimming for 14 years, is appalled at the prospect of the

By Duncan Mackay   November 19 - British Swimming head coach Dennis Pursley has hit out at the prospect that Rebecca Adlington (pictured) could be denied the opportunity to defend her women's 800 metres freestyle title at London if the event is dropped from the Olympic programme.

  Pursley, the former head coach of USA Swimming for 14 years, is appalled at the prospect of the

By Duncan Mackay   November 19 - British Swimming head coach Dennis Pursley has hit out at the prospect that Rebecca Adlington (pictured) could be denied the opportunity to defend her women's 800 metres freestyle title at London if the event is dropped from the Olympic programme.

  Pursley, the former head coach of USA Swimming for 14 years, is appalled at the prospect of the

By Duncan Mackay in New York November 1 - Britain's Paula Radcliffe (pictured) suffered her first defeat in a marathon outside of the Olympics when Derartu Tulu produced a stunning return to form to claim victory in the New York City Marathon and finishing ahead of a world record field of 43,741 runners here today.

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  By Duncan Mackay in New York   November 1 - Britain's Paula Radcliffe (pictured) suffered her first defeat in a marathon outside of the Olympics when Derartu Tulu produced a stunning return to form to claim victory in the New York City Marathon and finishing ahead of a world record field of 43,741 runners here today.

line in Central Park in 2:09:15 after spending the last few strides of the race pointing to the "USA

By Duncan Mackay   October 26 - Doug Arnot (pictured), a key architect of Chicago's bid to host the 2016 Olympics and Parlaympics, has been appointed as Director of Games Operations for London 2012, it was announced today.

  After this he went on to become chief executive for USA Rugby during a period of restructuring