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National Olympic Committee of Belarus unveil Team BY brand

  • EOC

Belarus' National Olympic Committee (NOC) has revealed a new "Team BY" brand for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic

Inspired by similar brands in other countries, such as Britain's Team GB and Lithuania's Lteam, Team

 The Team BY logo was also launched, consisting of a stork, a recognisable Belarus symbol,

with the use of blue a reference to the phrase "blue-eyed Belarus".Team BY will also have a mascot.

 "At the 2020 Summer Olympics our team will perform in a new outfit and under a new name.

 "Team BY is a folk brand and based on our history, culture and traditions."


Commonwealth Games Federation President made Dame by Queen

  • Commonwealth Games

Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) President Louise Martin has been made a Dame by The Queen's New Year's Honours List in the United Kingdom, it has been announced.

England netball player Geva Mentor, a member of the team that won a Commonwealth Games gold medal at

 "We are indebted to those athletes who have worn the Team GB colours in inspiring the nation and


Michael Pavitt: ISL challenge to FINA should provide impetus to move sport forward

  • Inside the Blogs

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has repeatedly warned International Federations to "change or be changed".

The team format, comprising of 12 men and 12 women, was announced amid the escalation of a feud with

I love walking out and seeing the GB flag, but I have got bills to pay and a family to sustain in the


Bill Sweeney: The end of the year is an important moment in the countdown to Tokyo 2020

  • Inside the Blogs

As we enter 2019 it feels an important moment in our countdown to Tokyo 2020, with our planning for the Games ramping up even further.

 Team GB athletes made history at the Pyeongchang Olympic Winter Games and we also gained an insight

both also made the six-athlete shortlist.It was a special moment for Yarnold whose achievements for Team

GB in Pyeongchang, as well as her commitment and ambassadorial role to the sport of skeleton, were rightly

GB preparations in Japan.Tokyo 2020 has already welcomed the world to show them what great progress

We firmly hope that it will be one to remember for Team GB, the athletes and the nation as well.We wish


British Wheelchair Basketball and DYNAMIK announce five-year partnership

  • Wheelchair Basketball News

British Wheelchair Basketball (BWB) has today welcomed DYNAMIK, the sports flooring and walling specialist, as its official technical partner.

 "This year has seen the sport realise unprecedented success - our GB squads now hold three World

Championship titles with our GB women’s team holding the World Championship silver medal," BWB chief

the positive impact it can have on peoples' lives, whether you are a player, volunteer, official or GB

Britain's men's team defeated Paralympic champions United States to earn the gold medal at the 2018 Wheelchair

Basketball World Championships in Hamburg, 45 years after winning the first title.Their women's team


Beijing 2008 medallist Stevenson steps away from coaching role to concentrate on Presidency of British Taekwondo

  • Member National Association and Continental Unions News

Sarah Stevenson, Britain's former Olympic medallist and double world champion, will be stepping down from her coaching role with the country's development programme to focus on other responsibilities.

Taekwondo and is their non-executive director and the lead for the National Cadet Programme.The cadet team

as a whole, I recognise that I need to prioritise this above my interest of coaching the development team

former Olympic medallist and double world champion, will be stepping down from her coaching role with GB

GB Taekwondo's development manager Steve Green said: "Sarah's departure is both a loss to the coaching

team, as much as the wider development programme."


Wheelchair Rugby gets £500,000 through new UK Sport Aspiration Fund but basketball misses out

  • Paralympics

programme in December 2016, will receive £500,000 ($630,000/€554,000) - the maximum investment for a team

 With the British senior men's basketball team already out of the running for Tokyo, the omission

the Aspiration Fund will receive.In addition, UK Sport will reappraise the potential of the women's team

Naturally we are disappointed not to receive this additional funding to support our successful GB women's

basketball team in their bid to qualify for Tokyo 2020 and in their ambitions to develop basketball


Scottish Football Association opt not to block joint British women's team at Tokyo 2020

  • Football

The Scottish Football Association (SFA) have said they would not block a combined British women's team

in France next year, where both England and Scotland will compete.Only England can qualify a British team

today so if Scotland progress at England's expense they will end the opportunity for a British Olympic team

Canada, 2-0.Five Welsh players were part of the men's squad but infighting then prevented a women's team

The position of the Scottish FA on the subject of Team GB is well-documented and our preference remains

along with the other home nations, agreed a proposal to allow an English-led British women's football team


British Ski and Snowboard rebrands to GB Snowsport to become more inclusive

  • Skiing

national governing body for ski and snowboarding has announced they intend to rebrand the organisation to GB

GB Snowsport have released a new logo to mark their change from British Ski and Snowboard and have

leading snowsport nation and today our new identity brings together these athletes under one brand," said GB

We have created one elite team which will provide the support, welfare, resources and coaching our athletes

As we move into the next era of success on snow, as GB Snowsport, we do this with a singular mindset

Bankes has represented France at two Winter Olympic Games ©Getty ImagesIn addition to the rebranding, GB


Alan Hubbard: Game on as Premier League gets a welcome women’s touch

  • Inside the Blogs

Anyone who watches Sky TV will be aware that increasingly sport is becoming a whole new women’s world, with  a host of female presenters, newscasters, reporters and correspondents. They even have a female fronting their boxing on big fight nights.

With the support of clubs and the team, I look forward to extending the success of the League for many

three years after Britain picked up just one gold medal at the Atlanta 1996 Olympics, Nicholl oversaw Team

departs' and stages.Under Liz Nicholl, due to step down next summer as chief executive of UK Sport, Team

GB has gone from winning one Olympic gold at Atlanta 1996 to finishing second overall in the medals


Six Olympians elected onto BOA's Athletes' Commission

  • EOC

The British Olympic Association (BOA) today announced the six Olympians elected by their fellow athletes to serve on its 13-strong Athletes’ Commission.

2019 to 2022.The newly-elected members include a trio of Olympians who were part of Great Britain’s team

Georgie Twigg, track cycling gold and silver medallist Callum Skinner and gymnast Kristian Thomas, a team

It’s a huge honour to be elected by my fellow team members to the Athletes’ Commission," Fuller said.

Being able to represent Team GB at two Winter Olympics and watch my sport progress and be embraced by

contributing to a variety of projects such as the development of the team’s values and philosophy, team



British Government releases funding to help more talented athletes compete at Tokyo 2020

  • Tokyo 2020

Olympic and Paralympic sports that do not currently receive full UK Sport funding will be able to bid for additional investment to help more talented athletes compete at Tokyo 2020, British Sports Minister Tracey Crouch has announced today.

in December 2018.Grants from the Aspiration Fund will be capped at £500,000 ($659,000/€571,000) for team

future strategy.The signatories, none of which will be funded during the Tokyo 2020 cycle, were Archery GB

, Badminton England, BaseballSoftballUK, British Fencing, British Handball, GB Luge, GB Wheelchair Rugby


Britain choose double world junior BMX champion to carry flag at Buenos Aires 2018 Opening Ceremony

  • Buenos Aires 2018

Britain has chosen BMX racer Ross Cullen as its flagbearer for the Opening Ceremony of the Summer Youth Olympic Games here today.

The 17-year-old, due to compete in the mixed team event tomorrow alongside Elissa Bradford, was selected

m really pleased they’ve picked me to lead the team out."

#BuenosAires2018 #YouthOlympics pic.twitter.com/jkYnQ4R5P8— Team GB (@TeamGB) October 4, 2018Cullen added

GB.

 "With 43 athletes selected from 17 sports, coming together as one Team GB is an important part


GB Boxing signs deal with British Army in bid to produce Olympians

  • Boxing

A full-time boxing coach will be joining the British Army's base in Aldershot as part of a programme to increase opportunities for army fighters.

Sergeant James Allen, with his arrival signifying the start of a three-year agreement between the Army and GB

join Allen to oversee the 20 male and female boxers at the Aldershot base and will be supported by a team

My role has been to work with James and the rest of the performance team to develop a programme which

Ebonie Jones is an army boxer who has successfully joined GB Boxing and reached the quarter-finals of

the European Championships ©GB BoxingTwo army boxers are currently involved in the GB boxing squad and