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No Olympics for Euro 2012 football squad members, confirms English FA

  • Football

By Andrew WarshawApril 22 - The English Football Association (FA) today sought to diffuse a row over eligibility for London 2012 by confirming that no player selected for Euro 2012 will be chosen for Team GB.

further trimmed to a final 18 – three of whom can be over the age limit of 23 – none of those who play in Poland

[But] if they are selected for Poland and Ukraine they will not be available for the Olympics."


Johnson takes US trials gold and secures third Games ticket

  • Canoeing

By David GoldApril 21 - Carrie Johnson (pictured) is going to her third Olympic Games this summer after she beat her 500 metres single kayak rivals at the United States flatwater sprint trials at Oklahoma City's City Boathouse District.

team was also confirmed, with Kelly Allen, Ryan Padilla and Danzig Norberg all making it to Poznan, Poland


Russia sends out early warning to London 2012 rivals at IPC Shooting World Cup

  • Shooting News

- Russia dominated at the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Shooting World Cup in Szczecin, Poland

favourite Slawomir Okoniewski.The falling target pistol event was another which went to Yamaç, but Poland

Greece's Anastasios Boutis.This year was the fourth in a row that the World Cup event took place in Poland


US shooting hopes may hinge on IPC World Cup showing, insists coach

  • Shooting News

By David GoldApril 14 - United States Paralympic shooting coach Bob Foth, a three-times Olympian who won a shooting silver medal at Barcelona 1992, will be running the rule over his country's hopes at this week's International Paralympic Committee (IPC) World Cup.

The competition got underway at the Sport Club for the Disabled in Szczecin, Poland, on Thursday (April


Exclusive: £2 billion could be spent by London 2012 sponsors on "activation" marketing

  • London 2012

By David OwenApril 13 - Olympic and Paralympic sponsors may spend as much as £2 billion ($3 billion/€2.5 billion) on marketing initiatives to "activate" their London 2012 rights, according to WPP, the global advertising group headed by Sir Martin Sorrell (pictured).

addition to the Olympic and Paralympic Games, 2012 sees both the European football championship in Poland


Glasgow 2018 Youth Olympic bid team hail "valuable" workshop at IOC headquarters

  • Buenos Aires 2018

By Tom DegunApril 12 - The Glasgow 2018 Youth Olympic Games bid team have praised a special two-day workshop at the International Olympic Committee (IOC) headquarters in Lausanne, which was designed to provide further information for the six Applicant Cities.

The British city faces Buenos Aires in Argentina, Guadalajara in Mexico, Poznan in Poland, Medellín in



Irish rugby looks to 2013 World Cup with new women's sevens team

  • Rugby Sevens

By Tom DegunApril 11 - Ireland is set to form a women's rugby sevens team in an attempt to qualify for the 2013 World Cup in Moscow next year – despite the deadline for doing so having almost passed.

World Cup qualification process and must begin its campaign with games against Czech Republic, Belgium, Poland


Croatia on trail of third handball gold at London 2012

  • Handball

By David GoldApril 10 - Two times Olympic gold medallists Croatia has qualified for the London 2012 Olympic Games handball tournament following the European men's qualifiers.

team made it out of qualifiers in Alicante, Spain, after crushing Algeria, having earlier drawn with Poland

Spain (pictured below, versus Poland) also qualified after beating Algeria and Poland in style in Alicante



Rio 2016 executive producer given top role for Euro 2012

  • Rio 2016

charge of the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of this summer's European Championships in Ukraine and Poland

of the 16-team tournament is due to take place on June 8 at Warsaw's national stadium prior to hosts Poland



German wheelchair basketball coach selects London 2012 team shortlist

  • Wheelchair Basketball News

By David GoldMarch 29 - Germany's wheelchair basketball coach Nicolai Zeltinger (pictured centre) has named a pool of 20 players from which he will select his squad for this summer's Paralympic Games in London.

final of last year's Paralympic World Cup to the same opposition.Germany also face Japan, Colombia, Poland


Stuart Pearce backs Olympic football to "galvanise Great Britain"

  • Football

By Andrew Warshaw at Soccerex in ManchesterMarch 28 - Stuart Pearce, who is doubling up as Great Britain's Olympic football coach as well as running the England senior team on an interim basis, says the tournament at this summer's London Games will "galvanise the country" and showcase the sport at under-23 level.

He knows he is unlikely to be able to name any players who are also competing at Euro 2012 in Poland


We're in no rush for medals, insists US Paralympic Nordic skiing director

  • Alpine Skiing News

By David GoldMarch 28 - The United States Paralympic director of Nordic skiing, John Farra, has said his team "are in no rush for medals" as the fledgling programme looks to grow.

Mariann Marthinsen and the men's standing through Vegard Dahle, while Kate Rogowiec picked up a title for Poland