British Airways has launched a competition for the public to choose a name for the aircraft bringing Team

GB and ParalympicsGB home from Rio 2016.

 The public can also vote on British Airways twitter page and Team GB and ParalympicsGB twitter

athletes from Beijing 2008 was named Pride ©Getty ImagesThe name "Gold Force One" was put forward by Team

GB, "Mission Accomplished" by ParalympicsGB, "Golden Hauls" by British Airways staff and "VictoRIOus

It’s extremely fitting that athletes from Team GB and ParalympicsGB, along with British Airways staff

Furniture retailer DFS has produced a 30-second film to promote its partnership with Team GB.

Whitlock and swimmer, Adam Peaty.The 30 second adverts will switch between the Olympians and its own team

But just like the Team GB athletes, they’re skilled and not afraid of a bit of hard graft.

 The advert will also been shown in cinemas.Furniture story DFS became a partner of Team GB in December

2014 ©DFS"This is a great piece of work to show our support for Team GB in Rio and to highlight the

DFS became a partner of Team GB after signing a deal with the British Olympic Association in December

Bookmaker Paddy Power has launched a campaign offering gamblers their money back if a Russian beats a British or Irish competitor at the Olympic Games here.

Money back as a free bet if a Team GB or Ireland athlete finishes second to a Russian."

decision we were Russian around to see how we could help our punters, and money back as a free bet if a Team

GB or Ireland athlete finishes finish to a Russian seemed like a dope idea."

We’re very happy with the ad, and if anything it’s our creative team that have been taking performance-enhancing

British cyclist Chris Froome will race on home soil for the first time in more than two years on Sunday (July 31), when he competes in the Prudential RideLondon-Surrey Classic.

line-up when 150 of the world’s top cyclists take on a 200 kilometres route through London and Surrey.The Team

Tour, finishing second and first, and so hopefully I can continue that form and bring home a medal for Team

GB."

Horse Guards Road in St James’s Park and streaming west through the capital.Nearly the entire British team

Kelly Schafer has been drafted into the Great Britain women's curling team skipped by Eve Muirhead as

who is recovering from a cruciate ligament injury.Schafer, who has been living in Canada, is a former team-mate

of stepping in for Anna, the only reservation I had was whether it would be the right move for the team

“I truly admire the level that this team has taken the game to - leaving no stone unturned with a focus

on achieving more - from themselves, from each other and from their support team."

GB at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang."

Major issues with the Rio 2016 Olympic Village have been revealed less than a fortnight before the start of the Games - with some athletes facing turning up to find their accommodation not ready.

We are not alone, our friends from Team GB, New Zealand and others are experiencing the same problems

In what feels like a blink of an eye, we have gone an entire four year cycle from London 2012 to Rio 2016 to the point where the Olympic Games in Brazil are now less than two weeks away.

behind the team - to hand over to Team GB and ParalympicsGB to deliver the world class Games-time environment

GB’ across all sports and disciplines as they proudly wear their Team GB kit.UK Sport has set the ambitious

Now more than ever, the nation will value the pride and feel good factor that Team GB is so capable of

creating.We know how proud Britain are of Team GB and ParalympicsGB and how important those iconic medal

GB and ParalympicsGB, it is the job of the EIS to look to the future as we scan and plan for further

The British Olympic Association (BOA) has named a 44-strong performance services team who will provide

The team, which includes doctors, physiotherapists, sports scientists, performance nutritionists and

Niall Elliot has been chosen as the chief medical officer having performed the role for the Scottish team

has also been assembled to support athletes at Team GB’s preparation camp in Belo Horizonte."

GB for the Games," Moore said.

the largest Team GB athlete delegation at an away Games within modern Olympic era.”

The names of the 24 men and women who will compete for Great Britain in rugby sevens at Rio 2016 have today been announced by the British Olympic Association.  

 "To wear the GB shirt and compete in the Olympics is a childhood dream that we are now, as a team

I am incredibly proud to have the opportunity to represent Team GB and to lead this group of boys, we

 Rio 2016 will mark the first time in 108 years that Team GB has had representation in rugby at

 Team GB men’s head coach Simon Amor added: "At the recent tournament in Exeter, the crowd were

reminder of how privileged we are to now be part of one Team GB and the largest sporting event in the

Fifty days from now several hundred athletes and support staff from ParalympicsGB will march into the Maracana Stadium behind the Union Flag at the start of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.   

particularly relevant right now, as we head into the Games - as I know it does for our colleagues at Team

GB who head off even sooner to the Olympics.

Team GB have been set the target of winning at least 48 Olympic medals at Rio 2016 here today.

UK Sport, the nation’s high performance sports agency, wants the British Olympic team to eclipse the

GB, but I’m confident we can top it in Rio and make this our best ever away Games, while Paralympics

GB can eclipse their haul from London."

We fully believe Team GB can once again make history at this summer’s Olympic Games and unite the nation

GB.

The International Golf Federation (IGF) and its President Peter Dawson should, in the words of the famous Kool and the Gang hit from 1980, be celebrating good times as the sport prepares to make its Olympic return after a 112-year hiatus from the programme.

This came despite the Northern Irishman, who had opted to represent Ireland rather than Team GB, claiming

, right and centre, major winners Adam Scott of Australia, Louis Oosthuizen of South Africa and his team-mate

The BBC Sports Personality of the Year award, aka SPOTY, is still some six months away yet the London bookmakers William Hill have already installed the Olympic and International Boxing Federation (IBF) world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua as 4-1 favourite to pick up the gong.

I am going as part of a really strong GB boxing team and I am certainly expecting quite a few medals

And among those boxing medallist in GB’s 12-strong team could be another London super-heavyweight, Joshua

GB performed so now to be part of it is an amazing feeling.

“It is great that we have such a strong team of boxers going to the Games and we aim to build on the

three shows topped by heavyweight champion.Gareth Bale is another contender after leading the Welsh team

Reigning Olympic champion Laura Asadauskaite will aim to defend her Modern Pentathlon European Championship women’s title when competition gets underway in Sofia tomorrow.

, with the title set to be decided on Saturday (July 9).Britain will be vying to retain the women’s team

place the following day, with the individual men’s qualification taking place on July 8.Pentathlon GB

have sent a 10-member team to Championships ©Pentathlon GBIreland’s Arthur Lanigan-O’Keeffe triumphed

Ice Hockey UK (IHUK) has announced plans to launch under-12 and under-14 elite development squads to help develop the sport in Britain.

The decision was the key point to emerge from the  inaugural meeting of the newly established GB

The GB programme was a priority area for review and development for me when I was appointed," IHUK chairman

and ethos will run as a golden thread throughout the whole programme from under-12s to the the men’s team

relatively short period of time already, supported the employment of a PTD, the establishment of a GB

to provide better opportunities for our future GB players to reach their maximum potential."