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Miracle recovery ends London 2012 quest for Dutch handcyclist

  • Cycling News

December 27 - Monique van der Vorst, Dutch handcyclist who had ambitions of improving on the two silver medals she won at the Beijing Paralympics, will not now be able to go for gold at London 2012 after she was struck from behind by a cyclist while she was out training, with the accident leading to her being able to walk again.

eventually competing in the Ironman Triathlon in Hawaii as an able-bodied athlete.Van der Vorst, a promising hockey


British badminton head coach quit because he was not allowed to do job he claims

  • Badminton

December 25 - Andy Wood (pictured right) has claimed that he quit as head coach of Britain's badminton team because of interference from other people not because of the funding cuts imposed on the sport's preparations for London 2012.

quitsDecember 2010: GB Badminton to ask itself "hard questions" to meet challenge of funding cutDecember 2010: Hockey



Another blow for British badminton as head coach quits

  • Badminton

By Duncan MackayBritish Sports Internet Writer of the YearDecember 20 - Andy Wood has quit as head coach of Britain's badminton programme after only four months in charge and less than two weeks after the sport's funding was cut by more than half-a-million pounds.

2010: GB Badminton to ask itself "hard questions" to meet challenge of funding cutDecember 2010: Hockey


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Federation Internationale de Hockey Great Britain Olympic Hockey Board English Hockey Association

Irish Hockey Association (Ulster Branch) Scottish Hockey Union Welsh Hockey Union JUDO International


From freeze to sixes as hockey moves indoors

  • Hockey

December 20 - The country's top hockey clubs have come in from the cold for the start of the super sixes

National Indoor Hockey Championships.

matches.Previously known as the Indoor EHL, the league has been rebranded to become the super sixes National Indoor Hockey


Vancouver 2010 breaks even despite spending $5 million on snow

  • Vancouver 2010

By David OwenDecember 19 - The organisers of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics did not let the global economic crisis prevent them from staging a memorable Games.

though more than 97 percent of Winter Olympics tickets were sold.It is perhaps not surprising in this hockey-mad

nation that ice hockey accounted for more than 40 percent of ticketing revenue, generating C$111.9 million


Sport "desperately needs more women" in top jobs

  • London 2012

December 15 - Women are still not being given a sporting chance at senior management levels in the run-up to London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics, according to a new report.

NGBs do not have a single woman on their board.Rachel Heyhoe-Flint, former England cricket captain, hockey


Five new members considered for USOC board

  • Latest

December 15 – Up to five new members could join the United States Olympic Committee's (USOC) board of directors, it has been announced.

generation, who was Visa USA's chief marketing officer; and Dave Ogrean, the executive director of USA Hockey


British Bobsleigh will "leave no stone unturned" in Sochi 2014 medal quest

  • Bobsleigh and Skeleton

December 14 - British Bobsleigh has vowed to "leave no stone unturned" in its bid for a podium place in the 2014 Winter Olympics after being awarded £2.42 million ($3.81 million) by UK Sport.

storiesDecember 2010: Bobsleigh chief salutes Walker's second World Cup top ten finishDecember 2010: Hockey


Hockey star Smith demonstrates "dual career" is achievable

  • Hockey

has been illustrated by the case of Loughborough University graduate and England and Great Britain hockey

by the university's Athletes to Business project are helping Smith achieve in his studies and on the hockey

On the sporting front, the hockey facilities are superb and shouldn't be taken for granted."

Being involved with the Loughborough hockey set-up has been brilliant - they put so much on for you,


Richardson crowned GB Hockey's BOA Athlete of the Year

  • Hockey

the field and her demonstration of the Olympic values of friendship, excellence and respect have won hockey

performer for both Great Britain and England this year, competing in a series of test matches against hockey

giants Australia, Germany and China and playing a pivotal role in helping the England hockey women to

Danny Kerry, Great Britain and England Hockey women's head coach, said: "I am delighted for Helen."

the Briton deemed to have been the top performing athlete of year and is selected by Great Britain Hockey



Hockey winner, badminton loser latest in UK Sport funding review

  • London 2012

By Mike Rowbottom in LondonDecember 9 - Six increasingly successful summer sports will benefit from a £2.6million ($4.1 million) increase in UK Sport funding over the next 18 months, while two sports - badminton and the Paralympic discipline of goalball - have reduced levels of funding in the annual review figures announced today.

Commenting on the six star summer sports, Nicholl said hockey had increased its potential from one medal


Premier League club stokes dreams of Olympic glory with £20,000 athlete fund

  • London 2012

December 6 - Crucial financial backing for local athletes dreaming of competing in the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics has been announced today by Stoke City Football Club.

Athlete Fund.The initiative has the support of Olympic gold medallist Imran Sherwani, the Stoke-on-Trent hockey