PETER ERIKSSON (pictured), the Swede poached from Canada and appointed last month as UK Athletics new Paralympic head coach, believes Britain's competitors are failing to fulfil their potential and, as he exclusively tells MIKE ROWBOTTOM, he plans to do something about it

  He then moved into coaching where he worked in speed skating and ice hockey in Sweden in the

  PETER ERIKSSON (pictured), the Swede poached from Canada and appointed last month as UK Athletics new Paralympic head coach, believes Britain's competitors are failing to fulfil their potential and, as he exclusively tells MIKE ROWBOTTOM, he plans to do something about it

He then moved into coaching where he worked in speed skating and ice hockey in Sweden in the early 1980s

  LOOMING recession and the meltdown in the money markets has widened the gap between the world's richest and poorest sports despite London hosting the 2012 Olympics and the success of swimmers like Rebecca Adlington (pictured), according to new research released today.

television revenues, sponsorship, gate receipts and merchandising include darts, winter sports, bowls, hockey

  IT IS not just London that is hoping to benefit from the Olympics, regions around the countries are also planning to cash in and insidethegames starts its new weekly regional round-up with a boost for an equestrian centre in Essex as it seeks to host a major team there in the build-up to the 2012 Olympics

Those sports included basketball, indoor bowls, football, hockey, badminton and netball, with all 10

  THE fifth Australian Youth Olympic Festival (AYOF), due to take place in January 2009, promises to be biggest and best yet, with more sports, more competing countries and more aspiring Olympians than ever before, organisers said at the launch of the event today.

Athletics, gymnastics, swimming, diving, hockey, archery and fencing will all be contested at Sydney

The number of team sports on the programme has increased from two to four, including basketball, hockey

 THE National Lottery has raised £375 million for the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics - halfway towards its target of £750 million, it has been announced today.

major facilities - including the Olympic Stadium, a new velopark, aquatics centre, handball arena and hockey

 JUNE 3 - UK SPORT and the English Institute of Sport (EIS), together with the major football authorities, today offered over 1,000 released academy footballers the chance to take up the challenge and switch their talents to targeted Olympic sports in time for 2012.

British Hockey has already shown great interest in taking on football recruits if they meet the required

 JUNE 3 - UK SPORT and the English Institute of Sport (EIS), together with the major football authorities, today offered over 1,000 released academy footballers the chance to take up the challenge and switch their talents to targeted Olympic sports in time for 2012.

British Hockey has already shown great interest in taking on football recruits if they meet the required

  MORE THAN a 100 young athletes have been selected to represent Britain at the Australian Youth Olympic Festival (AYOF) in January, it was announced today.

sports to be contested in Sydney are archery, canoe/kayak, diving, equestrian, fencing, gymnastics, hockey

David Faulkner, the hockey team leader said: “The AYOF is an excellent opportunity to expose younger

  THE National Hockey Stadium in Milton Keynes, built in the euphoria following Britain's gold medal

The stadium was built in 1995 when hockey was enjoying a boom in popularity thanks to Britain's Olympic

In April 2007 the trustees of the National Hockey Foundation, which owned the lease of the stadium, announced

to English Partnerships as detailed study had shown that the stadium would no longer be viable as a hockey

venue, particularly in light of the building of another hockey facility in London as part of the facilities

Discussions will also involve the relocation of England Hockey, who continue to be based at the site.

  THE National Hockey Stadium in Milton Keynes, built in the euphoria following Britain's gold medal

The stadium was built in 1995 when hockey was enjoying a boom in popularity thanks to Britain's Olympic

In April 2007 the trustees of the National Hockey Foundation, which owned the lease of the stadium, announced

to English Partnerships as detailed study had shown that the stadium would no longer be viable as a hockey

venue, particularly in light of the building of another hockey facility in London as part of the facilities

Discussions will also involve the relocation of England Hockey, who continue to be based at the site.

  ENGLAND will host the 2010 women's Champions Trophy, the International Hockey Federation announced

  The annual tournament for the world's top six nations will be held at Highfields Hockey Centre in

England Hockey executive chairman Philip Kimberley said: "I am delighted England Hockey has been awarded

pleased to support an event which will provide an ideal opportunity for competition against the top hockey

England Hockey is partnering with a number of stakeholders to deliver the event including UK Sport, the

executive of the East Midlands Development Agency, said: “I am very pleased that the FIH and England Hockey

 AUGUST 6 - LORD TRIESMAN (pictured), the chairman of the Football Association, said it would be "barking mad" if Britain were not represented in the 2012 Olympic tournament and promised that they would be.

Barwick said: "Didn't we win a hockey [gold] medal in 1988 with all English players and one Northern

 AUGUST 6 - LORD TRIESMAN (pictured), the chairman of the Football Association, said it would be "barking mad" if Britain were not represented in the 2012 Olympic tournament and promised that they would be.

Barwick said: "Didn't we win a hockey [gold] medal in 1988 with all English players and one Northern

 AUGUST 6 - SIR CRAIG REEDIE (pictured), an influential figure in London's successful bid to host the 2012 Games, will go head-to-head tomorrow with Puerto Rico's Richard Carrion for a place at the top table of the Olympic Movement.

Rene Fasel, head of the international ice hockey federation, will replace Italy's Ottavio Cinquanta as