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Football teams selected for Paralympics

  • Archive News

 JULY 3 - THE Home Nations may not have had any football teams at this summer’s European Championships but two football teams will travel to Beijing to represent Britain at this summer’s Paralympic Games in Beijing.

The football events at the Games take place at the Olympic Green Hockey Field.  


Football teams selected for Paralympics

  • Football

 JULY 3 - THE Home Nations may not have had any football teams at this summer’s European Championships but two football teams will travel to Beijing to represent Britain at this summer’s Paralympic Games in Beijing.

The football events at the Games take place at the Olympic Green Hockey Field.  


Football teams selected for Paralympics

  • Football News

JULY 3 - THE Home Nations may not have had any football teams at this summer’s European Championships but two football teams will travel to Beijing to represent Britain at this summer’s Paralympic Games in Beijing.  

  The football events at the Games take place at the Olympic Green Hockey Field.


South African chosen to lead Irish hockey preparations for London 2012

  • Hockey

  SOUTH AFRICAN Paul Revington (pictured) will be tasked with leading Ireland's men's hockey team

Angus Kirkland, the chief executive of the Irish Hockey Association, said: “Having coached the South

"It is an exciting time for Irish men’s hockey as we move forward with a world-class coach and for the


South African chosen to lead Irish hockey preparations for London 2012

  • Archive News

  SOUTH AFRICAN Paul Revington (pictured) will be tasked with leading Ireland's men's hockey team

Angus Kirkland, the chief executive of the Irish Hockey Association, said: “Having coached the South

"It is an exciting time for Irish men’s hockey as we move forward with a world-class coach and for the


British hockey in warning over cash shortfall

  • Archive News

  BRITISH HOCKEY, which produced one of the most inspirational Olympic stories of recent Games when

  Hockey is one of a number of sports that faces an anxious wait to discover whether their funding

Philip Kimberley, the chief executive of Great Britain Hockey, has today written to the Culture Secretary

Hockey is one of the sports where, with proper preparation, Britain could make an impact.  

Britain has a mixed record in the Olympic hockey tournament.  

Inspired by Kerly, who was dubbed the "Gary Lineker of hockey", the sport briefly enjoyed a massive boom


British hockey in warning over cash shortfall

  • Hockey

  BRITISH HOCKEY, which produced one of the most inspirational Olympic stories of recent Games when

  Hockey is one of a number of sports that faces an anxious wait to discover whether their funding

Philip Kimberley, the chief executive of Great Britain Hockey, has today written to the Culture Secretary

Hockey is one of the sports where, with proper preparation, Britain could make an impact.  

Britain has a mixed record in the Olympic hockey tournament.  

Inspired by Kerly, who was dubbed the "Gary Lineker of hockey", the sport briefly enjoyed a massive boom


Designs for 2012 Olympic handball arena revealed

  • Archive News

  DESIGNS were unveiled today for, what the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) claimed, was a “simple, efficient and flexible” London 2012 Handball Arena that will become a new multi-sports facility in legacy.

The Handball Arena will be in the West of the Olympic Park, to the South of the Hockey Centre, within

The ODA also claimed that in legacy it could also be adapted to host hockey, martial arts, kabaddi, dodgeball


Designs for 2012 Olympic handball arena revealed

  • Handball

  DESIGNS were unveiled today for, what the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) claimed, was a “simple, efficient and flexible” London 2012 Handball Arena that will become a new multi-sports facility in legacy.

The Handball Arena will be in the West of the Olympic Park, to the South of the Hockey Centre, within

The ODA also claimed that in legacy it could also be adapted to host hockey, martial arts, kabaddi, dodgeball


UK School Games feted at House of Commons

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 MAY 13 - RICHARD CABORN, the former Sports Minister, tonight hosted a reception for the UK School Games at the House of Commons.

Alongside the new sport of hockey, competition will take place in badminton, judo, volleyball, athletics


New research to help sports club harness volunteer power in 2012 build-up

  • Archive News

  MAY 14 - SPORTS CLUBS can now measure the impact of their volunteers in the build-up to the 2012 Olympics thanks to a new set of tools available from Volunteering England and the Institute of Volunteering Research, it was announced today.

focused on sports clubs from rugby union, hockey and Riding for the Disabled Association groups, found


EXCLUSIVE: UK School Games should be London 2012 test event

  • Archive News

 MAY 14 - FORMER Sports Minister Richard Caborn has told insidethegames that he believes the UK School Games in 2012 should be held in the facilities built for the Olympics as a test event.

They are athletics, badminton, fencing, gymnastics, hockey, judo, swimming, table tennis and volleyball



Pakistan to visit Stoke to discuss London 2012

  • Archive News

  A DELEGATION from Pakistan is to visit Stoke-on-Trent later this year to discuss using the Midlands city as its pre-Games training base for the London 2012 Olympics.

All of them have come in hockey, except  for a bronze in wrestling and boxing.  

The last time they won an Olympic medal was when they took the bronze in the hockey tournament at the

Pakistan's Government launched an inquiry after Beijing when the hockey team finished only eighth, their

A new plan has since been launched targeting a gold medal in hockey at London 2012.  

Pakistan sent a squad of 21 competitors to Beijing, 16 of whom were hockey players.  


Shooting lagging behind in preparations for 2012

  • Parasport

  SHOOTING is causing the greatest concern among British officials of the 26 sports preparing for the London 2012 Olympics, a report published today revealed.

Amber - Basketball, Hockey, Table Tennis, Volleyball, Water Polo, Weightlifting.