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Shooting lagging behind in preparations for 2012

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  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.


Anti-Doping panel announced

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  PETER LEAVER, president of the UK's newly established National Anti-Doping Panel (NADP) which is set to play an important role in the build-up to London 2012,today announced the membership of his 16-strong group which starts its work next month.

He has played rugby, hockey and cricket.


EXCLUSIVE: John Lewis teams up with equestrian

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  ANOTHER British retailer, The John Lewis Partnership, is teaming up with an Olympic sport in the build-up to the 2012 London Games, insidethegames can exclusively reveal.

Accenture – sailing, Alliance & Leicester – swimming, British Airways – SnowsportGB, British Gas – hockey


Former Olympic champion to head regional group

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  FORMER Olympic champion Adrian Moorhouse (pictured) is to spearhead efforts to get an overseas team to base themselves in Milton Keynes and Buckinghamshire during the 2012 Olympics.

Milton Keynes Sports Club has been selected for archery and hockey, MK Centre of Cycling Excellence for

Woughton on the Green and Tattenhoe Pavillion have both been selected for hockey, Stantonbury Campus



UK Sport announce panel to develop anti-doping plan

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  UK SPORT today announced details of the project board which will play a key role in the development of a stand-alone National Anti-Doping Organisation (NADO) in the UK .

Former Chief Constable of North Yorkshire Police   · Philip Kimberley – Executive chair , England Hockey


Football clubs enter training camps race

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  PREMIERSHIP clubs Sunderland (pictured) and Middlesbrough are among 20 facilities across the North East who have been put forward to host pre-Olympic training camps in 2012, it was reported today.

the likes of Deerness Gymnastics and Leisure Centre, in Ushaw Moor, County Durham, Morpeth Cricket, Hockey


Football clubs enter training camps race

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  PREMIERSHIP clubs Sunderland (pictured) and Middlesbrough are among 20 facilities across the North East who have been put forward to host pre-Olympic training camps in 2012, it was reported today.

the likes of Deerness Gymnastics and Leisure Centre, in Ushaw Moor, County Durham, Morpeth Cricket, Hockey


Coe leads condemnation over Chambers selection

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  SEBASTIAN COE (pictured) today told insidethegames that he was so upset by the return of drugs-cheat Dwain Chambers that he did not even bother to watch his victory in Sheffield on Sunday.

"I couldn't be bothered - I watched my son play hockey instead.  


Rival of Games sponsor to back Eurosport coverage

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  ASICS, one of the main rivals to London 2012 sponsor Adidas, are set to sponsor Eurosport's coverage of the 2008 Olympics, it was reported today.

makes sports equipment for a range of sports featured at the Olympic Games including running, tennis, hockey


Canada awarded leading Paralympic event

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    RICHMOND in Canada has been awarded the 2010 World Wheelchair Rugby Championships ahead of a bid from Britain, it was announced today.

With mechanics and rules borrowed from team handball, ice hockey and basketball, the four-aside game


Report: Aldershot to host 2012 Team GB camp

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  ALDERSHOT will be announced on Tuesday as the base for Britain's team to prepare for the 2012 Olympics, it was reported today.

sporting excellence and that it has an Olympic-sized pool, running track, indoor tennis courts and hockey


Brown warned over Zimbabwe

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  GORDON BROWN (pictured) has been warned the Government will be powerless to dictate whether or not Zimbabwe is allowed to compete at the Olympics in London in 2012 because they do not issue the invitations, it was reported today.

Zimbabwe has competed in every Olympics since 1980, where their women’s hockey team surprisingly won


BOA confirm Macau as training base for 2008

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THE British Olympic Association (BOA) today officially announced details of Team GB's preparation camp plans ahead of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.    

Games qualification): Archery, athletics, badminton, beach volleyball, boxing, fencing, gymnastics, hockey


UK Sport confident Mission 2012 is working

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  NOVEMBER 5 - UK SPORT, the major distributor of National Lottery money, said today that it is confident that the Mission 2012 programme it launched earlier this year is already having a positive effect on the performances of Britain's Olympic sports.

Encouragingly, we have also seen evidence of sports coming through - the achievement of the women's hockey