AUGUST 31 - WHEELCHAIR RACER David Weir (pictured) will spearhead the Great Britain and Northern Ireland team at the 2006 IPC World Championships which start in Holland on Saturday. The 27-year-old Surrey racer missed out on the medals at the Lille World Championships in 2002, but has been in outstanding form this year.

F55) and Nathan Stephens (F51) also throw the shot, while Stephens – who played for the GB ice sledge hockey

 JUNE 21 - HUNDREDS of Young Ambassadors from across England have been chosen to promote sport, physical education and healthy living to build on the excitement of the London 2012 Games.

attending the Young Ambassador conferences at Lancashire County Cricket Club tomorrow and at the National Hockey

 MAY 11 – GREAT BRTAIN’S Olympic hockey authorities have announced details of a new agreement between

“This is one the most exciting moments in the history of Great Britain Olympic Hockey,” said

Roger Self, president of Great Britain Olympic Hockey Limited (GBOHL).

“Devolution has meant that each of the Hockey Associations of England, Scotland and Wales are funded

 MAY 11 – GREAT BRTAIN’S Olympic hockey authorities have announced details of a new agreement between

“This is one the most exciting moments in the history of Great Britain Olympic Hockey,” said

Roger Self, president of Great Britain Olympic Hockey Limited (GBOHL).

“Devolution has meant that each of the Hockey Associations of England, Scotland and Wales are funded

 APRIL 11 - MORE THAN £65 million of extra Government funding was given to Britain’s Olympic sports by UK Sport today. The awards range from an extra four per cent a year for triathlon to a whopping 379 per cent for wrestling as Britain seeks to achieve its ultimate target of finishing fourth in the Olympic medals table in 2012 and top of the Paralympic table as well as being represented in all 26 sports that will make up the Games in London. Nearly all of Britain’s sports benefited from the funding – the only two who did not receive...

Fencing£2,719,000147 per cent1018  Gymnastics£7,253,00032 per cent1819  Handball£2,986,000n/a230  Hockey

  NEW TORY leader David Cameron today (December 15) announced the reappointment of Hugh Robertson as the Shadow Sports and Olympics Minister, a role that is set to become increasingly high profile during the next few years. It is a reward from Cameron to Robertson, who was one of his original backers when he launched his leadership campaign to succeed Michael Howard in May.

He also played hockey for Sandhurst , rugby for his regiment and completed the army long equitation course

The newly introduced sports were cricket, field hockey, netball and Rugby Sevens.

March 31 - Australia's Kevan Gosper (pictured) has retired as head of the  Oceania National Olympic Committees (ONOC) after 20 years, and will be replaced by Fiji's Robin Mitchell.

Mitchell, a 63-year-old doctor, is a former Fiji international hockey player and athlete.  

He was the coach of the Fiji hockey squad for six years between 1994 and 2000.  

March 28 - Marcel Aubut (pictured), a former National Hockey League chief executive from Quebec City,

They include two-time women's hockey Olympian Therese Brisson, International Olympic Committee member

March 26 - Buckingham Group Contracting have won the public procurement process to build the Handball Arena for the London 2012 Olympics, it was announced today.

The Handball Arena will be in the west of the Olympic Park, to the south of the Hockey Centre, within

March 26 - Buckingham Group Contracting have won the public procurement process to build the Handball Arena for the London 2012 Olympics, it was announced today.

The Handball Arena will be in the west of the Olympic Park, to the south of the Hockey Centre, within