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British Gas signs five-year partnership with BOA and BPA before Paris 2024

  • Paris 2024

British Gas has signed a deal with the British Olympic Association (BOA) and British Paralympic Association (BPA) which stretches to Los Angeles 2028.

Andy Anson, the chief executive of the BOA, added: "It is great for Team GB to be working with a major

executive of the BPA, said the partnership was a "huge boost to our ambition of taking a best prepared team

of British Gas owner Centrica, said: "We’re proud to sponsor two of the UK’s most inspiring teams - Team

GB and ParalympicsGB - and if any of the athletes want to join us in the future, we will give them the


British sailing team hopes to maintain successful Olympic tradition at Paris 2024

  • Paris 2024

Officials believe that the first ten members of the British team named for the Paris 2024 Olympics

athletes who have been successful in the Olympic Games previously and six newcomers, to make the sailing team

Tokyo, is set for her third Olympics partnered by new crewmate Freya Black, at 22 the youngest team

The British sailing team for 2024 includes six Olympic debutants ©Getty ImagesThe postponement of Tokyo

, the first athletes officially on the Team GB team sheet for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games@BritishSailing

Team GB (@TeamGB) October 11, 2023The  selections have been announced with 296 days still to go


Britain awarded ice hockey preliminary round qualification tournament for Milan Cortina 2026

  • Ice Hockey

Great Britain has been awarded a Men's Olympic Qualification Preliminary Round tournament in ice hockey for Milan Cortina 2026, due to be held in Cardiff in February.

Romania, China and a qualifier from the previous round from February 8 to 11.The winner of the four-team

It’s going to be a special event and great to be taking GB men’s competitive hockey to Cardiff, who have


David Jones, Rome 1960 sprint relay medallist and intrepid shoe warehouse raider, dies aged 83

  • Athletics

David Jones, a member of the British 4x100 metres relay team that won Olympic bronze at the Rome 1960

Games, two years after he had retired as an international sprinter.Jones was with the BBC commentary team

Ceremony, Jones came up with a plan to rescue the shoes from the customs warehouse.The British Olympic team

gave him an authorising letter and an official Team GB uniform, and at one in the morning he drove the

team coach to the compound with a bagful of money with which he persuaded the armed guards to allow

1963, he formed a quartet with Radford and two other Joneses, Ron and Berwyn, that beat the USA relay team


Five nations enter first Blind Baseball European Championship in Bologna

  • Baseball and Softball

Five nations are set to compete at the inaugural Blind Baseball European Championship in the Italian city of Bologna next Saturday (October 7) and Sunday (October 8).

in a round-robin opening stage, playing each other once in games of one hour or five innings.A great GB

Much progress made and the team spirit is fantastic.



Controversial bank latest company to pledge support to Team GB before Paris 2024

  • EOC

Under fire bank NatWest is the latest big corporate name to sign up to support Team GB as it continues

Team GB are aiming to finish as the top European nation at Paris 2024 for the fourth consecutive Olympic

Games ©Team GBNatWest joins several companies who have pledged their support to Team GB as they seek

GB collection celebrating the spirit of the Olympics and the achievements of its athletes."

We share a common goal with Team GB - to champion potential - and together, through inspiration and expertise

We look forward to supporting members of Team GB over the next year on their journey to Paris 2024."


Mappin & Webb launch Team GB jewellery collection ahead of Paris 2024

  • Paris 2024

British luxury jewellers Mappin & Webb are launching an exclusive Team GB collection before next

As part of a new three-year licensing agreement there are two collections that reflect the Team GB logo

, incorporating the Union flag and the Olympic rings.One is exclusively for Team GB athletes and Olympians.A

second collection will be available to the public via the Team GB shop, Mappin & Webb showrooms

GB-inspired jewellery created by Mappin & Webb in time for the Paris 2024 Olympics ©Team GB"We are

, online and at Team GB shop from October 16."



BOA launches six-part series starring top British female athletes in build-up to Paris 2024

  • EOC

A new six-part online series has been launched by the British Olympic Association that aims to shine a light on the country’s top female athletes in the build-up to next year’s Olympics in Paris.

London-based creative content agency Formidable to create Sporty AF that is set to be aired on the Team

GB YouTube channel from today.Imani-Lara Lansiquot, part of the British 4x100 metres relay

team that claimed bronze at Tokyo 2020, European indoor long jump gold medallist Jazmin Sawyers, two-time

We’ve seen so much success in terms of female athletes - more women than men were selected [for Team

GB] at the last Olympics - maybe that’s going to be the same for the next one."


Phoebe Schecter: Flag football is a crucial fast track for women in United States' number one sport

  • Inside the Blogs

The United States is gearing up for the start of a new National Football League (NFL) season on September 7 and it's impossible not to know about it.

For one thing, it’s the only professional US team sport never to have featured on the official programme

the day of the FIFA Women’s World Cup Final, I was playing my own final versus Spain - as part of the GB

women’s flag football team that secured its first-ever European Championships gold in Limerick, Ireland


VOW Nutrition announces partnership with Team GB in run-up to Paris 2024 Olympics

  • Paris 2024

VOW Nutrition has announced a partnership with Team GB in the build-up to the Paris 2024 Olympics.

official product accessories, including branded water and shaker bottles, as part of the deal with Team

GB products prior to Paris 2024 ©VOW Nutrition"While winning gold in the 4x200m freestyle event in Tokyo

I am determined to surpass my previous performance and strive for even more medals in Paris for the team

VOW Nutrition chief executive Simon Stevens added: "We are immensely proud to collaborate with Team GB

We are excited to work with Team GB and look forward to a successful Paris 2024 Olympic Games."


Boxing Canada latest country to resign from IBA and join World Boxing

  • Boxing

Boxing Canada has become the latest country to announce that it is resigning from the International Boxing Association (IBA) and joining rival group World Boxing.

efforts on enhancing the quality and reach of boxing within Canada and the performance of our national team

August 9), World Boxing had announced its first six new members.New Zealand Boxing, Boxing Australia, GB


Duncan Mackay: IOC recognition and getting African support will decide whether or not World Boxing succeeds

  • Inside the Blogs

World Boxing’s announcement of its first six members yesterday demonstrated that the fledgling governing body still has a long, long way to go before it can claim to have fulfilled its main stated aim of ensuring it represents the sport in the Olympic Movement.

organisation from the International Boxing Association (IBA), New Zealand Boxing, Boxing Australia, GB

IBA to something that would have happened in "Fascist Germany," he this week called the President’s team


Germany power to world record finish on first day of UCI Cycling World Championships

  • Cycling

Germany retained their women's track team sprint title at the International Cycling Union (UCI) Cycling

It is a fourth consecutive gold medal in the discipline for the German team, with Lea Friedrich, Pauline

champion Bao Shanju produced a blistering performance but could not do enough to make China, whose team

bronze medal in 46.543.⏱️ NEW WORLD RECORD ⏱️Germany 🇩🇪 beats its own world record in the women's Team

Team GB 🇬🇧 broke the world record as well, but it was not enough to beat the Germans.

the national anthem again because it's been a long three years," the 26-year-old said.Britain's men's team