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Pippa Middleton to launch Disability Snowsport UK's inaugural ParaSnowBall event

  • Alpine Skiing News

By Liam MorganPippa Middleton, younger sister of the Duchess of Cambridge, will launch Disability Snowsport UK's (DSUK) first ParaSnowBall event tomorrow alongside some of Britain's well known Paralympic stars, the charity has announced.

and a host of Paralympic champions celebrate the achievements of Great Britain's Disabled Snowsports team

ceremony at the The Cumberland in London.The ParaSnowBall is the first step in an important week for the GB

team ahead of the British National Alpine Ski Championships, due to start on Sunday (March 22) and run



Alan Hubbard: English football remains scarred by racism, sexism and hooliganism

  • Inside the Blogs

incidence of sexist verbal abuse suffered by Dr Carneiro, who prior to joining the club worked with Team

GB in the run-up to the 2008 Beijing Olympics.A female assistant referee Helen Byrne has suffered taunts

when she got her first job in football as chief executive at Birmingham City, she travelled with the team


Olympic champion Jones fights back to earn Swiss Open taekwondo title

  • Taekwondo

By Michael PavittLondon 2012 Olympic champion Jade Jones fought back to earn victory at the Swiss Open in Montreux and claim her third consecutive gold medal of the year.

There was further success for the British team as they left the Open with two gold medals after 17-year-old

champion Jade Jones becomes latest international ambassador for Baku 2015January 2015: British taekwondo team

aiming to continue good start to season at US OpenDecember 2014: Jones crowned GB Taekwondo Player of


Philip Barker: Rio 2016 Torch Relay will revive memories of previous Brazilian cameos

  • Inside the Blogs

Romario was a member of the Brazil team which had lifted the World Cup a decade before.

He was also an Olympian and had been leading scorer for the silver medal winning Brazil team at the Seoul

Mario Zagallo, a team mate of Pele in 1958 and then coach of arguably the greatest of all Brazil teams

Sandra Pires and Jackie Silva would surely be popular as would the appearance of the women's volleyball team

GB publications.


British taekwondo world number one Cook set to compete for Moldova at Rio 2016

  • Member National Association and Continental Unions News

By Michael PavittAaron Cook, taekwondo's current world number one in the under 80 kilogram weight category, has sought to change nationality from Britain to Moldova to ensure that he will qualify for next year's Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. 

opting out of the national training programme following a disagreement with coaches, a claim the British team

to Isle of Man following London 2012 snubOctober 2012: Cook considers nationality switch following GB


GB Taekwondo Fighting Chance programme looking for heavyweight talent

  • Member National Association and Continental Unions News

By Daniel EtchellsGB Taekwondo has turned to its successful Fighting Chance programme for the third time in five years to recruit martial arts exponents with a desire to represent Great Britain at Rio 2016 or Tokyo 2020, only this time the governing body is looking for a heavyweight specifically.

silver medallist Damon Sansum and reigning Commonwealth champion Andrew Deer make their way into the GB

Games bronze medallist Christian McNeish, and Commonwealth gold medallist Rachelle Booth.But Gary Hall, GB

It is getting tight to make the GB team for Rio but not impossible."

Taekwondo in search for heavyweight hopefuls in sight of Rio 2016 January 2013: GB Taekwondo signs

agreement with Seoul's top Olympic Sports High School to build on cadet developmentNovember 2012: GB


Portugal's Azevedo secures two gold medals at 7th INAS European Cross Country Championships

  • Athletics News

By Daniel EtchellsPortugal's Jose Azevedo claimed gold medals in the men's 3 kilometres and 6km races at the 7th International Sports Federation for Persons with Intellectual Disability (INAS) European Cross Country Championships in Wakefield, England. 

and Pereira 1:34 behind in third.The performances of Azevedo and Pereira helped Portugal to secure team

eighth in the 6km, and Adam Wilson, ninth in the 3km and 6km, saw the UK Sports Association (UKSA) GB

team take silver at the event, which took place from Thursday (February 19) until yesterday. 

"This GB Team was a great bunch of athletes who gave 100 per cent the entire time," said manager and

The UKSA GB Team claimed a silver medal ©UKSACzech Republic, The Netherlands and Sweden also competed


Russia claim mixed relay spoils to end modern pentathlon World Cup

  • Modern Pentathlon

By Nick ButlerRussia secured victory in the mixed team relay final after taking advantage of an Egyptian

The Egyptians had set the early pace in the 15-team competition - which was missing Great Britain, the

2017December 2014: Modern pentathlon approves fencing bonus round from 2015November 2014: Pentathlon GB


History favours Germany at Winterberg FIBT World Championships - but Britain, Russia and Latvia have other ideas

  • The Big Read

By Mike RowbottomHistory favours the hosts as the German track at Winterberg prepares to hold the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation's (FIBT) World Championships for the fourth time from tomorrow until March 8. But history may yet be made by three Olympic champions from Great Britain, Russia and Canada - respectively Lizzy Yarnold, Alexander Tretiakov and Kaillie Humphries - if their outstanding form holds over the next fortnight.Every competition held during the three previous Championships at this unique Bobbahn venue has resulted in a gold medal for Germany - and in the most recent hosting, 2003, in gold, silver and...

final golden flourish at World Championship level after a luge career which had seen her win four mixed team

Since 2007, those events have included the mixed team competition, consisting of one run each of men's

Austria's Janine Flock took silver, with bronze going to Yarnold's team mate Rose McGrandle.It has been

This post-Olympic season has been very exciting for GB," said British Skeleton performance advisor Andi

It's very much a transition year for us," said GB Bobsleigh performance director Gary Anderson."


Cooke doubles Britain's Modern Pentathlon World Cup gold medal tally in Sarasota

  • Modern Pentathlon

By Michael PavittGreat Britain have earned their second gold medal in as many days at the International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) World Cup series as Jamie Cooke secured victory in the men's event in the United States city of Sarasota.

will be held in Cairo, Egypt ©UIPM"We've worked really hard over the winter period, the whole boys' team

and the girls' team, and I think it has been reflected here because obviously Samantha won yesterday

2017December 2014: Modern pentathlon approves fencing bonus round from 2015November 2014: Pentathlon GB

establish series of academies to further growth of sport in the UKSeptember 2014: Pentathlon GB appoint


Briton Murray secures first Modern Pentathlon World Cup gold of season

  • Modern Pentathlon

By Michael PavittBritain's Samantha Murray earned the women's individual title at the first International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) World Cup event of the season in Sarasota-Bradenton.

2017December 2014: Modern pentathlon approves fencing bonus round from 2015 November 2014: Pentathlon GB

establish series of academies to further growth of sport in the UKSeptember 2014: Pentathlon GB appoint

director as chief executiveSeptember 2014: Murray wins modern pentathlon world title as China take team


British Taekwondo meets with Kukkiwon President in Seoul

  • Member National Association and Continental Unions News

By Michael PavittBritish Taekwondo have visited Seoul to pay their respects to new Kukkiwon President Jeong Mansoon.

, Professor Lim Kwan In, and performance director Gary Hall at the meeting with Mansoon.The British team

successful athlete.Tranter's connection dates back to over 10 years, with Kukkiwon where the British team

Contact the writer of this story at [email protected] storiesJanuary 2013: GB


The evolution of the Cricket World Cup

  • The Big Read

By Philip BarkerCo-host nations New Zealand and Australia have launched the 11th Cricket World Cup in fine style with emphatic victories. For both it was the opening salvo in a programme of 49 matches in a competition lasting a month and a half. Only the FIFA World Cup and Rugby World Cup can lay claim to a larger footprint. It was all very different 40 years ago when the first such tournament was held in England. Contested by only eight teams it was all over in a fortnight.One-day domestic cricket had been introduced in the sixties to combat falling attendances...

"His county team mate Dennis Amiss struck a fluent 137, out of England's imposing total of 334 for 4

in the previous two competitions and that was against the amateur players of a combined East Africa team

opens the 2003 Cricket World Cup co-hosted by South Africa, Zimbabwe and Kenya ©Getty ImagesEngland's team

The Gentlemen of Ireland had been the first overseas team to win a cricket match at Lord's back in 1858

GB publications.


Payne and Quin rally support with 150 days to go to Glasgow 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships

  • Swimming News

By Emily GoddardAquatics stars Keri-Anne Payne and Scott Quin have been drumming up Scottish support for the 2015 International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Swimming World Championships in Glasgow with just over 150 days to go.

another opportunity to see world-class swimming in Scotland and I hope they'll turn out to support the GB

team."

Scott Quin is hoping to be selected for the British team set to compete at the IPC Swimming World Championships

at the IPC Swimming European Championships last year, is now hoping to be selected for the British team