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British Olympic Association announces Fight for Peace as Rio 2016 charity partner

  • EOC

By Daniel EtchellsThe British Olympic Association (BOA) has announced Fight for Peace as a charity partner for Rio 2016.

and counsel for the charity's staff in the development of a sport performance programme, supported by Team

GB and its sporting partners.The BOA will work with Fight for Peace to facilitate visits from Team GB

will support the BOA's marketing campaign in the run up to Rio 2016 as they begin to build support for Team

GB in the United Kingdom and the host city. 

We are looking forward to working with Luke and his team to ensure that Team GB has a positive impact


London 2012 gold post box vandalised

  • London 2012 Paralympics

By Duncan MackayA special postbox painted in gold to celebrate the victory of Britian's Mickey Bushell at London 2012 has been vandalised.

The postbox was one of more than 100 painted gold around Britain by Royal Mail to celebrate every Team

GB and ParalympicsGB gold medal during London 2012. 


Grainger prepares for first UK competition since winning London 2012 gold

  • Rowing

By Mike RowbottomKatherine Grainger, Britain's most successful female Olympic rower, is set to race competitively in the UK later this month for the first time since winning London 2012 gold.

Wednesday (November 12), takes the next steps on a potential journey to the 2016 Rio Olympic Games at the GB

Rowing Team Assessment in Boston, Lincolnshire over the weekend of November 15 and 16.Grainger, who

that there's no reason why you shouldn't be hitting the peaks you have hit before".​Paul Thompson, the GB

World Championships are exempt, Grainger's opposition will come largely from a strong contingent of GB

Wilson, who competed for GB at the Olympic Games and won the double scull at the recent British Rowing


Olympic shooting gold medallist Peter Wilson announces retirement

  • Shooting

By Daniel EtchellsBritain's Olympic gold medallist Peter Wilson has announced his retirement from competitive target shooting.

hard to improve the awareness of the sport he has grown to love.Phil Scanlan (left), British Shootings team

British Shooting's team leader from London 2012, Phil Scanlan, added: "Peter has been a great ambassador

for Podium Potential.Wilson's protégée Dedman is one of 13 athletes to have been given a place on the GB

entering an important phase as we aim to secure further quota places for Rio, as well as develop a GB

GuernseyAugust 2012: Wilson shoots for gold and scores at London 2012March 2012: Double whammy for GB


Weir decision to withdraw from funding programme will not harm career, says UK Athletics head coach

  • Athletics News

By Daniel EtchellsUK Athletics Paralympic head coach Paula Dunn claims the decision of four-time London 2012 gold medallist David Weir to withdraw from British Athletics Lottery funding programme next year will not harm his international career.

He still wants to compete for GB and we are looking at next year's London Marathon and talking about

Pavey, long jumper Chris Tomlinson and javelin thrower Goldie Sayers, who captained the Great Britain team


Alan Hubbard: All opinions matter but women's boxing is on an upward curve

  • Inside the Blogs

women's side ©Getty ImagesHe then slugged out with the lucid Lucy O'Connor, former European champion and GB

Fair enough.I doubt whether Savannah Marshall and her fellow GB flag-flyers will be fazed by Frank's

week ©Getty ImagesAt 23 six-footer Savannah, is no longer quite as shy as a couple of years  ago when team-mates

Island by flyweight Lisa Whiteside, lightweight Chantelle Cameron and light-welterweight Sandy Ryan from GB

(69kg).They are now preparing for the tournament at a training camp in Japan, along with the Wales team


British Rowing announce UK Anti-Doping boss as new chief executive

  • Rowing

By Daniel EtchellsBritish Rowing has announced the appointment of Andy Parkinson as its new chief executive, with effect from January 2015.

The London 2012 Olympic Games were the GB Rowing Team's most successful of all time ©Getty Images​One

of race formats.British Rowing is one of the most successful British sports in Olympic history.The GB

Rowing Team achieved a record haul of nine medals at the London 2012 and won 10 medals at the 2014 World


Rob Hoekstra to leave British Showjumping at the end of the year

  • Equestrian

By Paul Osborne Rob Hoekstra, world class performance showjumping manager at British Showjumping, is set to leave his role at the end of the year.

Hoekstra has been in the role since 2010 and helped steer Team GB to gold at London 2012 and the 2013

When he came into the sport in 2010 his incisive style quickly unified our athletes as a team and provided

Rob Hoekstra helped Team GB to gold at London 2012 and the 2013 European Championships, a first for Britain

criticism after the 2014 World Equestrian Games in Normandy where Great Britain failed to reach the team

It has been a fantastic journey but it had always been my goal to lead the Team to victory in London


David Owen: How a looming funding squeeze threatens to undermine UK Sport's good intentions

  • Inside the Blogs

useful and sophisticated way than simply counting Olympic/Paralympic medals, and which does not leave team

shortfall is partly UK Sport's fault.London 2012 was so successful that when it ended, not only had Team

GB bagged 185 medals - a truly astonishing 29 of which were Olympic golds - but a tidy balance attributable

to UK Sport had accumulated in the so-called National Lottery Distribution Fund.Team GB won an incredible


Britain looks to Armed Forces for next generation of sporting talent

  • News

By Emily GoddardUK Sport and the English Institute of Sport (EIS) have partnered with the British Army to create the Army Elite Sport Programme to identify the next generation of world-class sporting talent.

The chance to represent Team GB at the Tokyo 2020 Games is a fantastic opportunity for our Army personnel

of European Rowing Championships August 2012: Home celebrations as rowers Glover and Stanning earn Team

GB maiden gold medal of London 2012July 2012: Military personnel on standby to bolster security-guard


Plans to limit Liechtenstein travel times revealed by transport manager of 2015 Winter EYOF

  • EOC

By Daniel Etchells in the Montafon Valley, AustriaSarah Pirklbauer, transport and logistics manager for the 2015 Winter European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF), has said the best has been made out of a difficult situation after revealing the plans to minimise athletes' travel times to and from Liechtenstein, co-hosts of the event with Vorarlberg.

minimum of one hour 30 minutes to a maximum of two hours 15 minutes, however, the transport and logistics team

sailing who is Chef de Mission of Great Britain, acknowledges the travel times are not ideal but insists Team

GB will do all they can to work around them."

Austria as preparations for 2015 Winter EYOF hot upOctober 2014: BOA names Olympic sailor Gosling as Team


Exclusive: Hunt appears to have left BOA with substantial pay-off

  • EOC

By David OwenAndy Hunt, the former British Olympic Association (BOA) chief executive, looks to have received a handsome - possibly six-figure - pay-off when he left the organisation in February 2013.

expansion in the build-up to the first London Olympics for 64 yearsHe also acted as Chef de Mission for Team

GB at the London 2012 Games, in which home athletes delighted enthusiastic host nation fans by winning


BOA posts operating loss in first year after Olympics

  • EOC

By David OwenThe British Olympic Association (BOA) suffered an operating loss in 2013, as it readjusted to life after London 2012.

However, a final windfall from Team 2012 - the joint venture with UK Sport, Paralympics GB and London

€581,000) in 2012.However, this was more than offset by a £145,000 ($231,000/€185,000) payment from the Team


Nominations announced for World Rowing's Parmigiani Spirit Award

  • Rowing

By Daniel EtchellsWorld Rowing and partner Parmigiani Fleurier, a Swiss brand of luxury watchmakers, have confirmed the four finalists for the 2014 Parmigiani Spirit Award.

Institute of Technology in Zurich, Switzerland.His focus, determination and teamwork have inspired team

Arriving at Yale in 2010, his dedication to the team and the University was immediately recognised, it

started coxing in 2006 and has been an active participant in her University programme as well as the GB


BOA names Olympic sailor Gosling as Team GB's Chef de Mission for 2015 EYOWF

  • EOC

Association (BOA) has announced that two-time Olympic sailing gold medallist Sarah Gosling has been appointed Team

GB at the 2013 European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) in Dutch city Utrecht, where the team of 44 athletes

It is such a privilege to lead Team GB as Chef de Mission for a second time," said Gosling."

GB at Pyeonchang 2018 and beyond."

Utrecht 2013 was a huge success for Team GB, providing valuable experience for our athletes, and I have

GB."