By Duncan MackayRory McIlroy will give Ireland's team a massive lift at Rio 2016, Olympic Council of

"We are thrilled with Rory McIlroy and the fact he's declared for Team Ireland," Hickey told insidethegames

"We think he will bring great enthusiasm and excitement to our team at Rio 2016."

"We will be seeking a meeting with him and his team in the near future to make sure that everything goes

GB at Rio 2016. 

Ireland] were at their height, we never had one dispute with the BOA about an athlete declaring for Team

By Emily GoddardGraeme Thompson will lead the British and Scottish men's, women's and wheelchair curling programme to the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games after being named the new performance director.

I know he is relishing the opportunity of working alongside a well-recognised international team."

2013: Unbeaten Scotland and hosts Norway lead way at European Curling Championships October 2013: Team

GB announce men's curling team for Sochi 2014August 2013: World champion curlers secure first British

By Gary AndersonCanada overcame Great Britain by a single point in extra time to remain one of four sides with 100 per cent records at the Wheelchair Rugby World Championships in Odense, Denmark.

GB almost caused an upset, but here we are."We're ready for the challenge."It's going to be tough."

The USA team is really united and it is the best team chemistry I have ever seen but we are still a work

the medals table for the first time in 28 years with a total of 174 medals is a great achievement for Team

Seeing the reaction of erstwhile Team GB colleagues celebrating together and rapturous crowd reactions

to all athletes was an inspiration and the friendliness of the Scottish people stole our hearts.Our team

culture through the talented network of Team Leaders across the 17 sports.

We had four Team Leader meetings and numerous workshops and communication over a series of different

By Paul Osborne at Stirling Square in LondonGreat Britain is on track to meet its goal of becoming the first nation ever to win more Olympic and Paralympic medals post hosting the event, according to Simon Timson, director of performance at UK Sport.

Team GB won 65 Olympic and 120 Paralympic medals at London 2012 and has since been pushing the idea

GB athletes as they bid to qualify for Rio 2016.According to Simon Morton, director of major events

GB athletes a better opportunity to qualify for the Games, bringing both more internal competition between

The BOA's role is to prepare the way to Rio in a way which means Team GB athletes come into an environment

where they can compete at their optimum level," said Mark England, Team GB Chef de Mission for Rio 2016

By Gary AndersonFans are being offered the chance to win trips to the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games with the launch of a new interactive film, which allows users to take part in a unique initiative involving Paralympic champion Richard Whitehead and global car manufacturer Nissan.

to be supported by Nissan in the build-up to Rio 2016.Nissan is the official automotive partner of Team

GB and ParalympicsGB and will provide vehicles to each of their sponsored athletes."

Supporting Team GB and ParalympicsGB is something that we believe in," said marketing manager at Nissan

Motor GB, John Parslow."

Chris Hoy and Richard Whitehead as new ambassadorsApril 2013: Nissan unveiled as top-level sponsor of Team

By Gary AndersonItaly emerged as the top nation at the European Para-Archery Championships, winning three gold medals and two bronze, while 11 of the 24 countries taking part won at least one medal in Nottwil, Switzerland.

The Italians won two team gold and one individual over the two days of competition, which finished today.The

trio of Alberto Simonelli, Matteo Bonacina and Micro Falcier overcame Turkey in the men's team compound

209, while a mark of 224 was enough for France to claim bronze ahead of Poland.Women's recurve open team

competition.Russia also lost out in a thrilling finale to the women's compound team open event as the

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His team mate Béla Békessy also died on the front in 1916.

His only realistic challenger, the great American Duke Kahanamoku and his team mates did not arrive in

Carpenter was disqualified and his American team mates pulled out in solidarity with him.

which won silver in the team relay.

He was knocked out in the heat of the 1,500m but was part of the French squad for the three-mile team

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ceremonies.After the problems experienced with opening the Queen's Baton at the opening ceremony, the Gold Coast team

Journal of Olympic History, has lectured at the National Olympic Academy and contributed extensively to Team

GB publications.

Gary Anderson's preview...There will be plenty more action in athletics, as well as in the racket and team

The rest of the team are doing great and for each piece we go on now we can't be frightened for those

This is a big surprise, but team-mate Oliver Dingley is performing above expectations and currently in

The Canadian finishes on 15.100 to top team mate Kevin Lytwyn, while Scotland's Daniel Purvis finishes

elite's who, of course, have been overly impressive in this competition, but one by two members of the GB

The Queen photobombed a selfie by Team Australia hockey player Jayde Taylor ©Twitter Prince Harry always

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who won gold in their sport's Commonwealth Championships in April are facing the break-up of their team

The Great Britain women's water polo team followed up that triumph, when they were playing as England

the end of an ultimately disappointing European Championship campaign, some of this highly promising team

still a strong club network, where is the inspiration for younger players if there isn't a national team

Captain Rosie Morris says the tightly-knit group was "looking forward to training full-time as a team

still hoping sports minister Helen Grant will "see sense and help to reinstall the funding to enable a GB

followed by the other Asian nations, then Oceania, Africa, the Caribbean, the Americas and Europe.Each team

an elephant called Mahkota began the final journey of the baton in 1998.A Scottish terrier led each team

Some members of the Barbados team also delighted the crowds by wearing kilts.As each region made its

When their team arrived in the stadium, they received a thunderous reception, reflecting the close ties

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22:30 And on that happy note it's time to say good night from the team here in Glasgow.

I was very close to not making the team, I think I chose the right way.

But once again, there was one team out in front and that was Australia.

My gb team mates are all stressing me out.. Next up @JoannaRowsell come on girl!!

Wales team captain terrible blow for team morale.

her role as head coach of the British women's performance curling programme just months after guiding Team

GB to bronze at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games.

European Curling ChampionshipsSeptember 2013: World champions Muirhead and Edin head curling World Team