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

By Paul Osborne The British Athletes Commission (BAC), the members' association representing the interests of high-performance athletes in the UK, has announced plans to ensure its services are meeting the needs of lesbian, gay and bisexual athletes.

performance sport environment where our members are seeking selection for their national teams (or Team

GB/Paralympics GB) and to win medals," said Ian Braid, chief executive of the BAC."

Organisers try to balance the wish for every team to get its moment in the limelight with time constraints

Ceremony wear ever since Harold Abrahams fumed about his 1924 Olympic threads as "Ghastly ill fitting team

In turn team officials threatened them with expulsion from the Ceremony if they did so.

He had befriended her when she had been the mascot to the England football team.

GB publications.

Mark EnglandChef de Mission Great BritainThis week we catch up with Mark England, Great Britain's Chef de Mission, to find out how the preparations for the inaugural European Games in Baku are progressing. 

GB in Rio.The Games are also a fantastic opportunity for young athletes vying to be part of Team GB

GB at London 2012 will boost interest among the public for the European Games in Baku, claims Chef de

Post London 2012 we have seen interest in Team GB and our athletes grow.

From a personal point of view it is a huge honour to be Chef de Mission for Team GB at the inaugural

GB for the first time.Interview by Gary Anderson

By Paul OsborneGreat Britain and Northern Ireland has today announced the 56-strong squad set to compete at the 2014 International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athletics European Championships in Swansea.

GB for the first time since his triumphs at the London 2012 Paralympic Games.Joining Weir in the squad

won in 2013 and 2012 respectively.In all, 10 world and Paralympic champions have been named to the GB

events.T12 sprinter Libby Clegg and F32 club thrower Stephen Miller join Whitehead as just the three GB

years ago in The Netherlands.London 2012 champion Richard Whitehead is among three athletes in the GB

2014.Paralympic 100m T53 gold medallist Mickey Bushell will lead the line in the 100m and 200m, with GB

Grant to "decide what is important for the future of sport in the UK", in the wake of funding cuts to team

David Sparkes used a statement timed to coincide with the appearance of the now unfunded GB women's water

polo team at the European Championships in Budapest to cast doubt on the effectiveness of UK sports

policy for women.Referring to the "significant progress" of the water polo team prior to its loss of

Many of the GB team face tough decisions over their futures at the conclusion of the European Championships

While the GB team lost its three group games in Budapest, it matched its opponents for long periods in

Lasting good will be the outcome of our participation," wrote Richard Coombes  the Australasian team

He encouraged the manager of the Canadian track and field team, MM Robinson, known to his friends as

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

GB publications.

the Opening Ceremony of Glasgow 2014 after 800 metres runner Gareth Warburton was removed from the team

I'd like to take this opportunity to wish the best to all my team mates heading to the Commonwealth Games

and apologise that I won't be able to join them as part of Team Wales."

Team Wales is committed to providing athletes with the necessary education required to ensure we compete

2014: Welsh netballers united claims interim coach as Glasgow 2014 announcedJuly 2012: Warburton wins Team

GB Olympic selection appeal as 10 others miss out on London 2012

They won't be anywhere near as golden for their own athletes as was London's for Team GB.

By Nick ButlerKrow communications has been appointed Official Provider of the British Olympic Association (BOA) in the latest commercial appointment since the arrival of BOA chief executive Bill Sweeney last October.

Following on from London 2012 and the Olympic Winter Games in Sochi earlier in the year, we have seen Team

GB really come into its own as a well-known and well-loved brand," said BOA head of marketing, Leah

krow's approach on how they could support us in developing a long-term brand communications strategy for Team

GB to grow our fanbase and strengthen our brand."

GB."

By Zjan ShirinianEngland has been nominated as the lead nation to qualify on behalf of Great Britain for the inaugural men's and women's rugby sevens competition at Rio 2016.

The team will need to finish in the top four of this season's International Rugby Board (IRB) Sevens

Union have come together to nominate England for Rio 2016 qualification.They had already agreed the team

the Sevens World Series, would be nominated.England came fourth, with Wales 11th and Scotland 12th.A GB

system for rugby sevens revealedMay 2012: Exclusive: UK Home Nations can qualify a British rugby sevens team

They will be the contact point for team leaders and will hold regular meetings to solve any problems

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

GB publications.

By Gary AndersonFIFA World Cup organisers have closed the Fan Fest due to take place in Belo Horizonte for today's two quarter-final matches following the death of two people when an overpass collapsed in the Brazilian city yesterday.

progress being made" but admit less than 40 per cent of work completed with two years to goOctober 2013: Team

GB chose Belo Horizonte as base ahead of Rio 2016 OlympicsDecember 2012: TeamGB secure Rio 2016 Olympic

By Emily GoddardAt least two people have been killed after an unfinished overpass collapsed in the Brazilian FIFA World Cup host city of Belo Horizonte.

semi-final match next Tuesday (July 8) and the city is due to be used as a base for the Great British team

progress being made" but admit less than 40 per cent of work completed with two years to goOctober 2013: Team

GB chose Belo Horizonte as base ahead of Rio 2016 OlympicsDecember 2012: Team GB secure Rio 2016 Olympic

Understandably aggrieved is financially-snubbed basketball, whose GB women's team have qualified for

This is particularly so for a team sport which is second in popularity to only football in terms of the

14-25 age group and the fourth-most popular team sport for women."

We have to find a solution to the funding issue facing team sports like basketball at elite level.

We have a talented team whose chance of representing this country at Rio 2016 could be snatched from