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Interactive map launched on Pinterest charting British Olympic history

  • EOC

Olympic Association (BOA) have launched an interactive Pinterest Map which looks at its entire history of Team

GB at the Olympic Games.

GB moments, covering every Olympic Games from 1896 to 2014.  

The timeline will feature as Facebook milestones and a photo album full of Team GB moments, stadium pictures

Pinterest will become an online scrapbook for Team GB to share content which inspires, engages, informs

With Team GB still riding on a high after the success of London 2012, where it finished third in the

The aim is to keep Team GB topical for 12 months of the year, not just every two years when there's an


Winter Olympic and Paralympic sports in Britain see doubling of funding ahead of Pyeongchang 2018

  • Pyeongchang 2018

By Paul OsborneWinter Olympic and Paralympic sports in Great Britain are set to benefit from a doubling of National Lottery and Government funding on the road to Pyeongchang 2018, it was announced today.

successful system, and we are so proud that we are now recognised alongside many of the bigger, successful GB

2018 ©Getty ImagesThe final sport to be awarded funding is wheelchair curling, in which the British team


Philip Barker: Plenty of Olympic connections as Lord's celebrates 200th anniversary

  • Inside the Blogs

Darnley had been President of the MCC and, back in 1882, he had led an England team to Australia.

In their team that year was one Clarence Napier Bruce.

Long Room's got sofas in it, this is not Lords as we know it," he said.The Italian men won the men's team

gold thanks to a inner gold finish from Michele Frangilli, which gave his team victory over the United

GB publications.


Alan Hubbard: England's footballers are just not good enough

  • Inside the Blogs

They should have prepared like the British Olympic team," bemoaned one caller.

sports shrinks and haven't been since the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville when Mark Tout led the GB

It was titled: Death in Brazil.Enough said.Meantime we hear the England team have landed to a hero's


Prince Harry on hand as Britain sign agreement to train in Belo Horizonte before Rio 2016 Paralympics

  • Rio 2016 Paralympics

By Duncan MackayPrince Harry today witnessed the signing of an agreement for Britain to base themselves in Belo Horizonte before the 2016 Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro.

It follows an deal signed last year for Britain's Olympic team to be based there before Rio 2016. 

incredible legacy and I have no doubt that, through the partnerships announced today, the ParalympicsGB team

Contact the writer of this story at [email protected] storiesOctober 2013: Team

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


As they celebrate their centenary, how the Olympic rings have become the most famous symbol in the world

  • The Big Read

By Philip BarkerBaron Pierre de Coubertin certainly hit on something special when he designed the Olympic rings. He had been looking for a symbol to reflect the Olympic idea  ever since he had persuaded the sporting leaders of the world to revive the Games back in 1894.June 23 is Olympic Day so this is an appropriate time to celebrate the five famous linked circles which were revealed to the public 100 years ago. They are now one of the most instantly recognisable symbols in the world.

They were accompanied by  Alice Landon and Aileen Riggin Soule, two members of the United States team

A small team from East Timor did so at Sydney 2000.

rings came together above the Stadium in London.Sochi ceremonies producer Konstantin Ernst and his team

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

GB publications.


Report exposes "discrepancies" between number of British state school pupils and elite sport participation

  • London 2012

By Paul OsborneBritain's Youth Sport Trust has called for schools that do not truly value the place of sport to "wake up" following Ofsted's latest report "Going the extra mile".

The report, conducted after the success of London 2012, looked to determine why so many winning Team

GB athletes from those Games attended independent schools and examine the link between quality of competitive


Olympic champion Adams in search of more history as picked for Glasgow 2014

  • Boxing

aiming for more gold medal glory at Glasgow 2014 after she was named here today as part of an 11-strong Team

Savannah Marshall and Liverpool's Natasha Jonas as the three women in the squad.Nicola Adams will lead the Team

That is a sentiment shared by coach Dave Alloway, part of the Team England boxing set-up for Glasgow

The Team England boxing squad will be aiming to better the five medals won last time out in Delhi ©ITGEngland

Winning gold is definitely my aim and my main goal," said Maxwell, who identified Team GB teammate, Scotland's



Philip Barker: How Olympic gold led to World Cup glory for Uruguay

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tournament staged in 1930 had its problems, but, carried on a tide of national fervour, the Uruguayan team

They were the first South Americans to do so.The Uruguayan team arriving in Spain for a series of warm-up

"The morale of the team was excellent with perfect discipline."

The core of their team had been part of the Olympic experience and in Jose Andrade, they had one of the

GB publications.


Fitness First appointed partner of BOA to boost performance on road to Rio 2016

  • EOC

By Nick ButlerFitness First, one of the largest global health brands in the world, has been unveiled as the first ever "Official Fitness Partner" of the British Olympic Association (BOA).

The synergy between Team GB and Fitness First is very clear and obvious, embracing sport and getting

teams to motivate and inspire greatness, we look forward to working closely with the BOA to support Team

GB athletes and Fitness First members."


Australia and The Netherlands dominating Hockey World Cup

  • Hockey

By Mike RowbottomThe Netherlands, women's Olympic champions at London 2012, made sure of their advance to the semi-finals of the Hockey World Cup in The Hague with a 3-0 win over South Korea.

Happily it was later reported that Knowles had been released from hospital and was back at the team hotel

of qualifiers tomorrow.The US face South Africa, currently second from the bottom above an England team

with a 4-1 win over European champions Germany masterminded by their coach Craig Parnham, the former GB

women in orange would have an easy time of it, but they were made to work very hard by a South Korean team


Five teenagers in British Para table tennis squad for Romania International Open

  • Table Tennis News

By Zjan ShirinianFive teenagers will represent Great Britain's Para table tennis team at the Romania

led by 15-year-old Billy Shilton, winner of his first international gold medal in the men's class 7 team

event in the Slovenia Open last month.He is one of a team of seven who will compete in the Horea Demian

Lawrence John, 15, Conor Gordon, 18, and Martin Perry, 20.Matthews took bronze in the men's class 1 team

These players are already showing great potential for the future," said GB performance director Gorazd

Sunday (June 15).Medals will be awarded in the men's and women's singles and the men's and women's team


Davies set to lead six strong Para-athletics Welsh team at Glasgow 2014

  • Athletics News

By Paul OsborneWorld and Paralympic champion Aled Davies will lead a six-strong Para-athletics team at

The Para-athletes are part of 33-strong athletics team set to participate in Glasgow next month featuring

the young and old of Welsh talent.Davies will be the prize jewel in the Para-team following his world-record

to the F38 long jump event at the start of this season.Olivia Breen won bronze as part of the 4x100m GB

relay team at London 2012 ©Getty ImagesParalympic veteran Tracey Hinton has also been selected to the

guide Steffan Hughes.London 2012 discus bronze medallist Beverley Jones will also represent the team


"Englishness" is key identity for Commonwealth Games England at Glasgow 2014

  • Commonwealth Games

By Paul Osborne at The Grange Hotel St Pauls in London Glasgow 2014 will provide an opportunity to showcase "Englishness", it has been claimed. 

arrival of the Queen's Baton Relay in London, and as an opportunity to share ideas and promote the Team

at Delhi 2010 ©Getty Images"The Commonwealth Games is different from the Olympic Movement, it's not Team

GB its Team England, Team Scotland Team Wales etcetera," Commonwealth Games England chief executive

England is "more representative of England as a nation, as a sports team, than any other sports team

We have 12 per cent Para-athletes as part of the team; English Asian as part of the team."