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British ice hockey star Hammond dies aged 33 in car crash in Canada

  • Ice Hockey

British ice hockey star Mike Hammond has died at the age of 33 following a fatal car crash in Canada.

Our thoughts too are with all his former team-mates and everyone at the club is thinking of Hammy and

Our thoughts are with his family, friends and all team-mates.

.👉 https://t.co/nkC7o9zKuS pic.twitter.com/3FfgVXxHQm— Team GB Ice Hockey (@TeamGBicehockey) July 20

what a player he was and I enjoyed calling some of his big moments in commentary, particularly for GB

Ice Hockey UK also paid tribute, describing Hammond as a "cherished GB team-mate, loved by so many, and


Britain hail 3x3 ice hockey format after holding trials in preparation for Gangwon 2024

  • Gangwon 2024

Britain’s men’s under-16 ice hockey head coach Danny Meyers has praised the 3x3 format  due to be be played at next year’s Winter Youth Olympics in Gangwon.

for the second time at the Winter Youth Olympics after making its debut at Lausanne 2020 where each team

Having witnessed first-hand on two occasions the groundbreaking work that Danny, his team of coaches

and support staff are doing with our aspiring GB three-on-three athletes, I can certainly confirm that

Britain is scheduled to hold another trial on October 23 when the final team is expected to be selected

for Gangwon 2024.Two more training camps are planned on December 18 and January 2 before the British team


Portugal, Britain, and Singapore claim pairs titles at World Boccia Youth Championship

  • Boccia News

Portugal, Britain, and Singapore won the pairs events at the inaugural Povoa de Varzim 2023 World Boccia Youth Championship.

It was so close - I thought we’d go to a double tiebreak, but the Head Referee declared it a win for GB

Portugal claimed the BC1/2 team title after winning two games and a total of 9 ends.In the individual


BOA names Randox Health as official diagnostic health partner for Paris 2024

  • Paris 2024

The British Olympic Association (BOA) has renewed its partnership with Randox Health, announcing the company as the official diagnostic health partner for Paris 2024.

The two parties have worked together for Tokyo 2020 and Beijing 2022 with Randox providing Team GB with

GB to spread awareness about the need to be proactive about health by using comprehensive diagnostic

screening.All Team GB athletes will have access to Randox's in-clinic and home testing services as part

GB, particularly as every athlete increasingly focuses their preparations on the Paris Olympic Games

GB we aim to change the way the UK thinks about health."


Tanzania Olympic Committee meets delegation from UK Sport

  • ANOCA

A delegation from UK Sport including chair Dame Katherine Grainger has travelled to Dar es Salaam for discussions with the Tanzania Olympic Committee (TOC).

Mitchell.The visit led to a partnership being launched between national governing bodies Skateboard GB

and the Tanzania Skateboarding Federation.A Skateboard GB delegation delivered a coaching education

Tanzania on behalf of UK Sport to support the launch of this pioneering partnership between Skateboard GB

Arts and Sports to learn more about skateboarding in Tanzania and discuss how UK Sport and Skateboard GB

Tanzania sent just three athletes to Tokyo 2020, all in athletics, which was its smallest-ever team at


British performances at European Games hailed by Chef de Mission Ford

  • KrakĂłw 2023

British Chef de Mission Paul Ford has hailed his team's performances in Kraków-MaƂopolska as "our most successful European Games yet, with results that speak for themselves."

These achievements put the team in fantastic shape ahead of next year," Ford continued.Eden Cheng’s victory

earlier started the rush for quota places.Take us back to Krakow, please đŸ„° pic.twitter.com/mJaksTYAnS— Team

GB (@TeamGB) July 4, 2023Amy Rollinson and Desharne Bent-Ashmeil also won diving gold in the three metres

highlighted the individual performances by 18-year-old archer Penny Healey who won gold in individual and team


Team GB release new poem to celebrate 75th anniversary of arrival of the Windrush generation

  • EOC

Team GB has celebrated today’s 75th anniversary of the arrival of the first post-World War Two Caribbean

include Tessa Sanderson and Linford Christie, who both left Jamaica as children before representing Team

GB and winning Olympic gold medals in the javelin and 100 metres at Los Angeles 1984 and Barcelona 1992

GB inspired poem.The poem, Give Thanks, showcases and celebrates Team GB’s historical links to the Windrush

Aaliyah Powell, whose family heritage is from Jamaica.Raymond Antrobus, right, was commissioned by Team

GB to write the new poem "Give Thanks" marking the 75th anniversary of Windrush which appears in a video


Duncan Mackay: British sport owes a massive debt to the Windrush generation

  • Inside the Blogs

Today marks 75 years ago that a ship landed at Tilbury Dock near London, carrying more than 800 passengers to start new lives in Britain.

Arthur Wharton was a prominent goalkeeper in the late 19th century and was part of the Preston North End team

from the UK Government.The Olympics has once again today paid tribute to the Windrush generation with Team

GB releasing a specially commissioned poem by spoken word artist, Raymond Antrobus.The poem, Give Thanks

, showcases and celebrates Team GB’s historical links to the Windrush generation.Alongside Olympic archive


Rugby sevens star and Olympic canoe champion to carry Britain's flag at Kraków-MaƂopolska 2023

  • KrakĂłw 2023

Rugby sevens co-captain Abbie Brown and Olympic canoe slalom gold medallist Joe Clarke have been named as the British flagbearers for the Kraków-MaƂopolska 2023 European Games Opening Ceremony here.

Britain's Chef de Mission Paul Ford selected the two athletes from the team of 178 to carry the

do", but expects it to be "a really special moment for me, but also a really special moment for my team

Being given the honour of leading Team GB out at a Games is a big milestone in an athlete’s career, and

Both are world class performers and leaders whose values represent what the entire team is here to do

: be highly competitive, advance qualification for Paris 2024, and embrace being part of One Team GB.


Exclusive: IBA fire secretary general Yerolimpos as they face Olympic expulsion

  • Boxing

George Yerolimpos has been fired as secretary general and chief executive of the International Boxing Association (IBA) with the governing body set to be expelled from the Olympic Movement this week, insidethegames can exclusively reveal.

Roberts was appointed as chief executive of Boxing Scotland.He also served on the Board of Directors at GB

whole life to boxing, I am looking forward to delivering more exciting events together with the IBA team


Netherlands win five on spin in group stage of IWBF World Championships

  • Wheelchair Basketball News

The Netherlands were the only side to go unbeaten in the group stage of the women’s competition at the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation World Championships in Dubai.

the title at the Dubai World Trade Centre.Germany were The Netherlands’ first victims as the Dutch team

US came third with three wins and two losses.Australia 🇩đŸ‡ș claims the final quarter-final spot over GB



Cash boost for UK Athletics before July Diamond League meeting

  • Athletics

UK Athletics has received up to £150,000 ($188,323/€174,767) to stage the Diamond League next month.

that it forms a key part of the athlete journey - hosting Diamond League athletics in the UK gives the GB

and NI team the best possible build up and support towards major championship success."


Olympic champions among Britain’s 178-strong team for European Games

  • KrakĂłw 2023

A total of 178 athletes have been selected to represent Britain at the upcoming European Games in Kraków-MaƂopolska.

plenty of Olympians competing at the #EuropeanGames2023Here are just a few of our stars set to shine ⭐— Team

GB (@TeamGB) June 1, 2023Worthington and Choong are among several Olympic gold medallists in the team

diving, modern pentathlon, rugby sevens, shooting and table tennis.GB Boxing has selected a 13-strong team

around very early, so this will be a test for the boxers," said Rob McCracken, performance director for GB


Team GB unveils new brand identity for Paris 2024 Olympic Games

  • Paris 2024

A new identity for Team GB centred around a brand idea that "goes beyond sport" has been unveiled for

end of 2021 and has designed an extensive suite of graphic illustrations in the hope of keeping the Team

GB brand relevant when the Games are not being held.Thisaway founder and creative director Graeme Cook

says Team GB's previous strategy focused mainly on "the use of the logo and how to lock it up with commercial

partners", with few other visual assets in use.He believed that while there was a lot of interest in the team

A new typeface has also been developed, called Team GB Sans.It was designed by typographer Lewis McGuffie