By Emily GoddardApril 29 - Jens Grill is to step down as the England and Britain badminton performance director to take a "complete break from the sport" in July, it has been announced.

last week's European Championships, while the England men's squad won the silver medal at the European Team

The energy and commitment Jens has invested into the England and GB World Class Performance Programme

performanceMay 2013: Adcock heads England squad for 2013 World Badminton ChampionshipsFebruary 2013: GB

This ranges from managing the British biathlon team to becoming deputy general secretary and then chief

AFP/Getty ImagesThe Games are expected to attract some 6,000 athletes from 49 countries - including Team

GB - competing in 19 sports.Some state-of-the-art stadiums exist, including the 60,000-seater national

There is a great team in place and the opportunity to create something new is really exciting," adds

ShirinianApril 29 - The British Olympic Association's (BOA) director of sport services has been appointed Team

I look forward to working with my Team GB colleagues and the National Governing Bodies to ensure the

We have already seen a hugely successful Team GB compete in Sochi earlier this year and we want that

GB with the best possible environment to perform at its best at both Games."

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GB chooses team leader as golf makes return at Rio 2016December 2013: New initiatives unveiled as Britain

By Duncan Mackay at the JW Marriott Hotel Absheron in BakuApril 28 - Jim Scherr is leaving his position as chief operating officer of Baku 2015 and will be replaced by Simon Clegg, organisers of the inaugural European Games announced here today.

"There is an outstanding existing team within Baku 2015 many of whom I have worked with over the last

Clegg's previous experience includes managing Team GB athletes at 12 Olympic and Olympic Winter Games

By Duncan MackayApril 26 - Great Britain duo Jodie Stimpson and Helen Jenkins secured a one-two finish at the International Triathlon Union (ITU) World Triathlon Series victory Cape Town.

final kilometre to record a second straight series win in 1 hour 46min 11, seven seconds ahead of her team-mate

"Lucy Hall was absolutely amazing on that bike today, so was Helen, so was Vicky, the GB girls were definitely

In December 2012, UK Sport announced its investment into elite sport for the Rio cycle until 2016.GB

It needs a major reassessment.Victory over world champions Spain this week shows what the British team

cause from the media, sporting figures and politicians has been heartening.The debate over whether team

I am very proud to have been the performance director to the GB women's water polo team, albeit for far

women's water polo team – until next Wednesday when he is due to be made redundant.

individuals to put their hands in their pockets to ensure that Great Britain's in-form women's water polo team

between July 14 and 27, have now emerged as an absolutely critical event in determining the future of a GB

team which this week followed up England's double victory in those Commonwealth Championships by beating

The immediate problem facing the team is that this removal of funding now starts to bite almost straight

away, with team manager Graeme Thompson expecting to be made redundant on April 30 and athlete-related

shocks world champions SpainApril 2014: Jewel in the pool - how the team UK Sport does not think is

By Mike RowbottomApril 22 - Alison Williamson, the archer who became only the third Briton to take part in six Olympics when she competed at London 2012, will not seek a record-breaking seventh appearance at the Rio 2016, having decided to retire from the sport.

The 42-year-old from Melton Mowbray, who made her Team GB debut at Barcelona 1992, won Olympic bronze

in Athens in 2004 and took individual and team silver for England at the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games.She

Four years later in Beijing she narrowly missed out on team bronze to France.Alison Williamson in the

I am so grateful to all the coaches, team mates, family and friends who have helped me achieve so much

GB for London 2012January 2012: Alan Hubbard - Sorcerer Alison and apprentice Amy will be targeting

return to elite selection after taking a year out of competition with winning performances in the final GB

Alex Gregory, pictured far right in the men's four which took gold at London 2012, won the GB final trials

today and for stepping up to race three times in difficult conditions", said Sir David Tanner, the GB

Rowing Team performance director."

By Gary AndersonApril 17 - Great Britain has announced the 12-strong squad that will head to Toronto later this year for the Women's Wheelchair Basketball World Championships.

, she is a great component to have in any team," said Thompson, who was appointed as head coach last

Whilst the youngster Joy Haizelden, alongside Charlotte Moore, are the next generation of GB basketball

At the World Championships we want the team to unite itself and make sure we are all pulling from the

Our goal is the same as at any tournament we enter as GB and that is to get into the semi-final and take

American announced as women's head coach for Britain's women's wheelchair basketball teamJuly 2013: GB

By Duncan MackayApril 17 - Britain's Paralympic hand-cycling gold medallist Rachel Morris has switched sports and hopes to compete in rowing at Rio 2016. 

The 34-year-old is planning to take part in GB Rowing's Para-rowing trials in Caversham this weekend.

GB Rowing lead coach for Para-rowing Tom Dyson praised Morris' determination but warned it would be hard

for her to break into Britain's team for Rio 2016. 

"Standards within the GB Rowing team are high and we intend only to take rowers to the World Championships

By Gary AndersonApril 10 – Dutch softball stars Nathalie Timmermans and Virginie Anneveld will be passing on tips and advice to young British players when they attend two sessions at British Softball UK's (BSUK) Softball High Performance Academy (HPA) this month.

have been looking for," said Lintern, who runs the sessions along with former Great Britain women's team

HPA, we can all see hope that this programme will pay dividends on the European and world stage for GB

By David OwenApril 3 - UK Sport turned down a request for funding for British women's rugby sevens teams, it has emerged, indicating that the sport was capable of self-funding its preparation for Rio 2016, when rugby will be returning to the Olympics for the first time in 92 years.

Union (RFU) was asking for, although the request was said to be "to support Rio preparation for the GB

enable the athletes to commit to centralised training".Success at the World Sevens Series is one way a team

, it said, was "being established", represents all Home Countries and would be "responsible for the GB

programme".It said the eventual British squad "could genuinely be a GB squad made up of England, Scotland

By Gary AndersonMarch 27 – British Cycling and the Football Association (FA) have today announced the launch of the Kick Start Your Ride campaign which aims to encourage more women to get into sport by cycling to football matches.

while there will also be rides to and from Women's Super League matches over the coming months.Team GB

women not only into cycling but football also and is urging people to get out and support her and her team-mates

The FA claims football is the largest team sport in England in terms of women's participation, with around

By Gary AndersonMarch 25 - British Paralympic medallist Stefanie Reid is being supported in her quest for gold at Rio 2016 by being provided with a new Nissan Juke Nismo car to drive to training and competitions.

Loughborough-based athlete with the new vehicle as part of its role as the official automotive partner of Team

GB and ParalympicsGB.The 29-year-old, winner of a bronze medal at Beijing 2008 in the T44 200 metres

Debenhams advertising campaign promoting diversityApril 2013: Nissan unveiled as top-level sponsor of Team

GB and ParalympicsGBJune 2012: Nissan sign deal to sponsor Rio 2016 Paralympics