Team GB's successes in Sochi, with set medal targets exceeded in both the Winter Olympics and subsequent

deeply dismayed" by the continuing hardline approach to funding, with UK Sport accused of abandoning team

"Of course we all want to see GB winning medals but sport is more than just about that."

UK Sport are under mounting pressure to address the "bias" in funding between elite individual and team

Basketball has a grassroots base bigger than any other British Olympic team sport," argues Moreland.

By Duncan MackayMarch 22 - Olympic silver medallist Alan Pascoe, the former vice-chairman of London 2012, has labelled critics who want UK Sport to change how it funds British sport as "crazy".

sports which stand little chance of winning medals," Pascoe, a member of Britain's 4x400 metres relay team

Lottery funding was introduced in 1997 to help British sport to prepare for the Olympics and Paralympics, Team

GB have become one of the leading nations in the world.Britain's position in the Olympics medal table

"It's  here the issue of team sports also needs to be addressed. 

at [email protected] storiesMarch 2014: David Owen -: Why, for the sake of the team

so-called "No Compromise" system has been applied to dash the Olympic and Paralympic hopes of scores of GB

athletes, particularly those practicing team sports.Having brooded over this for some weeks now, I keep

In the meantime, Britain is effectively contracting out of true Olympic team sports – all but – with

(The country will presumably also field a rugby sevens team in 2016, but this venture does not benefit

the sport is significantly higher.These role models are particularly important because of the role team

By Paul OsborneMarch 21 - Stoke Mandeville Stadium is getting set to host the 2014 International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Shooting World Cup, an event that will have added importance because it is the first opportunity to begin earning qualifying points for Rio 2016. 

All eyes this year are on the World Championships in Germany in July and the large GB team will all be

Cup returns to birthplace of ParalympicsMay 2013: Johnson to lead Paralympics New Zealand shooting team

it is "surprised and disappointed" at UK Sports decision to reject their appeal to stop funding the GB

women's team as the elite funding body's announcement continues to sink in across the country.

will represent GB at the Rio Paralympics and highly unlikely that we will be represented at Tokyo in

"our women just missed out on a medal in London 2012 and were the second most successful competing GB

women team sport across both GB Olympic and Paralympic disciplines."

(left) has said that UK Sports decision is "too soon" following major changes to the set up of the GB

goalball team ©Getty imagesGB player Georgie Bullen, a star during London 2012, has backed up these

By Gary AndersonMarch 20 - England's Football Association has expressed its disappointment after it was confirmed by UK Sport it had withdrawn its funding of blind football, putting the British squad's participation at Rio 2016 in jeopardy. 

side, including a win over European champions Spain, demonstrated the squad was making progress.Team GB

world-class coaching programme in place for our squad with regular regional sessions for the players and full team

assess all available options that will help keep our coaching programme in place so that we can give the team

By Paul OsborneMarch 20 - Two-time Olympian Sandra Levy has been named Canada's Chef de Mission for the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics Games in Nanjing, China, it was announced today. 

During her 11 years on the Canadian hockey team Levy was a silver medallist at the 1991 Pan American

both the Seoul 1988 and Barcelona 1992 Olympic Games, and went on to be a key member of the "mission team

the Canadian Olympic Movement since retiring from hockey and was part of the 2008 Toronto Olympic bid team

[email protected] storiesMarch 2014:Olympic bronze medal winner Winckless appointed Team

GB Chef de Mission for Nanjing 2014March 2014:Swimmer Mark Chay appointed Singapore's Chef de Mission

By Gary AndersonMarch 20 - The end of singles competition at this year's Lignano Masters Para Open saw eight of the reigning champions return to Italy and successfully defend their titles, including Paralympic gold medallists Tommy Urhaug, Anna Carin Ahlquist and Kelly Van Zon.

Britain's Will Bayley continued his good start to the year by retaining his class seven title in Lignano ©GB

Para Table Tennis"It has been a good two days against tough competition," said GB performance director

Ukraine and Germany's Jennie Wolf, who took the class 10 title.Attention in Lignano now turns to the team

By Gary AndersonMarch 19 - Former top rower Sarah Winckless has been appointed Chef de Mission for Team

GB at the 2014 Nanjing Summer Youth Olympic Games,

in 2005 and 2006.Winckless was the director of the Team GB Ambition Programme at London 2012, which

I am thrilled to have been given the privilege to lead Team GB at the Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing

Having worked with young athletes through the Team GB Ambition Programme for London 2012 I saw first-hand

I am delighted that Sarah will lead Team GB to the Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing," said BOA chief executive

London 2012 champion Jade Jones won one of five gold medals for Team GB at the 2010 Singapore Youth Olympic

By Paul OsborneMarch 18 - Three-time Paralympic silver medallist Jon-Allan Butterworth has added another honour to his growing list of accolades following the news he will be presented with "The Sport Endeavour Award" at the fourth annual Soldering on Awards.

The London 2012 star, a silver medallist in the C5 individual pursuit, one kilometre time-trial and team

Rehabilitation Centre in Surrey, he was spotted by British Cycling coaches at a "Battle Back" Paralympics GB

talent ID day in Loughborough.From here he accepted a contract with the GB Paralympic Development Squad

Butterworth (left) won three silver medals at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London including silver in the team

Bayley is in confident mood ahead of this week's Para Table Tennis Lignano Open as he leads the British team

to Ukrainian Mykhaylo Popov in the final.At those Championships Bayley and Paul Karabardak also took team

heading for Lignano this week and is joined by Ashley Facey-Thompson, Tom Matthews and Sue Gilroy while GB

of this story at [email protected] StoriesNovember 2013: Gold medal haul for Team

GB in Para table tennis Belgian OpenSeptember 2013: London 2012 silver medallist Bayley heads British

team for European Para Table Tennis ChampionshipsJuly 2013: Britain's Wetherill takes table tennis silver

and there are so many people behind the scenes that have believed and tirelessly worked to get the team

the reality of what they had just achieved and enormity of what this may mean for the future of the team

These results will be a game changer for the British Disabled Ski Team and rightly so, more money will

I have a great gut feeling that things are bright for the team and am sure of a successful long-term

future within the sport, showing many Alpine nations how it's done – GB style.Sean Rose is a sit ski

gold number four on day four for Russia, as Mikhalina Lysova wins the 10km visually impaired race from team-mate

Eighteen men in the 12.5km race.13:28 Alena Kaufman takes the lead over her Russian team-mate, she has

"- Paralympics GB confirm the news from earlier.12:37 There were a few fisticuffs earlier between a Korean

finish line.11:22 Roman Petushkov remains ahead in the biathlon, with a 24.1 second lead over Russian team-mate

clear in all three visits to the range, is currently third but a full minute adrift of her Russian team-mate

By Gary AndersonMarch 10 - World number one and reigning European champion Rob Davies will join the likes of Paralympic silver medallist Will Bayley and Paralympians David Wetherill and Kim Daybell at this weekend's British Table Tennis Association for People with Disabilities (BTTAD) National Championships.

of this story at [email protected] StoriesNovember 2013: Gold medal haul for Team

GB in Para table tennis Belgian OpenOctober 2013: After London 2012 disappointment Davies rises to become

hand corner of the net from a narrow angle.Dmitry Lisov of Russia misses one shot at goal...but his team

Italy are a battling team who are difficult to break down - but they seem to find goals difficult to

GB secure a 8-4 victory over Korea, their second win of the day. Well done team!

It just can't be the other way - we should win at our homeland and my win is a merit of the whole team

Akira Kano leads from team-mate Taiki Morii with Canada's Caleb Brousseau in bronze medal position.