Konstantinos Vamvakaris has today been named as the new head coach of the British women's water polo team

Vamvakaris, the former assistant coach of the Greek men's team who finished ninth at London 2012, replaces

It is a great privilege to become head coach of the British national water polo team," he said."

The British women's water polo team finished in eighth place at London 2012Graeme Thompson, Britain's

water polo performance director, welcomed Vamvakaris to the team."

From our first meeting he demonstrated a strong passion and desire to drive GB women's water polo to

By Gary AndersonSeptember 2 - USA Cycling President Steve Johnson, with the backing of the Russian, Finnish, Canadian and Algerian federations, has called on International Cycling Union (UCI) leader Pat McQuaid to let the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) decide whether or not he can stand for re-election, insidethegames has learned.

Association's (BOA) bylaw which banned any athlete convicted of a serious doping offence representing Team

GB at any future Olympics, which saw the likes of convicted drugs offenders Dwain Chambers, Carl Myerscough

By Gary AndersonSeptember 1 - British Basketball has unveiled the 12 players that will take to the courts for the nation at the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) EuroBasket in Slovenia.

start on Wednesday (September 4) and last until September 22, includes six players who represented Team

GB at last summer's Olympic Games in London, where they finished in ninth place overall, while Scots

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David Beckham's presence in Singapore in 2005 on behalf of London 2012 caused a media frenzy.The Paris team

on President Jacques Chirac, Madrid were supported by Queen Sofia, a reserve for the Greek sailing team

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

GB publications.

competitors at next year's Sochi Winter Games were announced - Scotland's world champion women's curling team

, skipped by Eve Muirhead and coached by the woman who skipped Team GB to gold at the Salt Lake

banned for two years for tampering with a rival's skates.News of Cho's suspension came on the day the US team

deliberately altering the blades on the skates of Canadian rival Olivier Jean at the 2011 World Team

rival and friend Jim Fox, of Britain, and was swiftly disqualified, automatically knocking the Soviet team

By Gary AndersonAugust 28 - The first day of the International Canoe Federation (ICF) Sprint World Championships in Duisberg saw Great Britain claim six medals in total with Jeanette Chippington bagging three golds equalling her haul from last year's event.

Emma Wiggs competed at London 2012 as part of the Great Britain sitting volleyball team Blunk

by former Dolce & Gabbana modelNovember 2011: Health Clubs at Home sign equipment deal with GB

By James CrookAugust 28 - Scotland's World Championship winning women's curling team are the first four

athletes to claim their places on the British team for next year's Winter Olympics in Sochi after being

I am thrilled to be part of Team GB in Sochi," she said."

It's not often we get to compete as Team GB and, as proud as we are to compete for Scotland, it's great

are the first athletes to be selected for the British team that will compete at Sochi 2014Team GB Chef

I am delighted to welcome the curlers as the first members of Team GB," he said."

They are reigning World Champions and earned the right for Team GB to be represented at the Sochi 2014

plan for Sochi next February.High speed and hi-tech form the blueprint which it is hoped could see Team

GB enjoy some replica of the success that captivated the nation during London 2012.

ago.The optimistic mood was captured even in mid-August, six months away from Sochi, with a display of team

And Scotland's curlers led by bagpipe-playing Eve Muirhead - who comprise Team GB - are current world

Kaohsiung on the final day of action finishing just 30 points ahead of China in the men's three-member team

Russia.Russia's Dmitry Lukach, Aleksander Lesun (pictured) and Ilia Frolov took bronze in the men's team

individual event earlier in the week, finishing fifth.Despite finishing outside the medals, Pentathlon GB

Nick's individual medal was another historic milestone and the girls have dominated the team event in

story at [email protected] StoriesAugust 2013: Ukraine claim women's relay team

secure mixed relay gold at modern penathlon World ChampionshipsAugust 2013: British women take team

AndersonAugust 26 - Ukrainian trio Ganna Buriak, Viktoria Tereshuk and Iryna Khokhlova secured women's team

day in succession following yesterday's mixed relay.French and Spence had already secured the women's team

little bit flat in the fencing today and they didn't have a particularly good ride," said Pentathlon GB

secure mixed relay gold at modern penathlon World ChampionshipsAugust 2013: British women take team

By Gary AndersonAugust 25 - Elodie Clouvel and Valentin Belaud reigned supreme at the Modern Pentathlon World Championships in Kaohsiung, securing mixed relay gold for France ahead of Latvia in silver and the Ukraine in bronze.

An appeal by the British team on the basis that the rules stipulate that the penalty should have been

place in the field of play, so it was disappointing to see them in fourth," said Jan Bartu, Pentathlon GB

performance director, who had seen Murray, Kate French and Mhairi Spence take women's team gold yesterday.Contact

of this story at [email protected] StoriesAugust 2013: British women take team

AndersonAugust 24 - Britain's trio of Kate French, Samantha Murray and Mhairi Spence claimed women's team

finished the best of the Britons in tenth place, but their overall performance was still enough to take team

finishing in fifth place in the individual standings and the British men coming sixth in the overall team

competition, Pentathlon GB performance director Jan Bartu was delighted with how the British athletes

"It's been a really tough competition for the girls, but they proved they're the best team in the world

by winning the World Championships team title in consecutive years and the Europeans this year."

By James CrookAugust 23 - The British Paralympic Association (BPA) have sent their support to athletes that will compete at next week's Special Olympics National Games in Bath, which will see 1,700 athletes from England, Scotland and Wales compete in the UK's largest sporting event for athletes with learning disabilities.

abilities to learn, enjoy and reap the social and other benefits from participation in individual and team

the UKSA International Federation for Para-athletes with intellectual disability (INAS) Global Games Team

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Paralympic gold medallist Mark Colbourne has announced his retirement from the Great Britain Para-cycling team

The Welshman joined the team in 2011 and made an instant impact with his performances, culminating with

It's been a pleasure to work with Mark and he's been a real asset to the team," he said."

Para-cycling career has been short but successful and I know he's been a real inspiration to both his team-mates

On behalf of everyone in the GB Cycling Team, I'd like to wish Mark the best of luck for the future."

Colbourne wins gold at Para-cycling World Cup in ItalyApril 2013: British Cycling confirms cycling team

James CrookAugust 22 - Hire Intelligence will remain as the official technology rental partner for GB

evolved considerably over recent years as the sport continues to embrace technology on all fronts," said GB

The on-going support of Hire Intelligence continues to be hugely important to GB Taekwondo and we look

2012Hire Intelligence UK general manager Chris Hutber said: "It is a pleasure to be supporting the GB

Taekwondo team once again, especially with how successful they were in the 2012 London Olympics."

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