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Selby makes history with victory at 2013 European Boxing Championships

  • Boxing

By Tom DegunJune 8 - Wales flyweight star Andrew Selby has made history by become the first British boxer to defend a title at the European Boxing Championships as he secured a split decision win over Ireland's Michael Conlan in the gold medal bout in Minsk, Belarus.

tournament.GB Boxing performance director Rob McCracken claimed he was delighted with the performance of the team

writer of this story at [email protected] storiesMay 2013: Selby heads 13-strong GB

Boxing team for 2013 European Championships in Belarus


Former BOA chief executive takes up new managing partner role

  • Olympics

By Duncan MackayJune 7 - Andy Hunt, the former chief executive of the British Olympic Association (BOA), has been appointed managing partner of the Progressive Media Group, a range of media and business information companies.

Hunt stepped down in February this year having served as Chef de Mission for Team GB at the London 2012

Olympics.Under Hunt, Team GB secured 65 medals, 29 of which were gold, to finish third in the medals


How pneumonia gave former rower Giles a new sense of ambition

  • The Big Read

Kate Giles' dad owns a bakery. This may explain certain things, as the founder of the award-winning British sports brand Crewroom acknowledged while assessing her company's involvement in the fabric of some of this country's top sporting events."I have always understood about getting ingredients right," she told insidethegames. "And never throwing anything away." It's a working definition of sustainability, which is central to the success of her burgeoning business.

But I had just broken into the GB squad and I felt I couldn't afford to let up in training, even though

the lead-up to the London 2012 Games, Crewroom's deal involved them collaborating with the official Team

GB kit designer Stella McCartney.


London 2012 surplus should push BOA back into profit

  • London 2012

By David OwenMay 30 - London 2012 has ridden to the financial aid of the British Olympic Association (BOA), as suggested exclusively by Andy Hunt, former BOA chief executive, in an interview with insidethegames three months ago.

volunteers who were tireless in their enthusiasm and to the millions of people who supported the Games and Team

GB."

place on record my thanks to Seb Coe, Paul Deighton [former London 2012 chief executive] and the whole team


Mapp forced out as British Amateur Boxing Association chairman

  • Boxing

By Tom DegunMay 28 - Derek Mapp has been forced to resign as British Amateur Boxing Association (BABA) chairman following an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) in a move set to have far-reaching repercussions for the sport in the UK.

BABA chairman Derek Mapp has been ousted from his position despite Team GB claiming five medals at London

were gold The move comes despite Mapp overseeing Britain's success at the London 2012 Olympics, where Team

GB topped the medal table with five medals, three of which were gold."


British team at Kazan 2013 to have patriotic look

  • Kazan 2013

By Duncan MackayMay 25 - Britain will wear kit with the Union Flag emblazoned on the front at the 2013 Universiade in Kazan after it was unveiled by Kukri, the team's official teamwear provider.

due to feature 13,500 competitors from 170 countries.But Britain still expects to be represented by a team

 "We are really proud to be able to present the kit, designed by Kukri, that the Great Britain team

a rugby player from University of Befordshire.Oxford University student Tom Mitchell, modelling the Team

GB kit for Kazan 2013, hopes to be picked for the rugby sevens teamBUCS, the National Governing Body

London Wasps.But last month they replaced Adidas as the kit supplier for England's Commonwealth Games team


Olympic champions among first inductees to European hockey Hall of Fame

  • Hockey

By Emily GoddardMay 23 - Olympic champions Natascha Keller and Teun de Nooijer are among the first athletes to have been inducted in to the newly created European Hockey Federation (EHF) Hall of Fame.

Natascha Keller won a gold medal as a member of the German team at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games "The

insidethegames.bizRelated storiesOctober 2012: Euro Hockey League comes to EnglandJune 2012: No chance for GB

hockey team to claim Investec Cup after defeat to GermanyDecember 2011: Britain miss out on Champions


First AIBA Pro Boxing bout set for South Korea in July

  • Boxing

By Tom DegunMay 21 - The International Boxing Association (AIBA) has announced the first ever AIBA Pro Boxing (APB) bout will take place on July 19 at Jeju Island in South Korea prior to the official launch of the competition next year.

APB gives me the chance to box professionally, whilst remaining on Team GB and hopefully representing


Government weighs in on British amateur boxing row

  • Boxing

By Alan HubbardMay 19 - Britain's Sports Minister Hugh Robertson has come out fighting in the punch-up between the country's amateur boxing's governing bodies, warning of Government intervention with the sport in serious danger of losing more than £10 million ($15 million/€12 million) of its Olympic funding.

I have been to visit the GB boxing team in training on three occasions and Rob McCracken [the head coach

The existing team has my full support."


British Shooting double trap coach Coley announces retirement

  • Shooting

British Shooting following a successful London 2012 Olympics that saw Peter Wilson take gold for Team

GB.

He has also supported, in some way or other, most of the Great Britain shotgun team over the last 20

insidethegames.bizRelated storiesAugust 2012: Wilson shoots for gold and scores at London 2012 July 2012: Team

GB leader hopes to fire shooting into spotlight at London 2012March 2011: Shooting star Faulds


Big funding boost for Britain's Paralympic football teams

  • Football News

17 - UK Sport have awarded £1.3 million ($1.8 million/€1.5 million) to the England blind squad and GB

Britain's blind team finished seventh at London 2012, the same position as the cerebral palsy team

The ambition is to win more medals in Rio than were won in London and we're delighted to support the GB

despite six month ban for violent conductJanuary 2013: England and Great Britain blind football team



Former BOA chief executive Hunt appointed special advisor to Commonwealth Games England

  • Glasgow 2014

By Tom DegunMay 16 - Former British Olympic Association (BOA) chief executive Andy Hunt has been appointed special advisor to the Board of Commonwealth Games England.

Hunt stepped down in February this year having served as Chef de Mission for Team GB at the London 2012

Olympics.Under Hunt, Team GB secured 65 medals, 29 of which were gold, to finish third in the medals

I look forward to working with the Board and bringing my experience of leading Team GB at the London

possible support for our athletes," said Sir Andrew,"London 2012 highlighted just how important a 'one team


Selby heads 13-strong GB Boxing team for 2013 European Championships in Belarus

  • Boxing

By Tom DegunMay 15 - Flyweight star Andrew Selby heads a 13-strong GB Boxing team that will compete at

franchise, losing only to Ukraine's reigning Olympic and world heavyweight champion Aleksandr Usyk.The team

Championships is traditionally one of the most demanding assignments in the boxing calendar," said GB

the highest level and demonstrate that they have the qualities to become one of the mainstays of the GB

In 2013, the men in the GB Boxing squad have so far won 14 medals at four international tournaments,

May, Yafai and Maxwell won gold at the Algirdas Socikas Tournament in Kaunas, Lithuania.Ten of the team