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Funding cuts have made us "a better team", says Team GB women's handball captain

By Mike Rowbottom at the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre in London

gb womens_handball_team_05-07-12July 5 - Lynn McCafferty, captain of the Team GB women's handball team, believes the financial challenges the squad have had to face since their Lottery funding was drastically cut in 2009, three years after the squad had been formed to compete at the London 2012 Olympics, has made them stronger prospects than they would otherwise have been.

World's best squash juniors heading for Qatar

By Mike Rowbottom

Marwan El_Shorbagy_4_JulyJuly 5 - Qatar is set to host a landmark World Squash Federation (WSF) event this month when the Doha WSF World Junior Squash Championships take place at the Khalifa International Tennis & Squash Complex in the country's capital Doha from Saturday (July 7) to July 18.