Sports


Top-ranked boxers make history by signing up for APB programme

By Tom Degun at the Aloft Hotel in London

AIBA first_boxers_June_10June 10 - International Boxing Association (AIBA) President CK Wu has announced the first three boxers to sign up for the AIBA Professional Boxing (APB) programme with reigning amateur super heavyweight champion Magomedrasul Medzhidov of Azerbaijan revealed as the headline name.





After Sheffield trials, GB divers wait for confirmation of Olympic place

By Mike Rowbottom

Peter Waterfield_Tom_Daly_June_10June 9 - Tom Daley, who set a British record in the 10 metre platform synchro with his partner Peter Waterfield at the GB trials in Sheffield, described the result as "perfect timing" and said he and Waterfield were now "heading in the right direction" after their relatively disappointing showing of seventh place in the Olympic test event in February.



Ainslie hits the water and misses gold at pre-Games regatta

By Mike Rowbottom

Ben Ainslie_Melbourne_June_10June 9 - Britain's three-times Olympic sailing champion Ben Ainslie demonstrated that even the greatest of performers can sometimes get it wrong when he capsized on the final day of the last pre-Games regatta, thus losing his chance of winning in the Finn class at the Skandia Sail for Gold event at the Olympic course in Weymouth and Portland.




Fab four named as Team GB's London 2012 modern pentathletes

By Tom Degun at the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich

Modern Pent_Team_GB_June_8June 8 - Four of Britain's top modern pentathlon stars have booked their spots at the London 2012 Olympics after the British Olympic Association (BOA) announced here that Mhairi Spence, Samantha Murray, Nick Woodbridge and Sam Weale have all been officially selected to represent Team GB at the Games.


Exclusive: "I've no regrets" says BOA chief as heat grows hotter over Cook

By Tom Degun

Andy Hunt_behind_microphoneJune 8 - Andy Hunt, the British Olympic Association (BOA) chief executive, has admitted that the ongoing situation regarding the non-selection of world number one and European champion Aaron Cook for London 2012 by British Taekwondo has been "unbelievably time-consuming" but feels his organisation are dealing with it in the correct way.