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Tuesday 23 January marks 2012 days to go to the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Games

Just two weeks into the New Year, UK Sport has launched its 2006 Annual Review. The Review looks back over a landmark year for the organisation, which included major changes to the sporting landscape and the success of securing significant extra funds from Government for Olympic and Paralympic sport ahead of London 2012

In a speech today at the 'Countdown to London 2012 - How will the Games Deliver for the Country' Conference in London, UK Sport Chief Executive, John Steele, told delegates that it is vital to ensure that the Games leave a long lasting legacy that leads to positive and permanent change

Two new appointments have strengthened UK Sport's Performance Directorate, with Simon Le Fevre joining as Head of Operations and Glenn Hunter due to take up the post of Consultant in Sports Science and Sports Medicine in the New Year

UK Sport's Chief Executive, John Steele, reports on his experiences from his recent visit to China, where he inspected Olympic facilities ahead of Beijing 2008

With just six years to go to London 2012, the need for outstanding British coaches has never been greater. UK Sport today unveiled the identities of ten coaches singled out for development - the majority of whom will be hoping to be the driving force behind home medal success in six years time

A three-year project launched today will give 11 women involved in British sport the skills and experience required to take on senior decision making roles

UK Sport today announced a £6 million package to support Winter Olympic and Paralympic sport up to and beyond the Vancouver Games in 2010

Great Britain's summer Olympic sports have been quick out of the blocks in implementing the performance and governance conditions required to receive additional funding for 2012

UK Sport has highlighted the challenges faced by team sports as an area requiring particular work in its submission to the first consultation stage on the World Anti-Doping Code and International Standards

Minister for Sport, Richard Caborn, announced today that Nigel Walker, the former Olympian and Welsh Rugby Union player, has been appointed to the board of UK Sport

The announcement that the percentage share of National Lottery income allocated to sport is to remain unchanged and is now fixed until 2019 has been welcomed today by UK Sport

Liz Nicholl, UK Sport's Director of Performance, has been awarded an OBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours list for services to sport

As the impact of Tuesday's funding announcement has begun to sink in, the sports that make up the Olympic family have started to assess the impact that the new awards will have on their high-performance systems.

Funding for Olympic and Paralympic sport received a massive boost today as UK Sport announced additional funding awards for the three years through to Beijing 2008

Saturday marked a momentous day for high performance sport in this country, with significant changes to the sporting system finally taking effect

Following Gordon Brown's Budget announcement of an additional funding for high performance sport, UK Sport has affirmed its commitment to ensuring the fast, effective distribution of these funds to governing bodies and athletes

Gordon Brown's Budget announcement of additional funding for high performance sport in the run up to London 2012 has received an enthusiastic response from the sporting community

UK Sport, the Government agency responsible for the funding and support of Olympic and Paralympic sport, is delighted with the additional 2012 performance funding announced in today's Budget

Following the publication of the funding submission "A Sporting Chance for 2012", UK Sport reassured those sports that had expressed their concerns about the potential for exclusion from funding support under one of the funding options, labelled 'No Compromise'

As the UK's winter sport athletes compete in Turin and speculation continues as to the nature and timing of any Government announcement of additional funding for 2012, UK Sport has received strong backing from those at the sharp end of Olympic and Paralympic preparation

UK Sport has released its submission to the Government on options for increased funding for elite athletes in the run up to London 2012. The submission is based on the agency's 'no compromise' approach to delivering performance success

The Turin Winter Games open for business tomorrow evening and Team GB's 40 representatives will be ready for action, after four years of training and preparation

It has been a very good couple of weeks for all those who like to see world class sport up close. With announcements being made this week about next year's Tour De France opening in London and European Indoor Athletics Championships in Birmingham, UK Sport has been busy on the major events front

UK Sport is delighted with the decision to award the UK the rights to host the first stage of the 2007 Tour de France - one of the most high profile sporting events in the world.

UK Sport is delighted with the decision to award the UK the rights to host the first stage of the 2007 Tour de France, one of the most high profile sporting events in the world

UK Sport's new leadership exchange programme has been launched with representatives from South Africa, Zambia and across the UK meeting this week to be inducted into the initiative

Recent changes to the Board of UK Sport have ensured that it is now in an excellent position to determine the organisation's strategic direction and delivery over the coming years

UK Sport is developing, with the British Olympic Association and Paralympic Association, a Performance Plan for 2012 that is likely to be as comprehensive as anything previously produced by a host nation

Sue Campbell, Chair of UK Sport, has today stated her belief that the current structure of sports funding in the UK is the best solution to delivering Olympic and Paralympic success in Beijing, London and beyond

Richard Caborn, Minister for Sport, has announced the appointment of Rod Carr and Chris Holmes as independent members of the Board of UK Sport

UK Sport believes the Government's decision to create a one-stop approach to high performance sport is an important step on the journey to delivering medal-winning performances in 2012

With the countdown to London 2012 truly off and running, the need for outstanding British coaches has never been greater. UK Sport today unveiled the identities of nine coaches singled out for development - the majority of whom will be hoping to be the driving force behind home medal success in seven years time

London relived the magic of winning the right to stage the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games with a special event in Trafalgar Square

Peter Keen, one of the country's leading experts in high performance sport, is to join UK Sport on a full time basis as part of its drive to move Team GB up the Olympic medal table in Beijing 2008 and, crucially, London 2012

Plans for hosting the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games continued to advance today as the capital marked the seven year anniversary.

London has won the right to host the 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games following a dramatic vote in Singapore, beating Paris by 54-50 in the fourth round of voting among IOC members

More reaction to the International Olympic Committee's decision to award the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games to London from Britain's political and sporting community

The decision today by the IOC to choose London as the city to host the 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games is "a triumph" according to UK Sport, the Government agency dedicated to supporting our Olympic and Paralympic athletes

UK Sport announces today that John Steele has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer. Mr Steele is currently Executive Director at Northampton Saints Rugby Football Club, where he was also successful as both a player and coach

With the Paralympic World Cup about to get underway in Manchester, Britain's summer Paralympic athletes have learnt that they will benefit from £19 million of Lottery funds in the run up to Beijing as part of a new investment strategy unveiled by UK Sport

With the margins between returning home from international competition a medallist or a near miss narrowing with every event, the focus on the expertise behind our top athletes is growing ever more intense

Monday marked exactly 100 days to go until the International Olympic Committee announcement of the host city for 2012.

Sue Campbell CBE is to continue in her role as Chair of UK Sport, Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell announced today. Her new term of appointment will begin on 19 March 2005 and will be for four years

Support for London's bid to host the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games is growing rapidly and Paul Seales, a 33 year-old from Benfleet in Essex, has become the 500,000th person to officially 'Back the Bid'

UK Sport today unveiled the Summer Olympic element of its four year plan designed to build upon the success of Athens. 14 Olympic sports will receive an enhanced funding settlement between 2005 and 2009

Staging the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games in London would bring unparalleled opportunities for thousands of businesses across the United Kingdom

British Paralympians will be among hundreds of athletes from more than 40 countries competing at the first Paralympic World Cup, which takes place in Manchester this summer

Following the articles that have appeared in the press over recent days, UK Sport has issued a statement to clarify the current situation with regards to the funding of Olympic sportsmen and women

London 2012 bid organisers have released detailed plans for the next generation of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games

A new framework to help guide sports and community organisations towards achieving equality was launched last week at a conference in London

Nick Bitel, Chair of UK Sport's Major Events Steering Group, spelled out the importance of hosting major events on home soil as he opened the 2004 Major Events Conference in London

Sport in the UK is at a new level thanks to the National Lottery says UK Sport.

Over 100 delegates attended this week's UK Sport's Major Events Conference where the recurring theme of 'legacy' was prominent among all the key note speakers

Nine of the nation's most promising coaches came together last week at the start of a journey aimed at placing them on a fast track to coaching excellence

The British team returned home last week having secured second place in the final medal tables at the 2004 Paralympic Games in Athens. A total of 94 medals were won, including 35 gold

Great Britain managed to add one more medal to the tally on the last day of sport at the Athens 2004 Paralympic Games. The men's basketball team, under coach Dave Titmuss, beat the Netherlands 82-66 in a solid win to take the bronze medal

Phil Lane, Chef de Mission of the British team for the 2004 Paralympic Games, is confident that there will be more GB success once the event opens in Athens on September 17

London's bid to host the 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games has been boosted by the fantastic support displayed by British sports fans in Athens, according to bid leader Sebastian Coe

Two gold medals on Saturday evening on the athletics track plus a silver for teenage boxing sensation Amir Khan on Sunday in the ring lifted Team GB's final medal tally at the Athens Olympics to 30, two more than in Sydney

New research has revealed that 66% of the British public believe that without National Lottery funding through UK Sport, the British team would not be able to achieve tenth place or higher in the Olympic Games medals table

With preparations for the Athens Olympics now about to enter their final phase, the British Olympic Association and UK Sport today announced an £800,000 investment by UK Sport in Team GB's pre-Games preparation camps

With some 36 days to go until the 2004 Olympics get underway, UK Sport today looked beyond Athens and announced the funding package available to support leading athletes up to the next summer Games in Beijing 2008

Sports in the UK are being invited to nominate their rising stars of coaching to take part in a ground-breaking new <i>Elite Coach</i> acceleration programme, co-ordinated by UK Sport

London 2012 has announced a refocus of the bid leadership following its success in being short-listed as a Candidate City for the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games

The International Olympic Committee announced today that London - along with Madrid, Moscow, New York and Paris - has made it on to the short-list of cities bidding to host the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games

With just 100 days to go until the start of the 2004 Olympic Games, Britain's leading sportsmen and women have said that UK Sport's World Class Performance Programme has made a vital difference to their training and competition

Former British Cycling Performance Director Peter Keen will be joining UK Sport as Performance Adviser from the beginning of April 2004

Two announcements in recent weeks - by UK Sport and Sport England - are set to have a significant effect on the way that Olympic sports are supported by the Sports Councils

The <i>UK Strategy Framework for Women and Sport</i> was launched last week at Bisham Abbey at a meeting of the International Working Group on Women's Sport (IWG), hosted by UK Sport

"An organisation suited to the needs of elite sport in a devolved Britain," is how Sue Campbell describes the UK Sport she would like to see at the conclusion of her 18-month term at the helm of the UK's elite sport agency

Sue Campbell CBE Chief Executive of the Youth Sport Trust and former Chief Executive of the National Coaching Foundation - has been appointed as the new interim Chair of UK Sport, taking over from Sir Rodney Walker.

As announced on Monday, UK Sport's Chairman, Sir Rodney Walker, will stand down when his term of office expires in September. This will bring to an end nine years of work at the highest level of British sport

A major shake-up of the National Lottery has been announced by the Government which could raise more money for sport and involve Olympic athletes sharing their skills on National Lottery Day

A decision by the Government on whether to back a London bid for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games has been delayed for at least two weeks, Downing Street said today

The Culture, Media and Sport Committee today published its report on a potential bid for the 2012 Olympics. "It is clearly desirable in principle that London should host an Olympic and Paralympic Games," it concludes

Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell joined key figures including three-time Olympic gold medallist Matthew Pinsent and London Mayor Ken Livingstone at a debate to discuss whether Britain should bid for the 2012 Olympic Games

UK Sport today said that a slight redistribution of Lottery funds among the good causes could result in an additional £1 billion for sport over ten years that could be used to help fund the costs of London staging the 2012 Olympics

All governing bodies will this week receive a questionnaire from UK Sport designed to provide a toolkit that will enable them to review operations to identify how they might be repositioned or refocused in the future

An ICM opinion poll regarding a potential London bid for the 2012 Olympic Games has revealed that 81% of the nation is in favour of a bid - an increase of 12% since the question was last asked six months ago

Speaking on the eve of the Select Committee hearings into a London bid for the 2012 Olympics, Sports Minister Richard Caborn said that the issue of transport was crucial to whether the Government would give its support

UK Sport has welcomed today's publication of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport/Strategy Unit report, which looks at delivering the Government's sport and physical activity objectives

The announcement of £9.4m of new money to support the nation's top athletes and their coaches in their efforts to build on the success of the Sydney Olympics and Paralympics was today welcomed by UK Sport

Sports Minister Richard Caborn today called for a full debate on the structure of elite sport in the UK to continue the work done so far in creating a system capable of delivering sustained British success of the world stage

Sports Minister Richard Caborn today appointed four new Members to UK Sport's Council, with Nick Bitel, Louise Martin, Laura McAllister and Constance St Louis joining the organisation

UK Sport, the agency charged by the Government with co-ordinating the staging of world-class events in the UK, today gave its backing to London's proposed bid for the 2012 Olympic Games

"The Olympic Games would be the perfect way for the UK to signal its intent as a sporting power, showcasing London to the rest of the world as a city of the 21st Century," says John Scott, UK Sport's Director of Major Events

The UK is on course to become one of the world's top five sporting nations by 2012 according to Sir Rodney Walker, Chairman of UK Sport, speaking at the organisation's annual open meeting

As Manchester continues to wind down after a successful Commonwealth Games, the home nations can look back on the ten days of sporting action with pride

The principles of a national framework for women's sport in the UK were agreed last week at a two-day workshop at Bisham Abbey hosted by the UK Co-ordinating Group on Women and Sport

Taekwondo has been given a massive boost in its bid for success on the world stage and increased popularity at home, becoming the latest sport to benefit from UK Sport's World Class Performance Programme

UK Athletics has welcomed a £40 million funding package following the abandoned attempt to stage the 2005 IAAF World Athletics Championships at Picketts Lock in North London

UK Sport will shortly unveil its new Lottery Strategy, coinciding with the announcement that the organisation's awards to sport have passed through the £100 million barrier

UK Sports Institute, which delivers tailored services to individual sports and athletes, is currently working with a number of technology partners to help bring innovative solutions to those working within British sport.

UK Sport has released details of a massive £1.7 million investment programme in Paralympic sport to support the British team for the 2004 Paralympic Games in Athens

It may only be just over 24 hours since the Olympic flame was extinguished in Salt Lake City, but UK Sport today announced that it is already making plans for Turin 2006

The women's curling team, led by skip Rhona Martin, won Great Britain's first Gold medal at a Winter Olympics since 1984 with victory over Switzerland in a dramatic final on Thursday

Rhona Martin, the newly-crowned women's Olympic Curling champion, today explained how cutting edge technology had a major part to play in the British team's dramatic gold rush

Alex Coomber won Britain's first medal in Salt Lake after finishing third in the Bob Skeleton on day thirteen of the Games. The women's curling team are assured of at least a Silver after making the final

A new DCMS report examining the enormous impact that the National Lottery has had on sport at all levels since tickets first went on sale seven years ago has been released