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UK Sport is delighted to congratulate Guin Batten on her appointment to be interim Chair of the Rowing for All Commission.

UK Sport on a Mission.

Talent graduates join Taekwondo elite academy.

New diagnostic tool uses nanotechnology to help improve the fitness of the country's top athletes.

More funding for front line as UK Sport aims to maximise 2012 medal success.

Sports' reactions to UK Sport's annual review outcomes.

Skeleton innovation project recognised by The Engineer's Technology & Innovation Awards.

Latest Mission 2012 report shows British sport on track for London.

Sporting history was made this weekend when Helen Glover became the first 'Sporting Giant' to win a senior world medal.

UK Sport announce new ECAP intake.

Athletes Showing Paralympic Potential For 2012.

"A positive outcome in difficult times" - UK Sport reaction to Comprehensive Spending Review.

In with a Fighting Chance for 2012.

Liz Nicholl appointed new Chief Executive of UK Sport.

UK Sport announces winners of Ideas4Innovation competition.

UK Sport responds to British Volleyball Federation funding announcement.

British Olympic legends Coe, Holmes, and Redgrave unite to support International Inspiration.

UK Sport comments on proposed merger announcement.

Olympic and Paralympic sport in the UK has never been in a better position to succeed two years out from a Summer Games

Nigel Walker is to join the English Institute of Sport (EIS) as National Director.

Over 5 million children and young people around the world are benefiting from London 2012 through International Inspiration.

Scientists and engineers from BAE Systems are running a series of wind-tunnel tests to help two of Britain's top wheelchair athletes.

The UK Talent Team consider how the football players' talents on the pitch could have been put to good use in other Olympic sports.

Sir Philip Craven sends his blog from Azerbaijan.

The UK Talent Team continues its search for Olympic talent from the pools of rugby and football academy athletes.

The Winter Paralympic Games in Vancouver came to a close over the weekend, with skier Sean Rose carrying the flag for the British team.

Up to 98 medals will be targeted this year across the Olympic sports.

Following Amy Williams' magnificent performance in the bob skeleton competition at the Vancouver Games, UK Sport and British Skeleton

eventIMPACTS, the first toolkit of its kind for the UK, has been launched at the annual Legacy Lives conference in London

As the Vancouver Winter Olympic Games have now drawn to a close, John Steele gives his verdict on the 21st Winter Games

UK Sport is today delighted to announce the appointment of Graham Taylor as its new Head of Coaching

50 cycling legends, including UK Sport's Director of Performance Peter Keen, were inducted into British Cycling's Hall of Fame

Commenting on the success of Amy Williams at the Vancouver Games, John Steele, Chief Executive of UK Sport.

In response to a number of media enquiries British Skeleton would like to answer a number of questions...

Talented scientists, engineers and inventors are encouraged to make an impact on British performances in 2012 as applications reopen for Ideas4Innovation, which has been granted the Inspire Mark

With almost a week having passed since the Opening Ceremony of the 21st Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, action involving...

Zoe Gillings, the country's number one snowboarder will soon be challenging for a medal in Vancouver.

Having traveled the length and breadth of the UK throughout January in search of 'tall and talented' undiscovered potential...

Three weeks ahead of the Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, UK Sport has today announced its medal target for the British team

UK Sport is delighted to announce the 12 emerging high performance coaches who will form the first intake of their new Elite Coaching Apprenticeship Programme, commencing later this month

UK Sport is delighted to announce the 12 emerging high performance coaches.

UK Sport has today taken a major step to secure a more certain environment for Olympic and Paralympic sports in the current economic climate, with the combination of vital new investment from the Team 2012 initiative and adjustments to funding awards allowing for the mission to London to be kept firmly on track

Britain's elite sports professionals congregated at The Belfry for the opening of UK Sport's World Class Performance Conference.

Team 2012 was launched this week with leading payment system Visa announced as its Presenting Partner. It represents a huge new ambition for British sport, and is the largest national team ever sponsored, comprising approximately 1200 athletes from 47 sports and disciplines, Olympic and Paralympic alike

UK Sport's Podium Innovation Partner, BAE Systems, has installed a sophisticated performance monitoring system at the Manchester Velodrome to give British cyclists a further edge in training

UK Sport's Director of Performance, Peter Keen, reflects on the post-Beijing Mission 2012 reports, which were issued last week

Britain's Olympians and Paralympians return to competition with encouraging evidence the success of Beijing is being built on.

Zena Woolridge has been appointed Vice President of the European Squash Federation (ESF) and will sit on its Executive Board

Following a rigorous selection process, fourteen candidates have been selected to take part in the third year of UK Sport's International Leadership Programme (ILP) in 2009

UK Sport's reflects on the period of change, challenge and consolidation that has taken place since the turn of the year

UK Sport's Chair, Baroness Sue Campbell looks ahead to arguably the most eagerly anticipated four years in British sporting history

Gerry Sutcliffe, Minister for Sport, has announced that Philip Kimberley has been appointed as a Board Member of UK Sport

Baroness Sue Campbell CBE has been reappointed as the chair of UK Sport, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport Andy Burnham announced today

UK Sport's Podium Innovation Partner BAE Systems has today launched a nationwide initiative to inspire the next generation of British engineers and help Britain's top athletes become even more competitive

Team 2012 - features all the major organisations involved in supporting British elite sport

Twenty-four female athletes who responded to Victoria Pendleton's call for Girls4Gold last summer attended an intensive five day camp with British Cycling last week, all bidding for the once in a lifetime opportunity to earn a place on a development programme with one of Great Britain's most successful Olympic sports

Richard Lewis has been appointed the new Chair of Sport England, effective from 1 April 2009.

Girls4Gold Ambassador Shelley Rudman was recently crowned European Champion and is currently top of the world rankings. Meanwhile, athletes recruited via the Girls4Gold talent identification campaign have been attending talent assessment camps for the winter Olympic sport at the University of Bath

Athlete funding for eight Olympic and four Paralympic sports was confirmed today by UK Sport.

UK Sport's Research and Innovation team have today announced the first winner of their Ideas 4 Innovation: Garage Innovators Award.

A brief review of UK Sport's Talent ID and Research and Innovation work over the past 12 months

A brief review of the work of Sports Medicine and Science, Coaching and Performance Lifestyle over the past 12 months

Baroness Sue Campbell CBE was presented with the Recognition of Outstanding Contribution to Sport and Coaching Award.

Sue Campbell CBE, Chair of UK Sport and Youth Sport Trust, has been introduced to the House of Lords today as life peer Baroness Campbell of Loughborough

£292 million of confirmed investment has been allocated by UK Sport to British Olympic and Paralympic sports ahead of London 2012.

The closing module of UK Sport's second International Leadership Programme (ILP) took place this Tuesday at Lord's Cricket Ground, London

UK Sport's World Class Coaching Conference drew to a close at the Belfry in Warwickshire today. The November edition of the UK Sport podcast is now available to download and features intreviews with two of the 2005 Elite Coach intake who graduated this week

UK Sport has announced that following a meeting of its Board earlier this week it has agreed to support the newly reconstituted British Amateur Boxing Association as the lead body driving forward Olympic success for 2012.

Sue Campbell CBE, Chair of UK Sport and Youth Sport Trust, has been appointed to the House of Lords and will serve as a Crossbench Peer. The accolade is in recognition of her major sporting contribution to the UK

British Paralympics chief Phil Lane described his team's performance at the Beijing 2008 Games as "exceptional" today

David Weir wins his second gold on the penultimate day of the Games, which sees Britain reach 100 medals

David Roberts and Peter Norfolk hit the headlines as Britain's gold medal haul moves to 41

GB's cyclists and Equestrian team shone once again and delivered 8 gold medals between them on day three of the Beijing Paralympics. With more medals in the pool and on the track, it was another productive day for our Paralympians

Britain win eight medals on day two of the Games, with Eleanor Simmonds becoming Britain's youngest ever individual Champion

The spotlight returns to Beijing once again this weekend as just two weeks after the Olympic flame was extinguished in the Birds Nest stadium, the Paralympic Games Opening Ceremony gets underway on Saturday

Girls4Gold Ambassador Victoria Pendleton fulfilled her ambition of becoming an Olympic Champion in Beijing last week.

This time last week, Team GB had won two gold medals. Now, just seven days later that total stands at a magnificent 17 and there may be more to come. Team GB has enjoyed a Games few people would have believed possible and all of a sudden everyone's asking the same question: "What's the secret of our success?"

With just over a week to go before the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games are officially underway, UK Sport Chief Executive, John Steele, explains just what is needed to achieve success at the highest level - and reach the Olympic podium

The British Shooting Team has tested a piece of equipment designed and built by BAE Systems. The technology, which has been developed as part of a £1.5 million partnership with UK Sport, will assist Great Britain's best shooters in training ahead of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and beyond

World cycling champion Victoria Pendleton and Olympic silver medallist Shelley Rudman have today launched Girls4Gol

sports coach UK has unveiled the industry blueprint to create a world-leading coaching system in the UK by 2016

UK Sport has this week published its 2007 Annual Review. The Review provides a detailed account of UK Sport's key projects within the UK and abroad, and provides further insight into how the organisation is meeting and supporting positive change in the UK's sporting landscape

Gerry Sutcliffe, the Minister for Sport, is amongst those who have welcomed today's announcement

The eight coaches who comprised the inaugural intake of UK Sport's Elite Coach scheme back in 2004 graduated in front of their peers at the World Class Coaching Conference last night

The British Olympic Association today outlined the next steps for Sir Clive Woodward's proposed programme to support elite athletes.

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

UK Sport has this week achieved the Foundation Level of the Equality Standard.

Attracting major sporting events to the UK makes strong economic sense according to a major new report out today from UK Sport

The Grand Depart has brought the spotlight back on cycling and the UK's successful hosting of a complex major sporting event, with the support of UK Sport's World Class Events Programme

UK Sport and SportsAid, the sports charity, today unveiled a strategic partnership designed to offer enhanced support to emerging athletes across 35 sports in the build up to the London Olympics and Paralympics in 2012

The anticipation and excitement building at the world's most recognisable and popular cycling event racing this weekend through the streets of London and the Kent countryside, has been made possible in part through funding support from UK Sport

Since December 2006, GB Canoeing, in partnership with UK Sport and the English Institute of Sport (EIS) has been focused on a nationwide search to unearth potential female talent with the necessary attributes to become a medallist for the GB sprint kayak team at London 2012

UK Sport today unveiled the line-up of its new Paralympic Performance Panel, designed to help individual sports reach their challenging performance targets on the road to the London 2012 Paralympic Games

UK Sport will not shy away from intervening in sports where change will improve performance in the build up to the Olympic and Paralympic Games, John Steele, UK Sport's Chief Executive said last night

British sport's progress towards its Olympic and Paralympic ambitions for 2012 will be more effectively monitored and evaluated than ever before thanks to a major new project announced today by UK Sport, the nation's high performance sports agency

In announcing the revised budget for the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics today, the Government has confirmed that UK Sport is excluded from making any additional payment as part of the further contribution from The National Lottery.

UK Sport has "come of age" in its role as the country's lead agency for high performance sport, according to comments made in a recent House of Commons debate on sport

UK Sport is launching a new development programme for event organisers this week, to ensure that best practice event management skills are shared amongst Britain's sporting event organisers

Identification of sporting talent is as much about science as it is an art, which is why the EIS and UK Sport are working together to recruit athletes onto what is known as the Talent Transfer Programme - often referred to as the talent 'swap shop'

Today's marking of 2012 days to go until London 2012 rams home the fact that one fifth of our total preparation time has gone.