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Following a rigorous period of testing and trialling, 58 athletes were selected onto Olympic talent development programmes.

London 2012 will raise awareness of the importance of quality British led coaching in the UK.

The International development director and International Inspiration programme director blogs for UK Sport.

Following their final workshop the 12 coaches will become the first graduates of the coach development scheme.

The former England international discusses the importance of developing home grown British coaches.

Liz Nicholl appointed new Chief Executive of UK Sport.

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.

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

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

£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

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

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