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Following the announcement of Bill Sweeney as the new CEO of the BOA today, Liz Nicholl, CEO of UK Sport..

We caught up with slopestyle snowboarder Aimee Fuller as she prepares for Sochi 2014.

Brian Cookson, the chair of British Cycling, elected President of the UCI.

The 12 top sports administrators chosen for the International Leadership Programme have been announced.

Part of UK Sport's Gold Event Series, the world's top cyclists will return to one of London 2012's star venues

We speak to one of British Weightlifting's rising stars, 14-year-old Rebekah Tiler

England Hockey and UK Sport aim to bring Women's World Cup to London in 2018.

David Weir wins ParalympicsGB's final gold medal of the London 2012 Paralympic Games in the marathon.

Ellie Simmonds wins her first silver medal at London 2012, and her fourth medal in total to get the ParalympicsGB success going

ParalympicsGB win 16 medals - including six golds - on an astonishing day for Paralympic sport in Britain.

One year ago today Peter Norfolk and Andy Lapthorne ensured more sports won medals for ParalympicsGB than in Beijing 2008

The ParalympicsGB team win seven gold medals on a momentous day for Paralympic sport

One year ago today, Sarah Storey rocked the Velodrome at the London 2012 Paralympic Games to kick-start a ParalympicsGB gold rush.

This time last year, Will Bayley won the a host of new fans after a spectacular celebration

Nearly 10,000 athletes will descend on London in September for the largest triathlon in the world.

UK Sport and BAE Systems announce partnership renewal on the Road to Rio.

Samantha Murray wins Great Britain's final medal of London 2012 in the modern pentathlon.

Today sees the one year anniversary since the women's hockey team beat New Zealand to win bronze at London 2012

In 2012 today was the day when TeamGB won more medals in more sports than in Beijing 2008.

One year has past since Team GB won a staggering six gold medals in one incredible day

One year ago today, Great Britain won their first gold medal of the London 2012 Olympic Games

12 months since London 2012, we look back at some of Team GB's magical moments. Today, Lizzie Armitstead's silver medal win

Take a look at UK Sport's year in numbers since the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The London Aquatics Centre has won the bid to host it's first major event since the 2012 Games as part of the Gold Event Series

The Government will provide up to £10 million worth of funding to help stage the Yorkshire Grand Depart of the 2014 Tour de France.

Athletes from the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games have made thousands of appearances in schools and communities.

Some of Britain's Olympic and Paralympic stars tell us about how they're trying to get the next generation inspired by sport.

A new International sport for development charity, International Inspiration (IN), launched on July 15th.

The Grand Final is part of UK Sport's £27million National Lottery funded Gold Event Series.

This week 15 athletes have been selected for the GB Taekwondo Academy.

UK Sport has today (3 July) announced the appointment of Mark Hanson as Deputy Chair of the UK Sport Board.

UK Sport has launched a recruitment drive for the next chapter of its highly valued International Leadership Programme (ILP).

An extra £443,200 to be invested in Britain's winter sports while Britain's summer sports reveal ambitious targets for 2013.

The British Judo Association announces that Glasgow has been selected as the host city for the 2015 European Judo Championships.

Olympic gold medallist, Jade Jones, has welcomed a major new global taekwondo event coming to Britain at the end of this year.

Steve Cram MBE is to step-down as Chairman of the EIS after more than 10 years as the head of the organisation.

This weekend (22-23 June) four major sporting events will get underway across the country as part of UK Sport's Gold Event Series.

Today, the Japan Sport Council and UK Sport signed a Memorandum of Understanding to reinforce their commitment to work together.

British Wheelchair Basketball has won the bid to host the 2015 European Wheelchair Basketball Championships.

Just 16 female and 26 male athletes remain on UK Sport's Talent ID initiative Fighting Chance: Battle4Brazil.

Carr has underlined importance of increasing the number of female, and disability and disabled coaches, in high-performance sport.

UK Sport will not be activating proposed plans to channel World Class Performance Programme funds for GB Boxing through a SPV.

A highly influential group of global leaders & practitioners in sport for development will join forces.

A blog from UK Sport's Director of Major Events and International Relations, Simon Morton.

The Global Sports Impact Project is a study by Sportcal which has analysed over 700 major sporting events between 2008-2019.

Future Paralympic stars will have the chance to be fast-tracked on the road to Rio 2016 thanks to an exciting new initiative.

British Cycling today confirmed that a round of the UCI Track Cycling World Cup is coming to the UK.

Last week saw the start of the journey of the first ten coaches selected to UK Sport's ground breaking new 'Elite Programme'

Rod Carr CBE, has been announced as the new Chairman of UK Sport.

The second phase of Fighting Chance: Battle4Brazil took place last weekend (13-14 Apr) in Manchester.

UK Sport has today announced that it will renew its partnership with the International Netball Federation (INF).

Andrew Mitchell will join the Board of the newly merged charity International Inspiration: International Development through Sport.

Some of the world's best athletes will compete in Birmingham on Saturday 29 June at the city's Alexander Stadium.

A UK delegation travelled to the Seychelles to meet with a committee to deliver their recommendations.

10 of the UK's top coaches have been chosen to be part of the inaugural intake of UK Sport's World Class Coaching: Elite Programme.

LOCOG yesterday announced that it would be handing over the operations of its customer database.

Around 100 of the UK's most promising martial artists put their skills to the test this weekend at Phase One of Fighting Chance.

Lord Sebastian Coe is to chair international sports development charity International Inspiration

Former kickboxing world champion & Fighting Chance graduate Damon Sansum claimed his first title of 2013 at the Trelloborg Open.

UK Sport Chair Baroness Sue Campbell has been named on the BBC Radio Four Woman's Hour Power List 2013.

Mission 2014 set to put Britain on the winter sport map.

Diving's elite will return to the UK in April for the FINA/Midea Diving World Series.

The first round of the UCI BMX Supercross World Cup will come to Manchester this April.

UK Sport has today announced the outcomes of their Board meeting earlier this week.

This year will be picking up the baton from 2012, with world class events coming to cities across the UK in 2013.

Mission 2012 recognised as an 'Inspiration for Government'.

The road to Rio could start soon for over 450 hopefuls who have signed up to the search for future Olympic taekwondo stars.

A new education programme aimed at enhancing the knowledge&skills of those working with elite developing athletes has been launched.

The International Inspiration Annual Review of 2011-12 is now available.

UK Sport has today announced the fourth intake of emerging high performance coaches.

Following the success of the London 2012 Paralympics, the city has won the right to host the 2017 IPC Athletics World Championships.

UK Sport's ambition for Britain's summer Olympic and Paralympic teams is to be at least as competitive in Rio 2016 as at London 2012.

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has announced that Glasgow will now host the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championpionships

Cycling and Rowing have been among the most consistent performers for Great Britain at Olympic Games in recent years.

UK Sport funding decisions to maximise chances of continued success at Rio 2016.

London 2012 Olympic Park to stage NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters in 2014-2016

A significant increase in funding for elite coaching for the next cycle will be considered by UK Sport's Board in December.

The 11 coaches on UK Sport's ECAP have officially graduated the two-year development programme.

UK ranked second in Sportcal's new Global Sports Impact Project.

In conjunction with UK Sport and the English Institute of Sport, GB Taekwondo has launched Fighting Chance: Battle4Brazil.