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The Greek public flocked to the Athens Olympic Stadium once again last night as a capacity 72,000 crowd watched the International Paralympic President, the UK's Phil Craven, open the XII Paralympic Games

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

20 Olympic and Paralympic sports with an overall rating of green as sports begin focus on final 15 months of journey to the Games.