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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