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Nick Bitel, Chair of UK Sport's Major Events Steering Group, spelled out the importance of hosting major events on home soil as he opened the 2004 Major Events Conference in London

Over 100 delegates attended this week's UK Sport's Major Events Conference where the recurring theme of 'legacy' was prominent among all the key note speakers

The British Olympic Association yesterday announced that Craig Reedie had been re-elected as the organisation's Chairman.

Nine of the nation's most promising coaches came together last week at the start of a journey aimed at placing them on a fast track to coaching excellence

The British team returned home last week having secured second place in the final medal tables at the 2004 Paralympic Games in Athens. A total of 94 medals were won, including 35 gold

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

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

Phil Lane, Chef de Mission of the British team for the 2004 Paralympic Games, is confident that there will be more GB success once the event opens in Athens on September 17

London's bid to host the 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games has been boosted by the fantastic support displayed by British sports fans in Athens, according to bid leader Sebastian Coe

Two gold medals on Saturday evening on the athletics track plus a silver for teenage boxing sensation Amir Khan on Sunday in the ring lifted Team GB's final medal tally at the Athens Olympics to 30, two more than in Sydney