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British Olympic Association

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Type: Organization

Name: British Olympic Association

First Reported 3 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 1 Documents

Usain Bolt

Bolt opens Euro track season in top shape

Usain Bolt will open his European track season in the Czech Republic on Friday full of confidence, in top shape and eyeing the ultimate prize - more Olympic medals.The talk in athletics in any Olympic year is of the revered Games themselves, when track ... [ Published 3 hours ago by MSN New Zealand ]

Entities: Usain Bolt, Ostrava, Walter Dix, Dwain Chambers

First Reported 15 hours ago - Updated 14 hours ago - 1 Documents

Didier Drogba

Gold medallist thrilled to carry Olympic torch

Olympic gold medal winner David Hemery, who ran the first leg of the torch relay in Royal Wootton Bassett today, said afterwards: “It was amazing, the energy in the crowd was palpable.”Mr Hemery, 67, who lives in Fyfield, near Marlborough, had been disappointed ... [ Published 15 hours ago by Calne Gazette & Herald ]

Entities: David Hemery, British Olympic Association, Didier Drogba, Mexico City

First Reported May 22 2012 - Updated 19 hours ago - 3 Documents

Yule looks to future

According to Richard Yule, the English Table Tennis Association chief executive, the London 2012 Olympics represent the first phase in a plan to see Britain's players competing with the world's elite.On Tuesday, a six-player squad was named by the British ... [ Published 23 hours ago by Sky Sports ]

Entities: Paul Drinkhall, United Kingdom, London Olympics 2012, British Olympic Association, Host Nation

First Reported May 23 2012 - Updated 20 hours ago - 1 Documents

Publicity gag on Olympic suppliers stays to finishing line and beyond

The ban on companies supplying products and services to the London Olympics publicising their involvement in the 2012 games is to remain in place until the end of the year.The publicity gag will remain in the run-up to and in the immediate aftermath of ... [ Published May 23 2012 by Plastics and Rubber Weekly ]

Entities: London Olympics 2012, Peter Davis, United Kingdom

First Reported May 23 2012 - Updated May 23 2012 - 1 Documents

Dwain Chambers

Athletics: Chambers happy with reception

Dwain Chambers admitted he was nervous about the reception he might get from a home crowd at the Powerade Great CityGames in Manchester on Sunday.The controversial sprinter received a warm welcome from fans in his first race in Europe since being cleared ... [ Published May 23 2012 by ESPN Star ]

Entities: Dwain Chambers, Francis Obikwelu, Wallace Spearmon

First Reported May 22 2012 - Updated May 22 2012 - 1 Documents

Boxing

Marshall eyes gold

Savannah Marshall has vowed to follow up her historic women's world boxing title victory by claiming Olympic gold this summer.She also aims to inspire the rest of the 10-strong Great Britain team to believe that they can do the same.Marshall became Britain's ... [ Published May 22 2012 by Sky Sports ]

Entities: Anthony Ogogo, Boxing, Anthony Joshua, Josh Taylor, China

First Reported May 22 2012 - Updated May 22 2012 - 1 Documents

British Olympic Association

Team GB now 107 strong

A total of 107 athletes have now been chosen to represent Great Britain at this summer's London Olympics.The Olympic and Paralympic teams will be the best prepared British teams that have ever competed at a Games, British Olympic Association chairman ... [ Published May 22 2012 by Orange UK ]

Entities: British Olympic Association, Charity, London Olympics 2012, Competent

First Reported May 22 2012 - Updated May 22 2012 - 1 Documents

2012 Womens Olympic Games

Local time is 10:50am76 matches to be played over 14 competition daysPosted 8 minutes ago.The London Olympic Organizing Committee, together with the International Hockey Federation, unveiled the London 2012 Olympic Hockey competition scheduled, revealing ... [ Published May 22 2012 by International Hockey Federation ]

Entities: London Olympics 2012, London, International Hockey Federation, British Olympic Association, Host Nation

First Reported May 18 2012 - Updated May 18 2012 - 10 Documents

OR he rides, plays an

David Millar MSR 2012 © Simon MacMichaelThe British Olympic Association (BOA) has removed the last barrier to cyclist David Millar and sprinter Dwain Chambers being selected to represent Great Britain at this summer’s Olympic Games in London by formally ... [ Published May 18 2012 by Road.cc ]

Entities: David Millar, London Olympics 2012, Bradley Wiggins, Mark Cavendish, Doping

First Reported May 17 2012 - Updated May 18 2012 - 14 Documents

London flame bound for Britain

2:00pm BST By ATHENS (Reuters) - The Olympic flame was heading to Britain from a rain swept Athens on Friday to light a 70-day torch relay leading to the opening of the Games in London on July 27.Former England football captain David Beckham, Princess ... [ Published May 18 2012 by Reuters UK ]

Entities: David Beckham, United Kingdom, London

First Reported May 17 2012 - Updated May 17 2012 - 12 Documents

World & UK Sport: BOA remove lifetime drugs ban

Former drugs cheats Dwain Chambers and David Millar have been formally cleared to take part in the London 2012 Olympics.The British Olympic Association has officially rescinded their lifetime ban for athletes found guilty of doping offences.The move follows ... [ Published May 17 2012 by Fulham & Hammersmith Chronicle ]

Entities: UK Sport, World Anti-Doping Agency, David Millar, Dwain Chambers, Doping

First Reported May 17 2012 - Updated May 17 2012 - 7 Documents

London 2012 Olympics: Princess Anne would 'hate' to compete at home Games

The Princess Royal has said she would "hate" to compete in the London 2012 Olympics because of the media intrusion and weight of expectation. Princess Anne, who competed for Great Britain in eventing at the 1976 Montreal Olympics, told the BBC that the ... [ Published May 17 2012 by Telegraph ]

Entities: Princess Anne, London Olympics 2012, Zara Phillips

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"I ll look to try and continue as the season progresses towards London. Hopefully I can lower the meet record."

Athletics: Bolt opens European season [Dunya News - 1 hour ago]

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Athletics: Bolt opens European season [ Published 1 hour ago by Dunya News ]
Bolt opens Euro track season in top shape [ Published 3 hours ago by MSN New Zealand ]
Bolt opens European season, eye on biggest prize [ Published 5 hours ago by Times of India ]
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Chambers hopes Bolt can help him secure Games q... [ Published 8 hours ago by The Independent ]
Gold medallist thrilled to carry Olympic torch [ Published 15 hours ago by Calne Gazette & Herald ]
Olympic gold medallist Darren Campbell calls fo... [ Published 18 hours ago by Bury Free Press ]
SkillsActive appoints Olympic Gol [ Published 19 hours ago by Skills Active ]
Drinkhall determined to do Britain proud after ... [ Published 23 hours ago by Northern Echo ]
Yule looks to future [ Published 23 hours ago by Sky Sports ]
Olympic torch heads for Chippenham, Calne and M... [ Published 23 hours ago by Wiltshire Gazette and Herald ]
London Olympics: Why is Drug Use Cheating? Prof... [ Published May 23 2012 by International Business Times ]
London 2012 Olympics: BOA hopes to cash in on f... [ Published May 23 2012 by Telegraph ]
Beckham and Bale can boost BOA [ Published May 23 2012 by Telegraph ]
YULE REVEALS GRAND PLAN [ Published May 23 2012 by Sporting Life ]
Athletics: Chambers happy with reception [ Published May 23 2012 by ESPN Star ]
Publicity gag on Olympic suppliers stays to fin... [ Published May 23 2012 by Plastics and Rubber Weekly ]
Boxing: Savannah targeting Olympic gold [ Published May 22 2012 by ESPN Star ]
Team GB now 107 strong [ Published May 22 2012 by Orange UK ]
Drinkhall to lead GB Olympic squad [ Published May 22 2012 by Yorkshire Post ]
LONDON 2012: Drinkhall determined to prove he m... [ Published May 22 2012 by More than the games ]
London 2012 Olympics: British table tennis squa... [ Published May 22 2012 by Mail Online UK ]
London 2012: Paul Drinkhall heads Team GB's gro... [ Published May 22 2012 by Guardian.co.uk ]
Olympic Flame arrives on campus [ Published May 22 2012 by University of Bath ]
Olympic news: Table Tennis: Naomi Owen misses o... [ Published May 22 2012 by Wales Online ]
GB name super six [ Published May 22 2012 by Sky Sports ]
Marshall eyes gold [ Published May 22 2012 by Sky Sports ]
2012 Womens Olympic Games [ Published May 22 2012 by International Hockey Federation ]
Savannah Marshall Has Vowed To Grab Olympic Gold [ Published May 22 2012 by Boxing Scene ]

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Now Dwain Chambers and British Olympic Associat... [ Published May 04 2012 by Sport ] Something highly significant happened this week in the world of anti-doping, and it had nothing to do with the noisy sideshow orchestrated by the British Olympic Association. On Tuesday, it was announced with much less fanfare that Helder Ornelas, a long-distance ...
Now more athletes will be willing to take the r... [ Published Apr 30 2012 by Sport: Sportblog \| guardian.co.uk ] As a sportsman and a sports fan it infuriates me that legal technicalities appear to have got in the way of what seems to me to be a clear case of moral right and wrong This is a sad day for sport. I absolutely agree with the World Anti-Doping Agency ...
Olympic sport needs the World Anti-Doping Agenc... [ Published Apr 13 2012 by Sport ] Judging by the outspoken remarks by British Olympic Association chairman Lord Moynihan this week, we’re in for a heavy dose of moral grandstanding if, as seems probable, the Court of Arbitration for Sport rules that the BOA’s lifetime ban for former drug ...
NewsWire: Kroon accuses UCI of Contador cover-u... [ Published Mar 28 2012 by VeloNews \| The Journal of Competitive Cycling ] In our daily NewsWire, we bring you a collection of the intriguing stories from newspapers, journals and elsewhere around the world of competitive cycling. Pour your coffee, mute your phone and read on. Kroon accuses UCI of Contador cover-up — De Te ...
A very un-Bayern-like Bayern roll on after Hert... [ Published Mar 19 2012 by Sport: Sportblog \| guardian.co.uk ] After 20 goals in just eight days, there is renewed hope that this won't be trophyless season for the Bavarians after all There were many interesting story lines in the Bundesliga this weekend. The best one? Take your pick from more worrying incidents ...