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Sports minister asks questions about British Basketball’s deal

The sports minister Stephanie Peacock has asked UK Sport to investigate corruption allegations of unlawful tender made against the British Basketball Federation over a controversial 15-year deal with an American consortium to operate a new men’s professional league from 2026

The Guardian - UK

Britain ‘risking global reputation’ by not holding enough major sporting events, says Katherine Grainger

Britain’s sporting calendar is looking considerably lighter after 2028

The Independent UK

'The grandest of Grand Départs': 2027 Tour de France and Tour de France Femmes coming to the UK

The men's race will return to Britain for the first time in 13 years, with the women's event visiting the UK for the first time

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Hoop dreams in peril as British basketball’s crisis reaches boiling point

Clubs deeply unhappy with governing body’s handling of a transfer of power and are threatening to set up their own league

The Guardian - UK

Eve Muirhead refuses to set GB medal target for 2026 Winter Olympics

The Team GB chef de mission for Milano Cortina has said it would be unfair to set a medal target for Britain’s athletes

The Guardian - UK

UK Sport to invest £330m ahead of 2028 Olympics

Athletics is among the sports to see their funding cut for the Games in Los Angeles

The Independent UK

Great Britain again the richest national team in cycling thanks to new £39 million Olympic funding

UK Sport bankrolls four-year Los Angeles Olympic programme

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Olympics: Athletics handed shock funding cut by UK Sport for LA 2028 cycle

Athletics sees funding reduced by approximately eight per cent in build-up to Los Angeles Games despite Paris medal success

Evening Standard

Athletics the biggest loser in funding cut of nearly £1.75m for LA 2028 Olympics

Team GB’s track and field stars won 10 medals at Paris 2024 but athletics is one of only two sports to have funding reduced by UK Sport

The Guardian - UK

British Cycling receives record £39m funding for 2028 Olympics and Paralympics

GB performance director 'incredibly pleased' with allocation for Los Angeles Games

Cycling Weekly

Katherine Grainger makes history as BOA’s first female chair in 119 years

One of Team GB’s greatest athletes, Dame Katherine Grainger, has become the first female chair of the British Olympic Association in its 119-year history

The Guardian - UK

Dame Katherine Grainger elected chair of British Olympic Association

The 49-year-old becomes the organisation’s first female chair.

The Independent UK

The nation keeps on gambling, and Team GB keep on winning gold medals

The national lottery funding elite sport still sounds like a good idea, and yet it has developed a somewhat sinister edge

The Guardian - UK

UK in 'ongoing discussions' to host Tour de France Grand Départ in 2027

British Cycling and UK Sport supporting bid to bring race back

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The Independent UK

The success of Great Britain’s Paralympics cannot be measured in medals alone

Great Britain outperformed expectations in Paris with 49 gold medals across the 11 days of competition

Cycling Weekly

British Cycling was warned about Shell partnership, letter reveals

Sponsorship from oil and gas giant was potentially damaging, BC told by UK Sport

Cycling News

UK Sport warned British Cycling against Shell sponsorship and its possible impact on future public funding

Freedom of information request from Private Eye magazine sheds light on conflict over key sponsor in 2022

The Independent UK

Dame Katherine Grainger senses ‘incredible hunger’ for more GB Olympic success

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Olympic medallist Emily Campbell to take time over Los Angeles 2028 decision

Campbell won bronze in Paris three years after earning a silver in Tokyo.

The Independent UK

Katherine Grainger says UK Sport using ‘different model’ to determine LA funding

UK Sport distributes The National Lottery’s Olympic funding among the sports.

The Independent UK

‘Work to do’ on Team GB’s gold medal haul admits UK Sport chair

A return of just 14 gold medals was Team GB’s worst result in 20 years despite an overall medal tally surpassing Tokyo 2020

The Guardian - UK

UK Sport chair happy with Team GB medals but ‘work to do’ on gold count

British athletes took 65 medals, meeting a key target, but their total of 14 golds was still the worst return since Athens in 2004

The Guardian - UK

Team GB was an Olympic triumph of public spending. Now can we please invest in everyone else

Britain’s success shows that targeted funding works. But we’ve neglected our playing fields, sporting facilities and community programmes, says author David Goldblatt

The Guardian - UK

Team GB chiefs hail Paris medal tally despite lower rate of golds

The British Olympic Association’s chief executive, Andy Anson, praised the 65-medal tally, saying: ‘Eighteen sports represented on medal table is brilliant’

The Independent UK

BOA chief: Team GB should be celebrated despite ‘frustrating’ medal table finish

Team GB ended the 2024 Games with 65 medals – the same amount won on home soil at London 2012.

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