Team Gb

Home waters won't be plain sailing for Team GB

Presence of hardened campaigners such as Brazilian double Olympic champion Robert Scheidt and his crew Bruno Prada in the two-man Star class underlines the depth of the fleet in the 10 events off the south coast of England.

Brazil outclass Britain in Olympic warm-up

The British football team's hopes of winning a medal suffered a minor setback as they lost 0-2 to Brazil in a warm-up match before the London Olympics Games.

Can Britain break China, US, Russia Olympics monopoly?

Since 2000, China and the United States have held the first and second slots in the gold medal tally with Russia third. Can home advantage make Britain break the jinx?

Pearce explains Beckham omission from Team GB

Team GB football manager Stuart Pearce said that David Beckham rated highly on his list of people he liked, but he was not picking the Olympic football team on sentiment.

Beckham doesn't make cut for Britain Olympics football team

The Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder had been widely expected to be named as one of the three over-age players in Stuart Pearce's Under-23 squad for the London Games.

Beckham wants to be picked only on merit

Beckham, a global sporting celebrity who drew one of the loudest cheers of the night when he arrived at Thursday's formal flame handover ceremony and was introduced as 'Sir David', is no longer in contention for a place in the England side.