Football clubs enter training camps race
PREMIERSHIP clubs Sunderland (pictured) and Middlesbrough are among 20 facilities across the North East who have been put forward to host pre-Olympic training camps in 2012, it was reported today.
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Petition set up to oppose Team GB football team
NOVEMBER 2 – A PETITION has been set up on the Number 10 Downing Street website objecting to the formation of a united British football team to compete in the 2012 Olympics.
Northern Ireland footballer supports Team GB concept
NOVEMBER 1 – NORTHERN IRELAND’S Steve Davis (pictured) has thrown his support behind the idea of a united British football team for the 2012 Olympics despite his own governing body and fans being against the idea.
Top Scottish footballer supports Team GB for 2012
CRAIG GORDON (pictured) today became the first top Scottish player to support the concept of a united British football team for the 2012 Olympics.
Britain’s football chances ruled out by FIFA
FIFA have ruled that it does not matter how well England’s women footballers do at the World Cup in China, which opens this week, they will not be allowed to compete in the 2008 Olympics.
Britain set to turn down football chance for 2008
THE British Olympic Association (BOA) are set to turn down the opportunity to play in next year’s Olympic football tournament in Beijing even though the performance of England’s Under-21 men at the European Championships has earned them the right to compete.
Britain set to turn down football chance for 2008
THE British Olympic Association (BOA) are set to turn down the opportunity to play in next year’s Olympic football tournament in Beijing even though the performance of England’s Under-21 men at the European Championships has earned them the right to compete.
Football row takes a new turn
THE new chief executive of the Scottish Football Association (SFA) has said that he is in support of a united British team at the 2012 Olympics but he will not try to change his employers opposition to the idea.
Opposition to Brown Team GB football plan
ALEX SALMOND (pictured), the leader of the Scottish National Party, and former England winger Steve Coppell have condemned the call from Prime Minister-in-waiting Gordon Brown for a united British football team to compete in the 2012 Olympics.
Gordon Brown backs GB football team for 2012
GORDON BROWN (pictured), the Scot who is tipped to replace Tony Blair as Prime Minister later this year, has said that he expects a united British football team to compete in the 2012 London Olympics.
Football warned it faces axe from 2012 Olympics
MAY 11 – FOOTBALL has been warned again that it faces being dropped from the 2012 London Olympics unless it agrees to implement a worldwide code on doping that has been ratified by nearly every other major sport and Government.