Search results for ‘TeamGB’
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Yes or no? Will the real Andy Murray please stand up?
Andy Murray says his tweet backing the Scottish independence yes campaign was “out of character” – but this is not the first time that Murray has left fans confused about where his allegiances lie.
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Do you need to be privileged to do well in sport?
A new report says white working-class children are failing at sport because they are not being encouraged enough in schools – but does class really matter when competing on the field?
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Can our Paralympics curlers do it again for Britain?
ParalympicsGB’s curling team – two men and two women, all from Scotland – will be hoping to emulate TeamGB’s medal achievements when they perform at Sochi this week.
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British Olympian Andrew Simpson dies in sailing accident
Tributes are paid to Olympic gold medal winning sailor Andrew Simpson who died when his boat capsized during training for the Americas Cup, amid concerns about the safety of his catamaran.
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Where are the UK’s Paralympic gold hotspots?
With athletes from the north of Ireland winning most of Team Ireland’s golds, Channel 4 News asks why the region has bred such success, and looks at the UK’s golden Paralympic hotspots.
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Athletes to receive separate honours
Olympic and Paralympic medal winners are to be rewarded with their own honours list, with more of them receiving a gong.
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A great British summer – Team GB ends with 65 Olympic medals
A magnificent performance by Team GB sees them finish the Olympic Games with 29 gold medals, putting Britain third in London 2012’s overall standings
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GB triumph in front of biggest ever women’s football crowd
It was a glimpse into a parallel universe where rival fans share jokes, mounted police pose for souvenir snaps and the Brits beat Brazil.
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Britain’s first gold from female rowers
Olympic rowing pair Heather Stanning and Helen Glover win Team GB’s first gold medal – and put female rowers at the top of the Olympic podium for the first time in history.
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Empty seats continue to blight Olympic events
French President Francois Hollande criticises Locog for giving away “too many corporate seats” as spectators tell Channel 4 News that rows of empty seats remain at some events.
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Cinematic ceremony launches London 2012
Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggins kicks-off an all-singing, all-dancing opening ceremony which charts Britain’s social and cultural history from Bond to Bean, via the NHS.
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What can we expect from the opening ceremony?
With 15,000 volunteers, 70 sheep and a homage to the NHS, tonight’s opening ceremony promises to be as eccentric as it will be epic. Channel 4 News looks at the men behind the madness.
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How Twitter has changed the Olympics
Twitter will give the watching world a view inside the Olympic Games that has not been possible before – Channel 4 News has a peek to see what you’ll find.
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Team GB athletes face injury uncertainty
Mystery still surrounds the fitness of several members of Team GB’s athletics team, while Andy Murray and other Olympic tennis hopefuls face a challenging first round.
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Faster, higher, stronger – with technology’s help
Science Editor Tom Clarke looks at the growing band of sports scientists seeking ways to help competitors follow the Olympic motto of going “faster, higher, stronger”.
