Giggs to captain Team GB at London 2012
By Andrew Warshaw
July 8 – Ryan Giggs, who retired from international football five years ago, will captain Team GB at London 2012, it was announced today.
Olympics
Menezes names talented Brazil squad for the London 2012 Olympics
By David Gold
July 6 – Brazil’s coach Mano Menezes has named Thiago Silva, Hulk and Marcelo as his overage players in his squad for this summer’s London 2012 Olympic Games.
Shaqiri to miss out on Swiss bid for London 2012 honours
By David Gold
July 5 – Bayern Munich’s Xherdan Shaqiri is the major absentee from Switzerland’s Olympic men’s coach Pierluigi Tami’s squad for London.
Three Euro winners set to be named in Spain squad for London 2012
By David Gold
July 5 – Three members of the Spain squad which made history at the 2012 European Championship last weekend have been named in the country’s provisional 22 man squad for this summer’s Olympic Games in London.
Welsh hero Giggs odds-on to take captain’s armband for Team GB squad at London 2012
By David Gold
July 5 – Team GB men’s coach Stuart Pearce has yet to decide on his captain for the London 2012 Olympics, despite having named his 18-man squad for the Games.
Sturridge confident of winning meningitis battle in time for London 2012
By David Gold
July 5 – Daniel Sturridge is confident of winning his battle with viral meningitis to take his place in the British men’s football team for London 2012.
Park ducks military duty to represent South Korea at London 2012
By David Gold
July 4 – Park Chu-Young has been named in South Korea’s men’s squad for the London 2012 Olympic Games, despite postponing his military service.
Team GB star in meningitis scare
By David Gold
July 3 – Team GB men’s football forward Daniel Sturridge has had tests for meningitis, threatening his participation in the Olympic Games.
Superstar Marta to lead Brazil’s women footballers at London 2012
By David Gold
July 3 – Brazil’s women’s football coach Jorge Barcellos has named the 18-strong squad which will compete at this summer’s Olympic Games in London.
There’s not a manager around who picks on sentiment, insists Pearce
By Andrew Warshaw at Wembley Stadium in London
July 2 – Team GB coach Stuart Pearce suffered the anticipated bombardment here today over the shock omission of David Beckham from his London 2012 squad – and steadfastly insisted the decision was taken for purely footballing reasons.
Giggs and Bellamy defy Welsh FA as they join Team GB for London 2012
By David Gold at Wembley Stadium in London
July 2 – Ryan Giggs and Craig Bellamy, as expected, defied the wishes of the Football Association of Wales (FAW) when they were confirmed by Team GB men’s football coach Stuart Pearce as part of his 18-man squad for the London 2012 Olympics here today.
I’d have picked Beckham, says former manager Eriksson
By Andrew Warshaw
July 2 – Former England manager Sven-Göran Eriksson is the latest figure to express surprise at David Beckham being omitted from Team GB as one of the three over-age players at the London 2012 Olympics.
Bale’s London 2012 dreams in tatters as injury forces withdrawal from Team GB squad
By Andrew Warshaw
June 30 – Team GB’s chances of picking up a men’s medal at London 2012 have suffered a major blow with the news that Wales and Tottenham Hotspur star Gareth Bale will be unavailable due to injury.
Herdman names experienced Canada women’s squad for London 2012
By David Gold
June 28 – Canada’s women’s football coach John Herdman has named his 18-strong squad for the London 2012 Olympic Games.
Beckham’s omission shows there is no room for sentiment in Team GB
By Andrew Warshaw
June 28 – Of all the selections and omissions of British athletes for London 2012, few are likely to be greeted with as much dismay and head-scratching as David Beckham, the country’s most iconic footballer, being left out of Team GB.