THE Scottish and Welsh Governments have both said today that they remain fiercely opposed to the idea of a united British football team taking part in the London 2012 Olympics.
AUGUST 31 – TRIPLE gold medal winning cyclist Chris Hoy (pictured) said today that he hopes a compromise can be worked out so Scotland can take part in a united British football team at the 2012 Olympics.
AUGUST 31 – TRIPLE gold medal winning cyclist Chris Hoy (pictured) said today that he hopes a compromise can be worked out so Scotland can take part in a united British football team at the 2012 Olympics.
JUNE 27 – NORTHERN IRELAND football hero David Healy (pictured) is to join a new group to advise the Province’s Government on maximising opportunities presented by the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, it was announced today.
JUNE 27 – NORTHERN IRELAND football hero David Healy (pictured) is to join a new group to advise the Province’s Government on maximising opportunities presented by the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, it was announced today.
BOB HOUGHTON (pictured), the former Bristol City manager, is hoping to guide India’s footballers to the 2012 Olympics for the first time in 60 years.
BOB HOUGHTON (pictured), the former Bristol City manager, is hoping to guide India’s footballers to the 2012 Olympics for the first time in 60 years.
THE Scottish Government tonight stepped up its opposition to a British football team at the London Olympic Games in 2012, claiming a precedent exists for a Scotland international side to take part.
THE Scottish Government tonight stepped up its opposition to a British football team at the London Olympic Games in 2012, claiming a precedent exists for a Scotland international side to take part.
AUGUST 13 – SCOTLAND’S most successful Olympic female athlete, Shirley Robertson (pictured), has risked upsetting her countrymen and women by claiming that they should put aside their reservations and take part in a united football team at the 2012 Games.
AUGUST 13 – SCOTLAND’S most successful Olympic female athlete, Shirley Robertson (pictured), has risked upsetting her countrymen and women by claiming that they should put aside their reservations and take part in a united football team at the 2012 Games.
JULY 3 – THE Home Nations may not have had any football teams at this summer’s European Championships but two football teams will travel to Beijing to represent Britain at this summer’s Paralympic Games in Beijing.
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.
THE chief executive of the British Olympic Association (BOA) is to write to Scotland’s top woman’s footballer Julie Fleeting (pictured) over her claim that she will refuse to represent Team GB in 2012.
THE chief executive of the British Olympic Association (BOA) is to write to Scotland’s top woman’s footballer Julie Fleeting (pictured) over her claim that she will refuse to represent Team GB in 2012.