With less than five months to go until the start of the Beijing Olympics, a major independent survey has found key elements of the UK's elite performance system are delivering for Britain's best young athletes.
UK Sport, the Government agency responsible for investing in and supporting the nation's elite sport ambitions, welcomes the key findings of a National Audit Office report into its work preparing sports and athletes for London 2012 and beyond.
The Director of Drug-Free Sport at UK Sport, the UK's national anti-doping body, has urged Dwain Chambers to come forward and help in the fight against drugs by sharing his experiences.
Rugby Football Union (RFU) Director of the RFU National Academy and former Irish Rugby Union international Conor O'Shea is to join the English Institute of Sport (EIS) as National Director.
The President of the UK's National Anti-Doping Panel (NADP), Peter Leaver QC, this week announced the 16 members who will make up the Panel which starts work next month.
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