Newsletter - Cultural Exchange Highlights Work Underway via International Inspiration Programme

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UK Sport Newsletter | 13 March 2008

LATEST NEWS FROM UK SPORT CULTURAL EXCHANGE HIGHLIGHTS WORK ALREADY UNDERWAY VIA INTERNATIONAL INSPIRATION PROGRAMME A delegation from Palau High School is currently visiting Islay in Scotland, as part of a long-term school linking programme which is taking place through the International Inspiration Programme. Read more MEN'S HOCKEY TEAM ENSURE FULL REPRESENTATION IN BEIJING Great Britain's men's hockey team secured the one Olympic qualification place available yesterday at the second of three qualifying competitions, beating India 2-0 and ensuring full representation from Great Britain's hockey teams in Beijing. Read more MIDDLE EAST HOSTS 4TH IOC WORLD CONFERENCE ON WOMEN AND SPORT The fourth International Olympic Committee (IOC) World Conference on Women and Sport took place in Jordan over the weekend, with UK Sport representatives amongst the 600 delegates in attendance. Read more GOLD FOR IDOWU IN SPAIN AS BRITAIN FINISH FOURTH IN MEDAL TABLE Great Britain and Northern Ireland finished fourth in the medal table at the World Indoor Championships in Valencia, Spain, after Phillips Idowu claimed triple jump gold on the final afternoon. Read more UK SPORT'S 'MUSCLE STRAIN THINK TANK' PUBLISHED IN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL Best practice guidance on the early treatment of muscle strains - ensuring a speedy return to sport for injured athletes - has just been published in international peer review journal the British Journal of Sports Medicine. The move comes as a result of a workshop on the topic involving the world's leading experts, led by UK Sport. Read more Subscribe to UK Sport RSS feed. IN BRIEF News from the UK's high performance sports community, including updates from Archery, Fencing, Speed Skating and Taekwondo UK SPORT PODCAST TICKET BOOTH 100% ME JOBS IN SPORT Latsest vacancies in British sport Please email all news and press releases concerning elite sport in the UK to news@uksport.gov.uk To advertise jobs on the website and in the newsletter please email details to jobs@uksport.gov.uk For all further enquiries, please email newsletter@uksport.gov.uk / tel 020 7211 5174. UK Sport: 40 Bernard St, London, WC1N 1ST - www.uksport.gov.uk If you do not want to receive this newsletter in the future, please click here to unsubscribe.