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UK Sport Newsletter | 26 June 2008

LATEST NEWS FROM UK SPORT PARKINSON TO TAKE ANTI-DOPING LEAD UK Sport has today announced that Andy Parkinson has been appointed to the role of Acting Director of Drug-Free Sport. Parkinson will take up his new post on 14 July when the current Director, John Scott, leaves to become Chief Executive of 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games. Read more LAST CHANCE TO SIGN UP FOR GIRLS4GOLD There are only a few days left to apply for the Girls4Gold talent identification initiative, which seeks to discover hidden British talent for the Olympic sports of cycling, rowing, sailing, canoeing, modern pentathlon and bob skeleton. Read more SEARCH FOR NEXT GENERATION OF PARALYMPIANS CONTINUES IN BIRMINGHAM As part of ParalympicsGB's commitment to identifying and nurturing new talent to ensure Britain stays competitive in the world of Paralympic sport, a Talent Day is being hosted at the National Indoor Arena (NIA) in Birmingham to run in conjunction with the team celebration and send-off next month. Read more PERFORMANCE LIFESTYLE SUPPORTS CONSTRUCTING A CAREER FROM CYCLING Olympic cycling medallist Paul Manning has struck gold with a contract following his retirement post-Beijing, with leading construction services provider ISG plc, the company recently appointed to build the Olympic Velodrome. Read more INVACARE WORLD TEAM CUP TO BE HELD IN NOTTINGHAM Nottingham has been selected to host the 2009 Invacare World Team Cup – the flagship annual wheelchair tennis team event - for the third time. Read more UK CENTRE FOR COACHING EXCELLENCE TO OPEN AT LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY The United Kingdom's aim to be the leading coaching nation in the world by 2016 came a step closer today as Minister for Sport, Gerry Sutcliffe, announced that the UK Centre for Coaching Excellence in sport and disability sport will be based at Leeds Metropolitan University. Read more ENGLAND RUNNERS-UP IN INAUGURAL JUNIOR WORLD RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIPS England had to settle for the runners-up spot after New Zealand became the first nation to win the IRB Junior World Championship title in Swansea on Sunday. The event was supported by UK Sport's National Lottery funded World Class Events Programme. Read more Subscribe to UK Sport RSS feed. IN BRIEF News from the UK's high performance sports community, including Athletics, Boxing, Diving and Rowing GIRLS4GOLD 100% ME UK SPORT PODCAST JOBS IN SPORT The latest 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.