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UK Sport Newsletter | 10 July 2008

LATEST NEWS FROM UK SPORT CHEATS HAVE NO PLACE TO HIDE Athletes who cheat through using prohibited substances or methods will have no place to hide in the UK. That's the message today from Andy Parkinson, the new Acting Director of Drug-Free Sport at UK Sport, and Professor David Cowan, Head of the Drug Control Centre at King's College London. Read more PODCAST: 'ABSOLUTELY WHERE WE SHOULD BE AHEAD OF BEIJING' In July's UK Sport Podcast, Director of Elite Sport, Liz Nicholl, and Head of Performance, Peter Keen, talk about medal targets for Beijing and Mission 2012. The podcast also features Andy Parkinson, UK Sport's new Acting Director of Drug-Free Sport. Read more TAKING THE FIRST STEP FROM PITCH TO PODIUM The search for hidden talent ahead of London 2012 took another step forward this week as UK Sport and the English Institute of Sport tested the first cohort of applicants for Pitch2Podium. Read more BAE SYSTEMS HELPS BRITISH SHOOTING TEAM AIM FOR SUCCESS The British Shooting Team have tested a piece of equipment designed and built by BAE Systems. The technology, which has been developed as part of a £1.5 million partnership with UK Sport, will assist Great Britain's best shooters in training ahead of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and beyond. Read more LEADING THE GAME IN SOUTH AFRICA Leading the Game, a new project which aims to use the power of sport as a tool for social development and transformation in rural communities around South Africa, was launched last week. Sports Coaches Outreach (SCORE), a non-governmental organisation, has worked in partnership with International Development through Sport UK (IDS UK), the charitable arm of UK Sport, to deliver The Big Lottery Funded project. Read more Subscribe to UK Sport RSS feed. IN BRIEF News from the UK's high performance sports community, including updates from athletics, cycling, judo and rowing UK SPORT PODCAST TICKET BOOTH 100% ME JOBS IN SPORT 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.