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UK Sport Newsletter | 18 December 2008

LATEST NEWS FROM UK SPORT A MEMORABLE YEAR - BUT ALL EYES MUST NOW TURN TO LONDON 2008 was a truly memorable year for British Olympic and Paralympic sport, with incredible success in Beijing and significant movement forward in building a world class performance system for the UK. But with the focus already on London, the tough decisions taken in the past few weeks only serve to highlight the work that still needs to be done, according to John Steele, UK Sport's Chief Executive. Read more CAMPBELL RECOGNISED AT UK COACHING AWARDS Baroness Sue Campbell CBE, the Chair of UK Sport and the Youth Sport Trust, was presented with the Recognition of Outstanding Contribution to Sport and Coaching Award at the UK Coaching Awards on Wednesday evening. Read more GIRLS GO FOR CYCLING GOLD Following a busy summer of Phase One testing, over the last month Phase Two of the Girls4Gold Olympic talent search programme got underway with sports specific talent assessment events taking place in cycling, rowing, canoeing and bob skeleton. Read more DRUG-FREE SPORT CONTINUES INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION As the 1 January 2009 fast approaches, UK Sport has not only been busy preparing British athletes for the revised Code and new International Standards, but has also assisted the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and developing National Anti-Doping Organisations (NADOs) with overseas initiatives to help those regions to better prepare themselves for the fight against doping in sport. Read more NOMINATE YOUR SPORTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR Nominations are now open for The Sunday Times Sportswomen of the Year 2008 awards – an event sponsored by UK Sport – which recognise leading sportswomen and unsung heroes alike. Read more Subscribe to UK Sport RSS feed. SEASON'S GREETINGS The UK Sport newsletter will return on 8 January 2009 UK SPORT PODCAST TICKET BOOTH 100% ME 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.