Sutcliffe, in Macao to visit the Team GB preparation camp, said competitors needed to come home with 41 medals and show the British public that the country's £500 million investment into elite sport was "value for money". It was significant that ...

The government is preparing an emergency package to make up a shortfall in elite athlete funding ahead of the 2012 Olympics amid growing fears that plans to raise £100m for Team GB from the private sector are doomed to fail. It is understood that ...