Tickets go on sale today for London Prepares – the official London 2012 sports testing programme at the new Olympic and Paralympic venues – and Podium has 12 pairs to give away. Podium- The FE and HE Unit for the 2012 Games- has tickets for the first four events; basketball, beach volleyball, BMX, and mountain biking. So, if you want to see the first slam dunk …

Gateway College basketball team have gone from zeroes to heroes in the space of a year. They bounced back from losing all eight matches last year to sweeping the board, winning four trophies, the British College Knock-out Cup, the East Midlands College League, the Leicestershire Schools under-19 championships and the play-offs. It is a remarkable turn-around engineered by two ex-Leicester Riders men, Graham Blatherwick, …

Loughborough College sport student and hockey ace Nicola White faces a nervous few weeks as selection for Team GB ahead of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games draws ever closer. The 23-year-old striker has had a difficult season after struggling with tendonitis in her hip during the early months of the year but hopes she has regained her form at just the right …

Saleha Williams, Head of Inspire at LOCOG, declared that attending the 5th Flames: Lighting the way was simply ‘the best day of my working life!’ Anna Chalkley from the British Heart Foundation National Centre added, ‘Flames is creating a legacy of young leaders’ as well as making a difference to the health of the next generation!’ Rob Jarram, Sport Development Officer/FESCo enthused, ‘the young …