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Teenager to lead British curling hopes in Vancouver

By Mike Rowbottom

December 17 - Nineteen-year-old Eve Muirhead (pictured) – described by the British Olympic Association's (BOA) chief executive Andy Hunt as "probably the world’s best young player" - has been confirmed as skip for the British curling team at the Vancouver Winter Olympics in February.





Dame Kelly joins commuters on first official Javelin train to London

December 14 - Rail commuters in the South East of London will be able to travel at 140 miles per hour on domestic routes as weekday services of Japanese-built Javelin trains introduced in time for the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics were officially unveiled today by Prime Minister Gordon Brown (pictured) and Dame Kelly Holmes, the double Olympic gold medallist.