SportsAid News

  • Seven SportsAid alumni make Olympic synchronised swimming team

    8th May 2012

    Seven of the nine synchronised swimmers confirmed for Team GB for London 2012 by the British…

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  • Chloe Davies: athlete of the month

    2nd May 2012

    Thirteen-year-old Chloe Davies has already achieved one of her two goals for the year, which was to…

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  • SportsAid's first chairman to carry Olympic torch

    2nd May 2012

    SportsAid's first chairman Paul Zetter, who was with the charity from its foundation in 1976 until…

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  • Four more SportsAid athletes selected for Team GB

    25th April 2012

    The British Olympic Association’s announcement on April 25 that five slalom canoeists have…

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SportsAid, previously known as SportsAid Foundation (SAF), was founded in 1976. Its principal function was to raise funds from the private sector to provide financial assistance to Britain's amateur sportsmen and women. The aim was to help them prepare for competitions against better-funded, overseas athletes.

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