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19Dec

BBC London Rising Star Awards

On 7th December two of SportsAid's London athletes were announced as the winners of the 2008 BBC London Sport Rising Stars Awards. Table Tennis player Tin Tin Ho, age 10 from the City of Westminster and Tae Kwon Do fighter George Lee, age 13 from Lewisham. 

Tin Tin has…

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19Dec

London School Children Help Talented Athletes

Knightsbridge School

The children of Knightsbridge School in London have big hearts when it comes to helping others. This year, each class chose a charity to follow and raise money for. Class J3 had 3 charities to choose from and after learning about SportsAid all the children were really excited. The…

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19Dec

'Beat the Bosses' Raises £5,480 for SportsAid

Betfair Management team Martin, Mark and Stephen

Long standing and commited SportsAid partner Betfair ran the first internal fundraising challenge,'Beat the Bosses', for SportsAid.

Staff that took part in the competition had to put their creativity and investment skills to work to outsmart the Betfair management team. The goal was simple; Betfair staff had to…

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16Dec

SportsAid Alumni Claim BBC Accolades

Olympic cycling champion Chris Hoy was named BBC Sports Personality of the Year on Sunday whilst Paralympic Gold medallist Eleanor Simmonds claimed the Young Personality title.

Both saw off strong competition with Lewis Hamilton and Rebecca Adlington coming second and third for Personality of the Year.

Eleanor was voted into…

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