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Sky Academy Sports Scholar Siobhan-Marie OConnor has been unveiled as part of the GB swimming squad to compete at the Rio Olympics.The 26 athletes, including world and European champion Adam Peaty, secured their spots for Brazil following last weeks National Championships in Glasgow.Team GB will be desperate for the British swimmers to improve on a very disappointing home Olympics at London in 2012 where they picked up just two bronzes (Becky Adlington) and a silver (Michael Jamieson). Britain will take a swimming team of 26 to the Olympic Games. Sky Sports News HQs Gail Davis has been speaking to Siobhan-Marie OConnor. But hopes for the summer will be high with a youthful squad impressing over the last two years and scooping a record haul of medals at last years World Championships in Kazan.This will be the second Games for OConnor, who also won bronze in the 200m individual medley in Russia last summer.Im so excited to be officially selected for the Rio Olympics, the 20-year-old Sky Academy Sports Scholar said.I am now on my Road to Rio. Having been a part of the team in London, I hope that the experiences I have from there will help me achieve the results Im looking for in Rio. Skys Sportswomen followed Siobhan-Marie OConnor on her fight for Rio qualification Ive worked so hard for this summer and Im excited that its now official.OConnor was in dazzling form in Scotland for the Olympic trials. After booking her Rio spot with victories in the 100m freestyle and her favoured 200m individual medley, the Bath swimmer then eased home to win the 100m breaststroke.Peaty and OConnor will be joined by fellow world champion James Guy and world individual medallist Jazz Carlin as well as four members of the World Championship-winning mens 4x200m freestyle relay squad. Adam Peaty will be hoping for more success in Rio Mark England, Team GBs chef de mission for Rio 2016, said: After some strong performances at the British Swimming Championships in Glasgow we are excited to welcome this talented group of swimmers onto Team GB for this years Olympics.The athletes selected have shown that they are capable of producing performances at the highest level and among the ranks are world and European champions as well as athletes capable of swimming world-record times. British swimming head coach Bill Furniss names 26-strong team for Rio - and claims all athletes are there to do a job This group has fantastic potential and I am excited about watching them compete for Team GB in Brazil.GB swimming squad for Olympics: James Guy, Adam Peaty, Max Litchfield, Jazz Carlin, Siobhan-Marie OConnor, Andrew Willis, Hannah Miley, Ben Proud, Chloe Tutton, Ross Murdoch, Stephen Milne, Robbie Renwick, Duncan Scott, Craig Benson, Fran Halsall, Molly Renshaw, Chris Walker-Hebborn, Tim Shuttleworth, Aimee Willmott, Eleanor Faulkner, Georgia Coates, Camilla Hattersley, Georgia Davies, Cameron Kurle, Ieuan Lloyd, Daniel WallaceAlso See:About the ScholarshipMeet the athletesBlogsVideosGalleriesMexico Soccer Jerseys . Deulofeu injured a muscle in his right leg in Evertons 4-1 win over Fulham in the English Premier League on Saturday. Barcelona says that its team doctors will "co-ordinate" with Evertons medical staff as Deulofeu recovers. Hector Herrera Jersey .com) - The Montreal Canadiens will try to halt their longest losing streak of the season when they host the struggling New York Islanders in tonights clash at the Bell Centre. http://www.mexiconationalshop.us/Jose-de-Jesus-Corona-Mexico-Jersey-Soccer/ . Just not the game. Kyle Palmieri scored two straight goals in the third period to rally the Anaheim Ducks past the Philadelphia Flyers 3-2 on Tuesday night. Cheap Mexico Soccer Jerseys .J. -- Marty Brodeur beat the Pittsburgh Penguins yet again. Diego Reyes Mexico Jersey . Mats Zuccarello and Derek Stepan scored shootout goals, and backup goalie Cam Talbot earned his second win in two nights as the Rangers shook off a late tying tally and beat the Maple Leafs 2-1 Monday night.NEW YORK -- Connecticut and Syracuse supplied plenty of great moments over the years at Madison Square Garden as members of the Big East. They had one more Monday night in a nonconference matchup.Christian Vital made two free throws with 2.2 seconds to play to give Connecticut of the American Athletic Conference a 52-50 victory over Syracuse of the Atlantic Coast Conference in the Tire Pro Classic.Andrew White III hit a 3-pointer with 9.1 seconds left to bring Syracuse into a 50-50 tie. Rodney Purvis missed a 3-point attempt for the Huskies but Vital was fouled on the rebound. Syracuses final chance was a long inbounds pass that was stolen by Connecticut.Vital, a 6-foot-2 freshman guard, said he knew Purvis was going to shoot so he just went to get position among bigger players underneath.I definitely had a lot of nerves going to the line but the timeout they called helped me out a lot, Vital said. A lot of our veteran guys talked to me during the timeout and they said `Listen, were in your city. Take us home. And I was able to do that.Purvis had 21 points and seven rebounds for the Huskies (4-4) while Jalen Adams had 16 points, seven rebounds and seven assists. Kentan Facey, who coach Kevin Ollie said has been battling a stomach virus, had a career-high 13 rebounds.This is definitely a huge win for us, Purvis said. We had some early season struggles but to come together tonight in this atmosphere, in this historic place. It was huge for us to come out with the win.White finished with 14 points for the Orange (5-3), who have lost three of four. Dajuan Coleman had 10 points and a career-high 16 rebounds for Syracuse.I think the three games that we just played, two and a half of them the offense just wasnt good enough to win, Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim said. Defense was pretty good tonight. We did a good job on the boards. We just could not score any points.Neither team shot well and that made a lot of rebounds available as both teams finished with 42.Connecticut finished 16 of 51 from the field (31.4 percent) while the Orange shot 25.9 percent (14 for 54). Syracuse was 6 of 26 from 3-point range and the Huskies were 7 of 25.Once again it wasnt the most beautiful basketball game from an offennsive standpoint but I thought the defense was great, Ollie said.ddddddddddddSome new growth was made today.Syracuse led 23-21 at halftime. The Orange used an 11-2 run to go up 37-26 with 13:11 to play. The Huskies finally started hitting some shots and they used a 19-7 run to take a 45-44 lead with 6:19 to play. Connecticut led the rest of the way except for the 50-50 tie.What we need to think about is our offense, Boeheim said, We have to get better there.These teams had met at Madison Square Garden many times when they both were in the Big East. The greatest of all their matchups was the 2009 Big East Tournament quarterfinal that Syracuse won 127-117 in six overtimes. Syracuse leads the all-time series 55-38.We were thirsty for this opportunity and we were hungry to hit and the guys really hit and fought tonight and I was very proud of them, Ollie said.BIG PICTURESyracuse: The Orange are out of the Top 25 this week for the first time this season. They were 22nd last week and dropped out following a loss to Wisconsin in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge. ... With no ranked teams on their schedule until mid-January it will be hard for the Orange to return to the rankings until then. ... Syracuse is playing in Madison Square Garden for the 35th consecutive season. It entered this game 94-76 all-time in MSG.UConn: The Huskies are going to struggle all season to replace swingman Terry Larrier and guard Alterique Gilbert, both of whom are out for the season with injuries. Both were averaging in double figures when they were injured. ... This was UConns 115th game at Madison Square Garden. The Huskies entered this game 61-53.MEET AGAINThese schools will meet again at Madison Square Garden next December in the 2017 Jimmy V Classic. Villanova and Gonzaga will also meet in one-night event.LOT OF FANSThe crowd was listed as 15,347 and they made it sound like an old-time Syracuse-UConn matchup.UP NEXTSyracuse: The Orange host the Terriers of Boston University on Saturday.UConn: The Huskies will make their first trip to Columbus, Ohio, in 33 years to face the Buckeyes on Saturday. ' ' '