Sturridge back in business as striker given green light to join Team GB

Daniel Sturridge has been given the green light to start his Olympic adventure.

The Chelsea forward will meet up with his Team GB team-mates for the first time on Monday afternoon after being given the all-clear by Blues doctors following his bout of viral meningitis.

Stuart Pearce’s side return from their Spanish training camp on the same day and Sturridge will join up with the squad at the Olympic Village immediately.

Ready: Daniel Sturridge has been given the green light

Sturridge has started light training at Chelsea’s Cobham base as he looks to build up his fitness ahead of Team GB’s opener against Senegal at Old Trafford on July 26.

The news will come as a huge boost to Pearce, with Sturridge expected to be his side’s first-choice striker during the Games.

Boost: Stuart Pearce is expected to make Sturridge his main man

Question marks remain over Sturridge’s match fitness after recovering from his illness, but speaking last week Pearce insisted he would include the England international in his plans as long as he was given a clean bill of health before July 25 — the deadline for naming any squad replacements.