UK Athletics is delighted to announce the Novuna Great Britain and Northern Ireland team heading to Copenhagen, Denmark, for the World Athletics Road Running Championships next month. Selections have been made based on performance aims designed to maximise medal success and top eight placings at these Championships. 2026 Commonwealth Games…
The final Saturday at the multi-discipline FEI World Championships at Aachen in Germany was all about para dressage and four-in-hand driving. Teams from 20 nations arrived with the goal of securing qualification for the LA28 Paralympic Games, as well as claiming a World Championship medal. Meanwhile, out in Soers park,…
The London Lions have announced their 2026-27 Super League Basketball (SLB) schedule, with the new campaign set to tip off on Friday 18 September. Following a historic 2025-26 season that saw the Lions claim all four domestic trophies, London will begin their Championship title defence on the road against Bristol…
A super-Saturday of equestrian action delighted fans at the FEI World Championships in Aachen, Germany yesterday. It was the final day of the vaulting competition, with Britain’s Urssie Levett performing her free test, while the eventers completed their cross-country phase. The dressage finale, the Grand Prix Freestyle, rounded out a…
Amy Hunt and Dina Asher-Smith wrote their names into the European Athletics Championships history books by helping the Novuna Great Britain & Northern Ireland Team to 4x100m mixed relay gold, resulting in the team finishing in second place on the medal table. Hunt (Marco Ariale) led the quartet home on…
The competition across three disciplines was as hot at the weather on day four at the FEI World Championships in Aachen, Germany. A full day of vaulting, the conclusion of the dressage phase in eventing and a Grand Prix Special for the first individual medals in dressage was on the…
GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS (GWR), the global authority on record-breaking achievements, confirms today that Erling Haaland holds an incredible seven Guinness World Records titles, after the Manchester City striker was presented with a new batch of official certificates celebrating his record-breaking career ahead of the new football season. The Norwegian forward…
Matthew Hudson-Smith made history on his home track as he was crowned European 400m champion for a record third time on the third day of action at Birmingham 2026. Hudson-Smith (Birchfield Harriers, Gary Evans) became the first man to win three 400m European titles, powering to victory in 44.17s from…
British Fencing (BF) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the World Fencing League (WFL), forging a link between the governing body of one of Britain’s oldest competitive sports and an ambitious new professional league determined to reintroduce fencing to a global audience. For BF, this partnership aligns with…
Some 20 years after the equestrian mecca of Aachen hosted the third iteration of the World Equestrian Games, the Federation International Equestre (FEI) global championships for dressage, driving, eventing, jumping, para dressage and vaulting have returned to the iconic German venue. For the Olympic and Paralympic sports, this marks the…
Amy Hunt crowned herself the fastest woman in Europe as the first-ever European Athletics Championships to be staged on British soil got off to a golden start in Birmingham. Clocking a time of 11.00s, Hunt (Marco Ariale) pushed through in the final stages of the women’s 100m to stamp her…
The Novuna Great Britain & Northern Ireland team ended the World Athletics U20 Championships in style as they claimed a further two medals on the final day of action. With silver in the mixed 4x100m relay and bronze in the men’s hammer throw (6kg), women’s 800m and men’s high jump…
Spaniard Martina Calvo became the youngest ever Premier Padel champion just one month after her 18th birthday after she teamed up with compatriot Claudia Fernández Sánchez to defeat the women’s top seeds as Arturo Coello and Agustín Tapia defeated Alejandro Galán and Fede Chingotto in another Superclásico duel. Here is all you need…
Jake Wightman (Edinburgh AC, Steve Hartigan) will captain the 94 strong Novuna Great Britain and Northern Ireland (GB & NI) team for the 2026 European Athletics Championships, marking the first time the championships have been held in the UK Last year, Wightman won silver in the 1500m at the 2025…
Athletic Ventures (AV), the joint venture between UK Athletics, London Marathon Events and the Great Run Company, has submitted the final documents to World Athletics for its bid to bring the World Athletics Championships to London in 2029. Jack Buckner, CEO of UK Athletics and co-founder of AV, said: “Bidding to…
The London Lions will make history on Sunday, 12 October 2026 as the first ever British club to face an NBA team, taking on the Portland Trail Blazers at Portland’s Moda Center (1:00 PM local/9:00 PM BST). The game holds special meaning for Head Coach Tautvydas Sabonis, whose father Arvydas Sabonis spent…
Alejandro Galán and Fede Chingotto needed every trick in the book on Sunday to see off plucky underdogs Javier Leal and Francisco Guerrero 9-7 in the deciding tiebreak to win their sixth 2026 Premier Padel title after Gemma Triay Pons and Delfina Brea Senesi battled to back-to-back titles earlier in the day at the maiden…
Sami Pajari and Marko Salminen claimed an emotional home victory at Secto Rally Finland on Sunday, completing a remarkable back-to-back FIA World Rally Championship double just two weeks after their breakthrough success in Estonia. The Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT2 crew carried a 46.4sec advantage into Sunday’s two passes of the 30.02km Himos–Jämsä…
A total of 98 athletes have been selected to represent Novuna Great Britain and Northern Ireland (GB & NI) at the European Athletics Championships in Birmingham from 10-16 August. With the championships making their debut on British soil at Alexander Stadium, the selection aims are to reinforce GB & NI’s…
Mayo 1-20 Kerry 1-17 By Cian O’Connell at Croke Park Following the decades of pain, this victory brought immense pleasure to Mayo. Andy Moran’s pumped up team brought chaos and class to Croke Park. A first All-Ireland SFC triumph since 1951 was the reward. The near misses and harrowing decider…
Teemu Suninen banked his maiden FIA European Rally Championship victory by fending off home heroes Jakub Matulka and Miko Marczyk on an action-packed 82nd Rally Poland. Leading the Katowice-based event by 8.4sec at the start of Sunday’s seven-stage deciding leg, the Pirelli-equipped Finn edged closer to his first ERC win when…
UK Athletics can announce the full team list for the Novuna Great Britain and Northern Ireland (GB & NI) team heading to the World Athletics U20 Championships in Eugene, Oregon later this summer. Thirty-six names were announced earlier this month, with the final selections making up a full team of…
British Cycling, in partnership with Lloyds, have launched Sofa to Saddle, a brand new, free to use app to help inspire and enable the nation to get on their bikes. Launched on the eve of the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games, new research from British Cycling on the UK public has…
Josh Kerr today produced the fastest mile of all-time, shattering the 27-year-old world record with a stunning run of 3:42.66 in front of sold out 60,000 London Stadium at a Novuna London Athletics Meeting to remember. Having made his record breaking intentions clear in the months leading into the race,…
UK Athletics is pleased to announce the first selections for the Novuna Great Britain and Northern Ireland team heading to Eugene later this summer for the World Athletics U20 Championships. These selections are announced off the back off the England Athletics U20s Championships at Bedford International Stadium which hosted the…
Roberto Daprà maintained his overnight advantage to land his maiden FIA European Rally Championship victory with a standout first-place finish on Rally di Roma Capitale on Sunday. Leading by 20.2sec heading into Sunday’s deciding four stages, Daprà moved further out of the reach of his rivals by winning the day’s…
A host of Britain’s biggest athletics names will join the world class start list for the Novuna London Athletics Meet, part of the Wanda Diamond League series that will take place on Saturday, 18 July. A trio of British male sprinting talent will line up at London Stadium, Welsh record holder…
The London Lions have confirmed Tarik Phillip has signed a two-year extension through 2027-28. The British-American guard was key to last season’s domestic quadruple, averaging 9.0 points, 3.6 rebounds and 3.6 assists in league play, and 12.2 points and 4.0 assists in the EuroCup. Since joining in 2022, he’s helped…