British Equestrian and the British Dressage selectors can today confirm the nine dressage athlete and horse combinations, plus three reserves, that will be submitted to the Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI) as our nominated entries for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Only the combinations who appear on the nominated entries list (closing…
Olympic champion Mo Farah (coach: Gary Lough; club: Newham & Essex Beagles) will attempt to qualify for the Tokyo Games by beating the qualifying standard of 27:28.00 in an invitational 10,000m race at the Müller British Athletics Championships on Friday 25th June at Manchester Regional Arena. Farah clocked 27:50.64 at the Müller British…
More live rugby will broadcast on free-to-air terrestrial television after Channel 4 secured the rights to show England’s summer internationals. Channel 4 will show live coverage of England’s match up against the USA at Twickenham on 4 July as well as their game against Canada on 10 July. The matches…
England 3 (2) Ward (12′ PC, 14′ PC, 60′ PC) Spain 2 (1) Quemada (27′, PC), Lleonart (49′ FG) England’s men secured their place in the EuroHockey Championships semi-finals with a gripping 3-2 victory over Spain. With the stakes high going into the match, the early nerves were quickly settled…
An incredible image, capturing a moment of intense focus and a single bead of sweat on the brow of Rafa Nadal, at Wimbledon, has won the second World Sports Photography Awards. Taken by renowned sports photographer James Gourley, the image is a remarkable example of the power of sports photography…
Eilidh Doyle has today announced her retirement from athletics, following a distinguished career which has seen her win Olympic, world, European and Commonwealth medals. Doyle has been a versatile athlete throughout her career, winning a European title over the 400m hurdles, a world indoor bronze medal over 400m, and countless…
The British Olympic Association (BOA) has today named the five athletes that will represent Team GB in taekwondo at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Double Olympic champion Jade Jones is named beside returning Olympians Bianca Walkden and Mahama Cho and debutants Bradly Sinden and Lauren Williams. Jones made history by…
A new project by students from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, has offered young handball players the chance to improve their shooting technique, with the help of sophisticated video analysis tools. They studied the players’ power, speed, and accuracy, to see the interactions between different techniques, and develop an understanding…
The England men’s and women’s squads travelling to The Netherlands for the 2021 EuroHockey Championships, taking place from 4-13 June, have been announced. Adam Dixon and Hollie Pearne-Webb will captain their respective sides, with the latter set to reach the special landmark of 100 England appearances in her team’s second…
Jake Wightman (coach: Geoff Wightman, club: Edinburgh) will captain the British team at this weekend’s European Athletics Team Championships Super League in Silesia, Poland. Wightman, a European and Commonwealth bronze medallist over 1500m, will compete over the 800m on Sunday (12:44 BST) in his first appearance at the European Athletics…
England’s double Commonwealth and European Champions Chris and Gabby Adcock have today announced their retirement from badminton. The Team GB Olympians have competed on the HSBC BWF World Tour together since 2013 and have achieved remarkable success throughout that period. Having first discovered her passion for playing at school, Gabby attended a local club alongside her…
Chris Skelley claimed silver at the IBSA Baku Grand Prix, the penultimate Paralympic qualification event before the Tokyo Paralympic Games later this year. The Baku Grand Prix is the first competition that the British Judo VI team have competed in since the Tbilisi World Cup back in February 2020. Skelley won…
Mark Hager’s side recorded a dominant 5-1 victory over the USA with goals from Sarah Robertson, Anna Toman, Ellie Rayer and an Izzy Petter brace earning the victory. Great Britain looked strong straight out of the blocks, testing the goalkeeper from a penalty corner in the first minute of the…