Sports-related violence and rioting have existed for at least 1500 years, with rioters destroying half of Constantinople during the Nika revolt of 532. Its modern form, however, emerged several centuries ago in England, and today, football hooliganism, although on the decline for the past two decades, is still a significant…
In a gutsy and impressive performance New Zealand defied the odds to win the Singapore Sail Grand Prix and cement Peter Burling’s position as the main threat to Tom Slingsby’s charge for a third straight season title with Jimmy Spithill’s USA boat in seventh. Here is all you need to know:…
The British Olympic Association has selected 18 athletes to represent Team GB at the Friuli Venezia Giulia 2023 Winter European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) running between 21-28 January 2023. Team GB’s athletes, all aged between 15 and 17, will compete in nine of the 14 sports on the programme: alpine…
WBBL Trophy: First Round Oaklands Wolves 53-104 Leicester Riders (19-37, 16-17, 5-27, 13-23) (Wolves: Smith; 19, Gould; 15, George; 7 – Riders: Squires; 24, Arlen; 21, Fee; 15) Manchester Met Mystics 68 vs 42 Cola Southwark Pride (22-15, 13-13, 15-6,18-8) (Mystics: Sanchez Czerniecki; 22, Keltos; 21, Vourliotis; 8 – Pride: Jacobs; 10,…
E1 – KEEP DREAMING (release date: 11th January) A new season starts, teams from all around the globe are joining the circuit. For the first time in the Golden Trail Series, runners from Kenya will take on the mountains with hopes of being as fast as they are on the…
A host of Team GB athletes have been recognised in the New Year Honours List. Notable among them are double Olympian Denise Lewis, who has been awarded a damehood for services to sport. The former heptathlete retired from elite competition with two Olympic medals to her name after claiming bronze at…
BBL Championship B. Braun Sheffield Sharks 73 – 88 Cheshire Phoenix (18-21, 37-46, 52-60) (Sharks: Nelson, 21; Nichols, 17; Banks Jr., 11 – Phoenix: Jack, 18; Austin, 16; Teague, 13) Cheshire Phoenix began a back-to-back set of games with a decisive win on the road, beating the B. Braun Sheffield Sharks by 15 points, 88-73. Finding his groove from…
The 2023 Dakar Rally heads back to Saudi Arabia for its fourth edition on December 31 with the world’s best off-road racers facing 5,000 racing kilometres spread over 14 timed special stages before the chequered flag finally falls at Dammam on January 15. Here is all you need to know: About the Dakar…
We’re excited to release the 100th episode of The Game Changers podcast this week – & what a guest to mark the occasion – Sally Munday OBE returns to share her experience of leading UK Sport. A massive thank you to all the trailblazing women in sport (& the 3 men) who have been guests on…
Chelsie Giles (Coventry; Simon Moss) rounded off a fantastic 2022 by taking silver at the IJF Judo Masters on the opening day of competition in Jerusalem. 2022 has seen Giles add the European title and a World Championship silver medal to her 2020 Tokyo Olympic bronze medal. Competing in the…
Double Olympic gold medallist Alistair Brownlee has been appointed to the board of the British Olympic Foundation, the charitable arm of the British Olympic Association (BOA). A member of both the International Olympic Committee and European Olympic Committee Athletes’ Commissions, Brownlee brings an in-depth knowledge of the Olympic Movement and the broader sporting landscape,…
The team beat Greek side Promitheas Patras 77-67 last night The London team now sit fifth in Group B of the prestigious European competition – with the top eight teams qualifying after the group stage. The London Lions continued their historic EuroCup run as they beat Promitheas Patras 77-67 in Greece…
The prize is awarded annually to one male and one female coach for their outstanding contributions to Olympians’ lives and to the Olympic Movement.Co-founder of the Leeds Triathlon Centre, Brown coached the multi-Olympic medal winning Alistair and Jonny Brownlee from the dawn of their careers, as well as guiding Vicky…
Great Britain has named the 41 men and women chosen to represent their nation in the teams’ first games of the new FIH Pro League 2022/23 season, including seven potential debutants. Britain’s squads fly to Argentina for a mini tournament of games against hockey powerhouses Argentina and the Netherlands in…
Shadow Esports, the global leader in professional esports analytics, has developed a solution for online sports media platforms that are struggling to connect to and to reach the esports audience. The Esports Live Ticker will allow these platforms to start or improve their esports coverage through an easy to integrate…
IF YOU LOVE GREAT FOOD, COOKING, TRAVEL AND FOOTBALL, THEN THIS IS TRULY THE BOOK FOR YOU! This is a book that is not only a TASTE of the WORLD in FOOD, but also, another big ingredient thrown in the pot: FOOTBALL! Food, Football and Travel. What a combination! Brendan…
UK Athletics (UKA) has confirmed that Birmingham will host a new Performance Innovation Centre from summer 2023, after agreeing a partnership with the City Council for the facility to be situated on the redeveloped Alexander Stadium campus, helping cement the site’s Commonwealth Games legacy. Designed for the primary use of UKA…
After a superlative end to the 2022 season with two epic victories in Suzuki’s farewell to the MotoGP grid, Alex Rins now faces a new challenge with another manufacturer ahead of an upcoming campaign in which he will ride for the LCR Castrol independent team. We spoke to the rider…
European Athletics have today announced that Birmingham will host the European Athletics Championships in 2026 following a successful bid process with UKA. Working in partnership with Birmingham City Council and UK Sport, UKA had high hopes of hosting Europe’s most prestigious European athletics competition, seven years on from staging the…
Great Britain Men’s National Team Head Coach Marc Steutel has confirmed the 12-man roster for Friday night’s FIBA World Cup Qualifier against Serbia at Newcastle’s Vertu Motors Arena (7pm), with some exciting new faces joining an established core of proven talent. Coach Steutel has named three Senior National Team debutants…
10th November 2022: Every minute, somewhere in the world, a man dies by suicide. That’s 90 sons, husbands, brothers and fathers for every 90 minute game of the Football World Cup. By the full-time whistle of the final and 64th match, over 5,760 males will have died by suicide. In the…
Viaplay Group and the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) have agreed a five-year deal that makes the Viaplay streaming service the exclusive home of the PDC European Tour in the UK, the Netherlands, Poland and all Nordic and Baltic countries from February 2023. The European tour offers regular top-level events showcasing…
The Estrella Galicia 0,0 rider led the race from start to finish, with Joan Mir sixth and Alex Marquez 17th after a crash. The same fate befell Marc Marquez, although he was unable to return to the track. Estrella Galicia 0,0 riders Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team), Joan Mir (Team…
Great Britain Men’s National Team Head Coach Marc Steutel has confirmed the 24-man roster for the upcoming FIBA World Cup Qualifiers against Serbia and Latvia, with some exciting new faces joining an established core of proven talent. The National Team will take to the court at Newcastle’s Vertu Motors Arena…
A group of 66 athletes have been nominated for membership to join the UK Athletics Olympic World Class Programme (WCP) for 2022/23. The Olympic WCP is UK Sport’s National Lottery funded initiative supporting the delivery of success at named milestone targets, namely outdoor track World and European Championships, and the…
Chelsie Giles becomes the latest British judoka to top the judo world rankings as she rises to the topof the -52kg category. It is the first time in history that British Judo has topped the world rankings in two weight categoriesas Giles joins -63kg judoka, Lucy Renshall in ruling the…
BBL ChampionshipSurrey Scorchers 66 – 76 Cheshire Phoenix (23-12, 39-32, 54-64)Scorchers – Johnson 16, Jacdonmi 11, Wang 10; Phoenix – Austin 23, Jack 14, Neighbour 11Bristol Flyers 71 – 93 Caledonia Gladiators (19-19, 38-39, 51-72)Flyers – King 21, Watson-Gayle 17, Samuels 13; Gladiators – Sloan 27, Onwas 20, Adams, 16…
Podcast is hosted by Olympic Medalist Ibtihaj Muhammad, the first Muslim American woman in hijab to compete and medal for the U.S. in sabre fencing Listen to full podcast here: https://dohadebates.com/podcasts/the-long-game/ The second season of the new sports-focused podcast by Doha Debates and Foreign Policy magazine, entitled “The Long Game,”…