Individual gold medals for Megan Keith (coach: Ross Cairns; club: Inverness) and Charles Hicks (Shaftesbury Barnet) and a second consecutive mixed relay title led the way as 40-strong British contingent topped the medal table at the 2021 European Cross Country Championships with five golds in Fingal-Dublin. Keith continued her stellar…
Alex Bell (coach: Andrew Henderson, club: Pudsey and Bramley) has been chosen as the captain of the Great Britain and Northern Ireland team for this weekend’s European Cross Country Championships in Fingal-Dublin. The Pudsey and Bramley athlete has enjoyed a remarkable season as she finished seventh in the Olympic Games…
his year, we celebrate 10 years since the launch of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship – the electric cars motorsport racing series that promotes clean mobility. Since its inauguration in 2014, the series has hosted seven seasons and has gained millions of viewers from all over the world.…
England needs an ambitious and radical national plan for sport, health and wellbeing to address stagnant activity levels across the country. The recommendation comes in a new report from the House of Lords Sport and Recreation Committee which is published today. A national plan is vital as the delivery of…
The deciding final race of the Formula 1 season will be shown live on free to air terrestrial television this Sunday (12.12.21) after Sky agreed to share its coverage with Channel 4. Thanks to the deal struck between the two broadcasters, the British public will be able to savour every…
Today (Wednesday 8 December), The Football Association (FA) in association with The Premier League, The English Football League, and the Players Association have released a document summarising a joint action plan on understanding, promoting and protecting brain health in English football. What is in the document? The document outlines three…
The British Judo Championships returned this weekend with our Pre-Cadet and Cadet judoka battling it out to be crowned British Champion at the EIS, Sheffield. Saturday saw our Pre-Cadet Girls and Cadet Boys take to the tatami, whilst Sunday was reserved for our Pre-Cadet Boys and Cadet Girls. Cadet Boys…
Goalkeeper Harry Gibson has announced he is retiring from international hockey. Across six years, Harry made a total of 77 international appearances, with 41 of those coming in a Great Britain shirt while 36 of those games were for England. He played at the 2013 Youth Olympic Festival for Great…
A full team has been selected to represent Great Britain and Northern Ireland at next month’s (12 December) European Cross Country Championships in Fingal-Dublin, Ireland. Trials winners Jess Judd (coach: Mick Judd, coach: Blackburn) and Jack Rowe (Tim Eglen, Aldershot Farnham and District) lead the senior women’s and men’s teams…
Alzheimer’s Research UK is undertaking a comprehensive review into the links between sport and dementia risk. The announcement comes today (Wednesday 24 November), with the charity partnering with The Health Policy Partnership to carry out the six-month project. Dementia is a heart-breaking condition that affects nearly one million people in…
Two community leisure centres run by Life Leisure have been named among the top three in Stockport. Life leisure Grand Central, on Wellington Road South, and Brinnington Park Lesiure Complex, based on Northumberland Road in Brinnington, have earned the accolade from Three Best Rated, an independent company developed to identify…
Today, Special Olympics Europe Eurasia has launched a unique online-offline activity hub and campaign called Faces of Basketball to celebrate European Basketball Week 2021 and International Day of Persons with Disabilities on 3 December. It will be available to athletes, coaches and supporters across the region in six European languages: English, French,…
The retired Jamaican sprinter was speaking to Chuckie on the latest drop of JD’s In the Duffle Bag Podcast when Bolt, now 35, revealed just how tense it became between the two competitors. Bolt, who is an eight-time Olympic gold medallist said: “There definitely was a rivalry – I live off it…
Only six weeks before Santa slides down the chimney, we hope he will have his sack filled with copies of our book “Running Stories by people of all ages, speeds and backgrounds.” With all our profits being donated to The Running Charity and their work with young homeless people, this is the perfect…
EVENT TO BE HELD AT THE PRINCIPALITY STADIUM, CARDIFF IN MAY 2023Great Britain Wheelchair Rugby (GBWR), who claimed an historic gold medal at the Tokyo 2020 ParalympicGames this summer, has been awarded the hosting rights for the 2023 World Wheelchair Rugby EuropeanChampionship Division A Tournament. As Great Britain enjoys unprecedented…
British Athletics has announced the cohort of athletes on the Olympic and Paralympic Futures Academy Programme for 2021/22, which is supported by Nike. Recent graduates from the Futures Academy programme include Olympic silver medallist, Keely Hodgkinson (Trevor Painter, Leigh) and Paralympic champion Owen Miller (Steven Doig, Fife) while five European…
NEW: Winter Fishing Campaign to run fromFriday 17th December 2021 to Sunday January 2nd 2022 Registration for a FREE fishing licence is open now atwww.anglingtrust.net/takeafriendfishing December and January are a fantastic time of year to get outdoors and enjoy some time next to the water. Taking a friend or family…
England Hockey will host the first ever international hockey tournament in Durham next summer as the Women’s EuroHockey Qualifiers are set to take place at Maiden Castle Sports Centre. The tournament will be contested in from 22-27 August 2022 and act as one of four qualification events for the Women’s…
British Rowing and Concept2 are today delighted to announce an extension of their partnership through to the end of September 2024. The partnership, which will see Concept2 continue to support the GB Rowing Team and Performance Pathway, includes the provision of world-class equipment from rowing machines to oars. Kenny Baillie,…
Last weekend’s British Dressage annual National Convention, in association with Harrison Clark Rickerbys, featured some amazing insight and unique learnings from hosts Katrina Wuest, Philipp and Christoph Hess and Tom Hunt and our annual awards and trophies were also presented, including a very special recognition. For only a second time,…
Lucy Renshall continued her impressive recent form to win gold at the Baku Grand Slam today whilst Kelly Petersen-Pollard continues to impress in her debut year on the IJF World Tour by winning bronze. Adding to the silver medal won by Chelsie Giles on the opening day. Following an opening…
15 leading international events now confirmed for the inaugural UTMB® World Series with more exceptional events to be revealed in coming weeks. UTMB® World Series today confirmed the newest seven world-class events in Hong Kong, Andorra, Mexico, Italy, France, and the USA that will join the inaugural circuit in 2022,…
George Pinner has called time on a 14-year career and announced he is retiring away from international hockey. The goalkeeper played 195 times for England and Great Britain between 2007-2021, with 128 of those appearances coming for the former and 67 for the latter. George featured in a total of…
Last night marked yet another historic moment in British Basketball, with the London Lions winning their fourth game in a row in the FIBA Europe Cup, becoming the first British team to do so. Completed with a dominant 85 – 67 win against Dutch team Donar Groningen, the Lions have continued breaking records…
British Rowing has announced that Alastair Marks will take up the position of Interim Chief Executive Officer on a fixed term basis until the end of March 2022. Marks brings extensive experience from across the sports industry in a corporate, agency and governing body environment having held a similar position…
E-Bike Grand Prix (EBK GP) has today announced that the first ever race series will take place in 2022, with Dubai, one of the world’s most pioneering cities with a reputation for delivering sporting spectacles, confirmed as the first host city partnership. EBK GP is an exhilarating new international cycling…
UK Athletics and its four partner Home Country Athletics Federations (HCAFs) has officially launched the Coaching Strategy for the sport of athletics in the UK. The formation of the strategy – a significant milestone – has been led by UK Athletics’ Interim CEO and Director of Development Mark Munro and…
UK researchers have published findings showing that a history of concussion in former elite level, amatuer rugby players is not linked with memory and thinking in later life. The journal Alzheimer’s & Dementia published the results today (Wednesday 20 October). What did the researchers in this study do? Researchers looked at 146…