JAMA Neurology: Association of Field Position and Career Length With Risk of Neurodegenerative Disease in Male Former Professional Soccer Players Researchers at the University of Glasgow have today (Monday 2 August) found that the longer an ex-professional footballer’s playing career, the higher the increased risk of neurodegenerative disease. They also…
Team GB claimed their first eventing team title in nearly half a century as Oliver Townend, Laura Collett and Tom McEwen struck equestrian gold in Tokyo. British riders were perennial silver medallists in the competition, coming second in Los Angeles, Seoul, Sydney, Athens and London, plus claiming bronze in Beijing.…
Max Whitlock took on all-comers again to defend his Olympic pommel title with a nerveless display in Tokyo. Whitlock was the first of eight to compete in the final and posted a score of 15.583 to set the standard. Chinese Taipei’s Lee Chih Kai took silver with 15.400 while Japan’s…
Former chef Charlotte Worthington cooked up another golden recipe for Team GB’s BMX stars. After Bethany Shriever’s gold in the BMX Racing, Worthington won the first BMX Freestyle competition to ever take place at the Olympic Games, rewriting the history books in more ways than one. An error on her…
Team GB ensured their place in the history books as they won the inaugural mixed 4x100m medley relay at an Olympic Games with a mesmerising world record swim at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre. The quartet of Kathleen Dawson, Adam Peaty, James Guy and Anna Hopkin delivered a dominant display to smash…
Alex Yee led home a brilliant performance from Team GB to claim the first Olympic gold medal ever contested in mixed relay triathlon. The Olympic silver medallist in the men’s triathlon was put into the perfect position by teammates Jess Learmonth, Jonny Brownlee and Georgia Taylor-Brown, who also won silver…
Bryony Page claimed her second Olympic medal with a brilliant trampolining bronze in Tokyo. The 30-year old became the first Brit to win an Olympic medal in the discipline five years ago when she won silver in Rio. In the years since she has had to overcome a series of…
Great Britain’s men produced an impressive performance in their final Pool B match as they took a 2-2 draw against Belgium. Rupert Shipperley’s first Olympic goal had given GB a first-half lead, but three goals in six third quarter minutes changed the complexity of the game. Tom Boon had levelled…
Bethany Shriever struck gold and Kye Whyte silver as Britain’s BMX stars dominated in Tokyo to win Team GB’s first Olympic medals in the sport. Shriever went unbeaten through her three semi-final runs and surged out the start gate to open up a lead on her rivals in the medal…
Mallory Franklin delivered a nerveless run to canoe slalom silver in Tokyo in the very first Women’s C1 event to be contested at the Olympic Games. The 27-year-old opened up an early 0.90s lead on the field and despite dropping into trouble and touching the 15th gate, posted 108.68 which…
Charlotte Dujardin became the first British woman to win six Olympic medals with a stunning individual dressage bronze in Tokyo. Riding young horse Gio, the three-time Olympic champion produced a brilliant ride to snatch third place on the podium in the Grand Prix freestyle final she won at London 2012…
Team GB won a men’s quadruple sculls medal for the first time in Olympic history after coming home for silver for the first rowing medal of Tokyo 2020. Harry Leask, Angus Groom, Tom Barras and Jack Beaumont held their nerve to make history on the Sea Forest Waterway, stopping the…
British Olympic history continues to be made at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre as the men’s 4×200 freestyle relay team claimed a brilliant gold medal in the pool. That means Team GB have won three swimming golds at a single Games for the first time since 1908 – also the last…
Team GB won gold and silver in the same race in the pool for the first time since 1908 as Tom Dean and Duncan Scott completed a British 1-2 – a result that was just the beginning of an historic day four at Tokyo 2020: • Dean and Scott make…
Team Speedo stars Tom Dean and Duncan Scott fought out an intense finish to the 200m freestyle final, with Dean coming out on top and landing the gold. Posting a time of 1:44.22, Dean beat his great friend Scott by just 0.02 seconds, setting a new British record in the…
Georgia Taylor-Brown conquered a flat tyre to claw back incredible Olympic silver in the women’s triathlon. The Mancunian lost 22 seconds after a mechanical failure on the final lap, leaving her fifth. But she bridged the gap to bronze in little more than a kilometre and caught USA’s Katie Zaferes…
Lauren Williams secured Team GB’s fifth medal of Day 3 with Olympic taekwondo silver in the women’s -67kg. The 22-year-old was leading the gold medal contest by three points with 10 seconds to go but ultimately lost 25-22 to Croatia’s Matea Jelic. She follows in the footsteps of gold medallists…
Tom Daley and Matty Lee produced the performance of a lifetime to claim Olympic gold in sensational fashion at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre. For Daley it marks the culmination of a remarkable career. A bronze medallist at London 2012 and again in Rio five years ago, he now has a…
Tom Pidcock soared to cross-country gold with a searing solo attack that earned Team GB its first medal in mountain biking. The 21-year-old overtook eight-time world champion Nino Schurter and Mathias Fluckinger on the third lap and never looked like letting go of gold, prevailing by 20 seconds in a…
Adam Peaty became the first British swimmer to retain their Olympic title after winning Team GB’s first gold medal of Tokyo 2020 with victory in the men’s 100m breaststroke. The fastest man to ever compete in breaststroke was a huge hope for gold and hit the expectations of a nation,…
Alex Yee scorched to Tokyo silver and embraced his status as the heir to the Brownlee brothers’ Olympic throne in men’s triathlon. The 23-year-old star ensured Team GB’s unparalleled record in the sport continued with sixth British swim, bike, run medal. Yee got exactly the race he wanted, with the…
Bradly Sinden became the second male taekwondo player in Team GB history to win an Olympic medal after securing silver on Games debut at Tokyo 2020. Sinden followed in the footsteps of Lutalo Muhammad, Olympic silver medallist at Rio 2016 and bronze medallist at London 2012, as well as his…
Following strong performances from Carl Hester and Lottie Fry yesterday, all eyes turned to the sole Team GB combination to trot down the centre line today – two-time Olympic champion Charlotte Dujardin and the 10-year-old gelding Gio. A new Olympic partnership This is a very different Games for Charlotte (35)…
Great Britain’s men earned a 3-1 victory over South Africa to get their Olympic campaign off to the perfect start. Sam Ward had opened the scoring with only two minutes on the clock, only for South Africa to reply just a minute later and level the scores. The second-half was…
Team GB is delighted and proud to announce that Olympic champions Hannah Mills and Mohamed Sbihi, have been selected as the flagbearers for Friday’s Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. In a positive break from tradition, the IOC confirmed in March, 2020 that each National Olympic Committee could…
Archery up first with an audience to captivate The archery athletes in Team GB are among those kicking off the Olympic schedule in Tokyo with ranking rounds taking place alongside the opening ceremony on Friday 23 July and the first archery gold medal will be awarded as early as next…
Comments from Team GB women’s football team following their 2-0 victory over Chile in their opening group match in Sapporo. Both goals scored by Ellen White. Steph Houghton, captain Age: 33 Hometown: Durham On the performance “When you get into a competition, it’s really important you win that first game.…
It is now less than a week until the Olympic flame is lit to signal the opening of the 32nd Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan. Having been rescheduled a year later because of the global Coronavirus Pandemic, we can finally now look forward to what will hopefully be an…