The British Athletics Indoor Championships will be held across the 20-21 February 2021 at the Emirates Arena in Glasgow, Scotland. Glasgow is a prestigious venue for world-class athletics, recently hosting the 2019 European Athletics Indoor Championships, as well as the SPAR British Athletics Indoor Championships and Müller Indoor Grand Prix…
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Life Leisure has been helping the town’s most vulnerable residents get fighting fit in the battle against COVID. The leisure provider, which runs 13 leisure centres across Stockport and Barrow, has created a hundred activity packs and developed a programme which has been delivered to care homes across the town,…
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TSF News
Former England cricketer Michael Vaughan to host virtual event with 70-year-old set to row 3,000 miles across the Atlantic solo
1st December 2020Former England cricket captain, Michael Vaughan, will host a free virtual Q&A with 70-year-old, Frank Rothwell, before he sets off on an epic 3,000-mile row across the Atlantic. Adventurer Frank, from Oldham, is hoping to be crowned the oldest person to complete the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge, when he casts off from…
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Manchester Giants have agreed a partnership with the long established Xaverian College that will see local students get the chance to take part in intensive basketball development with the Giants alongside their academic studies. The sixth form college, founded in 1862 is just one and a half miles from the…
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BBL Cup, Group 3 Sheffield Sharks 79-90 Newcastle Eagles (26-20, 38-43, 58-66, 79-90)(Sharks – K.Nichols 19, N.Lewis 17, B.Koch 15; Eagles – R.Fletcher 24, C.Edwards 18, E.Maxwell 17) BBL Cup, Group 2 Glasgow Rocks 83-73 Manchester Giants (30-21, 46-34, 68-57, 83-73)(Rocks – J.Bunyan 20, J.Van Sauers 17, D.Mpondo 16; Giants…
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Six-time international medallist Ellie Piggott is retiring from rowing after an 11 year career representing Great Britain Speaking of her decision to retire, Ellie says: “I’m happy this is the right decision at the right time for me. I’ve loved my time in the team and feel really lucky to…
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Following the Government announcement, we are delighted by the news that badminton will be allowed to return once again in the updated three-tier-system of restrictions. While the measures don’t yet allow for a full return to play, it has been confirmed that badminton will be allowed across all tiers, as set out below: Tier One: In line with our existing ‘return to play’ protocols, the ‘rule of six’ applies (six per court, singles and doubles,…
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TSF News
Worldwide Olympic Partner Panasonic has supported the IOC’s Young Leaders Programme since 2017
26th November 2020Worldwide Olympic Partner Panasonic has supported the IOC’s Young Leaders Programme since 2017, giving young people around the world the chance to make a positive impact in their communities. The IOC Young Leaders Programme aims to promote social entrepreneurship through sport by engaging and supporting the next generation of inspirational…
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Athletics
Ultra-Trail® World Tour: the 2021 season opens with consistency and eco-friendly actions
25th November 2020With 28 major events organized in 22 countries and 5 continents, the Ultra-Trail® World Tour continues its development as the world’s top circuit for long-distance trail running races. Iconic events such as the Madeira Island Ultra-Trail®, the Western State®100-Mile Endurance Run and the UTMB® Mont Blanc (UTMB®, TDS® and CCC®) have confirmed that they will continue…
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Leading UK sports charity, Greenhouse Sports, is responding to the Coronavirus challenge by launching a range of new programmes designed to help more kids living in poverty reach their full potential at school and into employment. Greenhouse Sports 2.0 is being launched with an exciting new offer with the goal…
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BBL is today delighted to confirm the fixtures and dates for the remainder of the 2020-21 season. Following the conclusion of the BBL Cup Quarter Finals, the BBL Championship, which returns to teams playing each other three times, will commence on 3 December, with a double header LIVE on Sky…
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Sam Lowes produces a heroic performance to finish third at the Portuguese Grand Prix but just misses out on winning the Moto2 World Championship, while Augusto Fernández secures a fighting eighth place. There was reason for cheer for Team Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS at the final round of the…
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Athletics
‘LET’S TALK ABOUT RACE’ LEADS TO SPORT-WIDE COMMITMENT TO ADDRESS RACIAL INEQUALITY
21st November 2020Commitment to embed Equality Diversity & Inclusivity in all UKA and HCAF strategies. Ethnicity targets to be set in addition to mandatory unconscious bias training. Toolkit for ED&I to be created for club use. LTAR network to be launched to ensure delivery against action plan. The UK Athletics ‘Let’s Talk…
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Manchester Giants 106-64 Cheshire Phoenix (33-9, 57-23, 75-51, 106-64) (Giants- Cassell Jr 25, Hexom 22, Ouandie 21; Phoenix- Lufadeju 21, Rolls-Tyson 12, Mccall 11) Manchester Giants thumped Cheshire Phoenix Thursday night to book themselves a BBL Cup Quarter Final slot. In the first home game of the season, the Mancunian side…
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At the tail end of 1980, in New York City, Madison Square Garden Indoor Arena, on November 29-30 a momentous event in the world of Judo took place: the first Women’s World Judo Championships. There were seven fighters in the women’s Great Britain squad who competed in that inaugural event,…
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Adam Peaty had an afternoon to remember, the Olympic champion breaking records galore to help guide his London Roar team into the International Swim League (ISL) final. Winning the 50m Breaststroke on day one of action on Saturday boded extremely well for Peaty ahead of his favoured 100m event today, and he…
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Motor Sports
Team Estrella Galicia 0,0 to sign off 2020 season with Portuguese Grand Prix
17th November 2020The spectacular and demanding Portimao circuit makes its debut on the Moto3 World Championship calendar in an all-new challenge for riders. Sergio Garcia Dols and Ryusei Yamanaka will conclude the 2020 season this weekend at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, a track added to the list of venues after the…
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The 24-man squad for Great Britain’s FIBA EuroBasket 2022 Qualifiers against France and Montenegro this month has been named. GB go into the games in top form having won eight of their last ten games including a convincing 81-73 victory over Germany last time out. Eleven of the 12 players who featured in that important win…
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Motor Sports
Hamilton seals historic 7th title with peerless wet-weather victory in Turkey
15th November 2020A stunning drive from Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton in the Turkish Grand Prix gave him his 10th victory of the season – and, more crucially, saw him claim the seventh drivers’ title of his career, to equal the record of Michael Schumacher, as Racing Point’s Sergio Perez and Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel…
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Rugby
Lions Sports Academy Team Up With England Rugby Players to Keep Children Fit Through Lockdown
14th November 2020Lions Sports Academy have joined forces with England Rugby Sevens Players to offer free online training to keep the nation’s children fit through the upcoming lockdown. During the first nationwide lockdown it was announced by UK Sport that physical literacy in school children decreased by 50%. With the closure of…
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British Athletics has confirmed the 117 athletes who have been offered membership to the 2020/2021 Olympic and Paralympic World Class Programme (WCP). Due to the challenging circumstances brought by the Covid-19 pandemic this year, and the impact this has had on our athletes, we have retained all athletes from the…
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A pub has marked its historic links with a professional football club by launching a vintage shirt. The Milbourne Arms in Carlisle which is currently closed due to the national Covid-19 lockdown, is offering replica Shaddongate United shirts – the club which went on to become Carlisle United. Owner Dianne Irving said…
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UK Athletics can today confirm the establishment of the new Standards, Ethics and Rules Committee. Following last week’s publication of the single UK-wide strategy for athletics in the UK, the new committee is another important step for the sport, part of the collaboration between UK Athletics (UKA) and Home Country Athletics…
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One of Ireland’s youngest venues, the challenging and visually stunning Carne Golf Links, will officially open its Wild Atlantic Dunes course next year by hosting the country’s oldest tournament – the Irish PGA Championship. The original 18-hole course that overlooks the Atlantic Ocean on Ireland’s west coast in County Mayo…
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Rugby
Thoroughbred racehorse named after Rob Burrow to raise money for Rob’s motor neurone disease Fight Back Fund
9th November 2020The public is invited to become a member of the unique Burrow Seven Racing Club in order to honour Rob’s legacy on the pitch and his heroism in his battle with MND Burrow Seven is a unique fundraising campaign for Rugby League legend Rob Burrow which is set to raise…
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Tennis
Relentless Daniil Medvedev Fights Back To Win Paris Masters – Adam Addicott
8th November 2020Russia’s Daniil Medvedev has clinched his first piece of silverware in 2020 after battling back from a set down to win the Paris Masters title on Sunday. The 24-year-old produced some of his best tennis throughout his 5-7, 6-4, 6-1, win over Germany’s Alexander Zverev. A player who was on…
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Former England rugby fly-half Jonny Wilkinson recently appeared as a guest on the High Performance podcast. He was joined by BBC presenter Jake Humphrey and Professor of Organisation Psychology and Change, Damian Hughes. The World Cup winner spoke openly about his struggles in regard to perfectionism and the difficulties he…
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Twenty Olympic Movement organisations, namely 15 International Sports Federations (IFs) and five National Olympic Committees (NOCs), have received this year’s Carbon Action Awards of the IOC and DOW, a global initiative which is aimed at recognising and accelerating effective climate action in sport. The winners were announced today at the…
