British Athletics has today announced Christian Malcolm as the newly appointed Olympic Programme Head Coach. Malcolm, who since January 2019 has been Head of Performance and Coaching at Athletics Australia was appointed following an open recruitment process and will take up his post later this year. As Head Coach Malcolm…
Rounders England is excited to announce the appointment of Rhian Lilley as its new Development Director. An experienced leader in sports development within education, national governing bodies and local government, Rhian will play a pivotal role in the next phase of rounders development. Joining from The FA, where she led…
Earlier this summer, British Athletics ran a series of Let’s Talk About Race roundtables, bringing together voices from across the athletics community to discuss Race, and we can now provide an update regarding the next stage of activities. British Athletics will be hosting a series of focus groups for Athletes, Coaches, Officials…
Andy Murray battled from two sets behind to win a US Open thriller but had eyes on only one place at Flushing Meadows – the emergency ice bath. The former world No.1 toppled Yoshihito Nishioka in a five-set epic in his first Grand Slam appearance since January 2019 having twice…
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) today welcomed the addition of The Coca-Cola Company to its roster of Worldwide Paralympic Partners. Coca-Cola Japan was an existing Gold Partner of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, the highest tier of the domestic sponsorship programme. The agreement encompasses worldwide marketing rights to the IPC…
It was with great sadness that the Great Britain Cycling Team received the news that Liz Clarke-Saul passed away on Monday 20th July. Liz had an incredibly rare form of bone cancer called adamantinoma, and she was first diagnosed with this at the age of 12. At the age of…
Andy Bennett became the first angler to successfully defend his FishOMania title when he won Saturday’s £50,000 match at Hayfield Lakes, Doncaster with 40.1kg at the end of a gripping afternoon of fishing. In what was one of the most exciting afternoons FishOMania has enjoyed, the lead changed hands four…
Over 480 athletes have accepted their invitation to compete at the Müller British Athletics Championships 2020 at the Manchester Regional Arena from September 4-5 as athletics leads the way in welcoming Olympic and Paralympic sport back. The first major outdoor athletics meeting of the year, and one of the first…
Brazilian eSports competitors are most likely to cheat by using cheat codes, bots and hacks to gain an unfair advantage over opponents while playing online, new research reveals. The Cheating Countries study uses search volume data to analyse the incidence of cheat codes, bots and hacks used in popular video game…
The peg draws for FishOMania and FishOMania NXTGEN have been completed and anglers now know where they’ll be fishing for £50,000 at Hayfield Lakes this Saturday, live on Sky Sports. Both peg draws took place virtually and were streamed live on FishOMania, Sky Sports and Angling Trust social media channels…
British athletes delivered world-class performances at the Stockholm Diamond League as training partners Laura Muir and Jemma Reekie, Adam Gemili and Holly Bradshaw, ran out convincing winners. Muir was a standout performer in the women’s 1500m as she led home a British 1-2-3 – in a world leading time – which included Laura Weightman and Melissa Courtney-Bryant, the…
The PGA is looking to inspire the generation of professionals through a dedicated campaign aimed at potential students, anyone considering a career in golf or those who have never given it a thought. During a time when students will have received their A-Level and GCSE results, the campaign – #PGADraft2020 –…
British Equestrian, the national governing body for equestrian sport in the UK, has been awarded £150,000 of National Lottery funding by Sport England to enable it to support riding centres that are struggling during this difficult time. The fund aims to provide immediate funding to those most in need. It’s…
The FCN | European Sports Leadership & Coaching Network aims to provide an interactive and supportive platform for women to connect, share and develop. The project will encourage discussion on a variety of topics including; how to navigate through a male dominated arena, negotiating salaries and insights into the workings of the…
After nearly 30 years with British Rowing, Jürgen Grobler OBE will bring to an end one of the most successful and decorated coaching careers in the history of rowing and the Olympic Games. Jürgen Grobler OBE has stepped down as Chief Coach of the GB Rowing Team after 28 years with…
We’re delighted to announce that SilverFish is back for 2020-2021 in conjunction with Catch More Media. We’ve lined up a set of qualfiiers that are sure see bites across the country this winter: Sun 27th September – Lake John Fishery – 30 pegs Sat 10th October – Meadowlands Fishery –…
The capital city of Poland saw a face-off between the two completely different worlds of Formula 1 and F1H2O. In a unique project organised by PKN ORLEN, Bartłomiej Marszałek and Robert Kubica raced in a motorsport competition in one-of-a-kind celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Warsaw, one…
British Athletics has today announced that it has accepted a request from World Championship finalist Sophie McKinna (coach: Mike Winch; club: Great Yarmouth) to take up the original offer of membership to the Olympic World Class Programme (WCP) for 2020. Shot putter McKinna enjoyed a memorable 2019 reaching her maiden…
The reigning Wimbledon champion is currently the only top 10 player on the WTA Tour who is yet to formally announce her plans for the Grand Slam, which will begin in only two weeks time. This year’s tournament is taking place behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic with…
With the Müller British Athletics Championships three weeks away, two more World Para Athletics champions – Aled Davies and Jonathan Broom-Edwards – and several reigning British outdoor champions including Morgan Lake and Sophie McKinna, join the journey to the event hosted at the Manchester Regional Arena on 4-5 September. Aled Davies (coach: Ryan Spencer-Jones; club: Cardiff) secured his fourth…
The Loch Lomond Whiskies Scottish PGA Championship – the Tartan Tour’s flagship event – is heading back to Deer Park Golf & Country Club after a 30-year hiatus. PGA Partners Loch Lomond Whiskies are the headline sponsors for the 2020 tournament, which will be held on September 1-4. The event was…
Tackling crime in and through sport, protecting the credibility of sport and enhancing the strategic partnership between the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) were the key issues discussed by IOC President Thomas Bach and UNODC Executive Director Ghada Waly , who…
LiveScore, one of the world’s leading real-time sports updates and streaming service providers, has announced an expanded set of league and competition free-to-air live streaming rights for the 2020-21 football season, bringing its 2 million users in the UK and Ireland closer to the action than ever before. Fresh from…
Since new Government guidance in England was released allowing gyms to open on 25 July, we have updated our guide for British Weight Lifting Clubs to allow them to get back to training, while ensuring the safety and well-being of anyone that enters their facility is considered. his document sets…
Rio 2016 Olympian Pete Lambert has announced his retirement after seven years representing Great Britain on the world stage. Reflecting on his decision, Pete says: “I had already been planning to retire in August after Tokyo; when the Games were delayed to next year I decided I still wanted to step away.…
Sam Lowes rode a faultless race to finish second at the Czech Grand Prix while Team Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS team-mate Augusto Fernandez finishes an excellent season best fifth. Team Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS had reason to celebrate in the Czech Republic for the fourth round of the…
Commenting on this important milestone, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach said: “With only one year to go, a mammoth task still lies ahead of us. I would like to thank our Japanese partners and friends, headed by Prime Minister Abe Shinzo, Tokyo 2020 President Mori Yoshiro and Governor…
In line with current government guidance around spectators at sports events, this year’s FishOMania will be staged behind closed doors, with live coverage on Sky Sports, DAZN and Matchroom.Live on Saturday, August 29. Matchroom Multi Sport and Angling Trust have remained in contact with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media…