Like with many aspects of our society, the world of sport has historically assumed a ‘male default’. Women in sport have long stood by the side lines, waiting for their moment to come into play. Even the terms ‘women’s football’, ‘women’s athletics’, and ‘women’s — or sometimes ladies’ — tennis’,…
British Cycling has today launched its new elearning platform, which will support the ongoing development of learners and volunteers across all cycling disciplines and activities. The launch heralds a new era of digital learning for the organisation and has been accelerated as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic – following…
In exactly one month’s time the Müller British Athletics Championships will finally kick off at the Manchester Regional Arena and it’s shaping up to be one of the most exciting sporting events in the UK this year. The biggest – and best – major outdoor athletics meeting of the year anywhere in the world…
The name Downie has been at the forefront of British Gymnastics for 14 years, with first Becky and then Ellie vaulting, jumping and somersaulting their way to the top of the sport. Between them, they have competed at three Olympic Games and won four World Championship medals, one each in…
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has given the green light for the team sports of mounted games and polocrosse to resume, following their approval of plans submitted by British Equestrian. Equestrian team sports were halted in March of this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On…
The 2021 European 10,000m Cup will return to Highgate, London on 5 June when Europe’s leading distance runners and Great Britain’s foremost club runners will toe the start-line for a full day of racing at the Parliament Hill Athletics Track. This will be the third time the European 10,000m Cup…
Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling are a second year UCI Continental team. They have made a progressive, holistic and sustainable year-on-year progression since their establishment in 2012, competing at a national and international level with objectives across road and time trial disciplines. “The team has evolved over the past few years…
Mohamed Sbihi MBE has reclaimed the GB Rowing Team 2km record while training at home, setting a new fastest-ever GB Rowing Team time of 5:39.4 seconds and becoming only the eleventh man ever to break the 5:40 barrier. Just over a month ago, Moe’s teammate Tom George set a new team record of 05:39.6…
Extreme E, the new electric off-road motor racing championship, is pleased to reveal that it is in advanced talks with Fisker Inc. – creator of the world’s most emotion-stirring, sustainable electric vehicles and advanced mobility solutions – on a series partnership and potential works team entrance. Extreme E, starting early 2021, is…
A trip back to Lindholme lakes was on the cards for the sixteenth round of FishOMania qualification. With Bonsai, Willows, and Bennys in the match, many anglers wanted to draw on the prolific Bennys, and so it proved with all the top weights coming from a windswept corner where the…
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) have launched #BeActive videos featuring regional football stars as part of a joint campaign encouraging ASEAN citizens to lead healthy and active lifestyles amidst the COVID-19 outbreak. “We are diverse, but if we stick together, we are…
The 23rd July marked one year to go until the rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games following the historic decision to postpone the event until 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic. Team GB has reaffirmed its support for its friends and partners in Japan with the latest iteration of its ‘This…
Over 200 athletes have confirmed their entry for the Müller British Athletics Championships with six weeks to go including World Championship silver medallist Shara Proctor (coach: Rana Reider; club: Birchfield Harriers) and world champions Stef Reid (Aston Moore; Charnwood) and Sabrina Fortune (Ian Robinson; Deeside). Following official invites being sent last week, the number of…
This was going to be a historic year for the sport of surfing. Journalists at The New York Times spoke with the world’s top surfers to go behind the scenes as the sport prepares to make its Olympic debut … next year. Watch the videos from NY Times – https://www.nytimes.com/video/sports/olympics/100000007219144/summer-olympics.html
We continue our look back at times when British athletes, past and present, have made the headlines by achieving a 1-2 at a major championship, this time putting particular focus on the European Indoor Championships. Indoors, British athletes have thrived at this competition, sitting fourth on the all-time championship medal…
Below are a list of short videos highlighting some of the statistics we have discovered through our research of Track & Field in the U.K. More videos will be added over the coming weeks. Check here: https://femalecoachingnetwork.com/2020/06/25/female-coach-stats-in-british-track-field/
It’s forty years to the day since the Olympics that nearly never were, writes James Toney. And for a British Olympic Association official at the heart of one of sport’s most gripping off-field dramas, it still feels like yesterday. Dick Palmer headed the British team at ten Olympics but the 86-year…
A host of Great Britain and Northern Ireland’s best sprinters have become the latest athletes to confirm their participation for the Müller British Athletics Championships in Manchester from September 4-5. World champion as part of the history-making British men’s 4x100m relay team in 2017 and Diamond League champion from the…
International Olympic Committee news The portal has been created to help further sport’s sustainability goals, by providing a free tool where sustainability resources from the entire sports community can be grouped together on one dedicated platform. “Today, we can see a growing momentum across the sports community to help the world…
London Lions announce the two-time BBL MVP, JustinRobinson has signed for a further two years as the Lions embark on a European challenge. Robinson was leading his team on the way to defending their League Championship and an unprecedented three MVP’s in a row when the season was cut short by…
Today (13 July) Sir Jackie Stewart’s Race Against Dementia charity, in partnership with Alzheimer’s Research UK, has announced a second call for pioneering dementia research projects worth £1m. Early career researchers are now being invited to apply for the prestigious Race Against Dementia Research Fellowship. Designed to power outstanding early…
Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) today revealed EA SPORTS™ UFC® 4 featuring UFC® middleweight champion Israel “The Last Stylebender” Adesanya and UFC welterweight contender Jorge “Gamebred” Masvidal as the game’s official cover athlete duo. The next game in the popular UFC franchise brings a new experience that puts the player and their created fighter…
Several Great Britain and Northern Ireland stars have confirmed their participation at the Müller British Athletics Championships which will take place on Friday 4th and Saturday 5th September. Among those athletes who have committed to the Championships to date are eight finalists from the 2019 World Athletics Championships and six…
Rowing cronies Melissa Wilson and Holly Hill have barely left each other’s side for the last seven years so spending lockdown apart was never an option. The pair met at Cambridge University Boat Club in 2014, won the Boat Race together in 2017 and both made their senior World Championship…
Castore are delighted to announce a new kit and retail partnership with Cricket West Indies. West Indies are one of the most successful teams in the history of international cricket; the Windies teams from the 1970s and 1980s are widely recognised as the best to have ever graced Test cricket…
World silver medallist and European champion Imani-Lara Lansiquot has joined British Athletics’ Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Advocates Group as its Athlete Lead as the organisation expands its commitment to the creation and enhancement of an inclusive culture. During 2018, the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Advocates Group was launched by Donna…