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…
Moorlands Farm hosted it’s second Fish’O’Mania qualifier on Saturday and again the weather didn’t play ball with changeable conditions and high winds. On the online draw many fancied Glyn Clark on Meadow and Des Shipp on Silver pool, however, it was the unfavoured Bank pool that threw up both the…
London Lions will be amongst 44 other clubs to participate in the fifth season of the Basketball Champions League. The Lions will become the second BBL team to participate in the European competition, following Leicester Riders who competed two seasons ago.The final lineup was validated and confirmed by the Board…
Team Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS riders are full of enthusiasm and motivation ahead of the resumption of the World Championship. In a shortened campaign with no room for error, Fernandez and Lowes share the same objective of fighting for results that will allow them to challenge for the title.…
The second in DP World’s three-episode mini-series features DP World Ambassador, Ian Poulter and Renault DP World F1 team driver, Esteban Ocon who provide a candid and upbeat insight into their lives during lockdown and their return to sport. An extremely honest and entertaining conversation between two world class sportsmen…
In its latest round of event allocations, World Rowing has today announced that Great Britain will stage the 2022 World Rowing Coastal Championships and Beach Sprint Finals. The event will be staged on Saundersfoot Beach, Pembrokeshire, Wales. Andy Parkinson, British Rowing CEO commented, “We are delighted to be able to bring international…
The world’s largest women’s sporting event is coming to New South Wales after Australia and New Zeeland were announced as hosts of the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™. It will be the very first FIFA Women’s World Cup to be held in Australia, and Sydney will be hosting key matches…
A new state-of-the-art PGA accredited golf academy has opened its doors at the Chee Chan Golf Resort, Thailand to add to its world class golf facilities. Located just outside Pattaya, The Chee Chan Golf Resort opened in 2018 and is ranked as the best course in Thailand by Golf Digest.…