On the four-year anniversary of her golden final in Rio, Paralympic Champion and four-time World Champion Grace Clough MBE has announced her retirement from international rowing Since joining the GB para squad in 2013, Grace has been an integral member of the PR3 mixed coxed four. She became Paralympic Champion…
Since retiring from competitive diving, Olympic medallist Leon Taylor has become a huge advocate of physical and mental wellness and is now helping people all over the world to improve their health, happiness and performance through the Olympian & Paralympian Online Experiences available on Worldwide Olympic Partner Airbnb’s platform. BOOK…
Following World War I, the IOC selected Antwerp to host the 1920 Olympic Games. Organisers overcame many obstacles to deliver an edition of the Games that is still recognised for its lasting contributions to sport, gender equality, unity and peace. One hundred years later, as the entire world is fighting…
Thanks to Sport England for their support, which helps us share stories of these inspirational women – knocking down barriers and challenging the status quo for women and girls everywhere. Eleanor Oldroyd Game Changers first guest this season is Elly Oldroyd – one of Britain’s most respected sports broadcasters. If you…
Movement Strategies, a subsidiary of GHD and leading people movement and crowd dynamics consultancy, was commissioned by the SGSA (Sports Grounds Safety Authority) and EFL (English Football League) to assess the application of social distancing at professional football grounds, and this work has now been carried out. Two EFL grounds, Charlton Athletic FC’s Valley…
First inaugurated in 1938, the Helsinki Olympic Stadium will reopen on 22 August after an extensive modernisation and rebuild. While the four-year renovation project was carried out with great respect towards the Stadium’s original modernist architecture, new functionalities have been added and comfort and safety have been increased to match…
A world lead, a Championship record and seven stadium records were all set as 25 British champions were crowned at the 2020 Müller British Athletics Championships in Manchester. Aimee Pratt’s world lead, Championship and stadium record on route to the women’s 3000m steeplechase title led the star performances with Daniel…
G2, one of the world’s leading entertainment and esports brands, has agreed a major commercial partnership with the most fun snack brand around, PRINGLES® Germany. The deal will see PRINGLES® come on board as the presenting partner of G2 Esports’ talent search series Making The Squad. Currently in pre-production for its third…
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…