Today, on the anniversary of the 2011 Japan earthquake (11 March), Team GB and the British Red Cross have announced a partnership to inspire the British public to come together and make a positive difference this Olympic year, supporting people in crisis in the UK and overseas. As Team GB…
British Athletics has today announced a maximum number of 11 athletes for the European Throwing Cup to be held in Leiria, Portugal from 21-22 March. Hammer thrower Taylor Campbell (coach; John Pearson; club: Windsor Slough Eton & Hounslow) and shot putter Amelia Strickler (Zane Duquemin; Thames Valley) lead an in-form…
Norway’s Marit StrØmØy became the first female powerboat racer to be named “Driver of the Year” at the 11th Union Internationale Motonautique (UIM) Awards Ceremony, staged at Le Musée Olympique in Lausanne on Saturday (March 7). One of just two women to make the seven-driver shortlist, the 43-year-old from Sandefjord – the…
Combining sport and solidary attitudes is the brand of Swimming by The Postcards Project. During the 2nd Swimming charity of Lake São Bernardo, which took place in São Francisco de Paula, in southern Brazil, this Sunday,on March 1st , almost a hundred liters of long life milk were collected for…
Charlotte Dannatt (coach: Alan Driver; county: Surrey) and Mahamed Mahamed (Hampshire) headlined the victors at the Inter Counties Championships in Loughborough, as Kate Avery (North East) and Mahamed took the senior Cross Challenge titles. Dannatt took arguably the biggest win of her cross country career as she kicked powerfully to…
OnTee, Europe’s fastest growing golf booking service, is celebrating women’s achievements in golf across the sports history this International Women’s Day. Swedish teen golfer Julia Engström, who won her first Ladies European tour title at the weekend by winning the NSW Open in Dubbo, is a great place to start.…
EXTREME is pleased to partner up with City Mountainbike, who are the official hosts of the UCI Mountain Bike Eliminator World Cup. It will provide the official media platform for this much awaited event. The first round of the 2020 UCI MTB Eliminator World Cup is due to take place…
ix athletes have been selected to represent Great Britain & Northern Ireland at the World Para Athletics Marathon World Cup, which is incorporated into the Virgin Money London Marathon, taking place on Sunday 26 April 2020. In the elite men’s wheelchair T54 race, David Weir (coach: Jenny Archer; club: Weir…
Fresh from breaking the pole vault world record in Glasgow just two weeks ago, 20-year-old superstar Mondo Duplantis will return to the UK this summer to compete at the Müller Anniversary Games in London on Sunday 5th July 2020 of the Müller Anniversary Games weekend. One of the biggest young stars…
The Largest multi-venue match in the country took place last weekend which saw three hundred anglers competing in the prestigious Angling Trust Winter League Final. Conditions for the Saturday saw a continuation of the awful winter conditions which kept weights down across both venues The Format for the final is…
Chris Thompson (coach: Alan Storey; club; Aldershot, Farnham & District) and Lily Partridge (Alan Storey; Birchfield) claimed the Vitality Big Half titles and booked their places on the British team for the World Athletics Half Marathon Championships later this month, while Jake Smith (James Thie; Cardiff) revised the British Under-23…
Elite sailor Elliot Hanson will make his Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games representing Team GB in the Laser dinghy class, the British Olympic Association (BOA) announced today. Hanson’s selection comes after he finished fifth at the recent Laser World Championships, missing bronze by just two points. The 25-year-old…
The British Equestrian Federation (BEF), British Dressage, British Eventing and British Showjumping are delighted to announce that they will form a joint working party to explore the potential for closer collaboration across equestrian sport. This follows recent discussions between the BEF Interim Chair Malcolm Wharton and Interim Chief Executive Iain…
Track & Field is one of the FCN’s key sports (along with American Football, Soccer and Basketball) and as the indoor season begins on this Olympic year, it’s an important time to kick the project off. Whilst nearly all sports have a problem with a lack of female coaches, especially…
Elite competition to be held on 27-28 March in northwest Saudi Arabia Super League Triathlon is heading to NEOM for a thrilling season opening spectacle that will see top triathletes try to take down All-Stars from the worlds of swim, bike and run in a truly spectacular setting. Legends of…
Tikiboo are thrilled to announce Alzheimer’s Research UK as their new charity partner for 2020. The one-year partnership will see the brand raise upwards of £20,000 for the charity. Tikiboo, a multi-award winning activewear brand known for producing bright and colourful activewear with unwavering performance, have created an exclusive collection…
We have today announced updated heading guidance for all age groups between under-six and under-18, in association with the Irish and Scottish FAs. The updated heading guidance, which will be introduced immediately, will provide grassroots clubs, coaches and players with the recommended heading guidance for training sessions only. The guidance does not make…
Tom Bosworth (club: Tonbridge; coach: Andi Drake) starred on the second and final day of the SPAR British Athletics Indoor Championships as he lowered his own national 5000m race walk record on a day of wall-to-wall finals in Glasgow. Bosworth’s time of 18:20.97 saw him smash his own previous best…
The flagship competition of the 2020 UIPM Modern Pentathlon season has been moved due to travel restrictions imposed following the Coronavirus outbreak in China. The city of Xiamen (CHN), due to host the UIPM 2020 Pentathlon and Laser Run World Championships from May 25-31, has accepted an offer from UIPM…
Amy Hunt (coach: Joe McDonnell, club: Charnwood), Sophie Cook (Scott Simpson, Birchfield Harriers) and Abigail Irozuru (Sale Harriers) were among those to impress as they each clinched gold and British titles on day one of the SPAR British Athletics Indoor Championships at the Emirates Arena, Glasgow. Competing at her first senior British championships, world…
Para Athletics Head Coach, Paula Dunn, and world medallists, Dina Asher-Smith and Kadeena Cox have been nominated for 2020 British Ethnic Diversity Sport Awards (BEDSA) Awards. The BEDSAs are designed to recognise and celebrate the contributions made by black and minority ethnic communities. The awards will help drive change in the…
British Rowing has today launched a nationwide search for talented athletes to join the GB Para-Rowing Team. The campaign has been launched to strengthen the pathway into the GB Para-Rowing Team which, despite having won 50% of all Paralympic rowing gold medals since rowing was introduced to the Paralympic Games…
Volleyball England is organising a special 2-day programme for junior development coaches this Easter. Coaching tasks, athlete observations and Q&A sessions will be a part of the game-based ‘Coaches Clinic’, which runs alongside the Volleyball Futures camp on Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th April at the National Volleyball Centre, Kettering.…
The English Alpine Ski Championships, the biggest British week of winter ski racing, began yesterday in Bormio, Italy as hundreds of young racers battled it across two race pistes. Sunday saw the action begin with the FIS Slalom on the Stelvio piste and U10/U12 GS races on the Stella Alpina piste,…
Sweden’s pole vault starlet Armand Duplantis smashed his own indoor world record with an astonishing jump of 6.18 metres to secure top spot in the men’s pole vault final on what was a stellar day of athletics at the Müller Indoor Grand Prix Glasgow in the Emirates Arena. Fresh from…
John Gimson and Anna Burnet staked their claim for Tokyo supremacy after being crowned Nacra 17 world champions on Australian waters. The duo – who were named in Team GB’s sailing squad for this summer’s Olympic Games back in January – were one of two British medallists on Saturday, with…
Joanna Adams Appointed as CEO for Governing Body of the Sport Chris Clark to step down as Chair and take on lead role in developing commercial plan for sport Nic Coward to assume role of Chair until end of year UK Athletics has today announced Joanna Adams as the newly…
Perri Shakes-Drayton has today called time on a glittering athletics career that produced seven major international medals indoor and out from a decade representing Great Britain & Northern Ireland at the highest level. Shakes-Drayton claimed three world medals, including the indoor 4x400m relay title in 2012, and four European medals,…