As someone who prefers to look at his glass as half full rather than half empty, it is no surprise that Mahama Cho has taken lockdown and the postponement of Tokyo 2020 in his stride. The 30-year-old had secured an Olympic spot in the taekwondo heavyweight division for Britain after…
A message from UK Athletics CEO, Joanna Coates: Last week I reached out to athletes and staff following the murder of George Floyd in the USA. I wanted them to understand and know that people were here in support of them at this terrible and distressing time, and I also…
Polar, the pioneers behind the world’s first wearable heart rate measuring technology, announces its new partnership with championship racing driver Valtteri Bottas. The partnership between Polar and Bottas, an avid Polar user for years, officially brings the two legendary Finnish powerhouses together. “My experience with Polar actually started with my…
Pentathletes know all about sharp shooting but for Jamie Cooke, lockdown has allowed him to take it to a whole new level. The 2018 world champion has enjoyed a glittering career at the summit of his sport, claiming overall gold at the 2016 World Cup before going on to represent…
ason Kenny is going nowhere and feels a remodelled mentality will help him go deep into a second decade at the top of track cycling. The six-time Olympic champion vowed to walk away after Rio, when he became the second Brit after Chris Hoy to win three gold medals at…
In our series “Why Are There So Few Women Coaching Elite Track & Field?” so far, we have asked the fastest woman alive Carmelita Jeter and Assistant Track & Field Coach (Jumps and Multi Events) at Murray State University Kelsey Riggins. This time around, we ask the question to our founder Vicky, who has been involved…
CORRUPTION, FINANCIAL, ANTI-DOPING AND OTHER IRREGULARITIES AT THE INTERNATIONAL WEIGHTLIFTING FEDERATION “As a IWF Member Federation, we are hugely concerned and disappointed at both the findings of the McLaren report and to read of the Executive Board’s lack of ability to identify, challenge and prevent any of these alleged abuses…
Nathan Aspinall was crowned champion of the PDC’s first ever home-staged event by winning the Low6 Home Tour Championship Group on Friday night. As the innovative tournament reached its climax with the final night of action, Aspinall recorded a hat-trick of wins over Gary Anderson, Jonny Clayton and Jelle Klaasen to…
We are incredibly proud that our sport represents and reflects society; every corner of the country, every background, and the cultural diversity within our communities. But, we recognise that is not enough on its own. As a sport, and as people, we collectively need to do better to bring about…
The Angling Trust is marking this year’s National Volunteers’ Week (June 1-7) by acknowledging the fantastic contribution to our work made by volunteers. This year, 18 volunteers have been nominated to receive Volunteering Excellence Awards in recognition of their continued commitment. The volunteers, members of the Angling Trust’s Voluntary Bailiff…
The British Basketball League (BBL) announced today that the remainder of the current 2019/20 season will be cancelled following the continued impact of coronavirus. The move came after the member clubs unanimously agreed that there was no viable option to allow for the season to be completed in a safe…
This year we’re once again celebrating Volunteers’ Week, saying thank you to those who support our sport all year round and those who have been supporting the response to the pandemic over recent months. Throughout the week we are going to be sharing stories from our volunteers through our social…
Lexus UK has released a new film, The Power of Two, in which Seb Coe, President of World Athletics, meets Olympic hopeful Alex Haydock-Wilson, revealing what happens when the wisdom of experience meets the raw potential and promise of a new generation. The 12-minute film, made before the COVID-19 lockdown, records…
LiveScore, one of the world’s leading real-time sports updates and results providers, has announced its title sponsorship of the ‘LiveScore Cup’, with WTA World Number 3 Karolina Pliskova headlining a number of European stars as live women’s tennis returns. Staged on clay-courts and held at the Stvanice Stadium in Prague from Wednesday 3rd until…
Officially launching today, the ‘Train Your Way to Tokyo’ challenge sees Blue Peter presenter Lindsey Russell joining forces with athletes from the three GB squads to cover the 9,448km distance – an average of 314km per day, which they are completing from inside their own homes or outdoors within current…
The release of the Department of Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) guidance on the phased return of sport and recreation is a significant early step in the return of community sports. We cannot yet quantify or qualify how great an impact lockdown has had on activity levels, but what we’ve…
British Athletics are joining forces with British Cycling and British Rowing and iconic BBC children’s television show Blue Peter to run, cycle and row the distance from Manchester to Tokyo in just 30 days. Officially launching today [May 28], the ‘Train Your Way to Tokyo’ challenge will see Blue Peter…
If there’s one thing Freya Anderson hates, it’s the whole street talking about her. That’s exactly what happened when an industrial crane rolled up on the European swimming champion’s doorstep to install an endless pool in her back garden. But if the shy 19-year-old’s performances continue at current rate, it…
British Athletics have announced a crucial partnership with London Marathon Events to improve the future development of athletics talent with a structured network of talent development hubs – running programmes that provide athletes aged 16-21 years with a seamless experience through the performance pathway, to ultimately fulfil ambitions of success on the…
Olympic Bronze medallist Georgie Harland is today announced as Team GB’s Chef de Mission for the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games. In doing so, she becomes the first ever female Chef de Mission for Great Britain and Northern Ireland at an Olympic Games. Harland, 42, will take charge of the…
Triathletes from all over the world will be able to take part in a triathlon usually held in the English Lake District – by doing the virtual event from their own homes. Organisers of the hugely popular annual Lakesman Triathlons cancelled this year’s event because of COVID-19. But to help…
Weavr, the sports and esports immersive technology framework that is part of UK Research and Innovation’s Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund examining audiences of the future, are delighted to announce that immersive technology experts, Future Visual, have joined the consortium for its next phase of development. The consortium, which also consists…
The Angling Trust has put forward proposals to gain agreement for game fishing competitions to resume in compliance with the Government’s Covid-19 guidance on organised gatherings and sporting events. It follows the announcement on Tuesday (May 19th) that the Trust has been working with leading anglers and fisheries in the…
Alex Dowsett is a professional cyclist for Team GB, a six times time trial national champion and Commonwealth Gold and Silver medallist. He suffers from haemophilia, a rare blood disorder and is one of the few elite sportsmen in the world to compete with the condition. He is long listed for…
In conjunction with Rowing Australia, Rowing Canada Aviron and Rowing New Zealand we are inviting indoor rowers worldwide to log their training metres with the shared goal of accumulating, as one singular community, 384.4 million metres – the distance from Earth to the Moon. Can you help Great Britain top…
Team GB has joined up with its official charity partner British Red Cross to celebrate kindness during Mental Health Awareness Week, which runs from 18-24 May. Hosted by the Mental Health Foundation, the official theme for this year’s Mental Health Awareness Week is ‘kindness’. ‘Kindness is What Makes Us’ features…
There are few people who can say they have competed for Great Britain and Northern Ireland on the international stage, graduated with a Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering, and enjoy a career in the car production industry by the age of 25, but that’s exactly what Anna Nicholson has achieved. For Anna,…
Initiatives designed to ensure the sustainability of the Tokyo 2020 Games are being carried out based on the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games Sustainability Plan. Those efforts will be detailed in sustainability reports. Each report will offer specific information with a focus on Tokyo 2020’s initiatives characterising respective phases…