Andy Cole, former England football star and Manchester United ambassador, is launching a new fund to help kidney patients across the UK, after facing the toughest battle of his life when his own kidneys failed. Andy is creating a fund to advance research into kidney disease, to transform kidney transplants,…
Frustrated sports fans are making up for the lack of live action on TV by enjoying more fun and games in the bedroom, a new study shows. 1 in 10 of the 2,000 sports fans surveyed by OLBG revealed they have enjoyed more sex since sporting events have been postponed and cancelled. Oxford has seen the…
The Female Coaching Network is more than just a website. It is a powerful and proactive organisation with one simple aim – to make a difference. We are “The Leading Global Community of Female Coaches Who Support, Drive and Influence Real Change in Sports Diversity.” As one of the Worlds…
Our series of flashbacks to memorable British moments in the sport since the year 2000 steps on to 2002 this week – and what a 2002 it was for one athlete in particular. Move over ‘Plucky Paula’, enter Paula the Great! Entering 2002 Paula Radcliffe had amassed a nice collection…
An all-star line-up, including 2009 Formula 1 champion Jenson Button and Ferrari ace Charles Leclerc, will do battle in the SRO GT Series Esports event at Silverstone on Sunday. Double F1 race winner Leclerc has fully embraced the world of Esports in recent weeks, winning the previous two Virtual GP…
“It is an opportunity. You can either take it or leave it but the outcome is the same, the Games are a year and a half away. I think athletes, a bit like businessmen, will take the opportunity.” Tom Squires feared his Olympic dream had gone. Every news bulletin, every…
In the film, athletes from British Rowing’s women’s squad, including world champions Polly Swann, Jessica Leyden and Imogen Grant, give a rare and fascinating insight into life at a high performance overseas training camp. As they push themselves to the absolute limit at a purpose-built training centre in the heart…
British Athletics is shocked and saddened to confirm the loss of our friend and former colleague Neil Black who passed away suddenly at the weekend. Neil loved the sport of athletics and dedicated his life to supporting athletes – as a world class physiotherapist, as head of sport science, and…
Over the coming few months, the FCN and Leeds Beckett University will be undertaking research into the current situation of gender equality in high performance coaching in athletics in the U.K. Gender equity and equality are central concerns for sporting international federations, having been identified as a core element of…
Bewdley’s Woodhouse, who made his breakthrough last year, achieved a moment of perfection during a superb 5-0 win over world number three Gerwyn Price during his three games on the second night of the Home Tour. Woodhouse was leading 3-0 as he scored back-to-back 177s against Price, before checking out…
Elinor Barker says picking the brains of ageless wonder Ed Clancy helped her find the positives in the postponement of the Olympics. Clancy is track cycling’s very own Peter Pan, still a totem of team pursuit aged 35, on the cusp of retirement but committed to a bid for a…
The 2000 IAAF World Junior Championships were all about Mark Lewis-Francis and his excellent double-gold and double championship record performances at the IAAF World Junior Championships in Santiago, Chile. The British team arrived in Latin America off the back of one of the most successful championships in their history as…
My guest on The Game Changers this week is trailblazing sports presenter Jacqui Oatley. Jacqui talks about her lifelong obsession with football, how she changed careers at 27 to re-train as a journalist and how lonely and isolated she felt after the hideous media coverage of her being the first female commentator…
FCN are pleased to announce our brand new NIKE partnership aimed at supporting the mission of working towards gender equality in high performance coaching. Over the coming years, NIKE will be supporting the FCN by helping to deliver the new PRO Strategy – Performance, Relationships, Opportunities. This strategy is a unique way of addressing a lack of female coaches in sport, particularly…
The 15 sailors already named to represent Team GB at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games will remain the same for the rescheduled Games in 2021, the British Olympic Association (BOA) and the Royal Yachting Association (RYA) have today confirmed. The announcement follows the decision by the International Olympic Committee (IOC)…
British Cycling President, Bob Howden OBE: “On Good Friday I lost a close friend, Mike Hodgson, to the Covid-19 virus, and the world of cycling lost a tremendous servant. We had built up a friendship through his event – the Tour of the Reservoir, where in the early days I…
Stirling Moss 1929-2020 One of the legends upon which the whole sport rests has now left us, but Stirling Moss’ deeds never will. He was one of those very special ones who could seemingly transcend the accepted definition of ‘possible’ and that directly translated into his public standing as he became a…
Do you have what it takes to beat the best in British sailing? Following the success of the RYA and YachtsandYachting.com eSailing Demonstration Event, the RYA and YachtsandYachting.com announce the launch of the ‘Lockdown Cup’, a Virtual Regatta Inshore competition like no other. The Lockdown Cup will be a championship…
The British Olympic Association and British Canoeing have today confirmed that the five canoeing athletes already nominated for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games will remain as selected to represent Team GB at the rescheduled Tokyo Olympic Games in July- August 2021. Liam Heath MBE will compete at his third Olympic…
Dan Goodfellow and Olympic diving partner Jack Laugher are keeping in sync while self-isolating in the only way they know how – online gaming. Wherever they’ve been on diving’s globetrotting circuit in the last 18 months, Goodfellow and Laugher can be found in their hotel room cracking into Call of…
Just three months ago tennis coach and tactical analyst Mike James travelled the globe providing his expertise on the ATP Tour. The founder of Tennis Data company Sportiii Analytics is working with the team of former world No.1 junior player Miomir Kecmanović, who reached the semi-finals of the New York Open in…
The new series of The Game Changers launches today with football legend Kelly Smith. Kelly is widely regarded as one of world’s greatest-ever female players. She scored a record 46 goals for England in 117 internationals before retiring in 2015 after a 20-year career. Playing for Arsenal, Kelly won the League title…
Finnish Hockey League, as many other leagues around the world, got cancelled due to coronavirus outbreak. As an enthusiastic hockey nation, the people in Finland took it hard. As a response to feedback from the hockey community, it was decided that the league won’t be cancelled after all. Instead it…
Lando Norris says he is enjoying the more serious and competitive nature of the Esports events being held by Veloce Esports and Motorsport Games. While the F1 season remains on hold due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Norris has been the most high-profile driver involving himself in a number of Esports…
UK Athletics are proud to announce they are launching the first Athletics Pride Network for the LGBT+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Trans) community in the sport, while welcoming allies to support the network. Following the Covid-19 outbreak, many within the LGBT+ community in our sport will be facing extra barriers…
Current Olympic Champion and double World Champion Tom Ransley MBE has announced his retirement from international rowing after more than 11 years representing Great Britain Tom won Olympic gold in spectacular form at the Rio 2016 Olympics as part of the men’s eight. “Rio was very special,” he remembers. “I…
he Largest running water competition is primed to open entries once more on Monday April 6th at 10.30am. In these unprecedented times this has not been a decision that has been taken lightly, but we believe it’s our best solution in the current climate. Covid-19 casts uncertainty around all our…
The Wimbledon Championships has been axed from the 2020 season due to the Covid-19 pandemic. It has been 75 years since the tournament was last dropped from the calendar and that was due to World War Two in 1945. To underline the uniqueness of the decision, the tournament has never…