The European Championships give talented players the opportunity to shine on the big stage, and there are high expectations for a number of stars heading into Euro 2020 this summer. In England, there are hopes that the likes of Phil Foden, Jack Grealish and Mason Mount can steal the show like Paul Gascoigne in 1996, … Read more
Women’s single sculls (W1x) Victoria Thornley (Club: Leander Club / Hometown: Wrexham) Coach: Paul Reedy Women’s pair (W2-) Helen Glover (Marlow RC / Penzance) Polly Swann (Univ. of Edinburgh & Leander Club / Edinburgh) Coach: Hamish Burrell Lightweight women’s double sculls (LW2x) Emily Craig (University of London BC / Mark Cross) Imogen Grant (Cambridge Univ. … Read more
Women’s single sculls (W1x) Victoria Thornley (Club: Leander Club / Hometown: Wrexham) Coach: Paul Reedy Women’s pair (W2-) Helen Glover (Marlow RC / Penzance) Polly Swann (Univ. of Edinburgh & Leander Club / Edinburgh) Coach: Hamish Burrell Lightweight women’s double sculls (LW2x) Emily Craig (University of London BC / Mark Cross) Imogen Grant (Cambridge Univ. … Read more
Alistair Brownlee’s Tokyo bid dashed after the two time Olympic champion is disqualified for pushing rival under the water during swimming leg of triathlon in his home city of Leeds as Britain’s Alex Yee takes victory By Riath Al-Samarrai for the Daily Mail Published: 22:31 BST, 6 June 2021 | Updated: 00:16 BST, 7 June … Read more
In a stellar career, Colin Jackson won an Olympic silver medal, two World Championship golds, two Commonwealth golds and four European Championship golds in the 110metre hurdles. His world record of 12.91 seconds in the discipline stood for over 10 years and it remains the British and European best almost three decades after it was … Read more
Duncan Scott touched the wall at the British Olympic trials in April. He had just broken yet another British record and jumped to the top of the 200m freestyle world rankings. The last thing he wanted to think about was his university dissertation deadline in a few days’ time. Studying Business in Sport at the … Read more
Team GB will make a welcome return to football at the Olympics when the women’s team compete for just the second time ever following an initial appearance as hosts in 2012. An agreement was reached in the women’s game to enable the top highest ranked side of the Home Nations to compete in Tokyo providing … Read more
Tom Daley will compete in his fourth Olympic Games after being selected for Team GB’s 12-person diving squad as he searches for his first gold medal after winning bronze in 2012 and 2016 By David Coverdale For Mailonline Published: 11:00 BST, 2 June 2021 | Updated: 01:11 BST, 3 June 2021 Tom Daley will get … Read more