It is a third title in a row for the US, for whom Jake Williams (26 points) and Steve Serio (24) dominated the scoring. Lee Manning (21), Pratt (17) and Gregg Warburton (15) kept Britain in the game until the final minute. “They are a hell of a team and Steve Serio was incredible –...
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Great Britain take silver as United States retain wheelchair basketball title
Great Britain’s quest for a historic first Paralympic wheelchair basketball gold fell narrowly short as the United States completed a ‘three-peat’ in the men’s final in Paris. Bill Johnson’s British side had impressively swept aside all before them to book a showdown with the back-to-back defending champions in front of a crowd of 20,000 at...
Paralympics 2024: Great Britain’s Hannah Cockroft wins T34 800m gold
Cockroft, 31, further cemented her reputation as one of the all-time Para-athletics greats. Her title comes three weeks and five days before she is set to get married. “[My fiance’s] voice was the last one I heard,” she told Channel 4. “It means so much. He understands what goes into that performance. “I’ll go home,...
Paris 2024 Paralympics: Finlay Graham, Emma Wiggs and Charlotte Henshaw win trio of golds for GB
Finlay Graham, Emma Wiggs and Charlotte Henshaw won gold medals on Saturday morning at the 2024 Paralympics in Paris, taking Great Britain’s tally to 45. Graham, 24, won the men’s C1-3 road race, while Wiggs, 44, was victorious in the women’s VL2 200m Va’a Single final. Henshaw, 37, continued GB’s Para-canoe success, winning the women’s...
Paris 2024 Paralympics: Finlay Graham wins men’s road race to take GB’s 43rd gold
Finlay Graham won Great Britain’s 43rd gold medal of the Paralympics in Paris with victory in the men’s C1-3 road race. Graham, 24, beat France’s Thomas Peyroton-Dartet in a sprint finish to the 71km route. He also won silver in the men’s C3 3,000m individual pursuit on the track last week. Graham, Peyroton-Dartet and Alexandre...
ONE 168: Superlek Kiatmoo9 knocks out Britain’s Jonathan Haggerty to attain two-sport glory
“The Kicking Machine” Superlek Kiatmoo9 continued his glorious ride to the Mount Rushmore of Muay Thai with a scintillating sub-minute knockout of Britain’s Jonathan “The General” Haggerty in the main event of ONE 168: Denver. The ONE Flyweight Kickboxing world champion arrived inside the packed Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado, game to prove why he’s...
Jack Draper: The future is bright for rising young star after gladiatorial US Open semi-final against Jannik Sinner
Jack Draper put his heart and soul into Friday’s gladiatorial battle with world No 1 Jannik Sinner, giving Britain a glimpse into a very bright future. Draper went through every kind of emotion during his 7-5 7-6 (7-3) 6-2 defeat to Sinner, vomiting numerous times as he struggled with the heat and humidity that also...
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Wout van Aert, from Belgium, 2023’s overall winner, crossing the finish line in Felixstowe [SWpix.com] Over 100 of the world’s top cyclists will be racing through the streets of Suffolk as the Tour of Britain reaches the county. The six-day 2024 Tour of Britain Men ends on Sunday with a final stage from Lowestoft to...
Davis Cup: Jack Draper leads Great Britain squad
Jack Draper will lead Great Britain’s squad as they aim to reach the finals of the Davis Cup, while Wimbledon doubles champion Henry Patten is in the team. Captain Leon Smith announced his team on Friday, which also includes Billy Harris, Dan Evans and experienced doubles player Neal Skupski. Draper is currently competing at the...
Paris 2024 Paralympics: GB’s Will Bayley beaten in final after controversial penalty
After being penalised a point, Bayley engaged in a long debate with Mikita and also spoke to an off-court official before having to accept the penalty. He also spoke to the umpire afterwards. Asked what he told Mikita, Bayley said: “I said, I’ve never seen anything like it. It’s the Paralympic final. It’s difficult to...
Paralympics 2024: Poppy Maskill wins third Para-swimming gold in Paris
Great Britain’s Poppy Maskill claimed her third gold medal of the Paralympics in Paris by winning the women’s S14 100m backstroke. Maskill, 19, continued her wonderful Games by adding to the two golds and two silvers won earlier in the Games. She trailed Valeriia Shabalina at the halfway mark, but fought back to win in...
Tour of Britain: Paul Magnier sprints to stage four victory in east Midlands
Frenchman Paul Magnier beat British rider Ethan Vernon to the line in a bunch sprint finish to claim stage four of the Tour of Britain on Friday. Victory for the Soudal Quick-Step rider on the 138.5km route from Derby to Newark-on-Trent was his second of this year’s tour after he also won Tuesday’s opening stage....