Category: Sports

Great Britain will face Germany in their opening game of the Billie Jean King Cup Finals on 15 November in Malaga. The winner will then play Canada on 17 November at Palacio de Deportes Jose Maria Martin Carpena Arena. Spain, Poland, Japan, Romania, Slovakia, Australia, Italy, Czech Republic and the United States are the other...

Michaela Walsh has been knocked out of the Paris Olympics after a unanimous decision defeat by Svetlana Staneva of Bulgaria in the featherweight division. In her first bout of the Games, Walsh looked to attack in a cagey first round but was unable to land scoring punches on the European champion from Bulgaria. The second...

Great Britain won Olympic team jumping gold for the first time since London 2012 with a near-faultless performance in Paris. The British trio of Ben Maher, Harry Charles and Scott Brash picked up just two time penalties to top the standings at the stunning Chateau de Versailles, with the United States second and France in...

Bryony Page won Great Britain’s first trampoline Olympic gold to complete her set of a medal of every colour. The 33-year-old, who took silver at Rio 2016 for what was the nation’s first Olympic trampoline medal, followed that up with bronze at Tokyo 2020 before taking the ultimate prize in Paris with 56.480 points. Two-time...

There is no stopping the Team GB medal train at Paris 2024, as four more were added in the early stages of day seven. The water was a happy hunting ground for the British team, making the podium in the rowing and diving as GB moved up to 24 medals overall. This included gold for...

Great Britain’s gold-medal tally at the Paris Olympics is up to nine after glory for rowers Emily Craig and Imogen Grant was followed by victory for Bryony Page in the women’s trampoline as well as the equestrian jumping team. Craig and Grant dominated the women’s lightweight double sculls to win in a time of 6:47.06,...

Hosts France are flying high in the medal table this year, having not finished in the top five overall since 1948. The teams above them in the top four are regular table-toppers China and the USA, and – after the latest flurry of medals – Team GB are not far behind. Previous hosts Japan sit...

A lively atmosphere welcomed the athletes out on to a spectacular purple track at the Stade de France, where later on Friday the first track gold of the Games will be won in the men’s 10,000m. Several British athletes made successful starts to their respective campaigns, Kerr impressing with his composure as he watched the...

Rowers Emily Craig and Imogen Grant secured Great Britain’s seventh gold of the Paris Games after a dominant win in the women’s lightweight double sculls. Craig and Grant – unbeaten in this event since an agonising fourth-placed finish in Tokyo three years ago when they missed out on a medal by just 0.01 seconds –...

In a fast start, the Irish crew were third after 500 metres as Italy and Greece tried to pull away from the rest of the field. Using their experience, Ireland were second at the halfway point of the race, and O’Donovan and McCarthy hit the front for the first time with 750 metres remaining. They...

Laugher has spoken openly about the impact the 2019 World Championships – where he went from first to third after a poor final dive – had on his mental health. He even considered quitting the sport before the delayed Tokyo Games in 2021. A medal there reignited his love for diving and his new partnership...