Category: Sports

Athletes Gender representation At the first modern Olympics in 1896, 241 athletes competed from 14 countries. At Paris 2024, this number is an estimated 10,500 from 206 nations.  These Olympics will be the first Games to achieve full gender parity, with the same number of male and female athletes competing – 5,250 men and 5,250...

There are 32 sporting disciplines featuring in the Olympic Games this summer. Spectators will see traditional competitions like athletics and archery, as well as modern additions like skateboarding. The evolution of the Games has incorporated a wide variety of events – but along the way, some weird and wonderful contests have been lost. 200m Obstacle...

Tom Daley and Helen Glover have been named as Team GB’s flagbearers ahead of Friday’s opening ceremony at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. They are two of Britain’s most experienced Olympians. Glover is a two-time rowing gold medallist poised to take part in her fourth Olympics having come of retirement to compete at Tokyo 2020....

Daley is set to become the first British diver to compete in five Games, having come out of retirement to compete in Tokyo three years ago. An Olympian at the age of just 14 at Beijing 2008, Daley won gold alongside Matty Lee in Tokyo to add to three bronze medals he has achieved in...

First there is a video welcome from David Beckham and some of Britain’s greatest Olympians. Next comes a coffee made by a national barista champion. And then the serious business begins: creating a culture that Team GB’s chiefs believe will again be their “super strength” at these Paris Olympics. This is the journey on which every one of Britain’s...

Danny Kerry will no longer take up the role of performance director for England and Great Britain Hockey because of personal reasons. The 53-year-old was appointed in June, having previously coached England and Great Britain’s men’s and women’s teams. He oversaw Great Britain’s women winning Olympic gold in Rio in 2016 and bronze at London...

Sinner had been due to play singles and doubles at Roland Garros. His withdrawal means that Novak Djokovic will be the top seed in the singles when the draw is made on Thursday. A number of players will miss the Paris Games, either through illness or injury. Later on Wednesday, Denmark’s Holger Rune, the world...

When you’re the fastest 14-year-old in Britain you need a fitting nickname. “Everybody knows him as ‘Lightning’ Divine, that’s who he is,” trainer Nkiruku Iheme told Sky Sports while referring to her son, Divine Iheme, a teenage sprint sensation. After setting UK best times for the 100m and 200m in April, ‘Lightning’ Divine was singled...