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Katarina Johnson-Thompson has withdrawn from the European Athletics Championships in Rome after three events of the heptathlon due to injury. The reigning world champion was down in ninth place following the 100 metres hurdles, high jump and shot put and pulled out ahead of the final event of day one, the 200m. “Kat has developed...

The world champion, Lotte Kopecky, made it back-to-back wins after a sprint finish but overnight bike thefts meant stage two of the Tour of Britain Women began under a cloud. Kopecky, of the SD Worx-Protime team, powered up the Horseshoe Pass in Wales to form a breakaway with the British rider Anna Henderson before beating...

Elinor Barker hopes the Tour of Britain will help her reach peak fitness as she bids to earn Team GB selection for the Paris Olympics. Barker and fellow Welsh rider Elynor Bäckstedt are among a six-strong Great Britain Cycling Team contingent looking to impress during the four-day tour – which concludes in Leigh on Sunday....

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Great Britain’s Katarina Johnson-Thompson trails leader Nafissatou Thiam by 143 points after two events of the heptathlon at the European Athletics Championships in Rome. World champion Johnson-Thompson ran 13.66 seconds in opening event the 100m hurdles and finished seventh in her heat. The 31-year-old then registered the joint-second best of 1.83m in the high jump,...

‘Bit hairy, but I made it’published at 22:43 22:43 Women’s 100m final BBC Sport Dina Asher-Smith claimed a fifth individual European gold medal tonight, and was talking to BBC Sport: Fifth European gold and a little swear as you came over the line… “Sorry BBC! I’ve just moved coach, I’m having great fun, a great...

Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news The biennial European Athletics Championships begins this weekend, with a number of Great Britain’s star athletes preparing to take on their rivals from across the...

The Lifeplus-Wahoo cycling team were able to continue in the Tour of Britain on Friday after the generosity of their rivals following the theft of 14 bikes overnight. The UK-based women’s team woke on Friday morning to discover all 14 of their Ribble Endurance SLR bikes, worth “about £55,000” in total according to team manager...

George Russell will start on pole for Sunday’s Canadian GP, live on Sky Sports. Build-up starts at 5.30pm, live on Sky Sports F1, with the race getting under way at 7pm. The T20 World Cup continues with a big group showdown as India face Pakistan (live on Sky Sports Cricket at 3pm), while Scotland take...

Great Britain, meanwhile, look to be on track to challenge for medals in Paris this summer. They’ve rested players for this section of the Pro League, including captain David Ames, but haven’t missed a beat as competition for places in the Olympics squad looks stronger than ever. Phil Roper opened the scoring from a penalty...

Great Britain’s women suffered a 3-1 defeat on Thursday as the United States collected their only win of the Pro League season. Captain Hollie Pearne-Webb said it was their “poorest performance” in the competition. GB opened the scoring in the first quarter when Katie Robertson deflected in a powerful effort from Lily Owsley. But they...