Tag: sport

Jack Draper has built up Thursday’s Wimbledon battle of Britain with Cameron Norrie by insisting: “He won’t like the fact that I’m number one!” Draper set up a second-round meeting with Norrie, the man he replaced as the nation’s top-ranked male player a fortnight ago, after a five-set win over qualifier Elias Ymer. The 22-year-old...

Katie Boulter recovered from a poor start to beat former Wimbledon semi-finalist Tatjana Maria in straight sets and set up an all-British second-round tie with Harriet Dart. Boulter, seeded for the first time at the Championships, was 4-1 down inside quarter of an hour on Court Three, but showed trademark gutsiness to fight back and...

England captain Jamie Peacock announced his retirement from international rugby league on this day in 2012. The 34-year-old Leeds prop decided to call time on his 12-year career on the international stage, although he said he would play on with Leeds, having signed a new two-year contract taking him to the end of 2014. Peacock...

Tokyo gold medallists Gavin Walker and Stuart Robinson will lead Great Britain’s wheelchair rugby team for their Paralympic title defence at Paris 2024. ParalympicsGB made history in Japan three years ago by becoming champions in the sport for the first time following a nail-biting 54-49 final victory over the United States. Ex-firefighter Walker, who was...

Fifty-year-old former X Games ace Andy Macdonald will join teenagers Sky Brown and Lola Tambling in a Great Britain skateboard squad for this summer’s Paris Olympics that spans the age spectrum. Macdonald reached his first semi-final of the season at the last qualifying event in Budapest on Sunday to seal his unlikely place at the...

Wheelchair rugby star Jack Smith believes “everyone should be scared” of reigning champions Great Britain ahead of their Paralympic title defence. Smith is on Monday set to be named in his country’s squad for Paris 2024 – three years on from making history in Tokyo by helping clinch ParalympicsGB’s first gold medal in the team...

High jump champion Jonathan Broom-Edwards says a punishing spell on reality television has “ramped up” his resilience ahead of his bid to retain Paralympic gold in Paris. The 36-year-old leapt to glory in Tokyo three years ago, having grown up attempting to hide his impairment due to embarrassment. Broom-Edwards, who was born with Talipes Equinovarus,...

Seven-time Paralympic gold medalist Hannah Cockroft is among four reigning champions named in Great Britain’s initial athletics squad for Paris 2024. High jumper Jonathan Broom-Edwards, shot putter Aled Davies and javelin thrower Dan Pembroke will also defend titles between August 28 and September 8. Scottish middle-distance runner Ben Sandilands, 20, is set to return to...

Jonny Brownlee has been left out of Great Britain’s triathlon team for the Paris Olympics, marking the end of an era. Jonny and older brother Alistair have dominated the sport in Britain over the last decade and a half, winning five Olympic medals between them. Alistair made his Games debut in 2008 before winning gold...

Four of Great Britain’s Olympic gold medallists from 2016 have been named in the women’s hockey squad for this summer’s Games in Paris. Laura Roper, who also has two bronze medals from London and Tokyo, will make her fourth appearance at the age of 36 while captain Hollie Pearne-Webb, Lily Owsley and Giselle Ansley have...