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Glasgow 2018 will help young people from across the world realise their dreams and ambitions by giving them hope that anything is possi...
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Johannah Leedham registered her highest points total so far at the EuroBasket however it wasn’t enough to help Britain’s women to victo...
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Holly Bleasdale will be looking to defend her pole vault crown after being selected for next month’s European Under-23 Championships in...
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By the end of the week Jessica Judd would have taken more than one test and she’s determined to have passed all with flying colours in ...
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Olympic bronze medallist Robbie Grabarz has been forced to pull out of this weekend’s European Athletics Team Championships through inj...
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Olympic champion Sophie Hosking will go into retirement celebrating what has been a glorious career after admitting a feeling of comple...
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James Davis insists he is not finished visiting the podium just yet at the European Fencing Championships despite already securing hims...
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Each month we hold a Twitter Q&A session with a winter athlete. This month we spoke to five times British Freestyle Champion, James...
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British head coach Damian Jennings insisted he was looking ahead with confidence, despite a crushing defeat by hosts and tournament fav...
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Georgia Hall's year to remember continued with a dramatic victory at the Ladies British Open Amateur Championships in South Wales.
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There’s a busy week ahead for Olympic sport in the UK with a host of events taking place across the country; we feature a selection bel...
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Vicky Holland underlined Great Britain's strength in depth in triathlon with a silver medal at the European Championships in Turkey.
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Great Britain head coach Damien Jennings hailed his team after they secured their second round place at the women's EuroBasket in Trela...
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Andy Murray is heading back to Wimbledon with a spring in his step after regaining his Queen's Club title.
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Olympic champion Ed McKeever failed to regain his European sprint canoeing title after coming home fifth in the K1 200m final in Portug...
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Zara Phillips claimed second at the Luhmuhlen Horse Trials as Andrew Nicholson maintained his lead to win the four-star event in German...
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Luke Patience and Joe Glanfield have three Olympic silver medals between them, with different partners. Now they've combined to win sil...
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Former world champion Zara Phillips produced an unerring cross country performance to move into second place at the Luhmuhlen Horse Tri...
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Great Britain Olympic champion Ed McKeever won his heat with ease to advance straight to K1 200m final at the sprint canoeing European ...
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Stephanie Gandy made a big impact as she inspired Great Britain to a narrow opening victory at the women's EuroBasket in Trélazé.
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Great Britain's Vicky Holland settled for silver after she was edged out in a photo finish at the triathlon European Championships in T...
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Olympic silver medallist Zara Phillips is the highest placed Brit in fourth after the dressage phase at the Luhmuhlen Horse Trials as G...
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Emily Sarsfield has taken a liking to the medals that will be handed out at next year’s Olympics in Sochi – admitting just simply seein...
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Laura Weightman is hoping familiar surroundings can see her take a step closer to strutting her stuff on the world stage this season.
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Shara Proctor and Tiffany Porter both emerged victorious as Usain Bolt delivered on his promise at the IAAF Diamond League in Oslo.
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Olympic silver medallist Nick Dempsey declared himself ready for the European Championships after edging out fellow Brit Elliot Carney ...
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New head coach of Great Britain’s men’s basketball team Joe Prunty is eager to hit the ground running with the focus very much on the 2...
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The British Olympic Association (BOA) announced today that Lake Placid 1980 Olympic gold medallist Robin Cousins will serve as an offic...
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Sailing competition is run in different classes, or types of boats. In any race, only boats of the same class compete against each other.
The 10 classes of boats...
Rowing is one of Britain’s most successful Olympic sports winning 24 gold, 20 silver and 10 bronze medals in the history of the Olympic Games up to and including B...
A sport that has been around since the Middle Ages, Tennis is a raquet and ball game that can be played either in singles or doubles over five sets (for men) or three se...
A game consists of two 35-minute periods, with a 10 minute interval for half-time.
There are 12 teams of 16 players which are placed into two pools of six for th...
The Olympic competition schedule consists of 47 events; 24 for men and 23 for women.
Athletics is an exclusive collection of sporting events that involve competi...
Modern football has evolved from a game played in streets and schools in the mid 1800s to the most widely played game on earth played in almost every town and village in...
The Equestrian disciplines are unique among Olympic sports, in the sense that men and women compete on the same terms and horse and rider are both declared Olympic medal...
Water polo is a highly physical team sport in which the players of each squad try to score as many goals against the opposition as they can, while preventing their rival...
Triathlon pushes competitors to the limits in three different sports: Swimming, cycling & running. Each sport requires the competitor to be in peak physical conditio...
Synchronised swimming is often described as ‘water ballet’, because of the dance-like movements swimmers make to music, and its theatrical character. Even th...
Handball is played in an indoor court between two teams, of seven players each. The players’ objective is, by only using their hands, to throw the ball into the go...
A sport as old as mankind itself. Since the dawn of time men have been pitted against each other in physical hand to hand combat, making this almost certainly the most a...
Basketball is played by two teams, made up of five players and seven substitutes. The aim of the game for each team is to get the ball into the elevated baskets at eithe...
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