The Roses were undone by their hosts and fell to their first defeat of World Cup as Australia made possession count in a 51-41 victory this morning in Sydney. Heading into the fixture having suffered a loss to New Zealand, the World Champions were in a determined mood. A combination of cross-court pressure and England passing errors allowed
England Head Coach Danny Kerry has named the 18 athletes who will compete for the title of European Champions as world class international hockey returns to the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park for the Unibet EuroHockey Championships 2015. Kerry hands a recall to Holcombe’s Sam Quek and a first call up to Leicester goalkeeper Sabbie Heesh.
Day 5 – Tuesday 11 August Samoa 43-39 Singapore Trinidad & Tobago 66-39 Zambia South Africa 68-40 Wales Sri Lanka 31-77 Fiji Malawi 59-53 Uganda Barbados 34-37 Scotland New Zealand 55-48 Jamaica England 41-51 Australia
University of Bath student Eilidh Prise teamed up with individual champion Francesca Summers to win women’s relay gold at the Modern Pentathlon Junior World Championships in Mexico City. The Pentathlon GB duo started Saturday’s competition with a solid swim, their time of 2:13.05 putting them eighth out of the 12 teams. An impressive 27 wins in fencing
Francesca Summers warmed up for this month’s Modern Pentathlon European Championships at the University of Bath in stunning style by being crowned as the World Junior Champion in Mexico City. The 19-year-old, a Youth Olympic Games silver-medallist in 2014, went into the combined run/shoot in ninth place but produced a storming performance to take the
Netball World Cup Qualifying Round: First Eight Pool E: New Zealand, Jamaica, Malawi, Uganda Pool F: England, Wales, Australia, South Africa Second Eigh : Pool G: Samoa, Singapore, Trinidad & Tobago, Zambia Pool H: Scotland, Barbados, Fiji, Sri Lanka Fixtures: Day 5 – Tuesday 11 August 10.20 Samoa v Singapore 11.20 Trinidad & Tobago v
Team Bath Netballers Stacey Francis and Kyra Jones will meet in the First eight phase of the Netball World Cup after England and Wales both topped their preliminary round pools with 100 per cent records. Both countries go into Pool F in Sydney, where they will be joined by South Africa and host nation Australia.
A perfect Pool B campaign put England through into the second group stage but their biggest challenge of the tournament so far now lies in wait. Thanks to a shock loss to New Zealand, the host nation Australia now find themselves being placed into the same Pool as the Roses. Up until then Lisa Alexander’s Diamonds
Bristol Ladies will open the RFU Women’s Premiership campaign at Ashton Gate in a unique double header on Sunday, September 6. Immediately following Bristol’s Greene King IPA Championship clash with Bedford Blues, the Ladies will face Worcester (5.15pm KO) The game is free entry for supporters. “We couldn’t ask for a better way to kick
Watford Ladies showed their fighting spirit despite being beaten 5-0 by league leaders Doncaster Rovers Belles at Berkhamsted. A Bethany England double put the visitors two goals to the good at half-time, with the second coming less than a minute before the interval. WSL2’s top scorer Courtney Sweetman-Kirk grabbed a brace in the second half
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