England saw glimpses of bright doubles’ futures in both victory and defeat as qualifying finals completed the main draw at the 106th YONEX All England Championships in Birmingham on Tuesday. Jenny Moore and Victoria Williams will play Danish fourth seeds Christinna Pedersen and Kamilla Rytter Juhl in the women’s doubles main draw. The unseeded English
The series of National Federations’ Conferences, organised by The World Rowing Federation, FISA, continued with the fifth edition taking place in London on, 6 March. More than 80 delegates representing 59 National Federations attended to discuss changes to the rules and governance of rowing which will be crucial to ensure the healthy future of the
As the GB squad fly out to Rio de Janeiro for World Cup 2 this week, Freyja Prentice (pictured above) discussed her return from injury and the prospect of competing at the Olympic venues. “I am very excited about competing this week”, Prentice said. “It is always good to get the first competition underway after
University of Bath sporting scholar Emma Hurst lived up to her billing as number one seed when she won the women’s singles title at the BUCS [British Universities & Colleges Sport] Individual Tennis Championships. The Sport & Exercise Science student, supported by a Trendell Sports Scholarship, was in impressive form over the weekend as she
The participation of women in the Olympic Games has increased over the past few Games and with that a focus on women in sport leadership roles is being examined. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) together with the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF) are holding the International Federations Women in Leadership Forum. The World
Reigning Olympic, World and European rowing champion Heather Stanning today became the latest inductee into the University of Bath Hall of Fame for Sport. Stanning first took up rowing while studying Sports Technology at the University and developed her talent with the GB Rowing Team Start Programme based at the Sports Training Village (STV) and
On Saturday 5th March at 12.45pm, the 76th Women’s Head will take place from Mortlake to Putney. Entries this year have flooded in, leading to the maximum number of entries with just under 24 hours to go to the deadline. Even after entries had closed, there were a considerable number of crews contacting the committee,
Eurosport will show live and highlights coverage of the YONEX All England Open Badminton Championships 2016, which runs for six days from next Tuesday, 8 March. Eurosport’s agreement with Badminton England will allow British and Irish fans the chance to watch the current world champions Carolina Marin of Spain and Chen Long of China, as
University of Bath graduate Alexandra Rickham says she “couldn’t be happier” after being named in the ParalympicsGB sailing squad for this summer’s Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. It will be a third appearance at the Games for Rickham and SKUD 18 partner Niki Birrell, who made their debuts at Beijing 2008 and won bronze at London
GB’s Francesca Summers finishes 22nd in the women’s final of the first modern pentathlon World Cup in what was the “most difficult and demanding” performance of her career so far. The 20-year-old, originally from Dorking, performed consistently throughout the day, in what were difficult conditions in Cairo’s International Stadium. Pentathlon GB’s Performance Director Jan Bartu
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