Tuesday 19th July marked the last Team GB selection announcement for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, with Britain’s best rugby seven’s players being the last to learn their fates. Amongst the 12 strong men’s and women’s squads are three Loughborough alumni, with current student Meg Jones also named as a travelling reserve. The number of
Nicole Walters has become the third University of Bath-based athlete to be selected for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games after being named in the history-making para-triathlon squad. The Sport & Exercise Science graduate, who still trains at the University, will act as guide for visually-impaired Melissa Reid when the sport makes its debut on the
Loughborough University is British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) champion for the 36th consecutive year. Presented at the BUCS Annual Awards Dinner, part of the week long BUCS Conference at Warwick University, current Vice President for Sport Luke Thomson received the award on behalf of the 4,500 students that make up Loughborough’s Athletic Union. The
Catch all the world’s best players when they return to Birmingham for the YONEX All England Open Badminton Championships 2017 next March. Tickets for the 107th Championships go on general sale today (15 July) giving fans the opportunity to watch the Olympic stars from Rio as well as the next generation of champions compete for
On a great weekend for the Tennis Foundation’s Wheelchair Tennis World Class Programme, Jordanne Whiley and Japan’s Yui Kamiji also made their own piece of history at the third Grand Slam of the year when the second seeds became the first partnership to win a hat-trick of Wimbledon ladies’ doubles titles. Whiley and Kamiji, the 2014 and
A brilliant combined event by James Myatt saw him finish 10th and record Pentathlon GB’s third individual top 10 of the week at the Senior Modern Pentathlon European Championships with teammate Sam Curry finishing 19th on the final day of competition in Sofia. Having qualified on Friday, Myatt and Curry started the final yesterday with
Joanna Muir produced fantastic performances across all five disciplines to finish 5th in the Senior Modern Pentathlon European Championships today with Team GB 2016 Olympians Kate French and Samantha Murray 10th and 17th respectively in Sofia. The three individual performances meant the British trio claimed team silver whilst defending champion Laura Asadauskaite retained the title
On a busy day in Sofia on Friday, James Myatt and Sam Curry both made it through to the Senior European Championships Final but Luke Tasker and Tom Toolis unfortunately missed out. Myatt and Curry, who competed alongside each other in the Men’s relay at the 2015 European Championships in Bath, were both placed in
Kate French, Samantha Murray and Joanna Muir all produced impressive performances today to comfortably qualify for the Senior European Championships final in Sofia. French finished 2nd in Group A with Muir 3rd in Group B whilst Murray battled to 12th in Group A despite having to borrow other athletes equipment after her luggage was left
Anna Smith’s Wimbledon adventure has come to an end for 2016 after the Team Bath MCTA Tennis player and partner Neal Skupski were knocked out of the mixed doubles competition. They went into Wednesday’s match against Aisam Qureshi of Pakistan and Kazakhstan’s Yaroslava Shvedova on a high after recovering from 5-2 down in the final set
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