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
The National Basketball Performance Centre at Belle Vue was bouncing after a pulsating and gutsy comeback from the home side who had found themselves trailing by ten points inside the last quarter. Both teams had shared the spoils in the opening quarter until Montenegro enjoyed the better of the closing stages and posted a late
Junior World Champion Francesca Summers has qualified for the women’s final of the first World Cup of the year in Cairo. She will now compete against some of the world’s best pentathletes on Friday, including current World Champion Lena Shoneborn and 2015 European silver-medallist Elodie Clouvel. It was Summers’ outstanding fencing which put her in
University of Bath-based badminton player Kirby Ngan will make her senior England debut this week on the back of a double success at the National U19 Championships. The 18-year-old, from Bristol, won both the ladies’ singles and doubles titles in Milton Keynes over the weekend before flying out to Kazan in Russia to compete in
University of Bath PhD student Dom Parsons is one of four sliders selected by Great Britain Skeleton for next week’s ISBF World Championships in Igls, Austria. Sochi 2014 Olympian Parsons, who is studying Mechanical Engineering and supported by the University’s Dual Career programme, is joined in an experienced squad by David Swift, Laura Deas (pictured
Loughborough Sport produced the comeback of all comebacks to book their place in the AJ Bell National Badminton League Finals Day with one fixture still to play. A top of the table clash against Birmingham Lions was always going to be a close affair, but to come from 2-0 down to take victory 3-2 showed
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