“Global Chess League will be a very special event for me,” says Vaishali R as she prepares to play alongside legendary Viswanathan Anand in the second season Vaishali R, who earned the Grandmaster (GM) title in December 2023, is set to make her debut in the second season of the Global Chess League, a joint
ParalympicsGB are sending an open letter to the Prime Minister to insist that disabled children have equal access to school sport. Dear Prime Minister Over the last 11 days at Paris 2024, the ParalympicsGB team have been energised by the incredible support from the UK public, both back home and at the venues where British
ParalympicsGB rounded off a glittering Games in Paris with two gold medals on the final day of competition to take their overall medal tally to 49 gold, 44 silver and 31 bronze – cementing their second place finish in the medal table for the third consecutive Paralympic Games. With eight more gold medals won than in
ParalympicsGB announces flagbearers for Closing Ceremony of Paris 2024 Paralympic Games ParalympicsGB is delighted to announce Paralympic champions and Games debutants Matt Bush and Poppy Maskill as the flagbearers for the British team at the Closing Ceremony of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games on Sunday 8th September. ParalympicsGB Chef de Mission, Penny Briscoe OBE said:
Action gets underway on a busy Day One of the Paralympics, with swimming and cycling taking centre stage for ParalympicsGB. From boccia to wheelchair rugby, Brits will be competing in a variety of sports across the French capital as they look to kick their Games off with a bang. Track cycling Kadeena Cox gets things
ParalympicsGB have today announced the two flagbearers who will carry the Union flag at the Opening Ceremony of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. Seven-time Paralympic Wheelchair basketball player Terry Bywater and Wheelchair tennis athlete Lucy Shuker, who will be competing at her fifth Games, will lead the British team at the Opening Ceremony which takes
Seven in 10 women want to do more outdoor activity but time and confidence holds them back, finds This Girl Can Not having enough time (19%) is one of the biggest barriers for Asian women getting active outdoors Limited access to local green spaces (21%) are top barriers for Black women to getting active outdoors
Paralympians who train at the University of Bath are heading to Paris determined to write their own chapters in this summer’s sporting success story. Seven athletes from four sports – Dan Bethell (para-badminton), Suzanna Hext (para-swimming), Michael Taylor (para-triathlon), and Gemma Collis, Dimitri Coutya, Piers Gilliver and Oliver Lam-Watson (wheelchair fencing) – have been selected
The official Team GB fanzone in Kings Cross has not only welcomed returning athletes from the Paris Olympic Games, but 5,250 keen archers in have-a-go sessions between Saturday 3 and Tuesday 6 August. Supported by live music and onstage entertainment, the four-day event saw the sessions delivered by Archery GB staff and volunteers from local
Judith Davey-Cole, CEO, Girls’ Brigade has shared with us why she is celebrating girls in sport: For the last two weeks, the world has been tuned into the 2024 Paris Olympic games, cheering on athletes in sports previously unknown to us, and connecting us to the world of top-tier athletic competition. In 2028, we’ll probably
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