UK Anti-Doping begins education for home nation athletes headed to the Commonwealth Games UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) has kicked off its Pre-Games Clean Sport Education for around 1,300 home nation athletes heading to the Birmingham Commonwealth Games. In collaboration with the four Commonwealth Games Agencies and Home Country Sports Councils, UKAD has begun the work to
There were five golds, including a 20th national title for James Guy and a world-leading time for Ben Proud, among an impressive haul of 26 medals for University of Bath-based swimmers during the 2022 British Swimming Championships at Ponds Forge, Sheffield. Guy achieved his milestone in a men’s 100m butterfly final that featured four Bath-based
Global passion marketing agency, M&C Saatchi Sport & Entertainment, has partnered with Getty Images to launch a brand-new exhibition at London’s iconic Saatchi Gallery titled, ‘In-Focus: Women’s Sport Through the Lens’, open to the public from 12 April 2022 and supported by O2. Against the backdrop of 2022’s action-packed women’s sporting calendar, featuring global women’s
The women’s fencing first team at the University of Bath are celebrating after winning the National Trophy Final at BUCS Big Wednesday in Nottingham. The team of captain Olivia Wray (Politics and International Relations), Alice Moffat (MSc Drug Discovery), Catherine Bishop (Pharmacy), Catriona Gilmour (Mechanical Engineering), Gaia Guido (International Management), Katie Little (Chemical Engineering PhD)
Two-time Olympian, Lizzie Simmonds, has been named as Chef de Mission for Team GB for the 2022 Banská Bystrica European Youth Olympic Festival. Simmonds, aged 31, will lead a team of aspiring Olympians into competition in the Slovakian city from 24-30 July 2022. The appointment sees Simmonds complete her own EYOF journey having previously competed
After a break of two years due to the coronavirus pandemic, the National Schools Lacrosse Championships has triumphantly returned this weekend in Aldershot (19-22 March). The annual tournament, which has been running for almost 80 years, got underway at the Aldershot Garrison Sports Centre and will see over 3,000 girls aged 11-19 playing for almost
Freya Anderson completed a freestyle hat-trick and there were also wins for Jono Adam, Tom Dean, James Guy, Ben Proud and Brodie Williams as University of Bath-based swimmers impressed at the Edinburgh International Swim Meet 2022. Olympic gold-medallist Anderson, coached by David McNulty at the British Swimming National Centre Bath, was victorious on each of
Slam Dunk: Sports Direct reignites kids’ passion for PE with mass participation school event New research suggests that three times as many children would rather watch a streaming service (48%) than play sport (16%) Sport only came in 4th as a favourite pastime (27%), with twice as many kids listing watching streaming services (58%) or
Team Bath Tennis player Alicia Barnett and partner Olivia Nicholls reached their first WTA Tour women’s doubles final at their first attempt during a fantastic week at the Lyon Open in France. The duo continued the fine form that has seen them win a host of titles on the ITF circuit as they beat number
Oshane, 16, from South East London has become the first student from the Riding A Dream Academy to graduate from the British Racing School’s Foundation course. Oshane first learnt to ride at Ebony Horse Club in Brixton and, prior to joining the Foundation Course in December last year, was one of the first students on
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