ParalympicsGB announces first wave of track and field stars bound for Tokyo 2020 Six reigning Paralympic champions are among the first group of 12 athletes selected to represent ParalympicsGB at the rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games this summer. Hollie Arnold, Jo Butterfield, Hannah Cockroft, Aled Davies, Sophie Hahn and Richard Whitehead all won gold at
Black Ferns Sevens captain Sarah Hirini has been honoured as Te Pou Hapai Wahine, the female flagbearer, for the New Zealand Olympic team for the Tokyo Olympics. The 28-year-old leader was presented the kākahu (cloak) from Ranui Ngarimu at an emotional ceremony with her team and family in Tauranga before flying to Australia this week
The British Olympic Association (BOA) has today named the riders who will compete in the cycling events at the rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. 26 riders from the Great Britain Cycling Team, of which 16 will make their Team GB debut, have been selected to represent Team GB, with British Cycling setting themselves the aim
The British Olympic Association (BOA) has confirmed the selection of 24 rugby sevens players who will represent Team GB at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Abbie Brown and Megan Jones will co-captain the women’s squad which features a number of players who have experience playing on the World Rugby Sevens Series and have played international
Team Bath Tennis duo Liam Broady and Samantha Murray Sharan will be taking to the famous grass courts at Wimbledon again this summer after being named among the initial wild cards for the 2021 tournament. Broady, who is coached by David Sammel, will be making his fourth appearance in the men’s singles draw at SW19
Siobhan-Marie O’Connor, who progressed from the Team Bath Futures programme to become an Olympic, World, Commonwealth and European medallist, has today announced her retirement from competitive swimming after an outstanding career. O’Connor first took to the pool at the University of Bath Sports Training Village aged nine and went on to train there for almost
The British Olympic Association (BOA) has announced Amber Hill as the fifth shooter selected to represent Team GB at the rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Amber will compete in Women’s Olympic Skeet and joins the already selected team of Kirsty Barr (Women’s Olympic Trap), Matt Coward-Holley (Men’s Olympic Trap), Aaron Heading (Men’s Olympic Trap) and
As an official supporter of Team GB, Ben Sherman is honoured to outfit the official delegation of Team GB athletes and British Olympic Association staff for the occasion of the Opening and Closing Ceremony to celebrate the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. The team uniform premieres on June 14, during London Fashion Week, with a short
Laura Stephens and Lucy Hope have been named by the British Olympic Association (BOA) to represent Team GB at this summer’s Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, completing a swimming team of 30 that will head to Tokyo next month. The pair were both part of the British cohort that enjoyed a record performance at the recent
Karen Bardsley has withdrawn from the Team GB women’s football squad with an injury. Bardsley had been named as one of two goalkeepers in Hege Riise’s 18-player squad for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. A decision on her replacement will be announced in due course, with the competition running from 21 July to 6 August
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