Netballers launch campaign to make their sport an Olympic sport Seven in ten people think Netball should be included in the Olympics, according to new research for a campaign calling for the sport to stop being overlooked by the International Olympic Committee. Well over one million women play netball each week in the UK making
With just under 40 days to go until the start of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the British Olympic Association (BOA) has named the two hockey squads set to represent Team GB this summer. The women’s squad features a wealth of Olympic experience with four athletes from the Rio 2016 squad being selected for Paris.
The British Olympic Association (BOA) have today announced the squad of players who will travel to Paris this summer to represent Team GB at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. For the first time since London 2012 Team GB will be represented by four men in the singles draw. Jack Draper, Cam Norrie and Dan Evans
Emily Campbell has today been named by the British Olympic Association (BOA) as Team GB’s sole weightlifter for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Campbell will compete in the 81+kg category, marking her second Olympic appearance following her historic performance at the Tokyo 2020 Games. Campbell made history in Tokyo, where she won a silver medal
Cyclist Eyeru Gebru, a member of the IOC Refugee Olympic Team for Paris 2024, has carried the Olympic torch in the historic town of Bayeux in Normandy, France. Eyeru was nominated to take part in the Torch Relay by the Department of Calvados, which will host the team’s Welcome Event in Caen and Bayeux in July,
Dame Laura Kenny, the most successful female Olympian in British history, has joined the bill for Team GB House, Team GB’s hospitality and entertainment venue at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. An Evening with Dame Laura Kenny will take place on both the 1st and 4th August in Team GB House. The five-time Olympic champion
His Majesty King Charles III is to become Patron of the British Olympic Association (BOA). Buckingham Palace confirmed the Patronage to mark the first anniversary of Their Majesties’ Coronation earlier this month. He takes over the Patronage from the late Queen Elizabeth II, who had been Patron of the BOA since her ascension to the
University of Bath Rowing Club’s Becky Wilde is set to compete at Paris 2024 after successfully securing a women’s double scull space for Team GB at the Final Olympic Qualifying Regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland. Wilde, in her first full season with the senior GB Rowing Team, and partner Mathilda Hodgkins Byrne needed a top-two finish
Ben Sherman and its global brand owner, Marquee Brands, are proud to announce the UK heritage brand’s return as an Official Supplier of Team GB for the upcoming Paris 2024 Olympic Games. For the third consecutive Olympic Games, Ben Sherman is set to outfit the official Team GB delegation in exclusively designed looks for the
World silver medallists Kate Shortman and Izzy Thorpe were named today by the British Olympic Association (BOA) as Team GB’s sole artistic swimmers for Paris 2024 Olympic Games. The duet who will be competing at their second Olympic Games were announced at the SEA LIFE London Aquarium. Historic performances at the World Aquatics Championships in
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