Caroline Buckland and Ziana Butt, England players for the Indoor Netball World Championships in South Africa, are looking for sponsorship – can you help them? Caroline plays for the senior England team while 16 year old Ziana has been picked for the U21s. It is such an accolade to be picked to play sport for
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New World Champions crowned in Plovdiv
The 2018 World Rowing Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria saw new World Champions crowned from across the continents with 28 countries overall taking home medals. In a week of late summer warm weather and fast rowing conditions, the United States won the most number of medals with a total of ten, three of them gold. This
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Pentathlon GB’s Muir, French and Summers record top 20s
Trademark laser run sees Jo Muir lead GB team home in 16th after punishing day in Mexico City, Kate French (19th) and Frankie Summers (20th) make it three British women in top 20 for first time since 2013 Jo Muir led the Pentathlon GB women’s team home in 16th at the 2018 World Championships with Kate
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French, Muir and Summers through to World Championships final
Kate French, Joanna Muir and Francesca Summers all qualified for the women’s final at the 2018 World Championships, ensuring Pentathlon GB would have team representation in the last 36 on Wednesday. It was a serene day for both current European silver medallist French and 2014 Youth Olympic Games silver medallist Summers with impressive fencing performances
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Plovdiv ready to welcome rowers to the 2018 World Rowing Championships
The entries are in for rowing’s most important event of the rowing year, the 2018 World Rowing Championships to be hosted in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. The World Rowing Federation, FISA, is pleased to announce that over 900 athletes from 62 nations will be competing. The regatta will take place in Plovdiv’s Maritza River Water Sports Centre
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Adcocks eye another World medal as they reach last 8 in China
GB number one Mixed Doubles pair Chris and Gabby Adcock, stormed into the quarter finals of the TOTAL BWF World Badminton Championships in China this morning as they look to win back to back world medals, following their brilliant bronze in Glasgow 12 months ago. Today, the Adcocks, currently ranked 6th in the world, reached
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Hannam and Davison added to Pentathlon GB World Cup 1 Team
Lancashire’s Georgia Hannam and Gloucestershire’s Zoe Davison have been added to the Pentathlon GB squad for the opening World Cup of the season in Cairo next week. Both athletes have impressed at the beginning of 2018 with Morecambe’s Hannam qualifying for the final and finishing 28th at the Budapest Indoor Competition, the first international of
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29 Nations win World Championship rowing medals
Twenty-nine countries head home from the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota-Bradenton, United States with World Championship medals. In a week of great rowing conditions, over 900 athletes raced at the beautiful new rowing venue at Nathan Benderson Park. Italy left as the best overall nation. The Italians won nine medal three of them gold.
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Bath rower Sam Courty earns first senior selection
University of Bath rower Sam Courty will make her senior World Championships debut later this month after being added to the GB Rowing Team squad for the global event in Sarasota, Florida. Courty, who only took up rowing while studying Sports & Exercise Science, has been selected in a new-look women’s four with Caragh McMurtry,
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Fantastic French finishes 6th
Kate French produced another fantastic display to continue her sublime season with a 6th place finish at the World Championships in Egypt today. The result, French’s best ever result at a World Championships, came in stifling conditions near the Egyptian capital and culminates a brilliant 12-month-period which started with a 5th place finish at last
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