Beth Shriever had to work part-time and set up a Crowdfunder to pay her way towards winning Olympic gold in Tokyo but now the BMX star heads to Paris as a full-time athlete with pressure of a different kind
Once motherhood spelled the end of a sporting career. But more mums than ever are taking part in this year’s Olympics and Paralympics (the village even has a nursery for the first time). How do they do it?
Team GB's Ben Lane and Sean Vendy want to fulfil their childhood dreams and change their lives by clinching Olympic badminton gold in the men's doubles this summer in Paris.
The Tokyo Olympian Mathilda Hodgkins-Byrne trained throughout pregnancy, doing an hour of low-level cardio every day - even when heavily overdue at 40 weeks and six days - and will line up in the women's double in Paris
GB women’s sevens have not hit the heights this season, but a rival coach believes that the return of Grand Slam heroes Ellie Kildunne and Meg Jones could transform their fortunes.
Tuesday 28th May 2024 World Indoors silver medallist Jemma Reekie will race in Italy (Glasgow 2024 photo by Bobby Gavin) British Athletics website team announcement Five Scots will head for Rome next month for the European Championships.…
Many of Britain’s leading athletes are in 70-strong squad for the event in Rome from June 7-12 Katarina Johnson-Thompson, Keely Hodgkinson and Zharnel Hughes have been named in the Great Britain and Northern Ireland team for the European…
"It’s OK sparring and stuff but the nerves before a fight are completely different so it’s good to finally be back in there at my natural weight as well."
Fifty children from schools across Manchester made the journey to the GB Taekwondo Centre earlier this week to take part in an inclusive project run by British Taekwondo, supported by GB Taekwondo, in partnership with Manchester United…
The ex Team GB cyclist, 33, told Woman's Hour she was so traumatised by the ordeal, after she was told she'd tested positive for banned drugs in July , that she became 'seriously worried for her life'.
Team GB star Abigail Irozuru has opened up on how she’s been “ridiculed” for her looks as she shared her experiences of the institutional barriers faced by female athletes.