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Tokyo Olympics: Team GB name strong team for Games this summer with 11 fighters led by Rob McCracken

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Team GB name strong team for Tokyo Olympic Games this summer with 11 fighters led by Rob McCracken including gold medal contenders Pat McCormack, Lauren Price and Peter McGrail By Riath Al-Samarrai for MailOnline Published: 16:54 BST, 23 June 2021 | Updated: 17:22 BST, 23 June 2021 Britain has selected arguably its strongest ever boxing … Read more

Tokyo Olympics: British Cycling chief says its athletes are committed to ‘winning the right way’

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British Cycling have vowed to ‘win the right way’ in Tokyo in the wake of the Richard Freeman doping scandal as golden couple Jason and Laura Kenny chase history in six events. The governing body’s reputation has been shattered in recent months after their former chief doctor Freeman was found guilty of ordering banned testosterone … Read more

Katarina Johnson-Thompson to miss British Olympics trials in race to be fit for Olympics

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Katarina Johnson-Thompson to miss this month’s British Olympics trials as she continues race to recover from Achilles injury ahead of Tokyo Games this summer By Riath Al-Samarrai for MailOnline Published: 11:25 BST, 15 June 2021 | Updated: 11:34 BST, 15 June 2021 Katarina Johnson-Thompson has been granted a medical exemption to miss the British Olympic … Read more

Tokyo Olympics: England and Manchester City goalkeeper Karen Bardsley withdraws from Team GB squad

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England and Manchester City goalkeeper Karen Bardsley withdraws from Team GB squad after picking up a ‘devastatingly cruel’ hamstring injury while on loan with OL Reign By Kathryn Batte For Mailonline Published: 16:55 BST, 12 June 2021 | Updated: 16:55 BST, 12 June 2021 England goalkeeper Karen Barsley has been forced to withdraw from the … Read more

Steph Houghton’s 10 stars to watch at the European Championships

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The European Championships has often given talented players the opportunity to shine on the big stage, and there are high expectations of a number of stars heading into Euro 2020 this summer. In England, there are hopes that the likes of Phil Foden, Jack Grealish and Mason Mount can steal the show like Paul Gascoigne … Read more

Helen Glover is step closer to being first British rower to compete at Olympics after having child

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Women’s single sculls (W1x) Victoria Thornley (Club: Leander Club / Hometown: Wrexham) Coach: Paul Reedy Women’s pair (W2-) Helen Glover (Marlow RC / Penzance) Polly Swann (Univ. of Edinburgh & Leander Club / Edinburgh) Coach: Hamish Burrell Lightweight women’s double sculls (LW2x) Emily Craig (University of London BC / Mark Cross) Imogen Grant (Cambridge Univ. … Read more

Alistair Brownlee’s Tokyo bid dashed after disqualification in Leeds triathlon

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Alistair Brownlee’s Tokyo bid dashed after the two time Olympic champion is disqualified for pushing rival under the water during swimming leg of triathlon in his home city of Leeds as Britain’s Alex Yee takes victory By Riath Al-Samarrai for the Daily Mail Published: 22:31 BST, 6 June 2021 | Updated: 00:16 BST, 7 June … Read more

Tokyo Olympics: Colin Jackson on Mo Farah, Dina Asher-Smith and Team GB hopes in athletics  

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In a stellar career, Colin Jackson won an Olympic silver medal, two World Championship golds, two Commonwealth golds and four European Championship golds in the 110metre hurdles. His world record of 12.91 seconds in the discipline stood for over 10 years and it remains the British and European best almost three decades after it was … Read more

Jessica Ennis-Hill’s former Olympic gold-winning coach Toni Minichiello suspended by UK Athletics

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Jessica Ennis-Hill’s former Olympic gold-winning coach Toni Minichiello ‘suspended by UK Athletics pending a disciplinary investigation’ By David Coverdale and Danny Gallagher For Mailonline Published: 16:23 BST, 2 June 2021 | Updated: 17:00 BST, 2 June 2021 Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill’s former coach Toni Minichiello has been suspended by UK Athletics following a number of complaints. The … Read more

Tom Daley will compete in his fourth Olympic Games after being selected for Team GB’s diving squad

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Tom Daley will compete in his fourth Olympic Games after being selected for Team GB’s 12-person diving squad as he searches for his first gold medal after winning bronze in 2012 and 2016 By David Coverdale For Mailonline Published: 11:00 BST, 2 June 2021 | Updated: 11:17 BST, 2 June 2021 Tom Daley will get … Read more

Double Olympic champion Jade Jones heads up Team GB’s taekwondo team for Tokyo

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Double Olympic champion Jade Jones heads up Team GB’s taekwondo team for Tokyo – but two-time medal winner Lutalo Muhammad faces more agony over the Games after missing out Team GB have revealed their five-strong taekwondo team for the Tokyo Games  Double Olympic champion Jade Jones heads up the talented group this year  Bianca Walkden … Read more

Team GB’s Adam Gemili intending to take the knee if he wins an Olympic medal in Tokyo

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‘All hell would break loose’: Team GB’s Adam Gemili insists IOC will be in for a rude awakening if they sanction athletes who support the Black Lives Matter movement at the Olympics… and he admits he intends to take the knee if he wins a medal By Riath Al-Samarrai for the Daily Mail Published: 22:30 … Read more