Zara Phillips boosted her hopes of making the Olympics this year when she rode Silver Lining V to eventing victory yesterday in Aldershot, Hampshire.
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Badminton: British Olympic rivals progress to last eight of Championships
At the Yonex All England Open Championships yesterday, Chris Adcock and Imogen Bankier followed up their first round win over world number ones Zhang Nan and Zhao Yunlei, with a 15-21, 21-19, 21-19 victory over unseeded pair Yeon Seong Yoo and Ye Na Jang of Korea.
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Athletics: Jessica Ennis storms to hurdles victory at World Indoor Championships
Britain’s reigning world indoor pentathlon champion Jessica Ennis began her title defence yesterday with an impressive win in the 60m hurdles at the World Indoor Championships in Istanbul, Turkey. Ennis’s time of 7.91s was enough to beat Olympic rivals Tatyana Chernova of Russia and Natallia Dobrynska of the Ukraine. Afterwards the 26-year-old from Sheffield said, [...]
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Sportsister meets Alex Danson
In the hockey world Alex Danson needs no introduction. Since she made her debut for England back in 2001 as one of the youngest ever England internationals at 16 years of age, Alex has over 155 international caps to date. She has competed in four European Nations cups (winning three bronze medals), three World Cups [...]
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Swimming: Ellie Simmonds first to break world record at London’s Aquatics Centre
Double Paralympic champion Ellie Simmonds became the first swimmer to break a world record at the official Olympic swimming venue last night, with her victory in the 200m individual medley.
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Swimming: Fran Halsall sets fastest 100m freestyle time of the year
Fran Halsall set the fastest 100m freestyle time of 2012 last night, on the way to becoming number one in the event’s world rankings, winning the final at the British Gas Swimming Championships.
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Tagged British Gas Swimming Championships 2012, fran halsall, swimming
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Netball: Super Storm secure second spot with convincing win over youthful Northumbria
Surrey Storm continued their impressive 2012 campaign in The FIAT Netball Superleague with another convincing victory, this time over Team Northumbria.
Rugby: England team announced for penultimate Six Nations match
England Women’s Head Coach Gary Street has made three changes to the starting team that will take on France in a potential Six Nations title decider this Sunday, 11 March, at the Stade Charlety in Paris, kick off 1245pm GMT.
Sports governing bodies need more women!
The Women’s Sport and Fitness Foundation (WSFF) say that progress is being made to recruit more women to sports governing bodies but still more needs to be done. New figures released by the WSFF show that just one in five of the top positions on sports boards are taken by women. The figures, released today on [...]
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Dame Kelly Holmes leads US Girls Games to celebrate International Women’s Day
Double Olympic gold medal winning athlete Dame Kelly Holmes is helping to highlight women’s sport today, as part of Us Girls’ celebration of International Women’s Day, by taking part in a special ‘Getting Us Girls Active 2012 Debate’ event at the Durham Business and Conference Centre.