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For the first time ever Great Britain won a medal in the women’s 4 x 400m relay at the World Indoor Championships, held in Istanbul, last night, rounding off a fantastic performance by the GB squad. The women’s 4x400m team of Shana Cox, Nicola Sanders, Christine Ohuruogu, and Perri Shakes Drayton put in an amazing [...]
Yamile Aldama produced the performance of her life to land the world indoor gold medal on Saturday in Istanbul after a superb leap of 14.82m meant the rest of the competition were struggling to make an impact thereafter. The rejuvenated Brit, who has continued to thrive since her solid performance in debuting for Aviva GB & [...]
Zara Phillips boosted her hopes of making the Olympics this year when she rode Silver Lining V to eventing victory yesterday in Aldershot, Hampshire.
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.
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, [...]
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.
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.
Surrey Storm continued their impressive 2012 campaign in The FIAT Netball Superleague with another convincing victory, this time over Team Northumbria.
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.
