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Former Boxing Scotland chief executive Roberts named IBA development director

  • Boxing

Chris Roberts has been appointed as the International Boxing Association's (IBA) new development director following his role as Referee and Judges Committee chairman.

I am absolutely delighted to be part of the IBA team and coming in as development director in support

Roberts has formerly served as chief executive of Boxing Scotland and as a director with the GB Boxing


Swedish swim star Hansson wins British student award as four join Hall of Fame

  • Universiade

Swedish swimmer Louise Hansson has been named British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) sports person of the year at the organisation's annual award ceremony.

She was also part of the Swedish team which equalled the 4x200metres medley world record last December

Olympic silver medals at three consecutive Games.The citation described him as "arguably the greatest GB

slalom canoeist of all time having been part of the British team for 21 years with an unprecedented

first Scottish golfer to win the Women's British Open, when she triumphed in 2009.She was Europe’s team

champion Eric Liddell who was inducted posthumously.Hertfordshire University's netball squad was named as team



British athletes participate in National School Sport Week

  • EOC

Double Olympic gold medallist Lizzy Yarnold and Olympic relay bronze medallist Anyika Onuora are taking part in National School Sport Week to highlight the importance of sport in school.

pic.twitter.com/Cy94P1qKv5— Team GB (@TeamGB) June 23, 2022On Monday (June 20) Onuora, Mountain Bike

Olympic hockey bronze medallist Sarah Jones did the same in a school in Liverpool.London 2012 gymnastics team


Ankara to hold first obstacle discipline test event after UIPM World Cup finale

  • Modern Pentathlon

Turkish capital Ankara is set to host the season finale of the International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) Pentathlon World Cup before staging a two-day test event for obstacle racing as the sport’s new fifth discipline to replace riding.

from the men’s competition at the last World Cup leg in Ankara earlier this month after Pentathlon GB

Woong-tae of South Korea.Other contenders include 2021 world champion Adam Marosi of Hungary and his young team-mate

Csaba Bohm who is world number three.There is also a strong French team featuring reigning champion


Exclusive: Choong considered pulling out of UIPM World Cup after Pentathlon GB statement

  • Modern Pentathlon

International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) World Cup in Ankara following a statement made by Pentathlon GB

discipline during the latest stage of the World Cup, which he won.On Wednesday (June 8) Pentathlon GB

raise concerns about UIPM governance processes which we expect UIPM to respond to," said a Pentathlon GB

pic.twitter.com/EiLLdFau4d— Pentathlon GB (@PentathlonGB) June 11, 2022"That whole competition for me

was overwhelmed by that [Pentathlon] GB statement and I have been campaigning a lot about why horse

the activist group, Pentathlon United, who seek to keep riding in modern pentathlon.In today's mixed team



British Olympic curling champions, BISFed President given Queen's Birthday Honours

  • Curling

The British women's curling team who won Olympic gold at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics have been including

Skip Eve Muirhead has been made an Order of the British Empire (OBE) and team-mates Jennifer Dodds, Hailey

Mission.Other members of the British Olympic community to be honoured include swimmer Hannah Miley and GB


OFI call for reverse decision to allow Northern Irish gymnasts to compete at Birmingham 2022

  • Gymnastics

The Olympic Federation of Ireland (OFI) has joined calls for the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) to reverse a block on Northern Irish athletes at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, who are currently ruled out due to nationality eligibility issues.

with other sports on this matter where athletes from Northern Ireland can choose to represent either Team

Ireland or Team GB internationally, as well as representing Northern Ireland at Commonwealth Games."


Bottle-throwing protests over TKO decision for home super-heavyweight at European Boxing Championships in Armenia

  • Boxing

Angry fans threw water bottles into the ring at the European Men’s Elite Boxing Championships in Yerevan, Armenia when the referee stopped the super heavyweight over-92 kilograms quarter-final bout between home boxer Davit Chaloyan and Spain’s Ayoub Ghadfa Drissi El Aissaoui.

referee, armenpress.am reports.Fans began throwing water bottles into the ring as well, hitting the Team

Armenia head coach Karen Aghamalyan.In the meantime Team Armenia has already disputed the referee’s

I’m buzzing, but that was tough," Hickey told GB Boxing."

European medal through a unanimous verdict over Germany’s Kevin Schumann.The two British middleweights and GB

Today’s evening session saw Ioan Croft become the first Welsh member of the team to secure a medal with


World and European modern pentathlon champion Cooke retires, switches to Greece coaching role

  • Modern Pentathlon

from modern pentathlon and is set to take up a new position as the head coach of Greece's national team

 "My role covers all areas from managing the team, overseeing the budget, developing the grassroots

my comfort zone and really test myself but it was a difficult decision to move away from Pentathlon GB

Jamie Cooke's British team-mate Joe Choong won Olympic gold in Tokyo ©Getty ImagesInitially, Cooke had


Nine-strong team from Ukraine travels to European Taekwondo Championships despite invasion

  • Taekwondo

Nine athletes from Ukraine were able to attend the European Taekwondo Championships in Manchester last week, despite the Russian invasion of their country which has left the sport's national offices destroyed.

The Taekwondo Federation of Ukraine headquarters in Kharkiv was struck by bombs, but the team made it

to the Manchester Regional Arena with help from the Taekwondo Humanitarian Foundation and GB Taekwondo.Ukraine


Double delight for Turkey on last day of European Taekwondo Championships

  • Taekwondo

Hatice Kübra İlgün and Emre Kutalmış Ateşli ensured a golden double for Turkey on the final day of the European Taekwondo Championships in English city Manchester.

❤️️#westandtogether pic.twitter.com/XIXWDRNqnW— GB Taekwondo ??

women’s under-57kg final, beating Petra Stolbova of the Czech Republic.Kimia Alizadeh of the refugee team


Coach Kenny getting up to speed for Commonwealth Games and Paris 2024 Olympics

  • Cycling

Britain’s most successful Olympian Sir Jason Kenny is looking to get up to speed as quickly as possible, as he guides Britain and England's men’s sprint cyclists to the upcoming Commonwealth Games and Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

a surprise attack to triumph in the men’s keirin.Sir Jason is now overseeing Britain’s men’s sprint team

honours for services to cycling at Windsor Palace on Tuesday ©Getty ImagesParis 2024 will see the British team

Games will be among the milestone events on the path to the Olympic Games.Sir Jason will be part of the Team

I’ll be there working with Team England, but if any of the guys riding for other nations need anything

, we will help as we are Team GB and support the guys who are funded on the podium programme," he said