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IBA slams World Boxing formation and threatens to expel countries involved in "rogue" body

  • Boxing

The International Boxing Association (IBA) has slammed the establishment of World Boxing and threatened to exclude any countries involved in what it dismissed as a "rogue" organisation.

named on World Boxing’s Interim Executive Board.Other members include USA Boxing President Tyson Lee, GB

New Delhi where we saw record participation levels and athletes from boycotting nations, including team


England to wear new strip with blue shorts against Brazil in Finalissima at Wembley

  • Football

European champions England will wear their new strip for this year's FIFA World Cup when they face Copa America Femenina winners Brazil in the inaugural women’s Finalissima at Wembley Stadium tomorrow before a sell out crowd of around 90,000.

a women’s match at the time before it was broken in the final of the tournament.They lost 1-0 to a Team

GB which included 10 players from England.

 Brazil first played at Wembley Stadium in the 2012 Olympics when they lost 1-0 to Team GB ©Getty



BOA announces Muirhead as Team GB Chef de Mission for Gangwon 2024

  • Gangwon 2024

The British Olympic Association (BOA) have announced former Scottish curler Eve Muirhead as the Team

GB Chef de Mission for the Gangwon 2024 Winter Youth Olympics.

I am delighted to have the honour of leading Team GB for Gangwon 2024," said Muirhead."

The athletes who represent Team GB in Gangwon will gain experience of competing on the world stage in

Anson expressed his excitement for the new hiring.Andy Anson is excited to have Eve Muirhead leading Team

GB during the Gangwon 2024 Youth Olympics ©Getty Images"It is fantastic to have Eve on board as Chef

I have no doubt that she will serve as an inspiration for those selected to compete for Team GB at the


Loughborough University study hopes to increase women's wheelchair rugby numbers

  • Wheelchair Rugby News

Researchers at Loughborough University in Britain have begun a study they hope will increase levels of female participation in wheelchair rugby.

this strategic initiative to increase the number of women playing wheelchair rugby not just across GB

function that have an impact wheelchair rugby skills.The current policy in wheelchair rugby states that a team


British Curling appoints Paul Bush as new chairman

  • Curling

Paul Bush has been appointed as the new chairman of British Curling to succeed Robin Niven, who has served in the role since February 2020.

to work with such an iconic and exciting Olympic and Paralympic sport, that is so important to both Team

GB and Scotland.

 "I look forward to working with the Board and all of the team as they strive to build on the success

medal at Beijing 2022 ©Getty ImagesCurling is Britain's most successful Winter Olympics sport.Team GB

skipped by Eve Muirhead pulled off an emotional victory.At the same Games, the men's team skipped by


Exclusive: French believes new 90-minute format can increase interest in modern pentathlon

  • Modern Pentathlon

Britain’s reigning Olympic champion Kate French believes modern pentathlon’s new 90-minute format can bring more people to the sport as it looks set to feature at this year’s Modern Pentathlon World Championships in English city Bath.

and laser run competitions are due to be held at an outdoor arena as part of the University of Bath’s Team

due to stage this year's Modern Pentathlon and Laser Run World Championships ©Anna Barclay/Pentathlon GB"From


Airline loses British freestyle skiing kit before Freestyle Ski, Snowboard and Freeski World Championships

  • Freestyle

British snow sports head coach Pat Sharples has called on German airline Lufthansa to urgently find the team's competition equipment after it went missing during a flight to the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) Freestyle Ski, Snowboard and Freeski World Championships.

A team of 13 competitors from Britain had flown to the event in Bakuriani, Georgia, with the airline.Sharples

we build contingency into our competition preparations to cover for eventualities such as these," a GB


Team GB renews deal with licencing company The Point.1888 for Paris 2024

  • EOC

Team GB has extended its partnership with brand licencing company The Point.1888 for next year’s Olympic

GB including Micro Scooter, Royal Mint, Brompton Bikes, BDA, Dashel Helmets, Nerdy Banana and Moonpig.The

GB ©Team GBIn the pursuit of nurturing Team GB as a full family brand, The Point.1888’s unique approach

 The Team GB brand was launched for the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney ©Team GBAfter finishing a disastrous

36th in the Olympic medals table at Atlanta 1996, with only one gold medal, Team GB has finished in

GB."


Germany’s Lochner and Nolte earn first overall World Cup titles as Britain takes historic medal

  • Bobsleigh and Skeleton

Germany’s Johannes Lochner and Laura Nolte earned their first overall World Cup titles in the two-man and two-woman bobsleigh events respectively thanks to victories in the concluding event at Sigulda in Latvia.

four-man event - the country’s first men’s overall medal in any discipline since 1995.It means the team

bobsleigh champion Laura Nolte won her first overall World Cup title in Sigulda today ©Getty ImagesNo GB

men’s crew had made the combined podium since Mark Tout’s team took bronze in 1994.Nick Phipps is the

But we knew we had the ability to do that and we were pretty confident as a team all year."


British judo squad visit Paris 2024 training camp to take part in schools session

  • Judo

judo squad have visited the Lycée René Auffray school in Clichy, which is due to be training base for Team

GB in the build-up to next year's Olympic Games in Paris.

The training camp, one of a number planned by Team GB, is set host more than 200 British Olympic athletes

nbsp;The school's principal Sylvain Dedieu was also in attendance.Judokas who hope to be members of Team

GB at Paris 2024 ran a number of training sessions for children at Lycée René Auffray school in Clichy

©Team GB"This time of exchange with the British judoka was a great opportunity for the students," Dedieu

We want to show Team GB and British people their athletes will feel at home in Clichy, they already have


Czech Republic, Britain, Canada and Sweden join boycott of IBA World Championships

  • Boxing

The Czech Boxing Association (CBA), Boxing Canada and the Swedish Boxing Association have said they will boycott the Women's and Men's World Championships this year due to the planned participation of Russia and Belarus under their national flags while Great Britain will be absent from the women's event.

We understand the implications this decision will have on our national team athletes, and we are working

GB Boxing states that the decision to boycott the Women's World Boxing Championships was taken because


USA Taekwondo reshuffles top staff as LA 2028 project continues

  • Member National Association and Continental Unions News

USA Taekwondo has promoted Paul Green to managing director of performance as the organisation eyes its home Olympic Games in Los Angeles in 2028.

a department tasked with guiding athletes of all ages and disciplines.He joined USA Taekwondo from GB

is helping them continue the new standard of excellence they've established by aiming to put a full team