British Olympic Association gets first female chair in 120-year history November 28, 2024 Trailblazing former rowing champion Dame Katherine Grainger has been elected the first female chair of the British Olympic Association in its 120-year history. Grainger, 49, will succeed Sir Hugh Robertson in the post early next year after she completes her final term as chair of UK Sport. “It is a huge honour to be elected [...]
Great Britain triathlon star Alistair Brownlee retires November 21, 2024 Alistair Brownlee might have done more than any other British athlete when it comes to leaving his sport in a better place than he found it. The 36-year-old has announced his retirement from triathlon after a glittering 18-year career gilded by two Olympic gold medals and a host of major titles. When Brownlee started competing, [...]
Ed Warner: Gold rush for athletes as sport venures into crazy territory November 21, 2024 Too much money chasing too few goods spells inflation. In the madcap pursuit of novel sporting ventures it is the athletes whose prices are swelling.
Russian Olympic champion sanctioned by UK over aiding “forced deportation” of Ukrainian children November 19, 2024 Russian former Olympic champion gymnast Nikita Nagornyy has been sanctioned by the UK Government for helping to forcibly deport Ukrainian children. Nagornyy, 27, was added to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office UK Sanctions List on Tuesday for his part in what it called the “forced deportation and re-education of Ukrainian children”. Nagornyy, described by [...]
Dear sport leaders, drop the slogans if you’re not going to be a force for good November 16, 2024 As the world watched the final votes being counted in the US election, one person in particular should have been nervous about Donald Trump’s victory: Fifa president Gianni Infantino. Infantino had previously claimed that the upcoming 2026 World Cup was “a rallying cry […] a moment when three countries and an entire continent collectively say: [...]
Enhanced Games: Doped Olympics make hires from Nike and Red Bull November 14, 2024 The Enhanced Games, a doping version of the Olympic Games planned for next year, has poached talent from Nike, Snapchat and Red Bull as the group steps up its efforts to launch in 2025. The brainchild of London-based billionaire Aron D’Souza, the Enhanced Games will see athletes able to take substances that are currently banned [...]
Ed Warner: Chair the football regulator? No thanks, not even for £130k November 7, 2024 The job ad for the chair is being circulated widely by opponents of the concept of a regulator in the hope that a moderate rather than a zealot will land the role.
Cricket, rugby and football stars invest in health start-up November 4, 2024 England rugby international Courtney Lawes and Arsenal footballer Ben White are also among the 60 professional sportspeople invested in The Players Fund.
Rachel Reeves hands Team GB £344m fillip for LA 2028 Olympics October 31, 2024 Team GB’s Olympic and Paralympic athletes are set to receive the funding boost they have been calling for following yesterday’s Budget. Chancellor Rachel Reeves has committed to giving UK Sport £86m a year, an increase of 10 per cent on the last cycle, in the lead-up to the LA 2028 Games. UK Sport CEO Sally [...]
Ed Warner: Have sports missed esports boat – or was there never one to catch? October 31, 2024 Ahead of the League of Legends Worlds 2024 in London this weekend, Ed Warner wonders whether sports have got esports all wrong.