Tag: Britains
ONE 168: Superlek Kiatmoo9 knocks out Britain’s Jonathan Haggerty to attain two-sport glory | WWE News
“The Kicking Machine” Superlek Kiatmoo9 continued his glorious ride to the Mount Rushmore of Muay Thai with a scintillating sub-minute knockout of Britain’s Jonathan “The General” Haggerty in the main event of ONE 168: Denver. The ONE Flyweight Kickboxing world champion arrived inside the packed Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado, game to prove why he’s…
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US Open: Emma Raducanu, Katie Boulter and Jack Draper – Britain’s best all in action on Tuesday | Tennis News
Britain’s leading players, including Emma Raducanu, Jack Draper and Katie Boulter, will take to the stage on Tuesday at the US Open, live on Sky Sports. British women’s No 1 Boulter will be first in action at 4pm BST when she takes on Aliaksandra Sasnovich at Flushing Meadows. Boulter has been consistent this year, winning…
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Olympics 2024: Great Britain’s Toby Roberts wins climbing gold; Katarina Johnson-Thompson settles for silver | Olympics News
Teenage sport climber Toby Roberts won Great Britain’s 14th gold of the Paris 2024 Olympics after victory in the men’s boulder and lead competition. Roberts, 19, secured 155.2 points to beat favourite Sorato Anraku of Japan, who lost his grip and fell needing only 86 points on the lead wall to relegate Roberts into silver-medal…
Read More Olympics 2024: Great Britain’s Toby Roberts wins climbing gold; Katarina Johnson-Thompson faces Nafi Thiam battle | Olympics News
Teenage sport climber Toby Roberts won Great Britain’s 14th gold of the Paris 2024 Olympics after victory in the men’s boulder and lead competition. Roberts, 19, secured 155.2 points to beat favourite Sorato Anraku of Japan, who lost his grip and fell needing only 86 points on the lead wall to relegate Roberts into silver-medal…
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Novak Djokovic survives Geneva Open scare | Britain’s Jodie Burrage pulls out of French Open injured | Tennis News
Novak Djokovic survived a second-set scare to beat Germany’s Yannick Hanfmann 6-3 6-3, progressing to the Geneva Open quarter-finals. After securing the first set 6-3, the Serbian found himself 3-0 down in the second set and staring firmly at a third set decider vs Hanfmann – who knocked out Andy Murray on Monday – at…
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Laura Kenny: Britain’s most decorated female Olympian retires from cycling ahead of Paris 2024 Games | Cycling News
Laura Kenny, Britain’s most decorated female Olympian, has announced her retirement from cycling just four months before the Paris 2024 Games. Kenny won five Olympic golds and seven world titles in her incredible career and is married to former cyclist Jason Kenny, who is the most successful British Olympian. The 31-year-old gave birth to her…
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Great Britain’s Katie Boulter eases into first WTA 500 final in San Diego and into top 40 in world rankings | Tennis News
Katie Boulter is into a first WTA 500 final after continuing her superb run at the San Diego Open with a dominant victory over third seed Emma Navarro. The British No 1 saw off second seed Beatriz Haddad Maia in the second round before knocking out seventh seed Donna Vekic in the quarter-finals and was…
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Upper Austria Open in Linz: Britain’s Jodie Burrage continues fine form to reach last 16 | Tennis News
Jodie Burrage continued her fine form at the Upper Austria Open in Linz by beating French seventh seed Varvara Gracheva in straight sets to reach the last 16. The British No 2, who came through two qualifying rounds, sealed her first main draw win of the season in the 6-4 6-0 success against the world…
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Britain’s Jack Draper and Katie Boulter to play live on Sky Sports at Adelaide International | Tennis News
British duo Jack Draper and Katie Boulter will play live on Sky Sports at the Adelaide International on Monday. Draper will play Argentina’s Sebastian Baez on centre court, with coverage of the match live on Sky Sports Arena from 4.30am. At the same time, fellow Brit Boulter’s match against Ukraine’s Lesia Tsurenko on Court 1…
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Britain’s 14-year-old Hannah Klugman makes history with Orange Bowl success | Tennis News
Hannah Klugman becomes first British player to win the main girls’ Orange Bowl title having finished runner-up in the under-14 tournament last year; Historic U18 tournament ranks alongside the Grand Slams as one of the biggest events in the junior game
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