Tag: Championships
Para-cyclists Neil and Lora Fachie and pilot have silver medals stolen at Track World Championships in Rio | Cycling News
British Cycling has confirmed three of its riders were robbed on the opening day of the Para-cycling Track World Championships in Rio de Janeiro. Neil and Lora Fachie, the double Paralympic champion husband and wife, also had their passports, cards and cash stolen in the Brazilian city. “We’re all OK, other than being shaken up,”…
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EJ Obiena empty-handed at World Indoor Championships
FILE–The Philippines’ EJ Obiena reacts after failing to clear the bar and arrives second-placed in the men’s pole vault final during the World Athletics Championships at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest on August 26, 2023. (Photo by Ben Stansall / AFP) EJ Obiena missed out on a medal against the world’s finest pole vaulters…
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World Indoor Championships: Jemma Reekie takes 800m silver as Great Britain win 4x400m relay bronze
Home favourite Jemma Reekie took 800 metres silver on the final night of action at the World Indoor Championships in Glasgow for her first global medal. The 25-year-old Scot clocked a time of 2:02.72 as she finished 0.82 seconds behind Ethiopia’s Tsige Duguma, with the medal one of two won by Great Britain on Sunday…
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World Indoor Championships: Josh Kerr storms to 3,000m gold as Molly Caudery wins women’s pole vault
Josh Kerr ended Scotland’s 31-year wait for a world indoor title and did so on home turf as he stormed to 3,000 metres gold in Glasgow. Kerr powered away on the final lap to win comfortably in 7:42.98, with defending champion Selemon Barega fading down the final straight as he was beaten to silver by…
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Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships: Iga Swiatek, Aryna Sabalenka, Coco Gauff and Elena Rybakina face-off for title | Tennis News
The so-called ‘Big Four’ of women’s tennis converge at this week’s Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships with Iga Swiatek, Aryna Sabalenka, Coco Gauff and Elena Rybakina set to face off. World No 1 Swiatek is the player in red-hot form as she sealed her third successive Qatar Open title with a straight-sets victory over Rybakina…
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Emma Raducanu: Former US Open champion planning to miss Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships | Tennis News
Emma Raducanu is planning to pass on next week’s Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships where she would have required a wild card and instead head back to London to analyse her early exit at the Qatar Open. Raducanu squandered set point in a second-set tie-break as she lost to Anhelina Kalinina in the opening round…
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PH wins two more medals in World Vovinam Championships
Jovan Medallo. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO MANILA, Philippines–Two more medals have been added to the Philippine coffers when Emmanuel Cantores and Jovan Medallo reached the podium on Tuesday at the 7th World Vovinam Championships in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam. Cantores claimed the silver medal in the men’s -60kg after yielding to Vinh Truong of Vietnam, 1-6, before…
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Princess Arbilon claim two golds in Biathle/Triathle World Championships
Photo from Princess Honey Arbilon’s Facebook MANILA, Philippines–Princess Honey Arbilon was a cut above the rest on the world stage among women junior pentathletes after bagging two gold medals in the Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne (UIPM) 2023 Biathle/Triathle World Championships in Bali, Indonesia. The 21-year-old from Ormoc City ruled the girls’ triathle individual junior…
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Euro 2028: UK & Ireland to host European Championships as Turkey and Italy get 2032 | Football News
The UK and Ireland will host Euro 2028 while Turkey and Italy have been awarded 2032. The UEFA executive committee gave the green light to the five-nation bid, which ran unopposed after Turkey withdrew last week to focus on its joint bid with Italy for Euro 2032. Ten stadia were included in the UK-Ireland bid…
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Euro 2028: UK & Ireland only bid left for European Championships as Turkey withdraw | Football News
The UK & Ireland are the only bidders left for Euro 2028 after Turkey withdrew their application. On October 10, UEFA will award the hosting of two European Championships, the 2028 and 2032 editions. UEFA confirmed Turkey can jointly bid with Italy unopposed for 2032 and therefore they have pulled out of the running for…
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