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Day 3 of Euros and more medals for Freya Colbert took the bronze in women's 200m Freestyle whilst Freya Anderson finished 4th and it was a 1-2 in the men's event with Duncan Scott taking Gold ahead of Jack McMillan. In the other events... Angharad Evans is the second quickest qualifier for the 200m Breaststroke final with a time of 2:18.84. Filip Nowacki is through to the final in the men's equivalent - he was 6th fastest with time of 2:04.07 but will need to find a couple of seconds if he is looking to get on to the podium. In the morning heats, he set a Junior Record time of 2:03.75 GB has the fastest qualifiers for the 100m Backstroke finals - Lauren cox in the women's and Oliver Morgan in the men's.

Both of the El-Shorbagy brothers compete under flag so would be eligible to compete for at the Olympics if they qualify. The same thing happens in badminton where the athletes compete under the home nation flags but earn the qualifying spots for

Do we know how the process would work in Squash qualification?, for example Makin & El-Shorbagy brothers do they need to participate under team GB flag or they can still play under the country flag but they will qualify as part of team GB?

Katie Shanahan takes the silver in 200m backstroke in a time of 2:02.79 but there was disappointment for Luke Greenbank int he men's equivalent as he missed the podium by 0.05 seconds. There's potential for 2 medals in the women's 200m Freestyle - Freya Colbert is fastest qualifier for the final in 1:51.94 and good to see Freya Anderson back to form as she qualifies for the final in 4th with a 1:53.69. In the men's 200m Freestyle, GB had the top 3 qualifiers from the heats which meant that Matt Richards ultimately missed out on progressing. In today's semis, Duncan Scott was the fastest qualifier for the final in 1:41.56 with Jack McMillan in 3rd with 1:41.69. Angharad Evans finished 6th in the 100m Breaststroke with a time of 1:04.40

Solid start to the European Short Course Championships. Gold for Jack McMillan in the 400m Freestyle in 3:36.33 whilst Duncan Scott takes 7th. Angharad Evens qualified for the final of the 100m Breaststroke in 3rd overall with a time of 1:03.28. Disappointment for Filip Nowacki as he failed to progress to the final - his semi-final time of 57.36 was only enough for 12th overall. Katie Shanahan is the 2nd quickest qualifier for the final of 200m backstroke with time of 2:03.73. Luke Greenbank is 3rd quickest qualifier for the men's 200m backstroke with a 1:49.37 - Jake Skerry is first reserve for the final after finishing 9th overall with a time of 1:51.59.

Given the mess that the national federation has been going through over the last couple of weeks, the basketball team put in 2 pretty solid performances in their World Cup qualifying pool. They came agonizingly close to defeating but conceding 9 points in 9 seconds including a 3 pointer with the final throw of the game meant they were on the wrong side of an 89-88 defeat. They bounced back yesterday with a 90-84 win over and currently sit top of their table. They'll be back on court at the end of February with a double header against

2nd round of Rugby Sevens in Cape Town at the weekend. 's women will be up against , and "An increasingly confident" men's team will be up against , and .

Not really sure that there's much hope for better things for 7s in this country, even with Scotland pushing it a bit. There are enough potential professional 15s contracts for half decent British players which means they are all unavailable and those that are left aren't good enough or would rather do something else. Maybe they should just pick the U20s and sell it to the clubs and players as a development thing? I guess that might be why Scotland added it to their 'pathway' but that's a small pool to pick from.

Less than inspiring results from the first leg of the 2025/26 Rugby Sevens. Men finish in 7th place after defeats to (21-14) and (26-17). On the upside, they did defeat (14-10) in the pool match. In the 5th place semi-final, they were crushed by (34-0). They finished up with a 24-19 win over . On the women's side, went down to defeats against (41-5), (36-5) and (55-0). In the 5th place semifinal, they then lost out to (49-14) before finishing the day with another loss, this time against (46-5). Needless to say, they finish the tournament in last place. The tour continues next week in Cape Town .

With Olympic silver medalist Tess Ledeux and 2025 World Champ Flora Tabanelli both still recovering from injury, Kirsty honestly has a genuine medal chance in Milan in the Big Air.

Men take bronze in the Euro Curling - bit disappointing as they managed their worst performance of the season for the semi. Women take the silver, which was a huge bonus. They're still a bit flaky, but capable of greatness. And a GOLD in the Ski Big Air in China for Kirsty Muir. She was a great teenager but had lost form following injury. So another big prospect for the Olympics! https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articles/clyd48rrel0o

Wth Hepwort's worth on rings, I think tulloch is no longer a required get out of jail free card. Equally, GBR are going through an unusual moment of being a bit weak on pommel. finally, if Whitlock can get himself into anything like the 2020 zone and do three clean routines, he remains a major medal chance, and boosts the team medal chances. Hall was a fabulous swiss army knife of a gymnast, but again the trio of Jarman, Hepworth and Fraser probably cover your AA/Swiss army knife needs. Haven't seen enough of Yolshin-Cash yet to really draw conclusions. I'd say Jarmin, Hepworth, Whitehouse, Fraser and a.n. other is about right On the girls side, it's kind of tragic what's happened the Gadirova's in terms of injury - like Ellie D, there's a hint of what might have been, even as they have had a great career.

Interesting development with Max Whitlock trying to qualify for Los Angeles but surely it's going to be difficult to muscle his way back on to the team. Barring injury, Jake Jarman is a shoo in - probably targeting individual glory in both floor and vault. He's also likely to be in the all-around. So too is Joe Fraser. Likewise, I would say Harry Hepworth and Luke Whitehouse will both make the trip (if healthy) as they could also challenge for individual medals. That leaves the last place between Whitlock, Tulloch, Hall and Yolshin-Cash

Curling Games on the BBC iPlayer this week Scotland men v Switzerland (Monday) Scotland women v Norway (Wednesday) Scotland men v Sweden (Wednesday) Scotland men v Italy (Thursday)

Charlotte Dujardin will continue her comeback from her suspension at the London leg of the Dressage World Cup next month. She's competed in a couple of smaller events since her ban was lifted in July - including winning both the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Special at last month's CDI event in Wellington Heckfield but London will likely be a big step up in competition.

Safe to say this week hasn't gone exactly to plan for the Bello Brothers having lost their first 2 matches at World Champs. On the upside, they won today to secure a place in tomorrow's playoffs where they will face off against Fuller / O'Dea. That should be a winnable match for the British pair - the Kiwis are ranked 66th in the world compared to the Bello's at 24th

Let's hope the Slalom in Levi is an omen for the season 4th Laurie Taylor 7th Dave Ryding 27th Billy Major And with Team Mouat very solidly in the position of World Number 1 in Curling, and a Figure Skating Grand Prix win for Fear & Gibson it has been an excellent pre-season.

beaten by 85-81 yesterday in what should have been a relatively straightforward match. Kind of sums up performance over the last couple of years - losing matches that they should have been able to put to bed.

Alex Wise is back - he's not currently listed as part of the performance squad but Team GB site is confirming he's back in competitive action and looking to qualify for LA. Now we just need to get Pitman back in the squad and we could have reasonable qualifying prospects.

British Basketball lurching from one crisis to another it seems. British Basketball Federation to enter liquidation as crisis engulfing sport continues - BBC Sport It's almost enough to make UK Athletics management look competent.

Good start to qualifying campaign with 85 - 64 win over .

Forgot all about this but in the end finished 3rd in their group behind and v - 12-21 v - 10-20 v - 19-18 v - 17-15

UK Athletics' funding plans for the next year. With Commonwealths and Euros coming up, no excuse for missing targets. 2025/26 OLYMPIC WORLD CLASS PROGRAMME ATHLETES ANNOUNCED | British Athletics

Women get their 2027 EuroBasket qualifying campaign underway with 3 matches coming up in the next week or so. On Wednesday, they will face in Manchester before travelling to Vienna next Saturday to face and then Bergen on the following Tuesday to take on . EuroBasket 2027 will be key qualifying route for LA Olympics and whilst they shouldn't have any great difficulty getting through to the second qualifying round - GB are the top seed in their group and only need to finish in the top 2 to progress - hopefully they are able to put in stronger performances than they did in last year's tournament.

FIBA's suspension of the men's national team has been lifted so this month's World Cup qualifier against can go ahead. FIBA Statement on the British Basketball Federation | About FIBA