Overview

I am watching it, be will switch to curling at half one

Anyone following the figure skating? Fascinating story behind Spours (https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articles/c3dm5z5r84go) I’ll confess I initially was surprised we’d got someone recovering from what appeared to be pretty competition limiting injury* competing but what a story of resilience and recovery! *Saying all this when I can just about skate backwards and never mastered a jump…

Think it's just a mental adjustment from playing 4-man all year, there are big differences in shot-making.

It is hopeless for all sports. BBC used to have a webpage that showed everything that would be online in that week but for some stupid reason got rid of it so now it's impossible to find out. Only place it is ever regularly publicised is the BBC Scotland website but obviously plenty fans never check there.

All good warm up for the Men’s Team also.

Bruce Mouat still not quite bringing his A-game yet. It's not stopping us winning but hopefully he can step it up a bit when we get to the sharp end of the event

The disappointing thing about BBC coverage is that they tend to bury it online so if you don't know it's on and actively go looking for it, you're unlikely to actually find it

There's a discussion I'm posting on over on the BBC & it's a bit sad how many fans simply do not know that the BBC regularly has coverage of the Worlds & Europeans now.

You've got to love the British media - they only care about curling for 2 weeks every four years and pretend they know what they are talking about only to come out with lines like "Oh, I didn't realise you could be a full-time curler".

European Track Champs in Turkey got a bit overlooked, but have been a real old school triumph for Team GB 7G 4S 2B and no fewer than 3 World Records set! Certainly sets us up with the Commonwealths to come and getting ready for Los Angeles.

Takes a fall and won't be enough. Shame, as his score would be enough for top 6 in 2022

Looking like Mazet Brown has a chance of qualifying. Needs a big third jump

So after an up and down day, the Mixed Curlers end 3-0. in contrast with last time, the weaker link this time has been Bruce Mouat, having trouble to adjust his normal game. Jen Dodds really has rescued it. & tomorrow, neither of whom have been out of the ordinary this time.

Actually, apparently they used them last week so that's a bit weird.

The unsafe bit sounds a bit unconvincing based on what the GB governing board say, but using kit that has never been seen before was never likely to fly. The GB guys have been good this season but if they'd suddenly won every medal or something, it would have been silly. If I remember correctly, in track cycling they have to have at least used new tech somewhere before, which seems sensible.

Wouldn't be the Olympics without a bit of griping about kit. Winter Olympics 2026: GB skeleton team appeal after helmets ruled unsafe - BBC Sport

now have a 100% success rate at the Olympics, long may it continue

Discovery Plus doing the same as Paris for those wondering, £4 a month to get all of the Olympic action. Not bad at all.

I've turned on TNT Sports Ultimate for the UHD

BBC coverage gets underway with the Curling v

Flagbearers are Lilah Fear (figure skating) and Brad Hall (bobsleigh).

Casper Ruud has withdrawn from this week's Davis Cup qualifier - should make the tie more straightforward for

9th place finish for women after 10-9 victory over in the European Championships

Curling: 4 Figure Skating: 8th Snowboard: No Ceremonies: Matt Weston and Kirsty Muir

2026 Week 5 (02 - 08-Feb) Events: Badminton: Azerbaijan International 2026 (02-08 Feb): Harry Huang is the 6th seed and will face Xiaodong Sheng in the first round on the Men's Singles. Christopher Grimley and Matthew Grimley are the top seeds in the Men's Doubles and have a bye to the round of 16. Samuel Jones and Oliver Butler were also due to compete but have been forced to withdraw. but Alex Green with Zach Russ take on pairing Yann Orteu and Minh Quang Pham with the winners to take on 2nd seeds Dev Ayyappan and Dhiren Ayyappan in the round of 16. Harry Wakefield with Robin Harper are also in the draw and face Bjarne Geiss and Jones Ralfy Jansen. Lizzie Tolman will pair up with Abbygael Harris in the Women's Doubles and as the 2nd seeds, have a bye to the round of 16. Theres no British representatives in the Mixed Doubles after the withdrawals of Callum Hemming and Estelle Van Leeuwen who were due to be the top seeds. Likewise, Sameul Jones and Lizzie Tolman have also withdrawn. Cricket International T20 (03-Feb) - will face in the 3rd and final T20 match having already wrapped up series win. Cycling - Road: Volta Comunitat Valenciana (04-08 Feb) - Tao Geoghegan Hart, Ben Turner, Lewis Askey, Hamish Armitt, Sam Brand and Adam Lewis are expected to compete. Tour of Oman (07-11 Feb) - The start list is still a bit patchy so possibly some Brits I've missed but at the moment can only see Adam Yates down to compete for UAE Tour Women (07-11 Feb) - Zoe Backstedt, April Tacey, Carys Lloyd, Pfeiffer Georgi, and Elynor Backstedt all appear on the start list but haven't been able to confirm all teams so possibly more when the results come through. Cycling - Track: UEC European Track Cycling Championships 2026 (01-05 Feb) - have announced a pretty strong squad for the first major track event of the season and the early results are already looking pretty good on what is evidently a very fast track. Men's Sprint Squad: Harry Ledingham-Horn, Harry Radford, Matt Richardson, Joe Truman, Hamish Turnbull Men's Endurance Squad: Matt Bostock, Henry Hobbs, Tim Shoreman, Mark Stewart, Will Tidball, Ben Wiggins, Ollie Wood Women's Sprint Squad: Lauren Bell, Sophie Capewell, Emma Finucane, Rhianna Parris-Smith, Lowri Thomas Women's Endurance Squad: Katie Archibald, Millie Couzens, Josie Knight, Anna Morris, Kate Richardson, Imogen Wolff Equestrian - Jumping: Longines FEI World Cup: Bordeaux (04-08 Feb) - Jodie Mcateer should be competing this week. Fencing: 4 more Fencing events in the calendar week for the Juniors. FIE Foil Grand Prix (05-07 Feb) - 9 women will be competing in Turin including Katie Castillo-Bernaus, Becci Curwen, Megan Elliott, Georgia Gardner, Bronwen Granville, Georgia Silk, Holly Thompson, Amelie Tsang and Indigo Zaffino. On the men's side, we have 12 Brits competing - Harry Bird, Jaimie Cook, Joe Donaghue, Louis Guennou, Jake Hurst, William Lonsdale, Kamal Minott, Callum Penman, Rafael Rhys Pollitt, David Sosnov, Oliver Strange, and David Williams. FIE Epee World Cup (Individual & Team) (05-07 Feb): Eight Brits will compete in Heidenheim - Gregory Allen, Aurelien Degorce, Vladimir Kukharev and Louis Taiwo-Williams compete in the individual whilst Cador Beautyman, James Jeal, Paul James Sanchez-Lethem and Hugo Smith are due to compete in both the individual and team events. Field Hockey: FIH Pro League (06-07 Feb) - Both the men and women have two matches in the Pro League this week. The men will face and in Valencia whilst the women will face and in Yunfu. Golf: PGA Waste Management Phoenix Open (05-08 Feb) - Dan Brown, Matt Fitzpatrick, Harry Hall, John Parry, Marco Penge and Jordan Smith are all due to compete in Scottsdale Arizona. DPT Qatar Masters (05-08Feb) - Plenty of Brits on the starting line-up including Paul Waring, Grant Forrest, Connor Syme, Dan Bradbury, Matt Wallace, Ewen Ferguson, Calum Hill, Oliver Fisher, Dominic McGlinchey, Andy Sullivan, Marcus Armitage, Matthew Jordan, Thompson Robinson, Todd Clements, Alex Fitzpatrick, Joe Dean, Sam Bairstow, Scott Jamieson, Richie Ramsay, Jack Senior, Ross Fisher, Eddie Pepperell, Chris Wood, David Law, Daniel Young, James Morrison, Daniel Young, Joshua Berry, Euan Walker, Cameron Adam, Nathan Kimsey, Matthew Baldwin, Jack Yule. Judo: 2026 Paris Grand Slam European Open (31 Jan - 1 Feb): The first of the big judo events takes place this week and some of the bigger names for will be in action including a big hope for LA'28 - Irakli Goginashvili who last year become Britain's first male Junior European Champion in 25 years and followed that up with a Junior World Championship medal - the first junior world medal for a British male since 2011. Men's -66Kg: Michael Fryer and Charlie Young Men's -73Kg: Irakli Goginashvili and Benjamin Levy Men's -81Kg: Lachlan Moorhead Men's -100Kg: Oliver Barratt Women's -52Kg: Tatum Keen Women's -57Kg: Acelya Toprak Women's -70Kg: Katie-Jemima Yeats Brown and Kelly Petersen Pollard Women's -78Kg: Emma Reid Rugby SVNS: Perth (07-08 Feb): Every chance this will be another difficult weekend for both the men's and women's teams. The men have been drawn against and whilst the women will face and Squash: Windy City Open (05-11 Feb): As always, plenty of Brits taking part in a draw that has thrown up a couple of all British ties. Joel Makin is 5th seed and will face Declan James in the first round. The winner of that will face the winner of all tie between Jonah Bryant and Curtis Malik. Marwan ElShorbagy is the 6th seed and faces Yahya Elnawasany in round 1. Nathan Lake has drawn Mohamed Abouelghar. Mohamed ElShorbagy is the 8th seed and will face Auguste Dussourd. In the women's draw, Lucy Beecroft has drawn Caroline Fouts. If she can progress, will likely face top seed Hania El Hammamy in round 2. Grace Gear has drawn 4th seed Olivia Weaver. Tesni Murphy will face Marina Stefanoni with the winner of that match to play either Lucy Turmel or 2nd seed Amina Orfi. Table Tennis: WTT Feeder Cappadocia (02-06 Feb) - Samuel Walker is drawn against a qualifier in round 1 of the Men's Singles whilst Tin Tin Ho will compete in the Women's Singles and will also take on a qualifier in the first round. Taekwondo: Austria Open 2026 (02-06 Feb) -There are quite a few Brits competing in Innsbruck this week: Men's -63Kg: Ahmad Al-Baidhani, Manuel Grande, Men's -68Kg: Antonio Buonaiuto Men's -74Kg: Max Cartwright, Rayvaughn Taylor Men's -80Kg: Theoharys Stavropoulos Men's -87Kg: Tiley Pettigrew Women's -46Kg: Aysa Khorshidi, Lauren Dunsmore, Women's -53Kg: Gina Bene Hamill, Lily Kingsley Women's -57Kg: Ava Bett, Beth Christy Women's -62Kg: Neve McPhillie Women's -67Kg: Lola Williams Tennis: WTA500 Mudabala Abu Dhabi Open (01-07 Feb): Sonay Kartal has successfully navigated her way through 2 rounds of qualifying to make the main draw. In the first round she defeated Cristina Bucsa 6-3 7-6 to set up a second-round match against top seed Belinda Bencic. WTA250 Ostrava Open (01-07 Feb) - Katie Boulter has a chance to bank some points this month as she isn't defending anything for a while. She'll take on Lucie Havlickova in the first round. WTA250 Transylvania Open (01-07 Feb) - Fresh from sacking another coach, Emma Raducanu is the top seed in Cluj-Napoca. She easily dispatched Greet Minnen 6-0 6-4 in the first round and will meet Kaja Juvan in round 2. ATP250 Open Occitanie (02-08 Feb) - Jan Choinski will take on qualifier Titouan Droguet in the first round. Billy Harris was the top seed in the qualifying draw but lost his first-round match 6-4 6-7 2-6 to Clement Tabur. Davis Cup 2026 Qualifiers (05-06 Feb) - have announced a full-strength squad to take on in Oslo. Jack Draper will make his long-awaited return from injury in the tie. He's joined in the squad by Cameron Norrie Jacob Fearnley, Lloyd Glasspool and Julian Cash. For Norway, Casper Ruud is joined by Nicolai Budkov Kjaer, Viktor Durasovic, Andreja Petrovic and Lukas Hellum Lilleengen.