Overview

Semifinal Thursday, March 5th: vs in Mumbai (7 p.m. local, 2.30 p.m. CET)

2026 Week 9 (02 Mar -09 Mar) Events: Aquatics - Diving: World Aquatics 2026 Diving World Cup II (05 Mar - 08 Mar) - The second stop on the 2026 Diving World Cup was due to take place in Zapopan but given the issues in the area, World Aquatics has announced the cancellation. Mexico's National Sports Commission doesn't recognise the cancellation and instead announced the event 'is no longer cancelled and is entering a rescheduling phase.' Semantics aside, Team GB wont be diving in Mexico this week. Badminton: YONEX All England Open Championships (03 Mar - 08 Mar) - In an indication of how far British Badminton has gone backwards over the last couple of Olympic cycles, Team will be taking the smallest squad to an All England Championships in more than 10 years Kirsty Gilmour has been drawn against Kim Ga Eun in the first round of the Women's Singles. Ben Lane and Sean Vendy have a horror draw in the Men's Doubles. They'll face top seeds Kim Won Ho and Seo Seung Jae in the first round. Alexander Dunn and Julie Macpherson will face Jesper Toft and Amalie Magellund in the first round of the Mixed Doubles whilst Callum Hemming and Estelle Van Leeuwen will take on Goh Soon Huat and Lai Shevon Jemie. 61st Portugal International Championships (04 Mar - 08 Mar) - Cholan Kayan has been drawn against a qualifier in the Men's Singles. Harry Wakefield and Robin Harper will take on William Boe and Andreas Sondergaard in the first round of the Men's Doubles. Finally, Saffron Morris and Yulia Tang have been drawn against Anna-Sofie Nielsen and Sofie Rojkaer. Baseball: 2026 World Baseball Classic (05 - 17 Mar)- have been drawn in Pool B along with , and . Their competition will kick off on 6-Mar against with their second match against scheduled for 7-Mar. Before the competition gets underway, Team will have 2 warm up matches - against Milwaukee Bears on 3-Mar and then San Diego Padres on 4-Mar. Basketball: 2027 FIBA World Cup Qualifying (03-Mar) - Having lost the home tie, men will look to pull off an upset away from home as they take on again. Cycling - Road: 63rd Trofeo Laigueglia (04 Mar)- Oliver Stockwell, Lukas Nerurkar, Ben Granger, Simon Carr, Thomas Gloag and Mark Donovan are included in the initial startlist. Strade Bianche (07-Mar) - Ben Tulett and Tom Pidcock appear on the start list but there could be more confirmed this week. Strade Bianche Donne (07-Mar) - No Brits appearing on the initial start list but as with the men's event, that could change this week. Cycling - Track: UCI Nations Cup I - Perth (06-08 Mar) - Am still trying to track down the details of Team but Cycling Australia are using the return of Matt Richardson as one of the key draws of the event.. Fencing: FIE Foil World Cup (Individual & Team) (05-07 Mar) - Harry Bird, Kamal Minott, Rafael Rhys Pollitt, Louis Guennou, William Lonsdale, Callum Penman, Jake Hurst and Oliver Strange will be competing in the individual event in Cairo with Jamie Cook, David Sosnov, David Williams and Joe Donaghue also listed to compete in the team event. Tamara Gavrilenko, Bronwen Granville, Megal Elliott, Holly Thompson, Georgia Silk, Georgia Gardner, Rachael Adams and Indigo Zaffino will compete in the individual event with Amelie Tsang, Katie Castillo-Bernaus, Zoe Wagstaff and Mhairi McLaughlin competing in both the individual and team event. FIE Sabre World Cup (Individual & Team) (06-08 Mar) - Caitlin Maxwell, Hannah O'Reilly, Kate Daykin, Bethany Brierley, Ava Davies, Keira D-Sallows, Tosin Ononaiye and Jenna Bray will compete in the individual event in Athens. Maria Chart, Hui Xin Sezille, Maya Sutton and Sophia Potter will compete in both individual and team event. In the men's event, taking place in Padua, Luke Haynes, Max Cromie, Olympios Gougoulias, Liam Croft, Ian Ho, Henry Martin, Dylan Galazka and Eiger Swinsow will be in the individual event. They'll be joined by JJ Webb, Barnaby Halliwell, Samuel Allen and William Deary who will also compete in the team event. Football: 2027 FIFA World Cup Qualifying - women get their World Cup qualifying campaign started with a double header - taking on in Antalya on 3-Mar followed by a home tie against on 7-Mar. Golf: Ladies European Tour Australian Women's Classic (05-08 Mar): Cara Gainer, Alice Hewson, Darcey Harry, Annabell Fuller, Gabriela Cowley, Hannah Screen, Lydia Hall, Esme Hamilton, Chloe Williams, Lily May Humphreys, Amy Taylor, Gemma Clews, Charlotte Heath, Hannah Darling, Caley McGinty, Kelsey MacDonald, Billie-Jo Smith and Meghan MacLaren are due to compete. LPGA Blue Bay 2026. (05-08 Mar): Gemma Dryburgh, Jodi Ewart Shadoff and Mimi Rhodes are due to compete in Hainan. PGA: Arnold Palmer Invitational (05-08 Mar) - Matt Fitzpatrick, Tommy Fleetwood, Harry Hall, Robert MacIntyre and Justin Rose will be competing in Orlando. PGA: Puerto Rico Open (05-08 Mar) - Martin Laird, John Parry, David Skinns, Matt Wallace, Paul Waring and Danny Willett will be competing in Puerto Rico. DPT: Joburg Open (05-08 Mar) - Connor Syme, Dan Bradbury, Ewen Ferguson, Calum Hill, Eddie Pepperell, Jamie Rutherford, Rhys Enoch, Andy Sullivan, Marcus Armitage, Todd Clements, Brandon Robinson Thompson, Alex Fitzpatrick, Ben Schmidt, Joe Dean, Sam Bairstow, Scott Jamieson, Richie Ramsay, Jack Senior, Andrew Johnston, Ross Fisher, David Law, James Morrison, Daniel Young, Joshua Berry and Ewan Walker are scheduled to compete. Judo: Grand Prix Upper Austria 2026 (07-08 Mar): have had a decent start to the season and will be looking to continue that in Linz. Men's -60Kg: Charlie Ayre Men's -66Kg: Michael Fryer and Charlie Young Men's -73Kg: Irakli Goginashvili and Ethan Nairne Men's -81Kg: Lachlan Moorhead and Rory Tyrrell Men's -90Kg: Jamal Petgrave Men's -100Kg: Oliver Barratt Men's +100Kg: Daniel Ede and Wesley Greenidge Women's -52Kg: Tatum Keen and Caitlin Barber Women's -57Kg: Acelya Toprak Women's -70Kg: Katie-Jemima Yeats Brown and Kelly Petersen Pollard Women's -78Kg: Emma Reid and Shelley Ludford Squash: Airsprint Private Aviation Canadian Men's Open (02-06 Mar): Marwan ElShorbagy is the top seed in Calgary; Greg Lobban is the 4th seed. Both have a bye to the second round. Nick Wall will face Leandro Romiglio in the first round. Nathan Lake is drawn against David Bernet with the winner to take on ElShorbagy in round 2. Rory Stewart will face Ivan Perez in round 1. Adrian Waller faces compatriot Tom Walsh in an all British tie. Finally, Simon Herbert is drawn against David Baillargeon New Zealand Squash Open (03-08 Mar): Joel Makin is the 2nd seed in Christchurch; Jonah Bryant is the 4th seed and Curtis Malik the 6th seed. All have byes to the second round. Patrick Rooney has been drawn against Ryunosuke Tsukue. In the women's draw, Torrie Malik is drawn against Cindy Merlo; Grace Gear will take on Kaitlyn Watts and Alicia Mead will face Alina Bushma. Richardson Wealth Women's Open (04-08 Mar): Tesni Murphy is the top seed and has a bye to the second round. Likewise, 2nd seed Georgia Adderley also has a bye to the second round. Kiera Marshall has been drawn against Lucia Bautista. Rugby SVNS: Vancouver (7-8 Mar) - Team are still looking for their first win in the women's event. This week they're up against , and in the pool matches. The men's team haven't had the best results in the last couple of fixtures. They'll be looking to get things back on track in Vancouver with pool matches against and . Table Tennis: WTT Feeder Dusseldorf (02 Mar - 06 Mar): Anna Hursey is the top seed in the Women's Singles whilst Tom Jarvis is the 5th seed in the Men's Singles. Tennis: BNP Paribas Open (04 Mar - 15 Mar): The tennis tour enters the sunshine swing with Indian Wells being followed by Miami Open. In the men's event, Jack Pinnington Jones is drawn against 9th seed Benjamin Bonzi and Billy Harris is drawn against 10th seed Chris O'Connell in the qualifying draw. In the women's singles, Katie Boulter is the top seed in the qualifying draw and will take on Viktoriya Tomova.

Would be great if GB Snowsport could do a better job of promoting the team. The squad announcements were only on Instagram and I don't think they've posted any results from last week's events from the Park and Pipe events. My life's much easier if the federations put a bit of weight behind putting the results out there.

Fantastic that we have a full squad.

Team squad for the Park & Pipe Junior World Championships in Calgary which started last week and will run through this week. Freeski Slopestyle/Big Air Bailey Buchan Josh Wright Lottie King Freeski Rail Event William Norris Bailey Buchan Josh Wright Ella Hall Lottie King Freestyle Snowboard Halfpipe Aaron Wild

Team squad announcement for the Cross Country Junior World Championships in Lillehammer this week. Sprint Free (Junior) Sophie Forth Elspeth Cruickshank Ewan McAdam Thomas Duncan Rasmus Ipsen Charlie William Sprint Free (Under-23) Tabitha Williams Elke Hammerstein 20Km Mass Start Free (Junior) Sophie Forth Elspeth Cruickshank Ewan McAdam Thomas Duncan Rasmus Ipsen Charlie William 20Km Mass Start Free (Under-23) Tabitha Williams Elke Hammerstein Ida-Maria Ewald 10Km Interval Start Classic (Junior) Sophie Forth Elspeth Cruickshank Ewan McAdam Thomas Duncan Rasmus Ipsen Charlie William 10Km Interval Start Classic (Under-23) Tabitha Williams Elke Hammerstein

Team squad for the Alpine Skiing Junior World Championship which get underway this week in Narvik: Men's Slalom Luca Carrick-Smith Zak Carrick-smith Freddy Carrick-Smith Jack Irving Harry Duncan Harrison Adkins Women's Slalom Molly Butler Olivia Howeson Nicole Wordley Tia Freshwater Liv Imregi Men's Giant Slalom Zak Carrick-Smith Freddy Carrick-Smith Jack Irving Harry Duncan Harrison Adkins Ian Menzies Women's Giant Slalom Molly Butler Olivia Howeson Nicole Wordley Tia Freshwater Liv Imregi Men's Super-G Emerson Proctor Harry Duncan Ian Menzies Angus Matheson Women's Super-G Nicole Wordley Men's Downhill Emerson Proctor Ian Mezes Angus Matheson Women's Downhill Nicole Wordley

have finished the Round Robin top of the standings with an 8-1 sheet. The final games went as follows: 10 - 1 10 - 5 11 - 2 They will take on in the semi-finals, taking place 2 March at 7.00pm.

Before 2 weeks at the UK Indoor Championships: At just 16 years of age, Odunaike becomes the youngest ever winner of the men’s British title in triple jump with a superb 15.75m in round six.

swept aside by 93-57 in the latest world cup qualifying match. They will play again on Monday.

has advanced to the semifinals of cricket Men's T20 World Cup. T20 has been added to the LA 2028 olympic program. https://www.icc-cricket.com/tournaments/mens-t20-world-cup-2026

continue in good form at the Men’s Junior World Championships. 9 - 3 7 - 5 4 - 6 Canada and Scotland sit at the top of the round robin standings with 5 wins and 1 loss apiece.

No medals in the team events today. The men's epee team got passed but lost to in the last 16. The women's foil team put up decent fight against , but it wasn't to be. Finally, the women's sabre team were overpowered by .

Kersten wasn't in the Olympic team because he didnt meet the ISU criteria of being in the top 21 in World Cup points for the 2025/26 season (Kersten was coming back from an injury), not because GB Ice skating declined his quota. In terms of Bobsleigh, Nick Gleeson seems like the replacement for Hall. He's Hall's former brakeman and only started driving in the last year or so, but has already got a win in the 2-Man on the NAC circuit. He actually met the IBSF criteria for the Games but the BBSA rejected his quota for some reason.

are taking part in the Men’s Junior Curling World Championships. They’ve played 3 games so far and have a clean sheet: 11 - 5 7 - 3 11 - 9 Upcoming fixtures: 26th Feb - v 27th Feb - v and v 28th Feb - v 1 Mar - v and v

Pluses of these games Best ever Medal haul in a favourable timezone and more than one gold for the first time in a games Our Skeleton success, specially as Matt Weston is from my home town and there are clearly signs of a bright future in the sport with Stoecker and Tarbit having potential to improve A first Gold on Snow which was important for that team after early exits in the singles Zoe Atkin matching her sisters 2018 medal achievement. Shame it wasn’t Gold or Silver but cant be picky her. Andrew Musgrave raising the bar in Cross Country Skiing. And in Joe Davies there is a ready made replacement if he chooses not to return. Also Anna Pryce looks promising Disappointments Curling. Not in a bad way as it was gripping from start to finish but the pain of Mouat being edged out twice was painful and also a shame our women were too slow out the blocks. But enjoyed it all the same Kirsty Muir and Mia Brookes falling short when they were highly fancied. But both have time to put this right and Im sure they will. Missing out on a first Ice Dance Medal in 32 years. I hope Fear and Gibson stay at the top and come back for another try in 2030 Poor showing in the Bobsleigh and with Brad Hall going to be nearly 40 next time and no obvious replacement bit concerned about the future of this sport David Ryding not going out with a top 10 slalom finish in his final race. But cant blame him with the weather on that event causing chaos for everyone Also a bit surprised Reece Bell (Womens Slalom) and Cornelius Kersten (Speed Skating) didn’t get selected. Particularly the latter who recently won a world championship medal and alongside his partner they could have pushed each other a bit higher. Im guessing his absence was injury related. So overall I did enjoy this Olympics and good to see us having our best ever games in a favourable timezone to see it. Yes it could have been so much better with so many others missing out but I see this as holding something in reserve for the next time when hopefully we will raise the bar again in another favourable timezone.

Looking ahead to tomorrow's team events - Men's Epee - are the 7th seeds and will start off against 26th seed in the round of 32. If they can get through that, they'll face either 23rd seed or 10th seed in the last 16 with possible quarterfinal against 2nd seed . are the defending champions in this event. Women's Foil - are the 7th seeds and have bye to the last 16 where they will take on 10th seed . Get through that and likely quarterfinal against 2nd seed awaits. Worth saying that in the 2025 Championships, took the bronze medal in this event. Women's Sabre - are the 12th seed and have a bye to the last 16 where they will face 5th seed . If they can progress, then they'd have possible quarterfinal against 4th seed .

Gold for David Sosnov and Silver for Mohammed Belbouab. Takes us to 4 medals so far with good prospects for further success in the team events.

All Final!!

2 more medals guaranteed in the men's foil - David Sosnov and Mohammed Belbouab both through to the semi finals. Callum Penman unfortunately fell to Henrik Barby - it looked like he may have taken a bit of a knock to his hand in the early stages. Could be looking at an all final if the semis work out for us.

Sosnov, Penman and Belbouab all safely through to the quarter finals.

Day 2 update after completion of the pool round. Women's Epee: Emma Mitzova qualified for knockout stages in 49th place having won 3 of her 6 matches. Harriet Hillier also scored 3 wins in the pool stage and progressed in 55th place. Kseniya Kushtan only managed 2 wins but it was enough to progress in 67th place. 2 wins wasn't enough for Olivia Eadie to progress - she finished down in 85th place. All three of the Brits bowed out of the competition in the round of 64. Emma Mitzova finishes up in 51st place, Harriet Hillier was 54th and Kseniya Kushtan was in tie for 60th. Men's Sabre: The weakest set of results for so far. Joe Evans could only win 1 of his pool matches whilst Guy Lumsden lost all 6 of his. Both were eliminated and finished well down the field - 74th and 80th respectively. John White and Eiger Swinsow scraped into the elimination round with 2 wins from 6. (They were ranked 60th and 61st and only 62 fencers progressed). In the elimination rounds, both were eliminated in the round of 64 although worth saying that White came pretty close to causing an upset against 5th seed Iaroslav Borisov 15-14. In the final ranking. The final ranking of both was the same as their pool performance - 60th and 61st. Men's Foil As expected, all 4 of our fencers comfortably progressed to the elimination rounds. David Sosnov progressed in a tie for 3rd place having won all 6 of his opening pool matches. Callum Penman advanced as the 12th seed having won 5 matches. David Kelly also won 5 of his pool matches and progressed in a tie for 15th. Finally, Mohammed Belbouab scored 4 wins out of 6 and advances as the 25th seed. At the time of writing, the elimination rounds are in progress. David Sosnov, Callum Penman and Mohammed Belbouab have made it through to the last 16 - Belbouab taking out the junior world number 7 Yahor Rabtsau in the process. David Kelly is the first Brit to fall, losing out to Rostislav Khamdamov 15-9.

European Juniors Day 2 Women's Epee: Harriet Hillier is the 40th seed Kseniya Kushtan is the 68th seed Emma Mitzova is the 72nd seed Olivia Eadie is the 78th seed. Hillier is in pool 10 alongside 10th seed Gwendoline Laharotte, 21st seed Oliwia Janeczek. The rest are all lower ranked at 51st, 70th and 99th seed Kushtan has been drawn in pool 8 alongside 8th seed Eva Steffens, 23rd seed Ceren Cebe, 38th seed Laura Misiak with the rest of the pool being the 53rd, 83rd and 98th seeds. Mitzova is in pool 12 along with 12th seed Giulia Paulis the 19th seed Lilana Cherchesova, and the 42nd, 49th, 79th and 102nd seeds Eadie is in pool 13 with 13th seed Louise Ulltjarn, 18th seed Alina Dmytruk along with the 43rd, 48th, 74th and 103rd seeds. The top 78 ranked fencers after the pool round will continue to the elimination rounds. (26 fencers eliminated during pool round) Men's Foil - (Our strongest discipline - are the reigning European Junior Champions in the Team Event) Callum Penman is the 6th seed David Sosnov is the 8th seed David Kelly is the 33rd seed Mohammed Belbouab is the 49th seed Penman is the top seed in pool 6. His highest ranked opponent will be 23rd seed Denis Trestyanszki. The rest of the pool are the 34th, 79th, 62nd, 51st and 90th seed. Sosnov is the top seed in pool 8. He'll face 21st seed Henrik Barby. The rest of the pool are the 36th, 50th, 64th, 77th and 92nd seeds. Kelly is in pool 5 alongside 5th seed Andor Zsogon and 24th seed Max Kavecy. The rest of the pool are lower ranked - the 52nd, 61st, 81st, and 89th seeds. Belbouab is in pool 7 alongside 7th seed Rostislav Khamdamov, 22nd seed Ran Traitel Crystal and 35th seed Maxime Dubreuil. The rest of the pool are lower ranked - 63rd, 78th and 91st seed. The top 72 ranked fencers after the pool round will continue to the elimination rounds. (24 fencers eliminated during pool round) Men's Sabre: Eiger Swinscow is the 50th seed Joe Evans is the 51st seed John White is the 55th seed Guy Lumsden is the 61st seed. Swinscow is in pool 2 along with 2nd seed Leonardo Reale, 23rd seed Poyraz Kumuk, 26th seed Paul Rouviere, and the 46th, 71st and 74th seeds. Evans is in pool 3 with 3rd seed Pavel Graudyn, 22nd seed Stanimir Pelov, 27th seed Daniel Berkeszi along with 47th, 70th, and 75th seeds. White in drawn in pool 6 against 6th seed Edoardo Reale, 19th seed Kiram Iarullin alongside 30th, 43rd, 67th and 78th seeds. Lumsden is in pool 12 with 12th seed Casian Cidu, 13th seed Zalan Szalai, 37th, 38th and 60th seed The top 62 ranked fencers after the pool round will continue to the elimination rounds. (21 fencers eliminated during pool round)

guaranteed 2 medals on day 1! It's double bronze after Tristan Lumineau made it through to the semifinals of the men's epee. He fell 15-10 to 12th seed Fedor Khaperskiy who went on to take the title. Amelie Tsang came so close to getting to the gold medal match having pulled it back to 14-14. 7th seed Ludovica Franzoni just edged it 15-14.

I do agree with this (this was also the case in Beijing to an extent) but is better to have 5 medals and a lot of near misses than if we completely maximised performance and come away with 5 Things look generally very much on the up when it comes to winter sports in this country