Team GB in 2026

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A poorly planned itinerary meant that I ended up with a 9-hour layover in Dubai and as I didn't need all that time to pick up the duty free, I have mapped out the year ahead across most of the summer sports. 

 

There's still a couple of sports which don't seem to have published their full calendar, so expect that there will be some updates in the next few weeks.

2028 Los Angeles Qualification Timeline.xlsx

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2026 Week 1 (1-Jan - 11-Jan) Events:

 

A good mix of events to ease us into the new year...

 

Badminton:

PETRONAS Malaysia Open (6-11 Jan) - We should see quite a few Brits in action. Kirsty Gilmour is expected to compete in the Women's Singles whilst Ben Lane and Sean Vendy are listed in the Men's Doubles. Julie MacPherson and Ciara Torrance will be in the Women's Doubles with MacPherson also competing in the Mixed Doubles with Alexander Dunn.

 

YONEX Estonian International (8-11 Jan) - Currently pending the details of the draw, but we should have Ethan Rose competing in the Men's Singles, whilst Samuel Jones will team up with Oliver Butler and Josh Taylor with Evan Kenny for the Men's Doubles. 

 

 

Equestrian - Dressage:

FEI Dressage World Cup: Wellington (7-11 Jan) - Pending confirmation of the entry list.

 

FEI Dressage World Cup: Basel (8-11 Jan) - Pending confirmation of the entry list but would expect a couple of Brits to be competing. 

 

Equestrian - Jumping:

Longines FEI World Cup: Basel (8-11 Jan) - Pending confirmation of the entry list but would expect a couple of Brits to be in action. 

 

 

Fencing:

A total of 8 different Fencing events in the calendar this week across Junior and Seniors. There's no Brits in the Junior World Cup for Foil or Sabre, but we do have six athletes competing in the women's Junior Epee World Cup - Olivia Eadie, Maisie Everett, Katy Hawthorne, Kseniya Kushtan, Emma Mitzova and Sophia Pickering. 

 

FIE Epee World Cup (Individual & Team) (8-11 Jan) - Cador Beautyman is the sole Brit competing in Fujairah.

 

FIE Foil World Cup (Individual & Team) (9-11 Jan) - Georgia Gardner, Bronwen Granville, Amelie Tsang and Sophie Tsang will compete in Hong Kong in both individual and team events.

 

FIE Foil World Cup (Individual & Team) (9-11 Jan) - 12 British fencers will be competing in Paris. Harry Bird, Louis Guennou, Jake Hurst, Maxwell Jones, William Lonsdale, Callum Penman, Rafael Rhys Pollitt and Oliver Strange will be competing in the individual event. 

 

Jamie Cook, Joe Donaghue, David Sosnov and David Williams are competing in both the individual and team events. 

 

FIE Sabre Grand Prix (9-11 Jan) - 10 British fencers will be competing in Tunis. Maria Chart, Keira D-Sallows, Caitlin Maxwell and Nicole Saunders in the women's individual whilst Liam Croft, Max Cromie, Barnaby Halliwell, Ian Ho, Eiger Swinscow and Jonathan Webb will be in the men's event. 

 

 

Shooting:

29th SKIRCA Open & Trzin Walter Cup (9-11 Jan) - Although it is an international event, it tends to be mostly central and eastern European nations who complete. I'm not expecting any Brits to be taking part. 

 

 

Squash:

Rich Venus Karachi Open (6-11 Jan) - Marwan ElShorbagy is the 2nd seed and has a bye in the first round. Likewise, Mohamed ElShorbagy has a bye in the first round as the number 4 seed. Curtis Malik is also in the draw and will take on  Ryunosuke Tsukue in the first round for the right to take on top seed  Karim Gawad. 

 

In the women's draw, Lucy Turmel has drawn  Tsz-Wing Tong in the first round and Torrie Malik is up against  Menna Hamed. If they're able to come through these matches, they would face 5th seed  Nada Abbas and 6th seed  Rowan Elaraby respectively.

 

 

Tennis:

United Cup (2-11 Jan) -  have been drawn against  and . Their first tie is against Japan on 4-Jan followed by Greece on 5-Jan. Assuming everyone is healthy, Emma Raducanu will face Naomi Osaka and Maria Sakkari in the singles whilst in light of Jack Draper's withdrawal, Billy Harris will face Shintaro Mochizuki and Stefanos Tsitsipas. Billy Harris, Mimi Xu and Olivia Nicholls are also in the squad. 

 

ATP Bank of China Hong Kong Open (5-11 Jan) - Cameron Norrie is the sole GB representative in Hong Kong. He will probably be the 7th seed. 

 

Brisbane International (5-11 Jan) - No details of any GB players in the main draws of either the ATP or WTA event have been released but it is possible that we may see a couple of players in qualifying. 

 

ASB Classic (5-11 Jan) - No GB players currently announced in the main draws.

 

 

Table Tennis:

WTT Champions Doha (7-11 Jan) - Unlikely to be any Brits competing in either the men's or women's events.

 

WTT Feeder Vadodara (7-11 Jan) - Unlikely to be any Brits competing in either the men's or women's events.

Edited 22 hours ago by Rafa Maciel