Team GB in 2026

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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 Likewise, Sameul Jones and Lizzie Tolman have also withdrawn.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. 

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Team GB Ranking Update - January 2026: Badminton

 

 

Men's Singles
	Dec '25		Jan' 26
Athlete	WR	Points	WR	Points	Movement
Harry Huang	62	26,566	61	26,566	+1
Ethan Rose	107	18,320	108	17,490	-1
Cholan Kayan	151	12,787	149	12,787	+2
Nadeem Dalvi	225	8,471	228	8,131	-3
Rohan Thool	241	7,500	242	7,500	-1
Women's Singles
	Dec '25		Jan '26
Athlete	WR	Points	WR	Points	Movement
Kirsty Gilmour	29	43,890	29	43,890	-
Rachel Sugden	157	12,170	173	10,830	-16
Frey Redfearn	192	9,609	195	9,269	-3
Leona Lee	239	7,066	236	7,066	+3
Miu Lin Ngan	264	6,088	261	6,088	+3
Men's Doubles
	Dec '25		Jan '26
Athlete	WR	Points	WR	Points	Movement
Ben Lane / Sean Vendy	16	57,098	14	58,889	+2
Christopher Grimley / Matthew Grimley	51	30,380	52	29,140	-1
Alexander Dunn / Adam Pringle	72	23,390	74	23,390	-2
Oliver Butler / Samuel Jones	78	21,483	75	22,233	+3
Rory Easton / Alex Green	104	17,118	99	17,118	+5
Women's Doubles
	Dec '25		Jan '26
Athlete	WR	Points	WR	Points	Movement
Julie MacPherson / Ciara Torrance	40	33,930	38	35,590	+2
Abbygael Harris / Lizzie Tolman	62	25,997	63	25,997	-1
Lisa Curtin / Sian Kelly	79	19,985	79	19,985	-
Sian Kelly / Annie Lado	135	10,060	152	8,690	-17
Annie Lado / Estelle Van Leeuwen	168	8,310	166	8,310	+2
Mixed Doubles
	Dec '25		Jan '26
Athlete	WR	Points	WR	Points	Movement
Alexander Dunn / Julie MacPherson	27	41,420	35	37,960	-8
Callum Hemming / Estelle Van Leeuwen	35	37,995	41	35,855	-6
Rory Easton / Lizzie Tolman	69	21,555	67	21,555	+2
Gregory Mairs / Jenny Mairs	89	17,530	174	8,270	-85
Samuel Jones / Lizzie Tolman	128	11,630	117	13,000	+11

 

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Team GB Ranking Update - January 2026: Tennis

 

 

Men's Singles
	Dec '25		Jan' 26
Athlete	WR	Points	WR	Points	Movement
Jack Draper	10	2,990	12	2,790	-3
Cameron Norrie	27	1,563	26	1,643	+1
Jacob Fearnley	71	777	90	668	-19
Jan Choinski	125	498	125	498	-
Billy Harris	128	482	129	491	-1
Women's Singles
	Dec '25		Jan '26
Athlete	WR	Points	WR	Points	Movement
Emma Raducanu	29	1,563	30	1,547	-1
Sonay Kartal	68	951	61	1,004	+7
Fran Jones	73	912	66	941	+6
Katie Boulter	106	744	120	624	-14
Harriet Dart	172	410	181	394	-9
Men's Doubles
	Dec '25		Jan '26
Athlete	WR	Points	WR	Points	Movement
Lloyd Glasspool	1	8,520	2	8,150	-1
Julian Cash	2	8,370	3	8,000	-1
Henry Patten	3	7,800	9	6,050	-6
Neal Skupski	9	6,580	1	8,490	+8
Joe Salisbury	10	6,490	8	6,490	+2
Women's Doubles
	Dec '25		Jan '26
Athlete	WR	Points	WR	Points	Movement
Olivia Nicholls	26	2,852	26	2,857	-
Maia Lumsden	75	1,135	78	1,061	+3
Emily Appleton	87	960	89	885	-2
Harriet Dart	110	730	132	603	-22
Alicia Barnett	124	652	122	620	+2

Edited Saturday at 10:03 AM by Rafa Maciel

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Team GB Ranking Update - January 2026: Judo (Men)

 

 

Men's -60Kg
	Dec '25		Jan' 26
Athlete	WR	Points	WR	Points	Movement
Charlie Ayre	187	106	135	176	+52
Ross Dempsey	221	72	220	74	+1
Benjamin Caldwell	232	66	230	66	+2
Ayoub Dafallah	293	38	287	38	+6
Nordine Adrif	342	24	281	40	+61
Men's -66Kg
	Dec '25		Jan '26
Athlete	WR	Points	WR	Points	Movement
Charlie Young	47	1074	46	1074	+1
Michael Fryer	82	579	78	579	+4
Samuel Hall	178	142	181	137	-3
Joshua Bell	179	142	170	158	+9
Finlay Allan	194	120	194	120	-
Men's -73Kg
	Dec '25		Jan '26
Athlete	WR	Points	WR	Points	Movement
Benjamin Levy	73	655	69	655	+4
Irakli Goginashvili	74	619	72	619	+2
Ethan Nairne	94	498	79	556	+15
Oliver Short	127	315	124	315	+3
Eric Ham	167	182	164	182	+3
Men's -81Kg
	Dec '25		Jan '26
Athlete	WR	Points	WR	Points	Movement
Lachlan Moorhead	70	652	75	595	-5
Rory Tyrrell	183	148	182	148	+1
Del Imrie	216	102	215	102	+1
Luke Davies	258	62	225	90	+33
Eryk Neumann	319	33	317	33	+2
Men's -90Kg
	Dec '25		Jan '26
Athlete	WR	Points	WR	Points	Movement
Jamal Petgrave	138	250	138	250	-
Stuart McWatt	236	55	375	13	-139
Corey O'Neal-Narcis	266	36	245	52	+21
Max Gregory	318	24	322	24	-4
Kenneth Hands	421	6	410	8	+11
Men's -100Kg
	Dec '25		Jan '26
Athlete	WR	Points	WR	Points	Movement
Oliver Barratt	26	1375	25	1375	+1
Rhys Thompson	62	635	57	635	+5
Max Gregory	65	617	62	617	+3
Jared Sey	194	70	194	70	-
Jaden Calder	217	50	217	50	-
Men's +100Kg
	Dec '25		Jan '26
Athlete	WR	Points	WR	Points	Movement
Daniel Ede	110	192	108	194	+2
Wesley Greenidge	114	176	112	176	+2
Joshua Whitehouse	178	52	148	88	+30
Gregor Miller	181	50	182	50	-1
Andrew McWatt	-	-	256	16	-

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Team GB Ranking Update - January 2026: Judo (Women)

 

 

Women's -48Kg
	Dec '25		Jan' 26
Athlete	WR	Points	WR	Points	Movement
Summer Shaw	115	189	113	191	+2
Sidney Tancock	133	122	132	122	+1
Ashleigh Barnikel	144	92	145	94	-1
Leah Hasler	257	4	264	4	-7
Alexis Buchanan	267	2	274	2	-7
Women's -52Kg
	Dec '25		Jan '26
Athlete	WR	Points	WR	Points	Movement
Tatum Keen	40	1002	39	1002	+1
Chelsie Giles	44	950	64	600	-20
Lola Hodson	128	170	129	170	-1
Caitlin Barber	184	54	185	54	-1
Joycelyn Callaghan	209	36	212	36	-3
Women's -57Kg
	Dec '25		Jan '26
Athlete	WR	Points	WR	Points	Movement
Acelya Toprak	21	2035	20	2035	+1
Chelsie Giles	114	286	113	286	+1
Lele Nairne	119	271	104	319	+15
Lanina Solley	169	99	171	99	-2
Madeleine Birri	178	75	178	77	-
Women's -63Kg
	Dec '25		Jan '26
Athlete	WR	Points	WR	Points	Movement
Lucy Renshall	32	1471	46	871	-14
Sophie Wood	-	-	156	100	-
Josie Steele	198	51	201	51	-3
Sunny Doig	199	50	181	66	+18
Roxanne Proctor	270	20	274	20	-4
Women's -70Kg
	Dec '25		Jan '26
Athlete	WR	Points	WR	Points	Movement
Kelly Petersen Pollard	14	2362	13	2241	+1
Katie-Jemima Yeats-Brown	38	1202	38	1182	-
Rachel Hawkes	60	749	54	764	+6
Holly Devall	130	153	120	223	+10
Paige Keane	225	26	226	28	-11
Women's -78Kg
	Dec '25		Jan '26
Athlete	WR	Points	WR	Points	Movement
Emm Reid	6	3899	5	3888	+1
Natalie Powell	72	406	81	348	-9
Shelley Ludford	90	261	89	261	+1
Nicole Wood	121	118	123	118	-2
Maria Moss	244	2	247	2	-3
Women's +78Kg
	Dec '25		Jan '26
Athlete	WR	Points	WR	Points	Movement
Lucy Williams	220	2	220	2	-

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2026 Week 6 (09-15 Feb) Events:

 

 

Aquatics - Artistic Swimming:

World Aquatics Artistic Swimming 2026 World Cup I (13-15 Feb):

It's not immediately clear if  are sending a squad to Medellin .

 

 

Athletics:

UK Athletics Indoor Championships (14-15 Feb):

Plenty of our big names will be competing in Birmingham as they look to make the team for next month's World Indoor Championships

 

UK Champs Invited Athletes v2

 

 

Badminton:

2026 European Men's & Women's Team Championships (11-15 Feb):

 men will be competing in Istanbul  and have announced a full-strength squad including Nadeem Dalvi, Alex Green, Callum Hemming, Harry Huang, Cholan Kayan, Ben Lane, Kalyan Manoj, Ethan Rose, Zach Russ and Sean Vendy. They will start the competition against  on 11-Feb before taking on  on 12-Feb and finishing up against  on 13-Feb. 

 

 

Cycling - Road:

Figueira Champions Classic (14-Feb) - Max Poole is the only Brit on the start list but I haven't seen a full entry list yet. 

 

Classic De Almeria (15 Feb) - Joshua Giddings, Lewis Askey and Oliver Stockwell expected to compete. 

 

 

Equestrian - Dressage:

FEI Dressage World Cup: Neumunster (12-15 Feb) - Annabell Pidgley is the only Brit listed to complete.

 

 

Fencing:

FIE Epee Junior World Cup (Individual & Team) (13-14 Feb) - There are no Brits competing in the women's event in Hangzhou  and only 2 men will compete in Vrsac  - David Mina and Sameer Sunder-Rajan

 

 

Field Hockey:

FIH Pro League (09-10 Feb) - Both the  men and women have another two matches in the Pro League this week. As with last week, the men will face  and  in Valencia whilst the women will face  and  in Yunfu.

 

 

Golf:

Ladies European Tour: PIF Saudi Ladies International (11-14 Feb) - Hannah Darling, Mimi Rhodes, Cara Gainer, Alice Hewson, Darcey Harry, Charley Hull, Annabell Fuller, Gabriella Cowley, Charlotte Laffar, Hannah Screen, Lydia Hall, Esme Hamilton, Bronte Law, Chloe Williams and Hannah Burke are all due to compete in Riyadh. 

 

PGA: AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am (12-15 Feb) - Matt Fitzpatrick, Tommy Fleetwood, Harry Hall, Robert MacIntyre, Marco Penge, Justin Rose and Aaron Rai will be competing.  

 

 

Judo:

2026 Ljubljana European Open (14-15 Feb):  There are 19 Brits listed to compete in the  capital. 

Men's -60Kg: Charlie Ayre

Men's -66Kg: Neil MacDonald, Finlay Allan

Men's -73Kg: Harry Le Mare, Thomas Jackson, Cameron Charles 

Men's -81Kg: Corey O'Neal-Narcis, Eryk Neumann, Rory Tyrrell

Men's -90Kg: Jared Sey

Men's +100Kg: Daniel Ede

Women's -48Kg: Summer Shaw

Women's -52Kg: Caitlin Barber

Women's -57Kg: Tomi Imrie, Madeleine Birri, Ammi Takahashi

Women's -70Kg: Rachel Hawkes

Women's -78Kg: Shelley Ludford

Women's +78Kg: Sarah Adlington

 

 

Shooting:

European Junior Championships 10m (09-15-Feb): 12 athletes have been announced in the  team to compete in Burgas :

Pistol: Lucy Banner, Lucinda Evans, Matilda Baker, Isobel MacTaggart, Ayush Chauhan, Sash Mikhailov, Hamish McDonald and Isaac Baxter

Rifle: Sophie Page, Libby Hart, Jess Tomalin and Oliver McCabe

 

 

Squash:

Texas Open (12-16 Feb): Sam Todd is drawn to face  Gregoire Marche in the first round with the winner to take on 4th seed Marwan ElShorbagy. who, as 4th seed has a bye to the second round. Mohamed ElShorbagy is the 8th seed and also has a first-round bye. 

 

Nathan Lake will play  Eain Yow Ng whilst Nick Wall faces  Kareem El Torkey.

 

Grace Gear is drawn to face  Nadine Shahin with the winner to take on Georgina Kennedy who, as the 3rd seed has a bye to the 2nd round. Georgia Adderley is the 7th seed and also has a first-round bye. 

 

Lucy Beecroft will take on Torrie Malik in an all  round one whilst Lucy Turmel faces Diya Yadav. 

 

 

Table Tennis:

WTT Star Contender - Chennai (10-15 Feb) - Anna Hursey will compete in the women's singles.

 

 

Tennis:

WTA1000 Qatar TotalEnergies Open (09-15 Feb):  Emma Raducanu will meet  Camila Osorio for the 2nd time this year having already defeated her in Hobart. Sonay Kartal is having a solid Middle East Swing having already qualified and reaching the quarterfinals in Abu Dhabi.  She has again successfully navigated her way through 2 rounds of qualifying to make the main draw. She'll face  Magda Linette in the first round.

 

ATP500 Dallas Open 2026 (09-15 Feb) - Jack Pinnington Jones is attempting to qualify for the main draw. He's the 5th seed and has advanced to the final round of qualifying with a straightforward victory over  Daniel Dutra da Silva. He'll take on top seed  Patrick Kypson.

 

ATP500 ABN Amro Open 2026 (09-15 Feb) - Jack Draper was due to compete this week but has withdrawn. Cameron Norrie is the 6th seed and faces  Roberto Bautista Agut in the 1st round. Jan Choinski and Billy Harris were both trying to qualify for the main draw and were seeded - 7th and 8th respectively but both fell in the first round.