Team GB in 2026

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2026 Week 7 (16-22 Feb) Results:

 

 

Cycling - Road:

UAE Tour (16-22 Feb) - Adam Yates finished 15th overall in the general classification with Ben Tulett in 39th. James Knox and Josh Tarling finished just outside of the points in 61st and 63rd respectively. Tarling continues to perform will in individual time trial stages - taking 2nd place 5 seconds behind Remco Evenepoel. Ben Swift was down in 74th with Owain Doull in 86th and Ben Swift in 87th. Mark Stewart finished in 120th with Callum Thornley in 122nd. Ethan Vernon was well down the field in 125th although worth saying that he did narrowly miss out on stage win on stage 4 and was 6th in stage 5. Ethan Hayter finished in 137th. 

 

Vuelta A Andalucia Ruta Ciclista Del Sol (18-22 Feb) - Tom Pidcock finished 3rd in the general classification including taking stage win in stage 5. Fred Wright finished in 33rd whilst Lucas Towers was well down the field in 64th with William Smith in 74th. 

 

Volta Ao Algarve Em Bicicleta (18-22 Feb) - Oscar Onley finished 4th in the general classification with Thomas Gloag also finishing in the points in 11th place. Max Poole was down in 54th with Sean Flynn in 76th, Noah Hobbs in 114th and Josh Giddings in 119th.

 

 

Equestrian - Jumping:

FEI Jumping World Cup: Goteburg (18-22 Feb) - John Whitaker just missed out on the jump off after taking a time fault. He was the top placed Brit finishing in 9th place. Robert Whitaker had 3 fences down for 12 faults and 29th place whilst Jodie Mcateer retired. 

 

An additional result I missed from Week 6 - Ben Maher finished in 16th place at the Jumping World Cup event in Florida. 

 

 

Golf:

LPGA: Honda Thailand Open (19-22 Feb) - Lottie Woad finished on -15. This was enough for a tie for 15th place overall. Gemma Dryburgh didn't have such a good event - +1 left her down in 59th place.  

 

PGA: Genesis Invitational (19-22 Feb) - Tommy Fleetwood was the top finishing Brit on -12 in a tie for 7th place.  Marco Penge scored -10 for a tie for 16th with Robert MacIntyre a further shot behind in a tie for 20th. Matt Fitzpatrick finished on -7 in a tie for 24th with Aaron Rai a further shot behind in a tie for 28th. 

 

DPT: Magical Kenya Open (19-22 Feb) - As always, plenty of Brits competing on the European Tour event - Nathan Kimsey was the top performing Brit with -19 giving him a tie for 5th place. Matthew Jordan scored -18 for 7th and Cameron Adam was in 9th on -16. These results will give them entry to the Investec South African Open. 

 

-15 was good enough for a tie for 14th for Ben Schmidt. Alex Fitzpatrick finished on -13 in tie for 23rd with Jack Senior a shot further back in tie for 29th. Scottish pair Euan Walker and Scott Jamieson were on -11 in a tie for 34th that also included Joseph Dean. David Law scored -10 for 42nd. James Morrison finished down in 61st on -6 with Matthew Baldwin the last of the Brits on -4 in 67th. 

 

 

Gymnastics- Artistic Gymnastics:

2026 FIG apparatus World Cup - Cottbus (19-22 Feb):

Sol Scott took silver in the Vault with a score of 14.249.  Jack Stanley was 8th in the Rings final on a score of 12.966 and Adam Tobin finished in 7th place in the Parallel Bars final with a score of 13.300. 

 

 

Squash:

Cincinnati Gaynor Cup (18-22 Feb): Georgina Kennedy was the top seed and reached the final but ultimately lost out to but missed out 2nd seed  Amanda Sobhy 8-11 2-11 7-11, who had also taken out 4th seed Jasmine Hutton 11-6 11-6 11-8 in the semifinals and Saran Nghiem in round 2.

 

8th seed Grace Gear got to the quarter finals before being beaten by 3rd seed  Salma Hany. a bye to the second round. 

 

Alicia Mead and Torrie Malik both lost their first-round matches.  

 

 

Table Tennis:

WTT Grand Smash - Singapore (19Feb-01 Mar) - Tom Jarvis received a wildcard for the men's singles in Singapore but went out in the first round to  qualifier Kirill Gerassimenko 7-11 8-11 8-11. 

 

 

Tennis:

WTA1000 Dubai Duty Free Championships (16-22 Feb):  Emma Raducanu will want to forget her Middle East swing after another 1st round exit. This time at the hands of  Antonia Ruzic who emerged 6-1 5-7 6-2 winner. in the first round. Sonay Kartal was attempting to qualify for the main draw as the 3rd seed. She got to the second qualifying round but lost out to Aliaksandra Sasnovich.  

 

ATP500 Qatar Exxonmobil Open (16-22 Feb) - Jan Choinski had a pretty poor start to the year but is perhaps beginning to turn things around after qualifying for the main draw after defeating  James McCabe and top seed  Quentin Halys. He faced 6th seed  Jakub Mensic and came pretty close to pulling off a major upset but eventually went down 7-6 2-6 4-6. Billy Harris also attempted to qualify but fell in the second round to  Pablo Carreno Busta. 

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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.