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 Likewise, Sameul Jones and Lizzie Tolman have also withdrawn.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