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2026 European Championships - Huelva Men's Singles: 1. Christo Popov 2. Anders Antonsen 3. Toma Popov 3. Arnaud Merkle Women's Singles 1. / Kirsty Gilmour 2. Line Kjaersfeldt 3. Neslihan Arin 3. Mia Blichfeldt Men's Doubles 1. / Ben Lane & Sean Vendy 2. Christo Popov & Toma Popov 3. / Alex Green & Zach Russ 3. Mads Vestergaard & Daniel Lundgaard Women's Doubles 1. Gabriela Stoeva & Stefani Stoeva 2. Bengisu Ercetin & Nazlican Inci 3. Kathrine Vang & Mette Werge 3. Polina Buhrova & Yevheniia Kantemyr Mixed Doubles: 1. Mathias Christiansen & Alexandra Boje 2. / Callum Hemming & Estelle Van Leeuwen 3. Marvin Seidel & Thuc Phuong Nguyen 3. Jesper Toft & Amalie Magelund

2026 Week 13 (13-19 Apr) Events: Aquatics - Swimming: Aquatics National Championships (14-19 Apr) - The key qualifying event for this year's European Championships and the Commonwealth Games, expect all of the big names to be in attendance (barring illness or injury). Will be covered in more detail in the GB Swimming thread. Aquatics - Diving: American Cup (16-19 Apr) - Team have announced a team of 10 for the event taking place in Fort Lauderdale - Leon Baker, Desharne Bent-Ashmeil, Maisie Bond, Eden Cheng, Todd Geggus, Kyle Kothari, Noah Penman, Amy Rollinson, Louis Toulson and Noah Williams. Badminton: Malta International 2026 (16-19 Apr) - Nadeem Dalvi will take on Lucas Douce in the first round of the Men's Singles whilst Sid Palakkal will take on 2nd seed Mikolaj Szymanowski. In the Men's Doubles, Robin Harper and Harry Wakefield are the top seeds and have a bye to the round of 16. They are joined in the main draw by Evan Kenny and Josh Taylor who will take on Zoltan Kereszti and Marton Szerecz in the first round. There are two British pairings in the Women's Doubles - Susanna Ogden with Carly Stevenson and Mili Patel with Kayleigh Ann Williams both have a bye to the last 16. In the Mixed Doubles, Robin Harper is paired with Yulia Tang, Rowan Clark is teamed with Susanna Ogden and Llwyd Crump will compete with Mili Patel. Cycling - Road: Liege-Bastogne-Liege (18-Apr) - Pending confirmation of the start list. La Fleche Brabanconne (17-Apr) - Assuming Tom Pidcock has recovered from his recent injury, he is due to compete. Joseph Blackmore and Lukas Nerurkar also appear on the start list. Anna Henderson, Millie Couzens and Becky Storrie are among the Brits competing in the women's event. Cycling - Track: UCI Nations Cup II - Hong Kong (16-19 Apr) - After the disruption of the first Nations Cup event in Melbourne, Team are sending a pretty full strength squad. Event will be covered in more detail in the GB Cycling thread. Equestrian - Dressgae: 2026 FEI Dressage Nations Cup - Fontainebleau (16-19 Apr) - Fiona Bigwood, Charlotte Fry, Carl Hester and Lewis Carrier are all scheduled to compete Football: 2027 FIFA World Cup Qualifying (14-Apr) - women continue their World Cup qualifying campaign with what is likely to be their toughest pool match against . Golf: PGA: RBC Heritage (16-19 Apr) - Matt Fitzpatrick, Tommy Fleetwood, Harry Hall, Robert MacIntyre, Jordan Smith, Matt Wallace and Justin Rose will be competing at Hilton Head. Ladies European Tour: Joburg Ladies Open (16-19 Apr) - Cara Gainer, Alice Hewson, Darcey Harry, Annabell Fuller, Hannah Screen, Lydia Hall, Esme Hamilton, Hannah Burke, Lily May Humphreys, Amy Taylor, Gemma Clews, Charlotte Heath, Hannah Darling, Meghan MacLaren, Thalia Kirby, Jess Baker, Ellen Hume, Lianna Bailey, Hayley Davis, Lorna McClymont, Laura Beveridge and Thalia Martin are competing. Judo: 2026 European Senior Championships (16-19 Apr) - The squad announced for the European Championships is probably a bit light given the relatively good start to the season the team has had. Charlie Ayre will compete at -60Kg with Charlie Young at -66Kg. Both Ben Levy and Ethan Nairne will compete at -73Kg. Oliver Barratt competing at -100Kg will complete the men's squad. In the women's squad, Tatum Keen will compete at -52Kg with Acelya Toprak in the -57Kg division. Kelly Petersen-Pollard will compete at -70Kg with both Emma Reid and Shelley Ludford competing at -78Kg. Rugby Svns: 2026 SVNS World Championships - Hong Kong (17-19 Apr) - Am not expecting a huge amount from Team . The form for both the men's and women's teams has been pretty woeful in the last couple of fixtures so unless they're going to be inspired by the dim sum I don't see much changing. Or maybe the musical delights of the Vengaboys will be enough to lift their performance . GB women have been drawn against , and whilst the GB men will start their pool against followed by and . Squash: Bermuda Open (14-18 Apr) - Nathan Lake is the 7th seed whilst Nick Wall is the 8th seed and both have a first round bye. Finnlay Withington will take on Mohamed Sharaf in the first round with the winner taking on top seed Kareem El Torkey. Lucy Turmel is the 2nd seed in the women's event and has a bye to the second round. Sportwerk Open (15-19 Apr) - Patrick Rooney will face David Bernet with the winner taking on top seed Youssef Soliman in round 2. Adrian Waller will take on Sam Todd in the first round with the winner taking on 6th seed Abhay Singh. Rory Stewart will take on Mazen Hesham with the winner taking on 2nd seed Aly Abou Eleinen. In the women's event, Jasmine Hutton is the 3rd seed whilst Katie Malliff is the 6th seed - both have 1st round bye. Millie Tomlinson will take on Katerina Tycova in the first round whilst Kiera Marshall will face Marie Stephan for the right to play top seed Salma Hany in round 2. Table Tennis: WTT Feeder - Havirov (13-17 Apr) - Anna Hursey and Tin-Tin Ho are both due to be competing in the Women's Singles event. Tennis: WTA250 - Open Capfinances Rouen Metropole (13-19 Apr) - Katie Boulter will take on Elsa Jacquemot in the first round. ATP500 - Barcelona Open (13-19 Apr) - Cameron Norrie is the 7th seed and will take on veteran Stan Wawrinka in the first round. 8th seed Jack Draper will have a tough opener against Tomas Etcheverry in the first round. ATP500 - BMW Open (13-19 Apr) - Arthur Fery attempted to qualify for the main draw but lost in the first round of qualifying. Likewise, Jan Choinski also fell in the first round of qualifying.

2026 Week 12 (23-29 Mar) Results: Aquatics - Artistic Swimming: World Aquatics Artistic Swimming 2026 World Cup II (27-29 Mar) - sent team of 7 to Paris. Katie Shortman and Isabelle Thorpe took bronze in the Women's Duet Technical with score of 287.825 whilst Ranjuo Tomblin took silver in both the Men's Solo Technical (238.9359) and the Men's Solo Free (235.2038). Thorpe and Tomblin then teamed up to take the bronze in the Mixed Duet Free with score of 249.1125. Aquatics - Open Water Swimming: World Aquatics Open Water Swimming 2026 World Cup I (27-29 Mar) - Ella Dyson was the only Brit competing in Somabay and finished in 20th place in the Women's 10km event. Cycling - BMX Freestyle: Lloyds National BMX Freestyle Series I (28-29 Mar) - A small field got even smaller with just 4 athletes taking part in each event. In the Men's Park event, Jordan Clark took the title ahead of Reef Way and Miller Temple. In the Women's Park event, Elsa Rendall Todd took the win ahead of Sasha Pardoe. Kitty Joseph took 4th. Cycling - Road: Volta Ciclista a Catalunya (23-29 Mar) - 8 Brits started the event, but only 4 would finish the course. Oscar Onley was the best of the Brits, finishing in 12th place. The rest were well down the field with Paul Double in 98th, Ethan Vernon in 117th and Mark Stewart in 121st. Tom Pidcock was sitting in 2nd overall going into the 6th stage when he suffered a serious crash which forced him to withdraw. Tour of Bruges (25-26 Mar) - Ben Turner was the best of the Brits in the men's event with an 18th place finish. Joshua Giddings was 39th, Sean Flynn was 46th with Samuel Watson in 50th. Connor Swift was well down the field in 81st, Oliver Stockwell in 85th and Robert Donaldson in 90th. In the women's event, Carys Lloyd took the win ahead of Elisa Balsamo. Zoe Backstedt also finished in the points with an 18th placed finish. Robyn Clay was 83rd, Millie Couzens 102nd and Elynor Backstedt was 104th (and last of the finishers) E3 Saxo Classic (27-Mar) - Fred Wright was the highest placed Brit in 51st. Samuel Watson missed out on a points finish in 61st. Bjorn Koerdt was down in 93rd, Max Walker was 98th and Owain Doull finished in 100th place. Josh Tarling was down in 108th with Connor Swift in 111th. The rest of the Brits were DNF. Gent-Wevelgem in Flanders Fields (29-Mar) - Robert Donaldson was the highest place Brit in the men's event in 5th place. Samel Watson finished in 17th. Lewis Askey was the only other Brit to finish in the points in 40th. Matthew Brennan was well down the field in 99th, Owain Doull was 105th, whilst Josh Tarling was 106th. The rest of the Brits failed to finish. In the women's event, Pfeiffer Georgi finished in 12th place, with Imogen Wolff in 18th and Cat Ferguson in 21st. Zoe Backstedt finished in 35th place. Flora Perkins finished in 53rd place with Millie Couzens in 56th. Josie Nelson just missed out on a points scoring finish in 61st. Robyn Clay and Carys Lloyd were both DNF. Fencing: FIE Epee World Cup (Individual & Team) (26-29 Mar) - Cador Beautyman was the highest placed Brit in Astana in 80th pace. William East finished in 104th with Benjamin Andrews in 212th and Charlie Lutyens-Humfrey in 234th. FIE Sabre World Cup (Individual & Team) (26-29 Mar) - Maria Chart finished in 114th and Jenna Bray finished in 145th in Tashkent . In the men's event taking place in Budapest , William Deary finished in 49th place with Barnaby Halliwell in 86th. Samuel Allen was 139th, Jonathan Webb 172nd, Luke Haynes 191st and Olympios Gougoulias in 198th. Max Cromie (206th), Liam Croft (208th), Mattia Plastow (216th), Eiger Swinscow (222nd) and Ian Ho (225th) were all well down the field. In the team event, Allen, Deary, Halliwell and Webb combined to finish down in 22nd place. Golf: PGA: Texas Children's Houston Open (26-29 Mar) - Harry Hall was the highest placed Brit in Houston. His -7 was enough for a tie for 28th. -6 took Paul Waring to a tie for 39th. Jordan Smith was in a tie for 44th on -5 with John Parry on -4 in tie for 48th. Matt Wallace was in a tie for 51st on -3 with Danny Willett a shot further back in a tie for 56th. Aaron Rai and Dan Brown both missed the cut. LPGA: Ford Championship (26-29 Mar) Mimi Rhodes was originally shown as a reserve for the event but went on to finish in a tie for 6th place on -18. Lottie Woad was in a tie for 34th on -11. Charley Hull, Gemma Dryburgh and Jodi Ewart Shadoff all missed the cut. DPT: Hero Indian Open (26-29 Mar) - Alex Fitzpatrick took the title in New Delhi on -9. Andy Sullivan was in a tie for 3rd on -5. Ewen Ferguson and Calum Hill were in a tie for 6th on -3. David Law's -2 was enough for a tie for 9th with Euan Walker on -1 in a tie for 11th. James Morrison (+4) was in tie for 24th, Matthew Jordan (+5) in tie for 29th with Daniel Young (+6) in tie for 31st. Matthew Baldwin, Joe Dean and Jack Senior all scored +7 and finished in a tie for 34th. Cameron Adam finished in a tie for 43rd on +10. Grant Forrest (+12), Brandon Robinson Thompson (+13) and Dan Bradbury (+14) were all well down the field. The rest of the Brits missed the cut. Sailing: Trofeo SAR Princesa Sofia (27 Mar - 04-Apr) - Will cover the results in more detail on the GB Sailing thread. Shooting: ISSF Shotgun World Cup (25 Mar - 03-Apr) - A strong team should be making the trip to Tangier . Men's Skeet: Ben Llewellin, Mitchell Brooker Smith No Brits made the final. Arran Eccleston was the highest finisher in 13th with Mitchell Brooker-Smith in 31st and Ben Llewellin in 33rd. Dominic Cooper and Hugh Westminster were competing for ranking points and finished in 42nd and 43rd respectively. Women's Skeet: Bethany Norton took the title with a new Junior World Record in the final. Men's Trap: Having been the top qualifier for the final, Nathan Hales missed out on a medal finishing in 4th place. Tom Betts finished qualifying in 33rd whilst Matt Coward-Holley had an event to forget as he finished down in 70th place. Women's Trap: Ellie Seward missed out on the final with score of 112 and 12th place. Maddie Purser finished in 35th. Neither of the British squads in the Mixed Team Trap threatened the final - Coward-Holley and Seward finished in 12th whilst Hales and Purser were down in 21st. Squash: Optasia Championships (24-29 Mar): Joel Makin was the 4th seed and reached the semifinals. 6th seed Marwan ElShorbagy and 7th seed Mohamed ElShorbagy also performed to their ranking, with both reaching the quarterfinals. Jonah Bryant, Declan James and Curtis Malik made it to the second round, whilst Sam Todd, Patrick Rooney and Sam Osborne-Wylde lost in the first round. Georgina Kennedy was the 4th seed and reached the semifinals. For the rest of the Brits, it was a tournament to forget with Jasmine Hutton and Lucy Turmel both losing their opening matches.

wrap up the tie with a 6-3 6-4 win in the doubles. Jodie Burrage and Harriet Dart combining to take out Storm Hunter and Ellen Perez - both currently top-20 doubles players.

And the medals keep on coming - Kirsty Gilmour will also be on the podium after taking out the second seed in the Women's Singles Quarterfinals. This will be Gilmour's 5th consecutive podium at the Europeans, stretching all the way back to Kyiv in 2021.

Callum Hemming & Estelle Van Leeuwen will go for gold in the Mixed Doubles Ben Lane & Sean Vendy guaranteed a medal after reaching the semifinals of the Men's Doubles Alex Green & Zach Russ also guaranteed a medal in the Men's Doubles after dispatching the top seeds in the quarterfinals

Despite lacking their top tier players, Team have taken 2-0 lead over after the first day of their BJK Cup in Melbourne. Mika Stojsavljevic defeated world number 56 Talia Gibson 7-6 7-5 and then Hariet Dart took out Kimberley Birrell 4-6 6-3 6-3. 1 more win tomorrow will take the Brits to September's finals

Men have qualified for the finals of the Thomas Cup which will take place in Horsens later this month. They have been drawn in Group B against , and . The top 2 in the pool will qualify for the knock out rounds and Japan and Malaysia will start as favourites. Last year, managed to win just 1 match across the 15 played in the group but hopefully they should be able to see off Finland - they defeated them 3-2 in the European Team Event in February.

/ secure their first medal at the European Badminton Championships in Huelva with Callum Hemming and Estelle Van Leeuwen reaching the semi finals of the mixed doubles. A second medal guaranteed in the Men's Doubles with Christopher Grimley and Matthew Grimley taking on Ben Lane and Sean Vendy in the quarterfinals. Kirsty Gilmour is still in with a shout of a medal - but she will need to overcome 2nd seed Line Christophersen.

2026 World Triathlon Cup - Chengdu (9-May) Team Preliminary Squads: Men's Elite: Max Stapley, Harry Leleu, Oliver Conway, Connor Bentley, Jack Willis Women's Elite: Beth Potter, Kate Waugh, Jessica Fullagar, Sian Rainsley, Katie Rodda

2026 World Triathlon Cup Lanzarote (14-Mar) Men's Elite: 6. Max Stapley 16. Harry Leleu 20. Solomon Okrafo-Smart 37. Jack Stanton-Stock Women's Elite: 1. Nina Elm 2. Georgia Taylor-Brown 3. Laura Lindemann 5. Sophie Evans 33. Annabel Morton

2026 World Triathlon Cup Haikou (21-Mar) Men's Elite: 1. Oliver Conway 2. Tim Hellwig 3. Hugo Milner 5. Brandon Pye 10. Michael Gar 12. Alex Robin Women's Elite: 1. Diana Isakova 2. Sophie Malowiecki 3. Sian Rainsley 6. Olivia Mathias

With Abu Dhabi being postponed, Samarkand will be the first leg of the WTCS later this month. Team Squads: Men - Max Stapley, Jack Willis, Hugo Milner, Oliver Conway & Connor Bentley Women - Beth Potter, Olivia Mathias, Sian Rainsley, Jessica Fullagar, Tilly Anema, Katie Waugh, Georgia Taylor-Brown No Alex Yee in the field - he's opted to act as pacemaker for Emile Cairess at the London Marathon on the same weekend.

Bit of a weakened Team squad heading down under for this weekend's BJK Cup qualifier. No Raducanu or Boulter and Kartal withdrew injured. Harriet Dart (162) Katie Swan (264) Jodie Burrage (448) Mika Stojsavljevic (284)