Rafa Maciel

Luke Dillon is stepping down from his role as GB Surfing Performance Coach to return to competition this weekend

Tatum Keen on track for her biggest career result in Tbilisi. She's through to the gold medal match in the -52Kg weight division where she'll face Blandine Pont. Irrespective of whether she wins or loses, it will be her best result ever and her first medal at Grand Slam level of competition. Staying in Tbilisi Acelya Toprak also has a chance to get her first Grand Slam medal. She'll fight Martha Fawaz for bronze in the -57Kg weight class. Only a couple of months before the LA ranking window opens and the results are definitely looking better than we saw last year.

Victory for Tom Pidcock in the Milano-Torino today. His first victory in a one day race for a couple of years

2026 Week 9 (02 Mar -09 Mar) Results: Time to catch up on a backlog of results. Badminton: YONEX All England Open Championships (03 Mar - 08 Mar) - They came, they played, they didn't last long. Kirsty Gilmour withdrew before the tournament began. Ben Lane and Sean Vendy retired whilst trailing 16-21 15-18 to the top seeds Kim Won Ho and Seo Seung Jae in the first round. Callum Hemming and Estelle Van Leeuwen lost 14-21 12-21 to Goh Soon Huat and Lai Shevon Jemie in the frist round of the Mixed Doubles. Alexander Dunn and Julie Macpherson were the only Brits to win a match as they defeated Jesper Toft and Amalie Magellund 21-19 14-21 21-9. They would ultimately lose to 6th seeds Xin Wa Guo and Fang Hui Chen 19-21 19-21 in the second round. 61st Portugal International Championships (04 Mar - 08 Mar) - Team had a better time of it in . Cholan Kayan got through to the quarterfinals of the Men's Singles with a couple of strong victories including defeating 3rd seed Dmitriy Panarin 21-11 11-21 21-8. Both Miu Lin Ngan and Leona Lee came through qualifying to make the main draw of the Women's Singles. Ngan would lose out in the first round whilst Lee would exit in the round of 16. Harry Wakefield and Robin Harper lost to William Boe and Andreas Sondergaard 11-21 27-25 13-21 in the first round of the Men's Doubles. Likewise, Saffron Morris and Yulia Tang also exited in the first round after a 15-21 9-21 defeat at the hands of Anna-Sofie Nielsen and Sofie Rojkaer in the Women's Doubles. Baseball: 2026 World Baseball Classic (05 - 17 Mar)- were swept aside by both (8-2) and (9-1). That was followed by another defeat at the hands of (7-4). They finished their pool match with an 8-1 victory over to finish the pool in 4th place. Basketball: 2027 FIBA World Cup Qualifying (03-Mar) - men suffered back to back defeats at the hands of . They lost the home leg 93-57 and the away leg 84-75. Cycling - Road: 63rd Trofeo Laigueglia (04 Mar)- Mark Donovan was the highest placed Brit in 42nd with Lukas Nerurkar in 57th. Ben Granger was in 66th. Both Oliver Stockwell and Simon Carr failed to finish. Strade Bianche (07-Mar) - Tom Pidcock finished in 7th place. Bjoern Koerdt and Mark Donovan both finished in the points in 37th and 38th respectively. James Shaw finished in 56th. Connor Swift finished well down the field in 105th with Ben Granger in 113th. Strade Bianche Donne (07-Mar) - Flora Perkins was 16th; Millie Couzens 34th with Josie Nelson in 38th Cycling - Track: UCI Nations Cup I - Perth (06-08 Mar) - The travel disruption cause by events in the Middle East caused havoc with the event as plenty of teams from Europe couldn't get over to Perth. Aussie turned Brit at least did us proud - taking gold in the Men's Individual Sprint and silver in the Men's Keirin. Fencing: FIE Foil World Cup (Individual & Team) (05-07 Mar) - The event in Cairo has been postponed due to the conflict in Middle East and will now take place on 16-April. FIE Sabre World Cup (Individual & Team) (06-08 Mar) - As with the Foil event in Cairo, the Sabre events in Padua and Athens were cancelled and due to the Middle East conflict and will be rescheduled for April. Football: 2027 FIFA World Cup Qualifying - women made solid start to their World Cup qualifying campaign with a 6-1 defeat of followed by a 2-0 win over . Golf: Ladies European Tour Australian Women's Classic (05-08 Mar): Meghan MacLaren and Caley McGinty finished on -9 in a tie for second place, 4 shots behind eventual champion Kelsey Bennett. Lily May Humphreys finished in 9th on -4, a shot ahead of Alice Hewson. Chloe Williams and Annabell Fuller were in a tie for 18th on Par whilst +1 placed Charlotte Heath in 22nd. Darcey Harry, Esme Hamilton and Kelsey Macdonald were in a group on +2 finishing in tie for 25th. +4 left Lydia Hall in tie for 34th. Cara Gainer was down in 50th place on +9. The rest of the Brits failed to make the cut. LPGA Blue Bay 2026. (05-08 Mar): Mimi Rhodes was the best placed Brit in a tie for 33rd. Gemma Dryburgh's +7 was enough for a tie for 50th whilst Jodi Ewart Shadoff finished on +8 in a tie for 60th. PGA: Arnold Palmer Invitational (05-08 Mar) - Harry Hall finished on -8 in a tie for 9th with Robert MacIntyre in a tie for 24th on -2. Matt Fitzpatrick finished on +1 in a tie for 41st whilst Tommy Fleetwood was 49th on +6. Justin Rose missed the cut. PGA: Puerto Rico Open (05-08 Mar) - John Parry and David Skinns finished on -11 in a tie for 8th place. Danny Willett was down in a tie for 42nd on -6 with Martin Laird in a tie for 57th on -4. Matt Wallace and Paul Waring missed the cut. DPT: Joburg Open (05-08 Mar) - Dan Bradbury was the champion on -17, one shot ahead of runner up Brandon Robinson Thompson. Alex Fitzpatrick was in 6th place on -12. Both Nathan Kimsey (-9 for 12th) and Ross Fisher (-8 in 15th) had top-20 finishes. Todd Clements, Eddie Pepperell and David Law finished on -5 in a tie for 28th place. -4 left Cameron Adam, Ben Schmidt and Connor Syme in a tie for 36th whilst Marcus Armitage and Jamie Rutherford were on -3 in a tie for 45th. Jack Hawksby (-2), Ewen Ferguson and James Morrison (-1) missed out on top-50 finishes whilst Sam Bairstow, Joe Dean and Richie Ramsay were well down the field in a tie for 62nd place on par. The rest of the Brits competing missed the cut. Judo: Grand Prix Upper Austria 2026 (07-08 Mar): have had a decent start to the season and there were a couple of bright spots in Linz. Men's -60Kg: Charlie Ayre lost his first bout of the tournament in the round of 32. Men's -66Kg: Charlie Young lost in the first round. Michael Fryer exited in the round of 16. Men's -73Kg: Irakli Goginashvili lost in the first round, but Ethan Nairne took his first Grand Prix title. Men's -81Kg: Lachlan Moorhead exited in the first round whilst Rory Tyrrell went out in round 2. Men's -90Kg: Jamal Petgrave had a bye to the round of 32 but lost his first fight. Men's -100Kg: Oliver Barratt was another early casualty, losing in his first match. Men's +100Kg: Wesley Greenidge lost in the first round. Women's -52Kg: Caitlin Barber was another first round exit whilst Tatum Keen took 5th place. Women's -57Kg: Acelya Toprak had a first round bye but would lose in round 2. Women's -70Kg: Katie-Jemima Yeats Brown went out in the first round whilst Kelly Petersen Pollard went through to the repechage and would finish in 7th place. Women's -78Kg: Emma Reid was the top seed but lost her first fight. Shelley Ludford exited in the round of 16 Squash: Airsprint Private Aviation Canadian Men's Open (02-06 Mar): Marwan ElShorbagy, Greg Lobban and Adrian Waller all exited in the quarter-finals whilst Nathan Lake, Simon Herbert, Sam Osborne-Wylde and Nick Wall lost in the 2nd round. Finally, Tom Walsh and Rory Stewart were first round casualties. New Zealand Squash Open (03-08 Mar): Joel Makin got through to the semi finals before losing to Mohamad Zakaria in 5 sets. Patrick Rooney made it to the quarterfinals before being beaten by Makin. Both Jonah Bryant and Curtis Malik had first round byes and would lose their opening match. In the women's draw, Torrie Malik got to the semi-finals but had to retire whilst trailing 4-11 7-11 0-2 to Nele Gilis. Grace Gear went out in the 2nd round whilst Alicia Mead lost her first round match to Alina Bushma. Richardson Wealth Women's Open (04-08 Mar): Tesni Murphy was due to be the top seed in Vancouver but withdrew before the event started. This elevated Georgia Adderley to the top spot, and she would go on to take the title with a 12-10 11-9 11-8 victory over Nardine Garas. Kiera Marshall also had a decent tournament run. she got through to the semi finals where she faced Adderley. She was trailing 3-11 4-11 1-8 when she was forced to retire. Rugby SVNS: Vancouver (7-8 Mar) - Another weekend and another 8th place finish for both the men and women. For the men, they started with a 21-5 defeat at the hands of . This was followed by a 29-5 loss to . The pool whitewash was completed by a 10-0 defeat to . They came close to a win in the 5th place semi final before coming up short in a 21-19 loss to . The weekend ended with another 29-5 loss to to condemn the team to the bottom of the pile (again). The women's team have been having a nightmare and there's no sign of it ending anytime soon. A 35-5 defeat at the hands of was followed by a 38-5 loss to and a 31-7 loss to . A 32-0 defeat to in the 5th place semi final all but guaranteed they would finish last and their position was confirmed by a 34-19 defeat by . There's still plenty of time before LA, but unless something drastically changes, I can't really see either side qualifying. Table Tennis: WTT Feeder Dusseldorf (02 Mar - 06 Mar): It was a case of so near and yet so far for Anna Hursey. As the top seed, she navigated her way to the final for the loss of only 2 sets. Unfortunately, in the final she came unstuck against qualifier Yuka Kaneyoshi, losing in straight sets. Tom Jarvis was the 5th seed in the Men's Singles and had a bye in the first round. Unfortunately, he lost his second round match to Andrei Istrate. It was better news for Samuel Walker who progressed to the round of 16 before falling to 4th seed Adrien Rassenfosse. Tennis: BNP Paribas Open (04 Mar - 15 Mar): In the men's singles, both Jack Pinnington Jones and Billy Harris lost in the first round of qualifying. In the main draw, Jacob Fearnley got through to the second round with a 6-3 6-3 win over Damir Dzumhur. He pushed 7th seed Taylor Fritz all the way before falling to 3-6 7-6 1-6 defeat. Both Cameron Norrie and defending champion Jack Draper had first round byes. 27th seed Norrie easily dispatched qualifier Mackenzie McDonald 6-2 6-3 before taking out 6th seed Alex de Minaur 6-4 6-4 in the 3rd round. He would move through to the quarterfinals with a 6-4 6-2 win over qualifier Rinky Hijikata. In the quarterfinals, Norrie came up against top seed Carlos Alcaraz and lost in straight sets 6-3 6-4. Draper would also make it through to the quarterfinals after victories over Roberto Bautista Agut and 19th seed Francisco Cerundolo. In the last 16 Draper came up against 3rd seed Novak Djokovic and recorded a tough 3 set win - 6-4 4-6 7-6 - to progress to the quarter finals. In only his second tournament back post injury it was no surprise that Draper seemed pretty lackluster in his QF match against Daniil Medvedev and he would ultimately lose 6-1 7-5 in a match that wasn't without controversy as Draper lost a point on a hindrance review. This week's results have seen Cameron Norrie regain the British Number 1 spot from Draper. In the women's singles, Katie Boulter is missed out on a place in the main draw after losing to Victoria Jimenez Kasinteva in the final round of qualifying. She also missed out on a lucky loser spot to Dalma Galfi. the top seed in the qualifying draw and will take on Viktoriya Tomova. 25th seed Emma Raducanu had a first round bye. She got through to the round of 32 where she came up against 6th seed Amanda Anisimova where she lost 6-1 6-1 in less than an hour. Sonay Kartel got through to the 4th round but had been struggling with back injury most of the week. She would ultimately retire whilst trailing 3rd seed and eventual runner up Elena Rybakina. Fran Jones lost in the first round to Kayla Day.

Road Cycling - No substantive changes. Correction to email address under Section E2. Squash - No substantive changes in the document. Dates for Pan-American Games changed from 16 Jul - 1 Aug 2027 to 23 Jul - 8 Aug 2027

23 year old Arthur Fery has qualified for the main draw of Miami Open - think this must be his first time competing in a Masters Level event main draw.

This hasn't aged well - both Raducanu and Kartal have withdrawn from Miami.

Edinburgh International Meet Day 3 Results Men's 100m Freestyle (LA OQT: 47.86) 1.) Matt Richards - 48.66 2.) Jacob Mills - 48.95 3.) Andreas Vazaios - 49.11 Men's 400m Freestyle (LA OQT: 3:45.46) 1.) Tyler Melbourne-Smith - 3:49.02 2.) James Guy - 3:49.21 3.) Max Litchfield - 3:53.34 Men's 50m Breaststroke (LA OQT: 27.71) 1.) Adam Peaty - 27.33 2.) Max Morgan - 27.41 3.) Archie Goodburn - 27.45 Men's 200m Backstroke (LA OQT: 1:56.05) 1.) Luke Greenbank - 1:58.28 2.) Cameron Brooker - 1:59.53 3.) Matthew Ward - 2:00.22 Men's 100m Butterfly (LA OQT: 51.06) 1.) Edward Mildred - 51.73 2.) Lewis Fraser - 52.67 3.) Evan Jones - 53.18 Women's 100m Freestyle (LA OQT: 53.60) 1.) Theodora Taylor - 54.90 2.) Evelyn Davis - 55.16 3.) Marlee Winser - 55.47 Women's 1500m Freestyle (LA OQT: 16:08.65) 1.) Amelie Blocksidge - 16:24.80 2.) Lucy Parsons - 16:41.33 3.) Madison Rens - 16:53.89 Women's 200m Breaststroke (LA OQT: 2:23.49) 1.) Angharad Evans - 2:22.31 2.) Abbie Wood - 2:23.76 3.) Imogen Myles - 2:28.09 Women's 200m Backstroke (LA OQT: 2:08.95) 1.) Madison Kryger - 2:10.00 2.) Katie Shanahan - 2:10.24 3.) Honey Osrin - 2:11.08 Women's 50m Butterfly (LA OQT: 26.57) 1.) Tamara Potocka - 26.45 2.) Flawia Kamzol - 26.83 3.) Maari Randvali - 27.07 Women's 200m Individual Medley (LA OQT: 2:09.90) 1.) Freya Colbert - 2:10.48 2.) Amalie Smith - 2:11.44 3.) Leah Schlosshan - 2:12.14

Caveating the Edinburgh International Meet results - although I am posting the OQT, the only meet that will matter will be the Olympic Trials in April 2028. I'm putting the OQT so that we can see how close (or far) some of our swimmers are from hitting the qualifying time in various scenarios - for example, I'd be surprised if many of the squad had tapered going into this week's meet.

After disappointment of not progressing to the semis at Milan-Cortino, it's time for the women's curling world championships in Calgary . We're into day 3 and , led by Fay Henderson haven't had the best of starts. After 3 matches, they are 1-2 having lost to and and defeating .

Edinburgh International Meet Day 2 Results Men's 50m Freestyle (LA OQT: 21.69) 1.) Matt Richards - 22.43 2.) Jacob Mills - 22.49 3.) David Cumberlidge - 22.61 Men's 800m Freestyle (LA OQT: 7:47.04) 1.) Tyler Melbourne-Smith - 7:58.15 2.) Luke Hornsey - 8:05.14 3.) Sean McCann - 8:12.61 Men's 100m Breaststroke (LA OQT: 59.27) 1.) Filip Nowacki - 1:00.26 2.) Gregory Butler - 1:00.37 3.) Max Morgan - 1:00.54 4.) Adam Peaty - 1:00.74 Men's 50m Backstroke (LA OQT: 23.35) 1.) Oliver Morgan - 24.73 2.) Mantas Kauspedas - 24.95 3.) Jack Skerry - 25.12 Men's 200m Butterfly (LA OQT: 1:54.69) 1.) Edward Mildred - 1:58.91 2.) Anton Semenyuk - 1:59.16 3.) Thomas Beeley - 1:59.77 Men's 400m IM (LA OQT: 4:11.52) 1.) Duncan Scott - 4:15.94 2.) Max Litchfield - 4:19.04 3.) Edward Marcal Whittles - 4:26.35 Women's 200m Freestyle (LA OQT: 1:56.43) 1.) Freya Colbert - 1:54.98 2.) Abbie Wood - 1:57.23 3.) Leah Schlosshan - 1:58.28 Women's 800m Freestyle (LA OQT: 8:26.71) 1.) Amelie Blocksidge - 8:35.51 2.) Lucy Fox - 8:43.85 3.) Lucy Parsons - 8:47.35 Women's 50m Breaststroke (LA OQT: 31:33) 1.) Anna Morgan - 30.78 2.) Kara Hanlon - 31.06 3.) Jasmine Carter - 31.74 Women's 50m Backstroke (LA OQT: 28.59) 1.) Lauren Cox - 27.63 2.) Blythe Kinsman - 28.17 3.) Madison Kryger - 28.59 Women's 100m Butterfly (LA OQT: 57.38) 1.) Ciara Schlosshan - 58.39 2.) Lucy Grieve - 58.72 3.) Keanna Macinnes - 58.92 Women's 400m Individual Medley (LA OQT: 4:37.33) 1.) Amalie Smith - 4:40.13 2.) Suzie McNair - 4:50.55 3.) Evi Mackie - 4:51.77

2026 Week 11 (16-22 Mar) Events: Athletics: 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships (20-22 Mar) - Event will be covered in more detail in the GB Athletics Thread. Badminton: Orleans Masters 2026 (17-22 Mar) - Kirsty Gilmour will face 6th seed Riko Gunji in the first round of the Women's Singles. Harry Huang is trying to qualify for the main draw. In the Men's Doubles, Alexander Dunn and Adam Pringle will take on a qualifier. Christopher Grimley and Matthew Grimley face 8th seed Muhammad Rian Ardianto and Rahmat Hidayat. Alex Green and Zach Russ also look like they will be in the main draw after coming through qualifying. In the Women's Doubles, Julie Macpherson and Ciara Torrance will take on 6th seed Margot Lambert and Camille Pognante. Alexander Dunn and Julie MacPherson take on Rasmus Espersen and Amalie Cecilie Kudsk whilst Callum Hemming and Estelle Van Leeuwen face Gao Jia Xuan and Wu Meng Ying in the Mixed Doubles. Polish Open 2026 (18-22 Mar) - Cholan Kayan will face 7th seed William Bogebjerg. There are a raft of Brits in the qualifying draw so we could see a couple make it to the main draw. Oliver Butler and Samuel Jones are the 3rd seeds in the Men's Doubles and have a bye to the second round whilst Robin Harper and Harry Wakefield will take on Ewan Goulin and Arsene Serre in the first round. Abbygael Harris and Lizzie Tolman are the 3rd seeds and have a bye to the second round. Saffron Morris and Yulia Tang will take on Serena Au Yeong and Anna Hagspiel whilst Lisa Curtin and Sian Kelly will take on a qualifier. Oliver Butler and Abbygael Harris will face Max Svensson and Sofia Stromvall in the Mixed Doubles whilst Samuel Jones and Lizzie Tolman have drawn a qualifier. Basketball: 2027 Women's EuroBasket Qualifying - will wrap up the first stage of their Eurobasket qualifying pool with a home tie against bottom of the table . Cycling - BMX Freestyle: Ride the Dragon - According to the UCI website this is taking place this wekend - still can't find the entry list though. Cycling - Road: Milano-Torino (18-Mar) - Simon Carr and Tom Pidcock are among the starters. Danilith Nokere Koerse (18-Mar) - Ben Wiggins, Joshua Giddings and Mark Stewart are due to compete in the men's event whilst Anna Henderson, Eilidh Shaw, Carys Lloyd, Erin Boothman, Robyn Clay, Josie Nelson, April Tacey and Noemie Thomson will compete in the women's event. Grand Prix De Denain - Porte Du Hainaut (19-Mar) - Oliver Stockwell looks likely to be the only Brit competing. Bredene Koksijde Classic (20-Mar) - Joshua Giddings and Robert Donaldson will be competing. Milano-Sanremo Donne (21-Mar) - Cat Ferguson and Pfeiffer Georgi among the Brits on the start list. Milano-Sanremo (21-Mar) - Fred Wright, Tom Pidcock, Matthew Brennan are among the Brits competing. Fencing: FIE Foil Grand Prix (13 Mar) - Harry Bird, Jaimie Cook, Joe Donaghue, Luca Florea, Louis Guennou, Jake Hurst, Maxwell Jones, Alberto Mascioli, Kamal Minott, Camille Perrin, Rafael Rhys Pollitt and David Williams will compete in the men's event in Lima whilst Georgia Gardner and Bronwen Granville will compete in the women's event. Golf: PGA: Valspar Championship (19-22 Mar) - Dan Brown, Matt Fitzpatrick, John Parry, Marco Penge, Aaron Rai, David Skinns, Jordan Smith, Matt Wallace, Paul Waring, and Danny Willett will be competing. Ladies European Tour: Australian WPGA Championship (19-22 Mar) - Alice Hewson, Annabell Fuller, Gabriella Cowley, Lydia Hall, Esme Hamilton, Lily May Humphreys, Amy Taylor, Gemma Clews, Charlotte Heath, Caley McGinty, Meghan MacLaren, Luca Thompson, Billie Jo Smith, Darcey Harry and Kelsey Macdonald are competing. LPGA: Fortinet Founders Cup (19-22 Mar) Lottie Woad, Jodi Ewart Shadoff and Mimi Rhodes will be competing. Hainan Classic (19-22 Mar) - Grant Forrest, Dan Bradbury, Calum Hill, Matt Killen, Andy Sullivan, Marcus Armitage, Matthew Jordan, Brandon Robinson Thompson, Ben Schmidt, Jack Senior, Ross Fisher, David Law, James Morrison, Daniel Young, Joshua Berry, Euan Walker, Cameron Adam, Nathan Kimsey, Matthew Baldwin, Jack Yule and Eddie Pepperell are scheduled to compete. Gymnastics - Artistic: British Championships (21-22 Mar) - Still hunting down the start lists - expecting most of the big names to be there. Georgia Mae Fenton looks unlikely as she's been nursing a back injury. Not seen any news on the Gadirovas. The event will be getting shown on BBC Judo: Tbilisi Grand Slam 2026 (20-22 Mar): Men's -66Kg: Charlie Young Men's -73Kg: Benjamin Levy and Ethan Nairne Men's -81Kg: Lachlan Moorhead Men's -100Kg: Oliver Barratt Women's -52Kg: Tatum Keen Women's -57Kg: Acelya Toprak Women's -70Kg: Kelly Petersen Pollard Women's -78Kg: Emma Reid and Shelley Ludford Taekwondo: Belgian Open 2026 (21 Mar): Men's -54Kg: Finn Labong and Thomas Bailey Men's -58Kg: Alexander Sherratt, Ibrahim Hussain and Zack Sarsoza Men's -63Kg: Adam Akrich, Alfie Whitfield and Manuel Grande Men's -68Kg: Antonio Buonaiuto, Ben Harrison, Bradley France, Jamie McIntosh, Matthew Howell and Tomi Makanjuola Men's -74Kg: Abdallah Grayson-Cadogan, Max Cartwright, and Pak Lam Or Men's -80Kg: Christian Langridge, Dantrell Knight-Mitchell, Sohrab Alipour and Zak Angell Men's +87Kg: Caden Cunningham Women's -46Kg: Etta Choi Women's -49Kg: Emily Clark, Maisie Hockey and Phoenix Goodman, Women's -53Kg: Jodie McKew, Lily Hoy and Ruby Lee Women's -57Kg: Lily Kingsley and Teigan Smith Women's -62Kg: Beth Christy Women's -67Kg: Chloe Roberts, Courtney Kramoh and Grace Gambrill Women's -73Kg: Rebecca McGowan, Ruby Mackay and Zahra Bahmani Women's +73Kg: Chloe Dutton and Lauren Williams Tennis: Miami Open (17-29 Mar): In the second of the sunshine swing events, Emma Raducanu is the 24th seed and will have a bye to the second round. She could face Sonay Kartal if Kartal has recovered from the back injury that she had in Indian Wells and if the Brit can overcome Peyton Stearns. Fran Jones will face veteran Venus Williams. Finally, Katie Boulter will take on Jessica Bouzas Maneiro. We're still pending the main draw for the men's event but we're expecting Cam Norrie, Jack Draper and Jacob Fearnley to all be competing. In qualifying, Jack Pinnington Jones will take on Coleman Wong; Billy Harris will face 4th seed Aleksandar Vukic; Jay Clarke will face 24th seed Shintaro Mochizuki and Arthur Fery will take on 10th seed Roman Andres Burruchaga.

Something seems to be afoot in British Gymnastics - they've announced the suspension of all Trampoline World Class Program and Pathway activity with immediate effect - that explains why they pulled the team from last week's World Cup event in the Netherlands. It also means there will be no Team competing at the Euros next month. Reviewing and rebuilding our Trampoline World Class Programme

Freddy Carrick Smith has taken silver in the men's slalom at the Junior World Championships

Edinburgh International Meet Day 1 Results Men's 200m Freestyle (LA OQT: 1:45.83) 1.) Matt Richards - 1:46.81 2.) Jack McMillan - 1:46.90 3.) James Guy - 1:48.05 Men's 1500m Freestyle (LA OQT: 14:51.62) 1.) Luke Hornsey - 15:30.54 2.) Harry Wynne-Jones - 15:41.44 3.) Thomas Trebilcock - 15:46.65 Men's 200m Breaststroke (LA OQT: 2:09.35) 1.) Filip Nowacki - 2:10.15 2.) Gregory Butler - 2:11.06 3.) Dimitrios Tsaliagkos - 2:14.09 Men's 100m Backstroke (LA OQT: 53.00) 1.) Oliver Morgan - 53.14 2.) Jack Skerry - 54.13 3.) Cameron Brooker - 54.54 Men's 50m Butterfly (LA OQT: 23.55) 1.) Joshua Gammon - 23.49 2.) Abduljabar Adama - 23.54 3.) Jacob Peters - 23.63 Men's 200m IM (LA OQT: 1:57.54) 1.) Duncan Scott - 1:58.79 2.) Matthew Ward - 2:02.48 3.) Edward Marcal Whittles - 2:03.67 Women's 50m Freestyle (LA OQT: 24.56) 1.) Theodora Taylor - 24.93 2.) Ranumi Eashwarage - 25.44 3.) Kelly Choi - 25.66 Women's 400m Freestyle (LA OQT: 4:06.27) 1.) Freya Colbert - 4:06.16 2.) Lucy Fox - 4:12.14 3.) Amalie Smith - 4:13.00 Women's 100m Breaststroke (LA OQT: 1:06.10) 1.) Angharad Evans - 1:05.46 2.) Kara Hanlon 1:07.60 3.) Anna Morgan - 1:07.65 Women's 100m Backstroke (LA OQT: 59.49) 1.) Lauren Cox - 1:00.49 2.) Madison Kryger - 1:01.06 3.) Lottie Cullen - 1:01.38 Women's 200m Butterfly (LA OQT: 2:08.15) 1.) Keanna MacInnes - 2:08.36 2.) Ciara Schlosshan - 2:09.57 3.) Emily Richards - 2:09.77

2026 Week 10 (09 - 15 Mar) Events: A fairly chunky week of events - one that kind of makes me regret starting this thread, but we're down the rabbit hole so might as well continue.... Aquatics - Swimming: Edinburgh International Meet (13 - 15 Mar) - This event is always well attended by the British swim team, and this will be an opportunity to get qualifying times for Commonwealth Games later in the year. Entry lists aren't published yet but will keep checking. Athletics: European Throwing Cup (14 - 15 Mar) - UK Athletics have taken the decision not to send a team to the event in Nicosia, citing the ongoing situation in the Middle East. Badminton: Yonex Swiss Open 2026 (10 - 15 Mar) - Kirsty Gilmour will face a qualifier in the first round of the Women's Singles. In the Men's Doubles, Christopher Grimley and Matthew Grimley face 7th seed Daniel Lundgaard and Mads Vestergaard Julie Macpherson and Ciara Torrance will take on Arisa Igarashi and Chiharu Shida in the Women's Doubles. Alexander Dunn and Julie MacPherson take on Mads Vestergaard and Christine Busch in the first round of the Mixed Doubles whilst Callum Hemming and Estelle Van Leeuwen face 2nd seed Mathias Christiansen and Alexandra Boje. Baseball: 2026 World Baseball Classic (09 Mar)- will finish their Pool games with a match against . They've lost all of their matches so far, so will be hoping they can come away with a win over the lower ranked opponents. Basketball: 2027 Women's EuroBasket Qualifying - have an away tie against on 11-Mar followed by a home tie against on 14-Mar. Cycling - BMX Freestyle: Ride the Dragon - According to the UCI website, this should be taking place this weekend but according to the event website, it's on next week. Either way, I don't have an entry list as yet. Cycling - BMX Racing: European Cup Legs I and II (13-14 Mar) - There should be a decent presence in Verona with Bethany Shriever and Emily Hutt competing in the Women's Elite with Callum Russell, Kye Whyte, Jos Marnham, Matthew Gilston and Ross Cullen competing in the Men's Elite. Also worth saying that Ben Cornish, Bradley Russell, Danny Jake Monforte, George Hunt, Harrison Bell, Harry Tanner, Betsy Bax, Sienna Harvey, and Theia Gaynor competing in the Under-23 events. Cycling - Road: Paris-Nice (08-15 Mar) - Lewis Askey, Josh Tarling, Joshua Giddings, Samuel Watson, Oscar Onley, Robert Donaldson, Max Walker and Callum Thornley will be competing. Tirreno-Adriatico (09-15 Mar) - Ethan Hayter, James Shaw, Owain Doull, Mark Donovan, Connor Swift, Oliver Peace, Sean Flynn and Lukas Nerurkar will be competing. Trofeo Alfredo Binda - Comune di Cittiglio (15-Mar) - Pfeiffer Georgi will be among the Brits taking part. Equestrian - Dressage: FEI Dressage World Cup - 's-Hertogenbosch (12-15 Mar) - Charlotte Fry will be competing on Everdale. Fencing: FIE Westend Grand Prix Individual Epee (13 Mar) - Gregory Allen, Benjamin Andrews, Cador Beautyman, Tobias Berry, William East, James Jeal, Vladimir Kukharev, Tristan Lumineau, Charlie Lutyens-Humfrey, Paul James Sanchez-Lethem, Hugo Smith and Louis Taiwo-Williams will be competing in the men's event in Budapest whilst Lucy Grant, Kate Haswell, Kseniya Kushtan, Danielle Lawson, Hannah Nesbitt, Alexandra Powell, Jessica Rogerson, Susan Maria Sica and Katherine Townsend will compete in the women's event. Golf: PGA: The Players Championships (12-15 Mar) - Matt Fitzpatrick, Tommy Fleetwood, Harry Hall, Robert MacIntyre, Marco Penge, Aaron Rai, Jordan Smith and Justin Rose will be competing at Sawgrass. Ladies European Tour: Women's Australian Open (12-15 Mar) - Cara Gainer, Alice Hewson, Darcey Harry, Annabell Fuller, Hannah Screen, Gabriella Cowley, Lydia Hall, Esme Hamilton, Chloe Williams, Lily May Humphreys, Amy Taylor, Gemma Clews, Charlotte Heath, Hannah Darling, Caley McGinty, Meghan MacLaren, Thalia Martin and Kelsey Macdonald are competing. Gymnastics - Artistic: FIG Apparatus World Cup (12-15 Mar) - Courtney Tulloch and Remell Robinson-Bailey will be competing in Antalya Gymnastics - Trampoline: FIG Trampoline World Cup (12-13 Mar) - Team were due to send a team of 5 to Alkmaar including Bryony Page and Isabelle Songhurst but for some reason they have withdrawn the team. Judo: Warsaw European Open 2026 (14-15 Mar): Men's -81Kg: Rory Tyrrell Men's -90Kg: Kenneth Harris Men's +100Kg: Joshua Whitehouse Women's -48Kg: Summer Shaw and Ashleigh Barnikel Women's -57Kg: Lele Nairne Women's -70Kg: Rachel Hawkes Rugby SVNS: New York (14-15 Mar) - Team women will likely go winless for another week - they face , and in the pool matches. For the men, they have a decent pool if they can get their act together and will face , and . Squash: Australian Open (10-15 Mar): Joel Makin is the 2nd seed and has a bye to the second round. As does 4th seed Jonah Bryant is 4th seed and 7th seed Curtis Malik. Patrick Rooney will face Ryunosuke Tsukue whilst Simon Herbert will take on Moustafa Elsirty in the first round. (Spoiler alert: they both lost in the first round) Grace Gear takes on Alicia Mead in an all British first round with the winner going on to face the top seed Sivasangari Subramaniam whilst Torrie Malik faces Cindy Merlo for the right to take on 2nd seed Tinne Gilis. Calgary CFO Consulting Services Women's Squash Week (11-15 Mar): Georgia Adderley is the top seed and, along with Millie Tomlinson who is the 8th seed, has a bye to the second round. Kiera Marshall will take on Helen Tang whilst Lowri Roberts will face Yasshmita Jadishkumar in the first round. Table Tennis: WTT Feeder Otocec 2026 (07-11 Mar): Tom Jarvis is the 4th seed for the Men's Singles. Samuel Walker and Connor Green are also competing in both the singles and doubles. Tin-Tin Ho will compete in the Women's Singles. WTT Champions Chongqing 2026 (10-15 Mar): Anna Hursey will compete in the Women's Singles. Taekwondo: Dutch Open 2026 (15 Mar): Men's -54Kg: Finn Labong Men's -80Kg: Theoharys Stavropoulos Women's -46Kg: Aysa Khorshidi, Lauren Dunsmore Women's -49Kg: Emily Clark Women's -53Kg: Judy Marton and Ruby Lee Women's -62Kg: Beth Christy

I'm not saying anything of the kind - I'm saying that YOU don't know your arse from your elbow when it comes to questions of funding. More than that, you seem to relish in the ridiculous Nostradamus prophesizing of doom and gloom. Only a few weeks ago you were saying that GB were going to cancel all funding for winter sports purely on the basis that GB missed out on a medal in the mixed curling and Kirsty Muir missing the podium. You were rightly called out for it and then went very quiet when the medals started to be won. I'm more than happy to call out the mismanagement of elite sport in UK but thankfully funding decisions a) aren't up to folks like you and b) are made by people who recognise that athletes can't and shouldn't be judged purely on one result. Please, take up knitting or needle point, or maybe join a book club where your outlandish notions can be fully appreciated by like minded people.

There are no changes to the main text. Updates are limited to section H Qualification Timeline. By the looks of things, there was an error in the 10th December Version as it said the Confirmation of quotas took place in November 2027 and the reallocation of quotas took place between December 2027 and June 2028. That section of the timeline has been removed from the March version.

If you are so worried, might I suggest that you retire to a darkened room for a lie down. Feel free to stay there until you rid yourself of these notions that you know anything about sport funding or broadcasting rights.

2026 Week 8 (23 Feb -01 Mar) Results: Aquatics - Diving: World Aquatics 2026 Diving World Cup I (26 Feb - 01 Mar) - There were a couple of podium finishes for Team GB in Montreal. Ben Cutmore and Euan McCabe took bronze in the Men's 10m Synchro with a score of 399.12 - 1.29 points behind in second and 70.11 behind champions . It was the same podium line up in the Men's 3m Synchro with Anthony Harding teaming up with Jack Laugher for bronze with 393.66 behind (441.63) and (461.37). In the Women's 3m Synchro, Scarlett Mew Jensen and Yasmin Harper were well down the field in 7th with score of 270.84. In the individual events, Euan McCabe was 5th in the Men's 10m Platform with score of 452.70 around 46 points off the podium. In the Men's 3m Springboard, Ross Haslam was down in 10th place with score of 433.05 - over 50 points adrift of the podium places. Jordan Houlden dropped his 4th round dive in qualifying resulting in 0 score putting pay to his hopes of qualifying for the final. Yasmin Harper finished in 24th place in the Women's 3m Springboard with score of 230.70 and failed to progress to the final. Badminton: YONEX German Open (24 Feb - 01 Mar) - Harry Huang was the only Brit in the men's singles and exited in the first round after a 21-17 11-21 18-21 defeat at the hands of 4th seed Chun-Yi Lin. Kirsty Gilmour's time in Mulheim an der Ruhr was also short lived. She withdrew from her second-round match whilst trailing 4th seed Tomoka Miyazaki 19-21 9-13 having seen off Manami Suizu 21-7 21-13 in the first round of the women's singles. All 4 pairings in the men's doubles were given tough draws against seeded opponents and all 4 pairing fell in the first round. Oliver Butler and Samuel Jones lost 8th seeds Junaidi Arif and Roy King 14-21 12-21. Alexander Dunn and Adam Pringle lost to 5th seed Hsian Chieh Chiu and Chi-Lin Wang 13-21 11-21. Alex Green and Zach Russ came through qualifying before losing to 6th seeds Bo Yang Chen and Yi Liu 10-21 11-21. Finally, Christopher and Matthew Grimley lost to 7th seed Jhe-Huei Lee and Po-Hsuan Yang 16-21 15-21. In the women's doubles, Julie Macpherson and Ciara Torrance were another casualty in the first round - losing to Kirsten De Wit and Meerte Loos 19-21 19-21. Abbygael Harris and Lizzie Tolman also fell in the first rounf, losing 17-21 21-18 18-21 to Simona Pilgaard and Signe Schulz. Lisa Curtin and Sian Kelly advanced to round 2 with a 21-16 11-21 21-16 win over Nikol Carulla and Carmen Maria Jimenez before losing 8-21 4-21 to Yi Duo Wang and Yi Jing Li. The results in the mixed doubles were at least a bit more positive. Alexander Dunn and Julie Macpherson got to the quarter finals taking out Oleksii Titov and Yevheniia Kantemyr and 2nd seed Xin Wa Guo and Fang Hui Chen on the way before falling to 8th seed Mads Vestergaard and Christine Busch 11-21 18-21. Callum Hemming and Estelle Van Leeuwen got to the second round with a 21-17 21-14 win over Rasmus Espersen and Amalie Cecilie Kudsk before losing to 7th seeds Xing Cheng and Chi Zhang 15-21 17-21. Finally, Samuel Jones and Lizzie Tolman and Oliver Butler and Abbygael Harris both lost in the first round. Basketball: 2027 FIBA World Cup Qualifying (27-Feb) - sit bottom of Group D after the first four matches in the qualifying competition. In a double header against , went down to a 57-93 defeat at home followed by a 75-84 loss in the away tie Cycling - Road: Omloop Nieuwsblad (28 Feb) - Robert Donaldson was the highest placed Brit in 34th place, just ahead of Ben Turner in 37th. Tom Pidcock was over 2 minutes off the pace in 48th place. Lewis Askey finished in the points in 59th place. Fred Wright was down the field in 80th almost 10 minutes off the pace. Ben Swift, Sean Flynn, Noah Hobbs, Matthew Brennan and Sam Watson all failed to finish. Cat Ferguson was just off the podium in 4th place 21 seconds behind eventual winner Demi Vollering. Millie Couzens was in 8th. Flora Perkins was in 25th, just ahead of Imogen Wolff in 27th. Anna Henderson in 40th; Zoe Backstedt in 42nd and Josie Nelson in 43rd all finished in the points. Elynor Backstedt was well down the field in 106th whilst Carys Lloyd was DNF. Faun-Ardeche Classic (28-Feb) - Three Brits finished in the points with Ben Tulett in 13th place; Simon Carr in 18th and Bjorn Koerdt in 28th. Lukas Nerurkar was down in 46th; Mark Donovan in 52nd, just ahead of Thomas Gloag in 53rd. Faun Drome Classic (01-Mar) - Lukas Nerurkar finished in 9th place whilst Bjorn Koerdt was in 19th. Simon Carr was well down the field in 107th with Oliver Stockwell in 126th. The rest of the Brits - William Smith, Thomas Gloag and Ben Tullett all failed to finish. Equestrian - Jumping: FEI Jumping World Cup: Helsinki (26 Feb - 01 Mar) - Robert Whitaker retired in round 1. Fencing: European Junior Championships (24-27 Feb) - Men's Epee: Tristan Lumineau took bronze in the individual event. Cheney Zhu finished in 31st with Cador Beautyman in 47th and Fin Bennet in 97th. As a team they finished in 9th place overall. Men's Foil: David Sosnov took gold with Mohammed Belbouab taking silver. Callum Penman finished in 6th with David Kelly in 21st. There was disappointment that the team couldn't defend their team title and had to settle for bronze. Men's Sabre: John White and Eiger Swinsow finished in 60th and 61st respectively. Joe Evans was in 74th with Guy Lumsden in 80th. As a team, they placed 14th overall. Women's Epee: Emma Mitzova was the highest placed Brit in 51st, just ahead of Harriet Hillier in 54th and Kseniya Kushtan in 60th. Olivia Eadie was well down the field in 85th. As a team, they finished down in 19th place. Women's Foil: Amelie Tsang took bronze with Megan Elliott in 32nd. Zoe Wagstaff was down in 55th with Rachael Adams in 70th. As a team, they achieved 6th place overall. Women's Sabre: Maya Sutton finished in 26th with Keira D-Sallows in 29th; Hui Xin Sezille in 37th and Ava Davies down in 52nd. As a team, they placed 12th overall. Golf: LPGA: HSBC Women's World Championship (26 Feb-01 Mar) - Mimi Rhodes, Charley Hull and Lottie Woad were all in a tie for 10th place on -6 whilst Gemma Dryburgh was +1 in 47th. Ladies European Tour: Ford Women's NSW Open (26 Feb-01 Mar) - Charlotte Heath was in 4th place on -13 with Caley McGinty in 5th on -12. Chloe Williams in a tie for 20th on -8 with Hannah Screen in 33rd on -5. -4 was enough for a tie for 37th for Meghan MacLaren. Cara Gainer was in 45th on -3. Lydia Hall and Annabell Fuller were on -2 in tie for 49th. Luca Thompson and Gemma Clews were tied for 56th on +1. Esme Hamilton, Kelsey Macdonald, Alice Hewson, Amy Taylor, Lily May Humphreys, Darcey Harry, Hannah Darling, Gabriella Cowley all missed the cut. PGA: Cognizant Classic (26 Feb-01 Mar) - Aaron Rai and Jordan Smith were in a tie for 23rd on -7. Matt Wallace was -4 in 40th along with Dan Brown. John Parry's +2 was enough for 63rd. Paul Waring and Danny Willett missed the cut. DPT: Investec South African Open (26 Feb-01 Mar) - Eddie Pepperell finished in 5th place on -10. Ewen Ferguson and Nathan Kimsey finished in tie for 9th on -7. -6 was a tie for 14th for Alex Fitzpatrick and Joe Dean. Matthew Jordan and Calum Hill were in tie for 20th on -5 with Todd Clements on -4 in 24th. -3 was enough for 29th place for Marcus Armitage, Andy Sullivan and Scott Jamieson. Sam Bairstow was the last of the Brits in 43rd on -2. Dan Bradbury, Connor Syme, Ben Schmidt, Richie Ramsay, Jamie Rutherford, Rhys Enoch and Will Enefer all missed the cut. Shooting: European Championships 10m (27 Feb-05 Mar): 5 athletes have been announced in the team to compete in Yerevan : Seonaid McIntosh was down in 21st place in the women's 10m air rifle qualifying whilst Ruth Mwadumba was in 64th place. Dean Bale finished in 60th place in the men's 10m air rifle qualifying. James Miller finished in 29th place in the men's 10m air pistol qualifying. Charlotte Hicks was 18th in the women's 10m air pistol qualifying. In the mixed team events, McIntosh and Bale teamed up in the mixed 10m air rifle team and finished in 20th place whilst Hicks and Miller teamed up in the rifle event and finished 10th place. Squash: McMillan Goodfellow Classic 2026 (24-28 Feb): Greg Lobban was the top seed and made it to the semifinals before losing to eventual champion Yahya Elnawasany 11-9 6-11 5-11 6-11. Both 6th seed Adrian Waller and 7th seed Rory Stewart had would lose in the second round along with Simon Herbert and Perry Malik. Emyr Evans and Tom Walsh exited in the first round. Steel City Open (25 Feb-01 Mar): Georgina Kennedy was the 2nd seed and lived up to her ranking, finishing as runner up to top seed Satomi Watanabe 9-11 5-11 6-11. Watanabe also defeated 4th seed Jasmine Hutton in the semifinals 11-5 11-5 11-6. Saran Nghiem made it to the quarterfinals whilst Alicia Mead lost in the first round. Taekwondo: Bulgarian Open 2026 (27 Feb): Men's -54Kg: Thomas Bailey appears to have lost in the first round. Men's -58Kg: Alexander Sherratt finished in 3rd place whilst Zack Sarsoza was runner-up. Men's -68Kg: Matthew Howell appears to have lost in the first round. Men's -80Kg: Dantrell Knight-Mitchell and Zak Angell got to the round of 16. Sohrab Alipour appears to have lost in the first round. Men's +87Kg: Caden Cunningham finished in 3rd place. Women's -49Kg: Phoenix Goodman got to the round of 16. Women's -53Kg: Jodie McKew appears to have lost in the first round. Women's -57Kg: Ava Bett appears to have lost in the first round whilst Teigan Smith exited in the round of 32. Women's -62Kg: Both Beth Christy and Neve McPhillie appear to have lost in the first round Women's -67Kg: Chloe Roberts got to the round of 16 whilst Courtney Kramoh appears to have lost in the first round. Women's -73Kg: Ruby Mackay appears to have lost in the first round. Women's +73Kg: Lauren Williams was defeated in the quarterfinals. Tennis: WTA500 Merida Open (23Feb - 01Mar): Katie Boulter continues her climb back up the women's rankings. This week she defeated Beatriz Haddad Maia 6-4 6-4 in the first round, before progressing to the quarterfinals when Camila Osorio was forced to withdraw. It was a great match, but ultimately Jasmine Paolini was able to end Boulter's 7 match winning streak 0-6 6-3 6-3. Heather Watson returned to the tour after long layoff due to injury. She safely navigated the qualifying draw before losing to 7th seed Jessica Bouzas Maneiiro 3-6 1-6. WTA250 ATX Open (23Feb - 01Mar): Fran Jones returned to the tour for first time since retiring in her Australian Open first round match. She was facing 4th seed Peyton Stearns and went down to a 6-3 3-6 2-6 loss. ATP500 Dubai Duty Free Tennis championships (23-28 Feb) - Jack Draper made his return to the tour in Dubai. Seeded 4, he dispatched Quentin Halys 7-6 6-3 in the first-round but couldn't repeat that performance in the round of 16 where he fell to Arthur Rinderknech 6-7 7-6 4-6. Jan Choinski came close to qualifying for the main draw but came up just short against Giovanni Mpetshi-Perricard in the final qualifying round. In the doubles, Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool were the top seeds and got through to the semifinals where they lost to eventual champions and 3rd seeds Harri Heliovaara and Henry Patten 4-6 6-7. Given the difficulties the finalists had in getting out of Dubai, perhaps the rest of the Brits don't have too many regrets about exiting the tournament early. ATP500 Albierto Mexicano Telcel Presented By HSBC (23-28 Feb) - Cam Norrie was the 7th seed and fell in the first round to Wildcard Rafael Jodar 6-3 6-2.

Team GB Ranking Update - February 2026: Badminton Men's Singles Jan '26 Feb '26 Athlete WR Points WR Points Movement Harry Huang 61 26,566 60 26,716 +1 Ethan Rose 108 17,490 112 17,490 -4 Cholan Kayan 149 12,787 149 12,880 - Nadeem Dalvi 228 8,131 226 8,224 +2 Rohan Thool 242 7,500 243 7,500 -1 Women's Singles Jan '26 Feb '26 Athlete WR Points WR Points Movement Kirsty Gilmour 29 43,890 29 43,890 - Rachel Sugden 173 10,830 175 10,830 -2 Frey Redfearn 195 9,269 196 9,269 -1 Leona Lee 236 7,066 243 6,658 -7 Miu Lin Ngan 261 6,088 259 6,088 +2 Men's Doubles Jan '26 Feb '26 Athlete WR Points WR Points Movement Ben Lane / Sean Vendy 14 58,889 15 58,531 -1 Christopher Grimley / Matthew Grimley 52 29,140 52 29,790 - Alexander Dunn / Adam Pringle 74 23,390 75 23,390 -1 Oliver Butler / Samuel Jones 75 22,233 78 22,533 -3 Alex Green / Zach Russ 125 13,150 84 20,851 +41 Women's Doubles Jan '25 Feb '26 Athlete WR Points WR Points Movement Julie MacPherson / Ciara Torrance 38 35,590 40 34,400 -2 Abbygael Harris / Lizzie Tolman 63 25,997 60 26,497 +3 Lisa Curtin / Sian Kelly 79 19,985 77 21,365 +2 Sian Kelly / Annie Lado 152 8,690 188 7,020 -36 Annie Lado / Estelle Van Leeuwen 166 8,310 161 8,310 +5 Mixed Doubles Jan '26 Feb '26 Athlete WR Points WR Points Movement Alexander Dunn / Julie MacPherson 35 37,960 32 39,150 +3 Callum Hemming / Estelle Van Leeuwen 41 35,855 39 35,945 +2 Rory Easton / Lizzie Tolman 67 21,555 77 18,870 -10 Samuel Jones / Lizzie Tolman 117 13,000 99 14,670 +18 Oliver Butler / Abbygael Harris 174 8,270 153 9,990 +21

Team put in a solid effort in their first match against world number 6 , holding them to 1-1 through 7. Unfortunately, it fell apart a bit in the eighth and ninth. Mexico were able to score 3 without reply in the eighth and followed that up with 4 in the ninth to give them the win 8-2. Worth saying that is ranked 19th in the world and is one of the lowest ranked teams in the competition. They'll be looking to beat (world ranked 22) and to be competitive against (world ranked 14th). Anything more than that is really a bonus.

In the warm up games for the Baseball World Classic, defeated Milwaukee Brewers 7-3 and drew against San Diego Padres 2-2.

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 Brewers 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.

Would be great if GB Snowsport could do a better job of promoting the team. The squad announcements were only on Instagram and I don't think they've posted any results from last week's events from the Park and Pipe events. My life's much easier if the federations put a bit of weight behind putting the results out there.