Rafa Maciel

Day 3 of Euros and more medals for Freya Colbert took the bronze in women's 200m Freestyle whilst Freya Anderson finished 4th and it was a 1-2 in the men's event with Duncan Scott taking Gold ahead of Jack McMillan. In the other events... Angharad Evans is the second quickest qualifier for the 200m Breaststroke final with a time of 2:18.84. Filip Nowacki is through to the final in the men's equivalent - he was 6th fastest with time of 2:04.07 but will need to find a couple of seconds if he is looking to get on to the podium. In the morning heats, he set a Junior Record time of 2:03.75 GB has the fastest qualifiers for the 100m Backstroke finals - Lauren cox in the women's and Oliver Morgan in the men's.

Both of the El-Shorbagy brothers compete under flag so would be eligible to compete for at the Olympics if they qualify. The same thing happens in badminton where the athletes compete under the home nation flags but earn the qualifying spots for

Katie Shanahan takes the silver in 200m backstroke in a time of 2:02.79 but there was disappointment for Luke Greenbank int he men's equivalent as he missed the podium by 0.05 seconds. There's potential for 2 medals in the women's 200m Freestyle - Freya Colbert is fastest qualifier for the final in 1:51.94 and good to see Freya Anderson back to form as she qualifies for the final in 4th with a 1:53.69. In the men's 200m Freestyle, GB had the top 3 qualifiers from the heats which meant that Matt Richards ultimately missed out on progressing. In today's semis, Duncan Scott was the fastest qualifier for the final in 1:41.56 with Jack McMillan in 3rd with 1:41.69. Angharad Evans finished 6th in the 100m Breaststroke with a time of 1:04.40

Solid start to the European Short Course Championships. Gold for Jack McMillan in the 400m Freestyle in 3:36.33 whilst Duncan Scott takes 7th. Angharad Evens qualified for the final of the 100m Breaststroke in 3rd overall with a time of 1:03.28. Disappointment for Filip Nowacki as he failed to progress to the final - his semi-final time of 57.36 was only enough for 12th overall. Katie Shanahan is the 2nd quickest qualifier for the final of 200m backstroke with time of 2:03.73. Luke Greenbank is 3rd quickest qualifier for the men's 200m backstroke with a 1:49.37 - Jake Skerry is first reserve for the final after finishing 9th overall with a time of 1:51.59.

I think some of the FEI World Cups straddle 2 years. The 2025/26 Show Jumping World Cup final will be taking place in April next year in Fort Worth

Not quite in the same league as some of the posts on this thread but Valegro - Charlotte Dujardin's double Olympic gold medal winning horse - has been put down. Valegro: Charlotte Dujardin's Olympic-winning horse dies - BBC Sport

Given the mess that the national federation has been going through over the last couple of weeks, the basketball team put in 2 pretty solid performances in their World Cup qualifying pool. They came agonizingly close to defeating but conceding 9 points in 9 seconds including a 3 pointer with the final throw of the game meant they were on the wrong side of an 89-88 defeat. They bounced back yesterday with a 90-84 win over and currently sit top of their table. They'll be back on court at the end of February with a double header against

2nd round of Rugby Sevens in Cape Town at the weekend. 's women will be up against , and "An increasingly confident" men's team will be up against , and .

Less than inspiring results from the first leg of the 2025/26 Rugby Sevens. Men finish in 7th place after defeats to (21-14) and (26-17). On the upside, they did defeat (14-10) in the pool match. In the 5th place semi-final, they were crushed by (34-0). They finished up with a 24-19 win over . On the women's side, went down to defeats against (41-5), (36-5) and (55-0). In the 5th place semifinal, they then lost out to (49-14) before finishing the day with another loss, this time against (46-5). Needless to say, they finish the tournament in last place. The tour continues next week in Cape Town .

Well I certainly didn't see that coming. How have not only managed to qualify for the semi finals but will avoid is beyond nuts. When was the last time a 5-4 record qualified for the semis?

Mouat sitting out today's match against

Interesting development with Max Whitlock trying to qualify for Los Angeles but surely it's going to be difficult to muscle his way back on to the team. Barring injury, Jake Jarman is a shoo in - probably targeting individual glory in both floor and vault. He's also likely to be in the all-around. So too is Joe Fraser. Likewise, I would say Harry Hepworth and Luke Whitehouse will both make the trip (if healthy) as they could also challenge for individual medals. That leaves the last place between Whitlock, Tulloch, Hall and Yolshin-Cash

Without wanting to sound like the constant doom monger Orangehair, but when do we start discussing the very real prospect of women being relegated to the B Division?

Hmmm this Scotland strip looks like someone left a red sock in with their white wash.

Charlotte Dujardin will continue her comeback from her suspension at the London leg of the Dressage World Cup next month. She's competed in a couple of smaller events since her ban was lifted in July - including winning both the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Special at last month's CDI event in Wellington Heckfield but London will likely be a big step up in competition.

Morrison has been a consistent drag on the squad for a few seasons now. She's already lost the skip role to Sophie Jackson, but because she continues to play as 4th, whether scores is largely down to her. Today she was curling at just 33%. Hopefully this will be the last season we have to endure the team with this make up

Pretty pointless to say that they're going to be covering 'selected games' without actually telling us which games they're going to show.

Safe to say this week hasn't gone exactly to plan for the Bello Brothers having lost their first 2 matches at World Champs. On the upside, they won today to secure a place in tomorrow's playoffs where they will face off against Fuller / O'Dea. That should be a winnable match for the British pair - the Kiwis are ranked 66th in the world compared to the Bello's at 24th

beaten by 85-81 yesterday in what should have been a relatively straightforward match. Kind of sums up performance over the last couple of years - losing matches that they should have been able to put to bed.

Alex Wise is back - he's not currently listed as part of the performance squad but Team GB site is confirming he's back in competitive action and looking to qualify for LA. Now we just need to get Pitman back in the squad and we could have reasonable qualifying prospects.

British Basketball lurching from one crisis to another it seems. British Basketball Federation to enter liquidation as crisis engulfing sport continues - BBC Sport It's almost enough to make UK Athletics management look competent.

Good start to qualifying campaign with 85 - 64 win over .

Forgot all about this but in the end finished 3rd in their group behind and v - 12-21 v - 10-20 v - 19-18 v - 17-15

Women get their 2027 EuroBasket qualifying campaign underway with 3 matches coming up in the next week or so. On Wednesday, they will face in Manchester before travelling to Vienna next Saturday to face and then Bergen on the following Tuesday to take on . EuroBasket 2027 will be key qualifying route for LA Olympics and whilst they shouldn't have any great difficulty getting through to the second qualifying round - GB are the top seed in their group and only need to finish in the top 2 to progress - hopefully they are able to put in stronger performances than they did in last year's tournament.

FIBA's suspension of the men's national team has been lifted so this month's World Cup qualifier against can go ahead. FIBA Statement on the British Basketball Federation | About FIBA