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swept aside by 93-57 in the latest world cup qualifying match. They will play again on Monday.

Quality journalism from BBC as always: So according to the BBC, Kyle Waddell has a brother called Waddell Waddell

No medals in the team events today. The men's epee team got passed but lost to in the last 16. The women's foil team put up decent fight against , but it wasn't to be. Finally, the women's sabre team were overpowered by .

Looking ahead to tomorrow's team events - Men's Epee - are the 7th seeds and will start off against 26th seed in the round of 32. If they can get through that, they'll face either 23rd seed or 10th seed in the last 16 with possible quarterfinal against 2nd seed . are the defending champions in this event. Women's Foil - are the 7th seeds and have bye to the last 16 where they will take on 10th seed . Get through that and likely quarterfinal against 2nd seed awaits. Worth saying that in the 2025 Championships, took the bronze medal in this event. Women's Sabre - are the 12th seed and have a bye to the last 16 where they will face 5th seed . If they can progress, then they'd have possible quarterfinal against 4th seed .

Gold for David Sosnov and Silver for Mohammed Belbouab. Takes us to 4 medals so far with good prospects for further success in the team events.

All Final!!

2 more medals guaranteed in the men's foil - David Sosnov and Mohammed Belbouab both through to the semi finals. Callum Penman unfortunately fell to Henrik Barby - it looked like he may have taken a bit of a knock to his hand in the early stages. Could be looking at an all final if the semis work out for us.

Sosnov, Penman and Belbouab all safely through to the quarter finals.

Day 2 update after completion of the pool round. Women's Epee: Emma Mitzova qualified for knockout stages in 49th place having won 3 of her 6 matches. Harriet Hillier also scored 3 wins in the pool stage and progressed in 55th place. Kseniya Kushtan only managed 2 wins but it was enough to progress in 67th place. 2 wins wasn't enough for Olivia Eadie to progress - she finished down in 85th place. All three of the Brits bowed out of the competition in the round of 64. Emma Mitzova finishes up in 51st place, Harriet Hillier was 54th and Kseniya Kushtan was in tie for 60th. Men's Sabre: The weakest set of results for so far. Joe Evans could only win 1 of his pool matches whilst Guy Lumsden lost all 6 of his. Both were eliminated and finished well down the field - 74th and 80th respectively. John White and Eiger Swinsow scraped into the elimination round with 2 wins from 6. (They were ranked 60th and 61st and only 62 fencers progressed). In the elimination rounds, both were eliminated in the round of 64 although worth saying that White came pretty close to causing an upset against 5th seed Iaroslav Borisov 15-14. In the final ranking. The final ranking of both was the same as their pool performance - 60th and 61st. Men's Foil As expected, all 4 of our fencers comfortably progressed to the elimination rounds. David Sosnov progressed in a tie for 3rd place having won all 6 of his opening pool matches. Callum Penman advanced as the 12th seed having won 5 matches. David Kelly also won 5 of his pool matches and progressed in a tie for 15th. Finally, Mohammed Belbouab scored 4 wins out of 6 and advances as the 25th seed. At the time of writing, the elimination rounds are in progress. David Sosnov, Callum Penman and Mohammed Belbouab have made it through to the last 16 - Belbouab taking out the junior world number 7 Yahor Rabtsau in the process. David Kelly is the first Brit to fall, losing out to Rostislav Khamdamov 15-9.

European Juniors Day 2 Women's Epee: Harriet Hillier is the 40th seed Kseniya Kushtan is the 68th seed Emma Mitzova is the 72nd seed Olivia Eadie is the 78th seed. Hillier is in pool 10 alongside 10th seed Gwendoline Laharotte, 21st seed Oliwia Janeczek. The rest are all lower ranked at 51st, 70th and 99th seed Kushtan has been drawn in pool 8 alongside 8th seed Eva Steffens, 23rd seed Ceren Cebe, 38th seed Laura Misiak with the rest of the pool being the 53rd, 83rd and 98th seeds. Mitzova is in pool 12 along with 12th seed Giulia Paulis the 19th seed Lilana Cherchesova, and the 42nd, 49th, 79th and 102nd seeds Eadie is in pool 13 with 13th seed Louise Ulltjarn, 18th seed Alina Dmytruk along with the 43rd, 48th, 74th and 103rd seeds. The top 78 ranked fencers after the pool round will continue to the elimination rounds. (26 fencers eliminated during pool round) Men's Foil - (Our strongest discipline - are the reigning European Junior Champions in the Team Event) Callum Penman is the 6th seed David Sosnov is the 8th seed David Kelly is the 33rd seed Mohammed Belbouab is the 49th seed Penman is the top seed in pool 6. His highest ranked opponent will be 23rd seed Denis Trestyanszki. The rest of the pool are the 34th, 79th, 62nd, 51st and 90th seed. Sosnov is the top seed in pool 8. He'll face 21st seed Henrik Barby. The rest of the pool are the 36th, 50th, 64th, 77th and 92nd seeds. Kelly is in pool 5 alongside 5th seed Andor Zsogon and 24th seed Max Kavecy. The rest of the pool are lower ranked - the 52nd, 61st, 81st, and 89th seeds. Belbouab is in pool 7 alongside 7th seed Rostislav Khamdamov, 22nd seed Ran Traitel Crystal and 35th seed Maxime Dubreuil. The rest of the pool are lower ranked - 63rd, 78th and 91st seed. The top 72 ranked fencers after the pool round will continue to the elimination rounds. (24 fencers eliminated during pool round) Men's Sabre: Eiger Swinscow is the 50th seed Joe Evans is the 51st seed John White is the 55th seed Guy Lumsden is the 61st seed. Swinscow is in pool 2 along with 2nd seed Leonardo Reale, 23rd seed Poyraz Kumuk, 26th seed Paul Rouviere, and the 46th, 71st and 74th seeds. Evans is in pool 3 with 3rd seed Pavel Graudyn, 22nd seed Stanimir Pelov, 27th seed Daniel Berkeszi along with 47th, 70th, and 75th seeds. White in drawn in pool 6 against 6th seed Edoardo Reale, 19th seed Kiram Iarullin alongside 30th, 43rd, 67th and 78th seeds. Lumsden is in pool 12 with 12th seed Casian Cidu, 13th seed Zalan Szalai, 37th, 38th and 60th seed The top 62 ranked fencers after the pool round will continue to the elimination rounds. (21 fencers eliminated during pool round)

guaranteed 2 medals on day 1! It's double bronze after Tristan Lumineau made it through to the semifinals of the men's epee. He fell 15-10 to 12th seed Fedor Khaperskiy who went on to take the title. Amelie Tsang came so close to getting to the gold medal match having pulled it back to 14-14. 7th seed Ludovica Franzoni just edged it 15-14.

Update from the elimination rounds. Men's Epee Tristan Lumineau has made it through to the last 16 pretty comfortably winning both of his matches 15-8. He'll take on 17th seed Odinn Bindas later this afternoon. Cador Beautyman got through to the round of 64 before losing out to 21st seed Riccardo Cedrone. He will finish in 47th place. Cheney Zhu put in a couple of great performances in the elimination rounds - including taking out 4th seed Nikita Gorin in the round of 64. Unfortunately, he came unstuck in the round of 32 against 29th seed Alon Sarid. He finishes in 31st overall. Women's Foil Amelie Tsang is still going strong, having reached the last 16. Megan Elliott got through to the round of 32 before falling to 13th seed Gili Kuritzky. Her final ranking was 32nd overall. Zoe Wagstaff had a bye to the round of 64 but was defeated by 10th seed Uliana-Dumitrita Josan. She finishes the competition in 55th place overall.

I've started so I might as well finish (although not entirely sure why I started this ) Women's Epee: Harriet Hillier is the 40th seed Kseniya Kushtan is the 68th seed Emma Mitzova is the 72nd seed Olivia Eadie is the 78th seed. Men's Foil - 's strongest discipline. Callum Penman is the 6th seed David Sosnov is the 8th seed David Kelly is the 33rd seed Mohammed Belbouab is the 49th seed Men's Sabre: Eiger Swinscow is the 50th seed Joe Evans is the 51st seed John White is the 55th seed Guy Lumsden is the 61st seed. No info yet on the pools - will update the post when the information becomes available.

Finally, Women's Sabre: Hui Xin Sezille went into the competition as the 20th seed and progresses to the elimination round in 23rd place having won 4 of her 6 pool matches. is the 20th seed. Maya Sutton also lived up to her seeding, finishing in a tie for 33rd place with 3 wins from 5. Keira D-Sallows moderately under performed - going in as 28th seed she finished in 39th with 3 wins from 6 - but is still good enough to progress to the eliminations. Ava Davies makes it a full house - advancing to the elimination round in 51st place having won 2 of her opening 6 bouts.

And the good news keeps on coming. This time from the Women's Foil. Amelie Tsang was the 19th seed but emerges from the pool round in 6th place having won 5 of her 6 bouts. Megan Elliott advances in 45th place having won 3 out of 6 bouts. Zoe Wagstaff is also through having won 2 from 5 of her pool matches - good enough for 55th place so broadly in line with her original seeding. Rachel Adams missed out on advancing to the elimination rounds, finishing in 70th place having only won 1 bout from 5.

European Juniors update I didn't have this on my bingo card, but Tristan Lumineau was the top qualifier from the pool stage winning all of his bouts for the lost of just 12 points. Cador Beautyman won 4 out of his 6 bouts and advances in a tie for 42nd place. Cheney Zhu performed very well considering he was the lowest ranked fencer in the event. He won 3 out of 6 bouts and advances in a tie for 61st place. Unfortunately, Fin Bennet is eliminated, having only won 2 of his opening 6 bouts resulting in him being ranked in 97th place.

European Juniors get underway tomorrow with Men's Epee, Women's Foil and Women's Sabre kicking things off. Men's Epee: Tristan Lumineau is the 19th seed Cador Beautyman is the 37th seed Fin Bennet is the 74th seed Cheney Zhu is the 126th (and lowest) seeded fencer. Lumineau has been drawn in pool 18. He'll face 18th seed Arkadii Kardava. the rest of his opponents will be lower ranked - 54th, 55th, 90th, 91st and 125th. Beautyman has been drawn in same pool as top seed Domonkos Pelle. He'll also face tricky opponent in 36th seed Julius Edelmann. The rest of the pool are lower ranked opponents - 72nd, 73rd, 108th and 109th seeds. Bennet has been drawn in pool 2 against 2nd seed Nikita Gorin. Bennet is the 4th seed in the pool so will have his work cut out for him. Zhu has been drawn in pool 17. He'll face 17th seed Bence Balazs but given Zhu is the lowest ranked fencer in competition, he may find it difficult to progress. The top 94 ranked fencers after the pool round will continue to the elimination rounds. (32 fencers eliminated during pool round) Women's Foil Amelie Tsang is the 19th seed Zoe Wagstaff is the 52nd seed Megan Elliott is the 53rd seed Rachel Adams is the 64th seed Tsang is drawn in pool 8 alongside 8th seed Irina Zorina but should be able to see of the other lower ranked opponents. Wagstaff is drawn in pool 2 alongside 2nd seed Stefania Chasovnikova, 25th seed Petra Polonyi and 28th seed Lihy Peer Koren so will definitely have her work cut out. Likewise, Elliott is drawn in pool 1 against top seed Milana Levchuk, 26th seed Alara Atmaca and 27th seed Polina Kozlova. Adams is in pool 12 and has been drawn alongside 12th seed Keren Aye and 15th seed Zhou Xinyao 66 fencers will progress to the elimination rounds (22 fencers eliminated during the pool round) Women's Sabre Hui Xin Sezille is the 20th seed Keira D-Sallows 28th seed Maya Sutton is the 35th seed Ava Davies is the 49th seed Sezille is the 2nd highest ranked fencer drawn in pool 3 alongside 3rd seed Emese Domonkos. D-Sallows is in pool 6 with 6th seed Amalia Covaliu and 16th seed Dorottya Csonka. Sutton is in pool 10 alongside 10th seed Maria Tretiakova and 13th seed Rita Robineaux Davies is in pool 5 with 5th seed Karina Tallada and 18th seed Maiia Velychko. 54 fencers progress to elimination rounds (18 fencers eliminated in the pool round)

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.

Just glad nobody picks me up on my countless errors.

Paris? You really are living in the past

There was a lot of good stuff with the BBC coverage - although some of the presenter did go a bit over the top, and the fillers that they used were pretty cringeworthy. If there's one thing they need to figure out is how to show events like this without having the constant switching - from the channel to IPlayer and back to channel.

Not sure we've picked this up previously, but it looks like Carolina Stutchbury has switched to compete for . As European Silver medalist, it's safe to say she was probably one of the strongest talents in GB Fencing. Hopefully some of the positive results we're seeing in the junior ranks can come up before LA.

2026 Week 8 (23 Feb -01 Mar) Events: Aquatics - Diving: World Aquatics 2026 Diving World Cup I (26 Feb - 01 Mar) - Ben Cutmore (men's 10m & 10m synchro), Anthony Harding (men's 3m synchro), Yasmin Harper (women's 3m & 3m synchro) Ross Haslam (men's 3m), Jordan Houlden (men's 3m) , Jack Laugher (men's 3m synchro), Euan McCabe (men's 10m & 10m synchro) and Scarlet Mew Jensen (women's 3m synchro) all scheduled to compete in Montreal Badminton: YONEX German Open (24 Feb - 01 Mar) - Harry Huang will take on 4th seed Chun-Yi Lin in the first round of the men's singles, whilst Cholan Kayan is attempting to qualify for the main draw. Kirsty Gilmour has been drawn against Manami Suizu in the first round of the women's singles. All 3 pairings in the men's doubles have been given tough draws against seeded opponents. Oliver Butler and Samuel Jones are drawn against 8th seeds Junaidi Arif and Roy King. Alexander Dunn and Adam Pringle will face 5th seed Hsian Chieh Chiu and Chi-Lin Wang. Finally, Christopher and Matthew Grimley will take on 7th seed Jhe-Huei Lee and Po-Hsuan Yang. In the women's doubles, Julie Macpherson and Ciara Torrance have been drawn against a qualifier in the first round. Lisa Curtin and Sian Kelly will take on Nikol Carulla and Carmen Maria Jimenez. Abbygael Harris and Lizzie Tolman are drawn against Simona Pilgaard and Signe Schulz. Alexander Dunn will pair up with Julie Macpherson in the mixed doubles. They've been drawn against Oleksii Titov and Yevheniia Kantemyr. Samuel Jones and Lizzie Tolman are up against Zhi Yi Chen and Francesca Corbett. Finally, Callum Hemming and Estelle Van Leeuwen will take on Rasmus Espersen and Amalie Cecilie Kudsk. Basketball: 2027 FIBA World Cup Qualifying (27-Feb) - men will try to put the turmoil in British Basketball to one side as they take on Cycling - Road: Omloop Nieuwsblad (28 Feb) - Noah Hobbs, Ben Swift, Ben Turner, Samuel Watson, Lewis Askey and Robert Donaldson are scheduled to compete in the men's event. Millie Couzens, Zoe Backstedt, Anna Henderson, Cat Ferguson, Josie Nelson, Imogen Wolff and Elynor Backstedt will compete in the women's event. Faun-Ardeche Classic (28-Feb) - Ben Tulett, Tao Geoghegan Hart, Oliver Stockwell, Bjorn Koerdt, Oliver Peace, Lukas Nerurkar, Simon Carr, Mark Donovan and Thomas Gloag are included in the start list. Faun Drome Classic (01-Mar) - Ben Tulett, Tao Geoghegan Hart, Oliver Stockwell, Bjorn Koerdt, Oliver Peace, Lukas Nerurkar, Simon Carr, Mark Donovan and Thomas Gloag are included in the start list. Equestrian - Jumping: FEI Jumping World Cup: Helsinki (18-22 Feb) - Jodie Mcateer and Robert Whitaker are due to be competing. Fencing: European Junior Championships (24-27 Feb) - Men's Epee: Cador Beautyman, Fin Bennet, Tristan Lumineau and Cheney Zhu. Men's Foil: David Sosnov, Callum Penman, David Kelly and Mohammed Belbouab. Men's Sabre: John White, Eiger Swinsow, Guy Lumsden and Joe Evans. Women's Epee: Olivia Eadie, Harriet Hillier, Kseniya Kushtan and Emma Mitzova. Women's Foil: Rachael Adams, Megan Elliott, Amelie Tsang and Zoe Wagstaff. Women's Sabre: Keira D-Sallows, Ava Davies, Hui Xin Sezille and Maya Sutton. Golf: LPGA: HSBC Women's World Championship (26 Feb-01 Mar) - Mimi Rhodes, Charley Hull, Lottie Woad and Gemma Dryburgh are due to compete in . Ladies European Tour: Ford Women's NSW Open (26 Feb-01 Mar) - Cara Gainer, Alice Hewson, Rhodes, Darcey Harry, Annabell Fuller, Gabriella Cowley, Hannah Screen, Lydia Hall, Esme Hamilton, Chloe Williams, Lily May Humphreys, Amy Taylor, Gemma Clews, Charlotte Heath, Hannah Darling, McGinty Caley, Maghan Maclaren and Luca Thompson are due to compete. PGA: Cognizant Classic (26 Feb-01 Mar) - Dan Brown, John Parry Aaron Rai, Jordan Smith, Matt Wallace, Paul Waring and Danny Willett will be competing. DPT: Investec South African Open (26 Feb-01 Mar) - As always, plenty of Brits competing on the European Tour event - Connor Syme, Dan Bradbury, Ewen Ferguson, Calum Hill, Eddie Pepperell, Will Enefer, Jamie Rutherford, Rhys Enoch, Andy Sullivan, Marcus Armitage, Matthew Jordan, Todd Clements, Brandon Robinson Thompson, Alex Fitzpatrick, Ben Schmidt, Joe Dean, Sam Bairstow, Shooting: European Championships 10m (27 Feb-05 Mar): 5 athletes have been announced in the team to compete in Yerevan : Rifle: Seonaid McIntosh, Dean Bale, Ruth Mwadumba Pistol: James Miller, Charlotte Hicks Squash: McMillan Goodfellow Classic 2026 (24-28 Feb): Greg Lobban is the top seed and has a bye to the second round. Likewise, 6th seed Adrian Waller and 7th seed Rory Stewart both have byes to the second round. Simon Herbert will take on Emyr Evans for the right to take on 2nd seed Miguel Rodriguez in the second round. Tom Walsh will take on Perry Malik in round 1 with the winner facing 4th seed Mohamed ElSherbini in round 2. Steel City Open (25 Feb-01 Mar): Georgina Kennedy is the 2nd seed and, along with 4th seed Jasmine Hutton has a bye to round 2. Lucy Beecroft will face Jana Swaify in round 1, with the winner taking on Kennedy in round 2. Alicia Mead will wake on Millie Tomlinson in round 1 with the winner taking on Hutton in round 2. Finally, Saran Nghiem will face Marta Dominguez in round 1. Saran Nghiem is drawn to face a qualifier; Alicia Mead will face Nadine Shahin with the winner due to take on 4th seed Hutton in round 2 and finally, Torrie Malik will face Jana Swaify. Taekwondo: Bulgarian Open 2026 (27 Feb) -There were quite a few Brits competing in Innsbruck this week, but I haven't been able to track down any results yet: Men's -54Kg: Thomas Bailey Men's -58Kg: Alexander Sherratt and Zack Sarsoza Men's -68Kg: Matthew Howell Men's -74Kg: Max Cartwright Men's -80Kg: Dantrell Knight-Mitchell, Sohrab Alipour, Zak Angell. Men's +87Kg: Caden Cunningham Women's -46Kg: Etta Choi Women's -49Kg: Phoenix Goodman Women's -53Kg: Jodie McKew Women's -57Kg: Ava Bett, Teigan Smith Women's -62Kg: Beth Christy, Neve McPhillie Women's -67Kg: Chloe Roberts, Courtney Kramoh Women's -73Kg: Ruby Mackay, Zahra Bahmani Women's +73Kg: Lauren Williams Tennis: WTA500 Merida Open (23Feb - 01Mar): Katie Boulter will meet Beatriz Haddad Maia in the first round. Heather Watson returns from injury as she attempts to qualify for the main draw. She's already dispatched 2nd seed Diane Parry and will take on Lia Karatancheva for a place in the main draw. WTA250 ATX Open (23Feb - 01Mar): Fran Jones returns to the tour after missing the Middle East swing and will face 4th seed Peyton Stearns in the first round. Emily Appleton attempted to qualify but fell in the first round to Louise Chirico. ATP500 Dubai Duty Free Tennis championships (23-28 Feb) - Jack Draper should finally make his return to the tour this week as the 4th seed in Dubai where he will take on a qualifier in the first round. After a good run in Doha, Jan Choinski is now 1 win away from taking a place in the main draw after he defeated 6th seed Jesper de Jong in the first round. ATP500 Albierto Mexicano Telcel Presented By HSBC (23-28 Feb) - Cam Norrie will be the 7th seed and will face Wildcard Rafael Jodar in the first round.

2026 Week 6 (09-15 Feb) Results: Aquatics - Artistic Swimming: World Aquatics Artistic Swimming 2026 World Cup I (13-15 Feb): Ranjuo Tamblin took home treble gold from Medellin winning both the Men's Solo Technical before teaming up with Isabelle Thorpe to take the wins in both the Mixed Duet Technical and Mixed Duet Free. Athletics: UK Athletics Indoor Championships (14-15 Feb): I won't post the results here as plenty of our Olympic contenders skipped the event. If I get time I might take a look at the results and post them in the athletics thread. Badminton: 2026 European Men's & Women's Team Championships (11-15 Feb): men came through their group in second place behind after sweeping past 5-0 before sneaking past 3-2. For some reason which doesn't make huge amount of sense, the semi finals just repeated the group match between the top two rather than being a cross group match. So had to face again. Having lost the group match 5-0, lost the semi 3-1. Cycling - Road: Figueira Champions Classic (14-Feb) - It was a 10th place finish for Thomas Gloag. Sean Flynn was in 47th; Max Poole was in 56th and Harrison Wood down in 83rd. Classic De Almeria (15 Feb) - Lewis Askey was the top finishing Brit in 31st, ahead of Joshua Giddings in 47th, Fred Wright in 96th and Louis Sutton in 107th. Equestrian - Dressage: FEI Dressage World Cup: Neumunster (12-15 Feb) - Annabell Pidgley scored 70.696 to finish 7th in the Grand Prix. She withdrew before the Grand Prix Freestyle to Music. Fencing: FIE Epee Junior World Cup (Individual & Team) (13-14 Feb) - There wereno Brits competing in the women's event in Hangzhou and only 2 men will compete in Vrsac Sameer Sunder-Rajan was a creditable 32nd with David Mina down in 165th. Field Hockey: FIH Pro League (09-10 Feb) - Both the men and women had another two matches in the Pro League this week. The men's team got two wins with a 4-3 penalty shoot out win over followed by a 4-2 regulation win over in Valencia. The women's team recorded a 2-0 win over after losing 1-3 to in Yunfu. After 8 matches, men sit in 5th place in the table, 7 points behind leaders . Likewise, the women also sit in 5th but are 14 points behind leaders . Golf: Ladies European Tour: PIF Saudi Ladies International (11-14 Feb) - Charley Hull shot a final round 65 (-7) to seal the title in Riyadh, finishing on -19. Mimi Rhodes was in a tie for 6th on -16. Esme Hamilton's -10 was good enough for tie of 25th whilst Gabriella Cowley was +5 to finish down in 64th. Hannah Darling, Cara Gainer (-1), Hannah Screen (-1), Charlotte Laffar (Par), Lydia Hall (Par), Darcey Harry (+2), Chloe Williams (+2), Alice Hewson (+2), Hannah Darling (+6), Bronte Law (+8), Annabell Fuller (+10) and Hannah Burke (+10) all missed the cut. PGA: AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am (12-15 Feb) - Colin Morikawa took the title with -22. Tommy Fleetwood's -20 put him in a tie for 4th. Matt Fitzpatrick was in a tie for 14th on -17. Harry Hall's -14 put him in a tie for 24th. Both Justin Rose and Robert MacIntyre scored -11 and were in a tie for 37th. Marco Penge was well down the field in a tie for 64th, whilst Aaron Rai was +1 in tie for 73rd. Judo: 2026 Ljubljana European Open (14-15 Feb): There are 19 Brits listed to compete in the capital. Men's -60Kg: Charlie Ayre lost in the first round. Men's -66Kg: Neil MacDonald got through to the round of 16 before losing to top seed Julien Frascadore. Men's -73Kg: Harry Le Mare and Thomas Jackson both lost in the first round whilst Finlay Allan exited in the round of 32. Men's -81Kg: Eryk Neumann and Rory Tyrrell were both first round casualties. Men's -90Kg: Jared Sey reached the round of 16 whilst Corey O'Neal-Narcis exited the competition in the round of 32 Men's +100Kg: Daniel Ede lost his first bout Women's -48Kg: Summer Shaw had another first round exit. Women's -52Kg: Caitlin Barber lost in the first round. Women's -57Kg: Tomi Imrie and Madeleine Birri both lost their first fight. Ammi Takahashi would ultimately finish in 5th place after going into repechage as runner up of her pool. Women's -70Kg: Rachel Hawkes lost in the first round. Women's -78Kg: Performance of the week belongs to Shelley Ludford who took top step on the podium. Women's +78Kg: Sarah Adlington returned to ranking level international competition for the first time since the 2023 Ulaanbaatar Grand Slam. Her return was shortlived as she lost in the first round. Shooting: European Junior Championships 10m (09-15-Feb): 12 athletes have been announced in the team to compete in Burgas : Pistol: Lucinda Evans was the top finishing Brit in the Women's 10m Air Pistol in 46th, just ahead of Lucy Banner in 48th and Matilda Baker in 51st. Isobel MacTaggart was 58th. The stand out performance was Sash Mikhailov's 12th place finish in the Men's 10m Air Pistol. The rest of the Brits didn't have a great tournament. Isaac Baxter was in 80th (and last place). Hamish McDonald didn't fare much better in 79th with Ayush Chauhan in 72nd. Rifle: Sophie Page was 78th in the 10m Air Rifle with Jess Tomalin in 89th and Libby Hart in 92nd. In the men's 10m Air Rifle Oliver McCabe was DNF. Squash: Texas Open (12-16 Feb): 3rd seed Marwan ElShorbagy got to the semi-finals before falling to top seed Diego Elias 1-11 11-6 1-11 1-11. 5th seed Mohamed ElShorbagy had a bye in the first round but would ultimately lose his opening match. Nick Wall and Nathan Lake both made it through their first-round match before losing in the second round. Sam Todd was an early casualty, losing in the first round to Gregoire Marche. 3rd seed Georgina Kennedy who, made it to the semi-finals before losing to 2nd seed Olivia Weaver 5-11 3-11 4-11. 6th seed Georgia Adderley got to the quarterfinals before losing out to the top seed and eventual champion Nour ElSherbini 5-11 1-11 3-11. Lucy Beecroft, Torrie Malik, Lucy Turmel and Grace Gear all made it through their first-round matches but couldn't get beyond the 2nd round. Table Tennis: WTT Star Contender - Chennai (10-15 Feb) - Anna Hursey had a bye in the first round and advanced to the round of 16 with a 3-1 victory over Sarah De Nutte. In the last 16 Hursey was up against top seed Satsuki Odo and put up decent fight before losing 11-8 9-11 4-11 1-11. Tennis: WTA1000 Qatar TotalEnergies Open (09-15 Feb): Emma Raducanu made a positive start in her match against Camila Osorio taking the first set 6-2 but it went downhill from there. After losing the 2nd set 6-4, she eventually retired while trailing 2-0. Sonay Kartal got through qualifying and put up spirited performance against Magda Linette before losing 4-6 6-3 3-6 in the first round. ATP500 Dallas Open 2026 (09-15 Feb) - Jack Pinnington Jones is had a dream run in Dallas, reaching the quarter finals where he ran out of steam against Marin Cilic losing 1-6 4-6. ATP500 ABN Amro Open 2026 (09-15 Feb) - Jack Draper was due to compete this week but withdrew before the event started. Cameron Norrie was the 6th seed and dispatched Roberto Bautista Agut 7-6 6-1 in the 1st round but fell to qualifier Chris O'Connell in the round of 16 in a 6-7 4-6 defeat.

Am pleased for - it would have been a tough pill to swallow for Mouat to come away from the Olympics without a medal and then next month to miss out on defending his world title.