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Can this really be first win of a Eurobasket match in over a decade? In 2022 and 2017 they went 0-5 whilst they failed to qualify in 2015 having gone 0-4 in qualifying. Back in 2013 - when GB were ranked 23 - they recorded wins over and ironically after the result earlier this week, they also beat

Charles Brown has shown ability to hit sub 30 for the obstacle but isn't yet showing the level of consistency to be challenging for podiums but would still expect him to be in the mix for qualification

emerge from the group stage undefeated with a 23-4 victory over It looks like they will take on in the crossover match and if they are able to come through that, would face in the quarterfinals

make it 4 from 4 with a 20-9 win over GB are now pretty much guaranteed to finish top of the group. In the crossover match they are likely to face either Croatia or Israel.

well and truly destroyed by 120-57 at EuroBasket

Women's Under 18 squad have made strong start to the European Championships. They are undefeated after 3 matches to sit top of their group with 2 matches to go. Having already banked victories over (36-4), (17-6) and (17-7) they will face undefeated tomorrow and then on Wednesday but it looks good for them to get to the crossover round.

GB Aquatics selection policy for next year's European Championships has been published. Ben Proud will be the only athlete pre-selected as medalist from Singapore. The maximum team size has gone up to 40 - I think this is the largest team size we've seen for a few years. In the selection policy for the 2022 Europeans the team size was set to 35. Unfortunately, they seem to have maintained the requirement that the athletes achieve the qualification time in the final of the British Champs in April.

Why would there be an extra 4 quotas in artistic gymnastics?

Pentathlon seems to be another sport where GB athletes are taking a fallow year - not sure the squad we sent to Kaunas this year was full strength. Big unknown is Joe Choong - he was vocal opponent to the introduction of the obstacle race but the last couple of pieces I've seen on him suggested that he was intending to carry on.

Bronze medal for Lauren Williams in Muju Grand Prix Challenge. Wonder if she will carry on through to LA

World Taekwondo GP Challenge - Muju Taekwondowon 2025 Day 1 Results Men's -80Kg 1. CJ Nickolas 2. Kang Jaegwon 3. Henrique Rodrigues Fernandes Women's -49Kg 1. Lee ye-Ji 2. Alisa Angelova 3. Nodira Akhmedova

take team silver at the European championships with a score of 226.785 behind on 229.644 with taking the bronze on 223.385. We were defending champions from 2023 so this can be viewed as disappointing result. Across the board the GB scores were down compared to 2023 - Charlotte Fry scored 81.258 in 2023 but only registered 75.869 this year. Will be interesting to see how long it will be before Dujardin is back on the squad.

Bello Brothers win their first pool match at the Hamburg Elite16 event. They take out Krattiger & Dillier 21-11 / 18-21 / 15-12. They'll be back on court tomorrow against Boermans & de Groot

A great result for her but the cynic in me can't help thinking she's going to get to Tokyo and will revert back to being stuck in the treacle of 1.91/1.94

Didn't Bird retire?

It was never likely that the BOA were going to get a positive embrace of Team GB football team from the rest of the Home Nations - the best they could hope for was that Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland wouldn't go nuclear with their objections - essentially saying that they won't actively stand in England's way, but they won't be part of it. Whilst I don't think this story hugely changes the dynamic of the attempt to get a Team GB football team, unfortunately it was never likely that BOA could make it happen within the space of 1 Olympic cycle.

Not sure that's right - Ryan Crouser already has wildcard as defending champion so winning the DL final wouldn't make any difference for Kovacs unless Crouser's injury prevents him from trying to defend his title

I know we have issues with the longer distances, but this time we were even struggling at the 200m which has been one of our strengths over the last couple of cycles

Samrej was the first round of Australian open - Bonzi beat him at Wimbledon in 4 so you could argue that he has improved since then given he somehow managed to drag it to 5 sets

A lot of positives from this week albeit with a couple of disappointments. There were quite a few events where there was no GB representative - particularly in the longer freestyle distances.

So, Emily Lewis potentially emerges as the new hope for sprint canoe with her bronze medal in the K1 200m. Unfortunately, it's not an Olympic class. Emma Russell failed to make it out of the heats in the 500m event. On the upside, if these results were replicated in 2027, it is likely that s 9th place finish would be enough to qualify a boat for the women's K4 500m.

Think this was the 100m Free - not 800m

We haven't really looked at our prospects in squash yet despite it offering decent medal chances for GB. On the men's side we currently have 2 men inside the world's top 5: Joel Makin: Currently World Number 4. Makin has competed in 6 PSA Tour Events over the last 6 months. His biggest result was winning the World Tour Finals in June. Beyond that, he has reached 4 semi-finals and a quarter-final. He missed the World Championships in May. Marwan ElShorbagy: Currently World Number 5. Has competed in Tour Events over the last 6 months with his best result coming in April when he won the World Tour Bronze Event 'Squash on Fire Open' in Washington. He was also runner-up at the New Zealand Open in March. With 2 further semi-finals and 2 quarter-finals, as well as being part of the winning English Team at May's European Team Championship, he has a habit of reaching the latter stages of tournaments. Mohamed ElShorbagy: Currently World Number 7. 7 Tour Events in the last 6 months with his best result winning the title at the World Tour Bronze Canadian Open in February. He's reached a semi-final and three quarter-finals - including at the World Championships in May. He was also part of England's winning team at the European Team Championships. Greg Lobban: Currently World Number 20. Has won two titles in the last 6 months - albeit at a lower level than the main PSA Tour. (Irish Open and Scottish Nationals). He's also made a couple of finals but equally has a couple of early losses including losing in the first round of the World Championships. He helped Scotland to 5th place at the European Team Championships. As there is only 16 spots in the draw in LA, I assume they'll use the world ranking as the qualification pathway but I would be surprised if they limited quotas to 1 per NOC so good chance that GB could qualify 2 men.

Summary of results from this morning: Theodora Taylor and Skye Carter both qualified for the semi-finals of the 100m Freestyle - Taylor was second fastest qualifier whilst Carter progressed in 16th. Dean Fearn was the 3rd fastest qualifier for the 100m Butterfly semi-finals. Edie Price qualified in 7th place for final of 200m Butterfly. qualified in 4th place for final of 4x100m mixed medley relay. Additional action to look forward to this afternoon: Amelie Blocksidge goes in the fastest heat of the 800m Theodora Taylor goes in the final of 50m Breast Stroke. She was the 6th fastest qualifier - about 0.2 outside of medal. Filip Nowacki and Max Morgan both have medal chances in the final of the 100m Breast Stroke

Day 2 of qualifying got a bit better in the afternoon/evening with victories for Hariet Dart, Fran Jones and Oliver Crawford. Heather Watson failed to progress after a spirited effort - have a feeling that we are probably approaching her final season on the tour.