Blog Posts

  • A look ahead to the WTA Finals, the latest chapter of the Saudi sportswashing debate

    The WTA Tour Finals land in Saudi Arabia next week, where homosexuality is criminalised, following guidance from organisers advising players to express support for the event’s location. The tournament in Riyadh is the latest to face scrutiny over Saudi sportswashing, with the WTA anticipating tough questions about the Kingdom’s human rights record.  Players were advised

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  • Champions Day Preview

    A stacked six-race card awaits on Britain’s richest race day this Saturday as the flat season reaches its crescendo at QIPCO British Champions Day at Ascot. The feature race, the QIPCO Champion Stakes (3.55 pm), sees Economics bid to finish the campaign unbeaten and live up to his reputation as the hottest colt in training.

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  • England vs Scotland preview for Women’s T20 WC groups stage game, written for SportsBEAT

    England captain Heather Knight insisted her side are more than prepared to meet the challenge of neighbours Scotland in order to secure their place in the knockout stages of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup and has warned Scotland that her side are ready for their challenge.  With two wins from two, England sit third

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  • East London Gymnastics Centre that has trained Olympians faces closure

    The East London Gymnastics Centre (ELGC) is facing closure due to housing development plans, putting the future of elite and community gymnastics at risk. Since freeholders sold the site to housing development group Galliard Homes, ELGC managers Alex Jerrom and Kirk Zammit fear they will be replaced by tenants who can afford higher rates. They

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  • Team GB Rowing nomination for SJA Team of the Year

    Team GB’s Olympic Rowing Team delivered a performance in Paris that will be remembered as one of the finest in British Olympic history. Winning medals in 8 out of 14 races – including 3 gold, 2 silver, and 3 bronze, they were standout performers of the Games. After the disappointment and inquests that followed Tokyo’s

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