Sports Water Polo

“I got out and cried because I found it so hard”- Inter-regional water polo player Izzy Haslock on her love for the sport

Inter-regional water polo player Izzy Haslock admits her aspiration is to make the GB squad and believes the sport is on the rise.  Haslock, 17, got involved with the sport after she played it for fun on a family holiday. She said: “I first got into the sport when I went on holiday to Italy […]

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Beijing Update: Thrill & Agony for GB Curling, Japan and Switzerland secure Gold and another athlete fails a drug test

Great Britain are still struggling to get success at this years Winter Olympics and the chance to secure a single medal is quickly fading. The men’s and women’s GB Curling team’s were both struck with unfortunate losses. Following their success of beating Sweden in their last match the women’s team came up short against South […]

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LATEST FROM BEIJING: GB women’s curling team bounce back to beat defending Olympic champions in second match, Irene Schouten wins her second goal medal in speed skating

Great Britain’s women’s curling provided an immediate response after defeat earlier today, by thrashing Sweden 8-2 in their second round robin match. Eve Muirhead, Vicky Wright, Jennifer Dodds and Hailey Duff were unlucky to lose 6-5 to Switzerland in the early hours of this morning, but responded well with a clinical win against the reigning […]

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Hege Riise: Former USA Women’s assistant appointed Team GB manager for Tokyo Olympics

Norwegian manager Hege Riise says she is “honoured and humbled” to be handed charge of Team GB’s women’s football team for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. Despite this appointment, Riise will continue to keep the role of interim manager of the England women’s team. Embed from Getty Images “I know this is a massive job […]

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Lizzy Yarnold: Going for Gold

Former University of Gloucestershire student, Lizzy Yarnold is just over a week away from representing Team GB in the skeleton for the PyeongChang Winter Olympics. The 29-year old will hope to be the first British Winter Olympian to retain her title, after winning in Sochi in 2014 by 0.97 seconds. Yarnold made Olympic history after registering […]