Tag: World champions
4 months ago
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Luke Littler vs Brendan Dolan LIVE: World Championship darts quarter-final score updates

Luke Littler meets Brendan Dolan at Alexandra Palace in the quarter-finals of the PDC World Darts Championship, with ...

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5 months ago
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Josh Kerr vows to use SPOTY snub to fire bid to add Olympic gold to world title

"I’ve been honoured in a number of ways but you think about the ones you don’t get. I’ve not been shortlisted so I’m ...

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7 months ago
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Dan Cole: For the rest of my life I will think 'What if?'

England 15-16 South Africa: Redemption for Cole but prop insists he would glad swap personal absolution for place in ...

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7 months ago
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Maro Itoje says best is yet to come as England muscle up for South Africa

Freddie Steward, Joe Marler and George Martin given World Cup semi-final starts as England spread experience across t...

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7 months ago
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Scotland out to scratch six-year itch - just don't mention the bed bugs

“We are going to embrace it. We are going to put absolutely everything we've got into this game. We believe that is g...

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9 months ago
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Keely Hodgkinson dreams of third time lucky as she goes for goldd

Keely Hodgkinson dreams of becoming 800 metres world champion in Budapest today and is ready to go out and fight for it.

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9 months ago
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Ben Pattison storms to world bronze medal three years after heart surgery

Britain had not won a medal in the men's 800 metres at the World Championships since Peter Elliott in Rome 36 years a...

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9 months ago
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'I had my leg amputated and went on to win a gold medal... but it's irrelevant'

The neuroscience graduate was born with clubfoot and she spent much of her childhood in a wheelchair due to 14 major ...

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9 months ago
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Katarina Johnson-Thompson reveals secret sessions that brought her golden reward

"I didn't think I could run that 800m time. I'm not gonna lie. But I hate the feeling of not being ready to fight. We...

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9 months ago
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Zharnel Hughes gives thanks to Linford Christie for helping him end global medal drought

Britain's fastest man takes bronze in the men's 100 metres and admits: “My heart’s full of emotions"

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9 months ago
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Katarina Johnson-Thompson banishes demon of Tokyo to power into medal contention

Katarina Johnson-Thompson last night laid to rest her Olympic demon to put herself in line for a first global medal i...

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9 months ago
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Ex-Lioness sends message of hope and pride to stars ahead of World Cup final

They’ve roared their way to success, trouncing Australia in the semi-final to land the top slot against Spain on Sund...

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9 months ago
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Katarina Johnson-Thompson hungry in Hungary after rediscovering mojo

“I’ve done everything possible to get into this position, and everything's gone right. My goal is a medal. I think I ...

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10 months ago
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Daryll Neita: “I’m not scared to beat people - I want to be number one"

Britain's 200 metre champion sprinter says she is ready to challenge for global medals and make a name for herself

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11 months ago
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Tori Bowie cause of death was complications from childbirth, agent says

Tori Bowie, a 3x Olympic medalist and once the world's fastest woman, passed away in Florida aged 32 with her agent r...

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almost 1 year ago
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Woman 're-grows' her spine after landing on neck when she slipped during pole dancing

Kaitlin Rawson was practicing a pole dancing routine until one slip left her on the ground paralysed with a shattered...

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about 1 year ago
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Usain Bolt: 'We need to make athletics more exciting - people don't want to watch'

'If you don't have a superstar that stands out like I did, then it's going to be hard to draw the big crowds and draw...

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about 1 year ago
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Matt Weston wins again as British skeleton completes remarkable bounceback year

Marcus Wyatt and Laura Deas bag silver medals in season finale in Latvia to banish memories of last year's Olympic ho...

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over 1 year ago
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Sir Mo Farah to give London Marathon 'one last shot' then consider coaching role

"When I do finally stop I’d love to show what you can do with hard work and grafting. I have my coaching licence and ...

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over 1 year ago
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Lizzy Yarnold hails Matt Weston's skeleton world title triumph as near perfect

Exclusive: Double Olympic champion heaps praise on former rugby player for becoming only Britain's second ever male w...

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over 1 year ago
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Matt Weston sets record pace in bid for Euro-World Championship skeleton double

Kristan Bromley, Britain's last male world skeleton champion, hails performance of 25-year old who leads by more than...

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over 1 year ago
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Great Britain's bobsleigh boys aim to overturn odds rather than sled this time

“Bobsleigh’s not always had the most positive press because there’s been loads of problems. But there’s also been c**...

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over 1 year ago
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Tyson Fury explains why trilogy clash with Derek Chisora is end of an era

Tyson Fury defends his WBC heavyweight title against Derek Chisora on Saturday and the unbeaten Gypsy King has spelle...

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over 1 year ago
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Daniel Dubois foe Kevin Lerena's "crazy story" of being shot by Oscar Pistorius

Kevin Lerena was accidentally shot by Oscar Pistorius just weeks before the double-amputee athlete fatally wounded hi...

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over 1 year ago
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Jamie George reveals Marcus Smith under team orders over New Zealand draw decision

England's fly-half came in for criticism following the draw with New Zealand with the decision to kick the ball dead ...

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over 1 year ago
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Kyle Sinckler sends warning to England colleagues as they gear up for New Zealand clash

England will face New Zealand at Twickenham this Saturday for the first time since beating the All Blacks in the 2019...

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over 1 year ago
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Eddie Jones tells England Argentina shock defeat is not good enough and demands reaction

England 29-30 Argentina: Red Rose brigade suffer only their second ever defeat at home to Argentina, who they face in...

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over 1 year ago
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No words for Eddie Jones' new England rugby training masterplan

“There's greater welfare care in every sport and the training, the amount of physical training you can do, is being l...

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over 1 year ago
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Eddie Jones: France 2023 will NOT be my last Rugby World Cup

Jones’ declaration comes as England brace themselves for the loss of defence coach Anthony Seibold, who has been line...

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about 2 years ago
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Josh Warrington explains why he celebrated his world title win with a Mars bar

Josh Warrington stopped Kiko Martinez in seven rounds to reclaim his IBF featherweight world title and has been speak...

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about 2 years ago
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Savannah Marshall opens up on her on-going feud with Claressa Shields

Savannah Marshall defends her women's WBO middleweight title against Femke Hermans in Newcastle on Saturday night bef...

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about 2 years ago
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How Rosie Galligan defied huge odds to earn England recall three years after last cap

"Rosie went from feeling a bit unwell to couldn’t move her legs to in an ambulance within the space of 24 hours"

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about 2 years ago
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James Bond fan Keely Hodgkinson warns athletics rivals the World Indoors is not enough

"I’d love four major medals this year. I can definitely see myself going for three"

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about 2 years ago
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England vow to beat Ireland with physicality - but even local barista is unconvinced

"The girl in the coffee shop thinks Ireland are red-hot favourites and are going to win,” admits Eddie Jones

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about 2 years ago
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All Blacks rugby great Sean Fitzpatrick reveals his thoughts on South Africa's Six Nations bid

“I don’t personally like having a southern hemisphere team in the Six Nations because the history of the competition ...

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about 2 years ago
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Riyad Mahrez and Pep Guardiola in agreement over Man City's Champions League chances

Manchester City thrashed Sporting Lisbon 5-0 in the Champions League last-16 but Riyad Mahrez and Pep Guardiola have ...

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about 2 years ago
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Tyson Fury foe Dillian Whyte warned he is just days away from blowing £18million

Dillian Whyte has until Saturday to sign to fight WBC heavyweight king Tyson Fury and promoter Frank Warren says he w...

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over 2 years ago
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Owen Farrell suffers fresh injury setback to put his Six Nations hopes in serious jeopardy

Owen Farrell will see a specialist next week after a fresh injury wrecked his hopes of being ready for the Six Nations.

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over 2 years ago
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KJT: 'I would never have got in that wheelchair. I did not want to give the world that image of me'

Britain's world champion heptathlete opens up on an Olympic ordeal which was both traumatic and heroic

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