Jason Kenny has become the most decorated British Olympian ever after winning his seventh gold medal in the men’s keirin cycling final. The cyclist comfortably won the final, making an early move to leave the leading pack trailing and then sprinting clear with three laps remaining. Malaysia’s Mohd Azizulhasni Awang...
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Team GB won two more gold medals on the final day of the Tokyo Games to move their total to 65, equalling the number won at London 2012. With these medals, Jason Kenny cemented his name in the British history books and Lauren Price consolidated British boxing’s record best showing....
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Great Britain has finished the Tokyo 2020 Olympics with 65 medals. The nation picked up 22 gold medals, 20 silvers and 22 bronzes to finish fourth in the medal table, below the USA, China and hosts Japan. The total equalled Team GB’s tally for London 2012, and was just two...
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After a couple of years away at Birmingham’s St Andrews Stadium, with their game against Nottingham Forest, Coventry City, the University of Warwick’s most local league club, will return to their home city. The newly renamed Coventry Building Society Arena, formerly the Ricoh, has undergone a tumultuous 16 years of...
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Reece Goodall explores new research which dates Canterbury Cathedral's stained glass windows back to the mid-12th century!
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A varied 2021 Booker Prize Longlist has just been released. Gaby Shedwick explores the list, sharing which books she's excited to read, as well as those that she'd like to have seen featured.
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Great Britain’s Joe Choong has won the men’s modern pentathlon event. It is GB’s first-ever Olympic medal for the men’s event, and the 20th gold won at Tokyo 2020. The Briton won with a total of 1482 – Egypt’s Ahmed Elgendy burst through the pack to take silver with 1477,...
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Tom Daley won bronze in the men’s 10m platform diving event. In an enthralling final, there was a three-way battle for the gold medal. However, the Chinese divers Cao Yuan and Yang Jian were in impressive form, and won the gold and silver respectively with scores of 582.35 and 580.4....
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Galal Yafai floored opponent Carlo Paalam in a points victory to claim an Olympic gold medal for Team GB in the flyweight final. The Briton defeated the Filipino, sending him toppling to the canvas at the start of the bout and asserting his dominance throughout the match to take the...
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On the penultimate day of the Tokyo Games, Great Britain saw its gold count hit 20 after success in the pentathlon and the boxing. There were also medals in the diving and cycling, putting the nation in a good place to potentially finish in fourth overall. Galal Yafai floored opponent...
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Team GB cyclists Matt Walls and Ethan Hayter have won the silver medal in the men’s madison event at the Tokyo Olympics. It is Walls’ second medal of the Games, after taking gold in the men’s omnium, and it came shortly after Katie Archibald and Laura Kenny won gold in...
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After 778 appearances and 672 goals, just like that, it was over. With one short statement on Thursday evening, Barcelona announced that their best ever player, and the best of all time, had left the club. This announcement was out of the blue. Only a couple of months ago, it...
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