Summer Sports



British Basketball urges UK Sport to reconsider funding cut

By Tom Degun

PopsJanuary 10 - UK Sport's Board have been invited to attend the British Basketball League (BBL) Cup Final in Birmingham on Sunday (January 13) in a bid to convince the high performance agency to reverse their decision to cut 100 per cent of the sport's funding for Rio 2016.





British Lionhearts face tough task away to Ukraine Otamans

By Tom Degun

Oleksandr Usyk WSBJanuary 9 - The British Lionhearts face a tough task to secure victory in their next World Series of Boxing (WSB) bout this week as they travel to Kyiv to face a Ukraine Otamans outfit headed by the reigning heavyweight Olympic and world champion Oleksandr Usyk.






Sailing World Championship event set for Poole

By Tom Degun

Poole HabourJanuary 7 - The 2013 International 2.4 metre Class Open World Championships are set to take place in Poole this September with the competition being in of the very few events in the sport where able-bodied and disabled sailors compete together.