‘Warehouse business Huboo lost £200k of my stock’
BBC James Symons claims Huboo asked him to sign a non-disclosure agreement to get his stock back A business owner who outsourced his warehouse operations has told the BBC the logistics company he used has lost more than £200,000 of his stock. James Symons, from Box, Wiltshire, sells pool cleaning products and used the company […]
British water polo: National champions insist future is bright
Naturally, there are now fears that such a drop in funding for the national teams will have a ripple effect across the whole sport. However, key figures from both the new men’s and women’s national club champions believe the sport can still have a bright future. Coach James Ross, whose Cheltenham side won the British […]
Geraint Thomas wins BBC Cymru Wales Sports Personality 2014
Snooker legend Terry Griffiths was given the Lifetime Achievement award. Griffiths won the World Championship in 1979 and had a glittering career as a player at the highest level, then became the leading coach in the game. The Community Lifetime Achievement honour was given to Swansea boxing stalwart Terry Grey. He took over the running […]
British Cycling’s Shane Sutton rejects Nicole Cooke criticism
Sutton was a coach with Welsh Cycling until joining the British Cycling set-up in 2002 – the year Cooke won the road race at the Commonwealth Games in Manchester. He has praised her as one of cycling’s all-time greats. Cooke won a bronze at Melbourne in 2006 behind Australians Natalie Bates and Oenone Wood, who […]
Joanne Jackson: British Olympic swimming medallist retires
She competed in her first Olympic games in Athens in 2004, but failed to get past the heats. Two years later she won silver medals at 400m and 800m at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. At the Beijing Games she was beaten into third place by American Katie Hoff and team-mate Rebecca Adlington, who won […]
Women’s World Twenty20 Qualifier: Ireland beat PNG to clinch place in West Indes
Ireland have secured a spot at the Women’s World Twenty20 after beating Papua New Guinea by 27 runs in the qualifier semi-finals in Amstelveen. It was make or break as only the winning semi-finalists would make the November tournament in the West Indies. Gaby Lewis top scored with 36 and Laura Delany added 21 as […]
Jack Sullivan: West Ham managing director steps down
Jack Sullivan has stepped down as managing director of Women’s Super League (WSL) side West Ham. The 21-year-old, who was 18 when he took the job in May 2017, is the son of Hammers joint-chairman David Sullivan. During his time in the role, West Ham secured a licence to play in the WSL from 2018 […]
South Asian female fans see first game
Roopa Vyas Roopa Vyas, with mum, Nayna, said: “In the Red Wall, everybody is welcome” In a partnership with community groups, the Football Association of Wales (FAW) gave them 30 tickets to the Wales-Armenia Euros qualifier to “break down barriers and widen their fanbase”. It proved so popular that those who did not attend have […]
When women’s football hit the big time
Ritzau/PA Images Action from the 1971 women’s final between Mexico and Denmark in front of 110,000 fans Just 14 months after Brazil had crushed Italy in the 1970 men’s final in Mexico City, football fever was once again sweeping the host nation, but this time for an unofficial women’s World Cup. And it wasn’t just […]
Women’s Sport Week 2016: Laura Kenny on equality, hair and Elton John
During Women’s Sport Week 2016, BBC Sport will have a special column each day by a notable woman in sport. Four-time Olympic cycling champion Laura Kenny (nee Trott) explains how women’s road racing lags behind in the equality stakes and how changing her diet helped her win gold at Rio 2016. During my career, men’s […]