The Latest Breaking News from Great Britain

'Nations weren't happy that a bunch of randomers from Derby were beating them' - Dan Bigham's journey from treason to Olympic track

The former World Hour Record holder has gone from committing national team 'treason' to being an Olympic medal hopeful in Paris

Cycling News · Jul 23, 2024

Olympics: Team GB medal haul prediction revealed as Paris Games approach

Great Britain are expected to achieve similar results to Tokyo, where they matched their total from London 2012

Evening Standard · Jul 23, 2024

How Roy Keane is inspiring Team GB to end 36 years of Olympic men’s hockey hurt

Not since the famous gold at Seoul 1988 have Great Britain’s men won an Olympic hockey medal but David Ames and the Paris 2024 vintage are tapping into all resources to end that drought

The Independent UK · Jul 23, 2024

F1 team-mates' qualifying battles: Hungarian GP

After every F1 qualifying session, Motorsport.com publishes each team's qualifying record in terms of team-mate duels.

Motorsport · Jul 20, 2024

The weird history of Olympic football: Featuring Thierry Henry, protesting sailors and a very angry Hitler

France have an all-star boss targeting gold in Paris – if the past 128 years are anything to go by, he’ll have to navigate some bizarre events to succeed

FourFourTwo · Jul 20, 2024

Ellie Kildunne says Great Britain can do ‘something special’ at Paris Olympics

Ciaran Beattie’s side face Ireland on July 28 in their opening pool match at the Stade de France and Kildunne’s sights are fixed on a medal.

The Independent UK · Jul 19, 2024

British retail sales slump by more than forecast amid chilly weather

Drop of 1.2% in June comes as households rein in spending during cost of living crisis

The Guardian - UK · Jul 19, 2024

Windows IT outage: CrowdStrike CEO ‘deeply sorry’ for global chaos caused by update and warns fix may take time to work – as it happened

Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike says fix has been issued to software update responsible – but impact of that will not be immediate

The Guardian - UK · Jul 19, 2024

How Great Britain claimed Olympic cricket glory in Paris 124 years ago

Classically English game has featured at the Olympics once, and British team will defend their title at Los Angeles 2028

The Guardian - UK · Jul 17, 2024

RFL considers reviving Great Britain Lions brand to replace England for tour

Senior rugby league officials are considering reviving the Great Britain brand to replace England for next year’s tour of Australia

The Guardian - UK · Jul 15, 2024