British Olympic Association gets first female chair in 120-year history Sport Business Trailblazing former rowing champion Dame Katherine Grainger has been elected the first female chair of the British Olympic Association in its 120-year history. Grainger, 49, will succeed Sir Hugh Robertson in the post early next year after she completes her final term as chair of UK Sport. “It is a huge honour to be elected [...]
The Boat Race: Chanel-backed Thames regatta gets season underway Sport The central London stroke rate was on the rise this week as the 2025 Boat Race season got underway with the Presidents’ Challenge at Somerset House. The challenge, issued on behalf of the men’s and women’s crews that lost in the previous edition, renewed the rivalry between Oxford and Cambridge Universities. It comes a month [...]
Chanel dips oar into sport as Boat Race sponsor Sport Business Fashion giant Chanel has ventured into sport sponsorship for the first time after agreeing to become the headline partner of The Boat Race. The annual Thames regatta between Oxford and Cambridge Universities will be known as The Chanel J12 Boat Race after the luxury brand, privately owned by Alain and Gerard Wertheimer, signed a long-term [...]
Londoner thanks travelling Brits for urging him onto sensational Olympic gold July 31, 2024 Just moments later Team GB’s women snatched gold from the Netherlands with a stunning late burst of their own in the quadruple sculls.
Redgrave backs Brits to row their way to Paris 2024 gold June 14, 2024 Sir Steve Redgrave has backed Britain’s rowers to top the medal table at Paris 2024 just three years after their worst Olympic showing in nearly 50 years. In Tokyo, Team GB won just two medals in rowing, a silver, and a bronze, leaving them down in 14th position in the sport, failing to win a gold medal for [...]
Meet Gregg Stevenson, the commando who lost both legs now going for Paralympic gold April 9, 2024 Stevenson lost both of his legs in Afghanistan but has a new career in sport.
Team GB rower Glover happy to take back seat in pursuit of more Olympic gold April 9, 2024 The double Olympic champion came out of retirement for the second time with the aim of making it to Paris.
The Boat Race: Who are favourites and where do Oxford and Cambridge race? March 30, 2024 It’s that time of year again, when the Gemini Boat Race makes west London’s Thames banks become awash with current and former Oxford and Cambridge students. So with the annual rowing regatta returning to the capital on this Easter weekend, albeit with a warning not to enter the water due to E. coli, we’ve taken [...]
The Boat Race is the last Varsity contest that is still relevant beyond Oxford and Cambridge, but for how long? March 29, 2024 The trend is in keeping with one that goes beyond sport, with fewer people caring about Oxford and Cambridge.
The Boat Race: Rowers urged to stay out of water due to E. coli March 27, 2024 Celebrations for the winning teams in this year’s Boat Race have been warned not to throw their cox in the Thames, as per tradition, due to the threat of E. coli in the water. Men’s and women’s crews from Oxford and Cambridge universities will take part in the iconic Boat Race along a stretch of [...]