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Seven teams attended the first of the 2011/2012 BUCS/BUSA Match Racing Qualifiers, which took place at the Royal Northern and Clyde Yacht Club in Rhu, racing to gain a spot at the 2012 BUCS/BUSA Match Racing Finals in April.
BUCS Team GBR men’s football makes history taking down Brazil on penalties for a place in the final at the 2011 World University Games in China, while badminton women’s singles players Sarah Milne (Leeds Metropolitan) and Linda Sloan (Open University) prepare to meet China in the quarter-finals.
On the final day of the World Swimming Championships in Shanghai Loughborough's Liam Tancock defended his 50m backstroke title.
Becky Woolven was crowned World Champion in the dressage at the World University Equestrian Championships beating Irish Sara Glynn into Silver
Top windsurfers from all over the world will converge on the Isle of Tiree for the world-renowned Skykon Tiree Wave Classic next week.
For most of us, the prospect of taking a month long trip to South Africa this summer to attend the 2010 FIFA World Cup finals remains nothing more than a dream. However, footie fans can now take heart from the announcement this week that the FRijj Swamp Soccer World Cup is coming to the UK…
Reigning Olympic and World Champion sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser will be lighting up the track when she competes at the Aviva British Grand Prix, Britain’s first IAAF Diamond League event, at Gateshead International Stadium on Saturday 10th July.
The Boat Race, between Oxford and Cambridge, is back on the BBC this year with comprehensive coverage on TV, radio, mobile and the BBC Sport website. Live coverage starts on BBC One, Saturday 3 April at 3.10pm. The race begins at 4.30pm.
With excitement surrounding FIFA’s glittering 2010 World Cup in South Africa reaching fever pitch, it’s easy to forget that this year’s host nation currently boasts the highest rate of HIV on the planet; an estimated 5.4 million people accounting for one fifth of all cases globally.
