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After the second day of dressage Britain’s eventing team hold the silver medal position at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games. With a total of 114.3 penalties, Germany hold a commanding 14 penalty lead over Britain who are on 128.5 with Sweden just behind on 131.2.

Britain’s Laura Bechtolsheimer (25) has pulled off a hat-trick of silver medals by taking second spot at tonight’s Dressage showcase event, the Grand Prix Freestyle at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games.

Britain’s eventing team have climbed into Gold position and individual silver following an incident packed cross country day at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games. We hold the slimmest of margins over the American team with Canada not far behind.

Represented by Guo Yue, Guo Yan and Li Xiaoxia; China won the Women’s Team title at the U.A.E. World Team Cup Classic in Dubai on Friday 1st October 2010 beating Singapore by a resounding three matches to nil.

Schools are opening the door to judo as the Olympic sport’s array of health benefits and promotion of discipline and respect continues to the make a mark with children, according to a government study.

Yet again Laura Renwick is proving she is a force to be reckoned with winning many of the top competitions at the Palermo CSI 3* International Showjumping competition which took place in Sicily, Italy from 24th to 26th September.

After day one of the Eventing dressage at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games, it’s Germany who hold the advantage in the team and individual standings. The team are on 83.8 after two riders with Australia second on 91.0 and the Swedish just fractionally behind on 91.7. Britain lie fourth with 93.2.

World Equestrian Games-All six of the British eventing horse and rider combinations are safely through the First Horse Inspection under the watchful eye of the Ground Jury comprising; Marilyn Payne (USA), Anne-Mette Binder (DEN) and David Lee (IRL).

Two days, two silver medals! Britain’s Laura Bechtolsheimer produced a new British record Grand Prix Special score of 81.708% to claim our first ever World Championship individual Silver medal.

World Equestrian Games. It’s a World Championship silver team medal for Britain! In a tense day of competition, the British Team of Fiona Bigwood, Maria Eilberg, Carl Hester and Laura Bechtolsheimer clinched silver in a close fought battle with the Netherlands, Germany and the USA.

New Zealand Chef de Mission for the Delhi Commonwealth Games, Dave Currie, on Tuesday said the event may be called off if the concerns regarding the Athletes Village are not addressed at the earliest.

Endurance riding has a history that dates back to when horses were first used to travel long distances as a means of transport. As a form of competitive sport though, endurance riding first emerged in the USA in the 1950s, and reached Europe in the 1960s.

20-year-old Gemma Howell from Telford has finished in 7th place in on day three of the 2010 World Championships, held in Tokyo, Japan.

Round 8 of the Jaguar Classic Parts Saloon Championship and the Toyo Tires XJ-S Championship were to be merged in what would be a packed 32-car grid comprising 18 assorted saloons and 14 XJ-S’s.

AUSTIN, TEXAS – The Women’s Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) continues to experience steady growth, expanding to 98 leagues today. Nine leagues graduated from Apprentice status to become full WFTDA members:

THIS WEEKEND!! New York State's FIRST EVER Women's Flat Track Roller Derby Tournament, hosted by yours truly, the Long Island Roller Rebels!!

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Sarah Donohue, alongside team owner and throttleman Martin Lai and top Navigator Tom Williams Hawkes in Ocean Dragon Racing took a very respected 2nd place overall, in the Cowes 100

LessBounce.com the sports bra company has conducted an online survey amongst its customers over the summer and found the message about the need for a good sports bra for all different types of exercise is getting through!

With less than two years to go to the London 2012 Olympic Games, the GB World Cup forms an important marker for the British team and is part of the new World Ranking system, announced by the International Judo Federation (IJF), which contributes to Olympic qualification and each individuals World standing.

It was 21 year old Jemma Kirk from West Lothian, Edinburgh that took the first place prize money riding Robert Kirk’s 14 year old bay gelding Wexford.

The heat is on for the 500m Finals. The temperature really went through the roof for the last day of competition at the World Championships, here in Poznan, when winners of the last 17 medals were contested.

150 extreme sportsmen and women, four demanding disciplines, immensely challenging stages and a Czech victory. On Saturday the ninth edition of the outdoortrophy, one of the world's hardest team competitions, took place in Lingenau/Vorarlberg (Austria).

The British Team’s emphatic victory in the Hickstead Nations Cup has been voted ‘Performance of the Month’ for July.

Singapore dominated matters in the Women's Singles event at the KRA Korean Open in Incheon on Saturday 14th August 2010; FENG Tianwei, WANG Yue Gu and LI Jia Wei all booked semi-final places.

This week 40 roller derby teams learned that they have a shot at being the 2010 Women’s Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) Champions. With the opening whistle of WFTDA playoff season just weeks away, the brackets for the four regional playoffs are now set.