The England U19 side, managed by Ben Futcher, will play four fixtures during the first international break of the 2026–27 season. The Young Lions are continuing their preparations ahead of their own U19 European Championship qualifying campaign, which will get underway later this year. The camp will begin in England with a fixture against the Republic of Ireland on Friday, 25 September at 7pm at St. George’s Park. The Young Lions will then travel to southern Spain for three matches at the Marbella Football Centre. They will face Norway on Tuesday, 29 September at 3pm, the United States on Friday, 2 October at 3pm, before rounding off the camp against Belgium on Monday, 5 October at 12pm. Read more Read More
The England U20 side, managed by Darren Moore, will return to action during the first international break of the 2026–27 season. The Young Lions will travel to Spain to play their opening three fixtures of their Euro Elite League campaign. They will face Italy, France and Germany in succession, with all three matches set to take place at the Estadi Olímpic Camilo Cano on the Costa Blanca. England’s first fixture will be against Italy on Friday, 25 September at 10:30am, before taking on France on Tuesday, 29 September at 10:30am. The Young Lions will round off their training camp on Saturday, 3 October at 4:30pm, when they face Germany. Read more Read More
Matthew Brennan has just completed his first Grand Tour with a performance that far exceeded the expectations placed on him. At 21, the British rider won five stages of the 2026 Vuelta and established himself as the fastest man in the Spanish peloton. A first three-week Grand Tour experience that now allows him to set his sights on an even more ambitious goal: taking the first yellow jersey of the 2027 Tour de France, whose opening three stages will take place in his native United Kingdom. But before thinking about yellow, Brennan will still have to convince Visma | Lease a Bike to give him a place in a team whose ambitions will remain largely focused on the general classification. Read more Read More
Georgia Hunter-Bell and Keely Hodgkinson both finished second in their respective finals at the World Athletics Ultimate Championship in Budapest. The former finished second in the 1500m behind Poland’s Klaudia Kazimierska, while Hodgkinson was, as has often been the case this season, beaten by Switzerland’s Audrey Werro in the 800m. Read more Read More
It was one of the surprises of the evening in Rovereto on Tuesday, as Yusuf Bizimana won the 800m in 1:43.31, spectacularly improving his personal best for the third consecutive time since the start of the summer. This latest performance also sees him become the sixth-best British performer in history over the distance, further underlining the progress made by the British middle-distance runner in recent weeks. Read more Read More
