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Bellingham calls mason Greenwood a rapist on pitch in Spain.
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Great Britain's Freya Colbert claimed a stunning gold in the women's 400m medley on the final day of the World Aquatics Championships in Doha.
Colbert, 19, produced a strong final freestyle leg to earn her first global title in four minutes 37.14 seconds. That came after Max Litchfield took silver in the men's final in 4:10.40. Britain finished with a total of 18 medals, including four golds, to come fifth in the medal table as attention turns towards the Paris 2024 Olympics. Colbert delivered the perfect end to GB's championships with her gold, moving past Israel's runner-up Anastasia Gorbenko (4:37.36) - later booed by the crowd as she was being interviewed - and Italy's bronze medallist Sara Franceschi (4:37.86) in the last 100m. That was Colbert's second medal in Qatar, having been part of GB's silver medal-winning women's 4x200m freestyle quartet. |
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Great Britain has a new swimming hero ahead of this year's Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Laura Stephens became the country's first individual female gold medalist at the World Aquatic Championships since 2011 by claiming 200m butterfly glory in Doha. The 24-year old says she "can't believe it" and has now set her sights on glory in France later this year.
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Littler continues to attract attention and won his first premier
league event after a few goes. Adam peaty qualifies for Olympics with decent time. |
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Fury loses to Usyk, but rematch is great time for spoty,
but maybe not for nominations... |
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6 bellingham
6.2 littler 10.5 cav 13 kane 25 molly caudery ... |
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Teenager Luke Littler continued his astonishing rise by winning the 2024 Premier League Darts title with an 11-7 victory over Luke Humphries at the O2 Arena in London
Littler 4.7 Bellingham 5.9 14 kane 14.5 cav 19 foden |
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The most unlikely showman. In the world. The SuBo of sport.
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2 horse race, England will need to win or go very close for Bellingham to beat him, random non sporty people already know Littler, the beeb love him as to the media generally, Bellingham still wouldn't be known to many outside of sport, Littler appeals to people who wouldn't ordinarily be interested in voting and they along with his already large following puts him in a strong position.
The ordinary boy next door vs the footballing superstar. |
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Josh Kerr broke Steve Cram's 39-year-old British mile record as he beat Jakob Ingebrigtsen at the Diamond League meet in Oregon.
The two rivals were racing against each other for the first time since Kerr shocked the Olympic champion by winning the 1500m at the World Championships last year. Josh is Scottish, if he wins gold, and England win euros it could be a different 2 horse race. |
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Molly Caudery is the only one of the top dozen in the betting that I've never heard of.
So she seems to fit the bill perfectly. Nap bet. |
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Maybe not in a good year,
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Great Britain's Matthew Hudson-Smith smashes his own European record to win the 400m at the Diamond League in Oslo in 44.07 seconds.
Who? |
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Bellingham wins champs league, played poorly in final
But might see him nommed if tight amongst eng players. |
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Golden girl Dina asha smith wins euro gold 100m,
Daryll neita silver in 200m. Obviously somewhat tougher in Olympics, but... |
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It is gold for the quartet of Dina Asher-Smith,
Desiree Henry, Amy Hunt and Daryll Neita.4x100m Keely Hodgkinson wins 800m gold |
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realistic chance of olympic athletics gold ? hodgkinson and josh kerr. any others ?
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Hudson Smith must have a shout if he turns up in top form.
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Arise Sir Mark Cavendish.
Not sure that improves spoty chances. |
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More minor goodies from bellingham
Only goal v serbia Downside England didn't impress. |
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Bellingham more like a spoiled brat, with sulks and shrugging shoulders, than a superstar doesn't do anything to further his case, perhaps the Kardashian undies he is now sporting are a little too tight.
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I'd make england about 20/1 to win the Euros with Southgate in charge, so best to avoid Jude.
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is molly caudery not a real chance for gold ? apparently she's done the highest vault for 3 years
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Big goodies from Bellingham, but England getting worse.
9/4 matched, but.... |
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Cav breaks tour record, 35th stage win.
Brilliant, and I'm so happy for him. Not sure it's enough for spoty, hey ho. |
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11/4 jude
7/2 cav 8/1 littler .... |
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Emma last 16 Wimbledon, 14/1
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should really get to a likely semi final against coco gauff now
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It's an Olympics year. If there's a GB athletics gold medal winner, they'll be favourites, unless England do win the Euros. Hodgkinson, Kerr or Caudery.
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Murray won in 2016 after winning Olympic gold, wiggins in 2012, Hoy in 2008,
and Holmes in 2004 I do think the gold was supplemental to murray and wiggins. Olympic gold was massive back in the day but we win so many now there is no guarantee. |
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2020 Olympics took place in 2021
Emma won spoty, we won 22 gold medals. Tom Daley 2nd, Adam peaty 3rd Tyson Fury 4th Raheem sterling 5th Sarah storey 6th. |
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Fair enough, but outside of the Olympics, we would need a GB winner in some other sport. England win the Euros, sure, but Littler, and in a non BBC sport?
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Bellingham just unseated his rider and is now out with the washing
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Littler has already transcended the Darts world, housewives and mothers were tuning in to see him in the world final, he's won the Prem league,the Beeb have given him shout outs on their own news channels, they love him.
A gold medal from someone very few have ever heard of can't compete with the Littler phenom, Bellingham would have been a near certainty if England had won but not now. Cavendish will win the lifetime achievement award. |
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Littler. Probably so, but, and it's a big but, Team GB will need another rocking Olympics (circa 60+ medals) and an all important athletics gold - and it's on the BBC. Hodgkinson, Kerr or even Caudery. No gold, then yes, I'd accept it is Littler's.
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Good times last night, who was backing bellingham as low as 10?
Yep it looks between the fat kid and any track and field golds now. Quite liking the back to lay of peaty for week 1 though. I think everyone will be well up for the limpics after the euro truamas |
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I like cav personally, but he generated absolutely zero interest due to the euros. Boat missed
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That phoebe worth a look too, could potentially piss all over Hodgkinson like one of those unknown ethiopians that crop up
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7/2 littler
85 Alfee Hewitt won singles and doubles at Wimbledon. Surely Alfee couldn't win a public vote,... |
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Diamond league london today, Molly was crap, keely brilliant, hence the price moves
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