Rowing/Sailing

Climbing is the biggest winner among a number of sports receiving millions of pounds of additional funding as UK Sport bids to boost Britain’s hopes at the 2028 Los Angeles Games. In recognition of its medal potential, the sport has been handed an extra £1.4m, an increase of more than …

Thousands of rowers from 481 crews took part in the competition on the Isles of Scilly. BBC News

The second day of the World Pilot Gig Championships took place on Saturday. BBC News

Thousands of rowers gathering for the spectacular annual event. BBC News

The crew, all at least in their 40s, hope to make it from the Isle of Whithorn to the Isle of Man. BBC News

Ben Pritchard helps Oxfordshire-based freemasons raise £12,470 for adaptive rowing. BBC News

Tees Rowing Club will provide sessions to boost cancer patients physically and mentally before treatment. BBC News

When Mia Freischem takes part in the 80th Women’s Boat Race, she will – for a short time – be leaving family loyalties, as well as her tracksuit and waders, by the side of the Thames. The 24-year-old will be part of a Cambridge crew looking for a ninth successive …

Those performances showed selectors that their pair were ready for the senior Irish sailing squad, and now they are preparing for the first Grand Slam regatta of the season, the Princess Sofia Trophy in Palma, Mallorca. “Whenever we started sailing together, I guess we just clicked pretty quickly,” said McIlwaine. …

Duo Tim Foster and Mike Reed are the first Manx pair to row across the ocean. BBC News

The Row4MND crew have arrived in Scotland after an unplanned visit to Northern Ireland. BBC News

Frances Reincke was sailing in the 1979 Fastnet Race when a fierce Force 10 storm hit. BBC News

More than 300 rowers took part in the race on Derwentwater, according to its organisers. BBC News

A squad of female rowers from the University of Oxford were working hard to prepare for their upcoming race against Cambridge. Whilst the women’s competition at Henley was overshadowed by the more famous men’s race on the Thames, the stakes were just as high – not only for the race …

Contains scenes which some viewers may find upsetting. Available for over a year Donald Crowhurst is a brilliant inventor with a failing business. When he hears about the Golden Globe Race offering publicity and cash to the fastest to sail around the world, it feels like the perfect solution. Betting …

Eloise, seven, died in a crash with a lorry while cycling in 2021. BBC News

Available for over a year Who will be the first to sail non-stop around the world? In 1968, The Sunday Times announces a trophy and a cash prize for the winner, and the Golden Globe Race is on. Leading the charge are Robin Knox-Johnston, an old-fashioned British patriot, and Bernard …

The university took legal action after Cambridge Rowing Limited tried to register a trademark. BBC News

Beth Murphy and Jess Smiles are record breakers after rowing across the Atlantic in 38 days. BBC News

Sport Ireland said it had stopped funding to Rowing Ireland, which stands at 1.4m euros (£1.2m) for high performance and a core funding of 400,000 euros (£346,000), due to concerns raised in July 2024. In a statement, Rowing Ireland acknowledged “there are lessons to be learned” and it was reviewing …