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European Aquatics Championships 2026: Keanna MacInnes stars as Great Britain top medals table at Europeans
Great Britain finished top of the medals table at the European Aquatics Championships in Paris after Keanna MacInnes helped them win two golds on Sunday’s final day of competition.
The 24-year-old sealed victory in the 200m butterfly with a new Scottish record of two minutes 5.90 seconds, then swam the fly leg as Great Britain won the women’s 4×100m medley.
Angharad Evans followed up her gold in the individual 100m breaststroke with the fastest ever women’s relay breaststoke leg as the team, which also included Lauren Cox and Freya Colbert, stormed to victory in a championship record three minutes 53.50 seconds.
The relay win secured top spot on the medal charts over Italy, whom they beat by a tenth of a second, with Great Britain finishing on 14 golds to second-placed Italy’s 13.
The British squad also won four silvers and eight bronzes in the French capital, with 14 of their 26 medals coming in swimming events.
The swimmers secured eight golds, two silvers and four bronzes, including victory for 18-year-old Filip Nowacki in the men’s 200m breaststroke on Thursday.
They also won two golds, two silvers and three bronzes in diving and four golds and a bronze in artistic swimming.
They topped the medal table in swimming and artistic swimming and were fourth in the diving table.
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Tennis: Arthur Fery named in GB Davis Cup team to face Ecuador
Wimbledon semi-finalist Arthur Fery has been included in Great Britain’s Davis Cup team to face Ecuador in September.
Former world number four Jack Draper is not included but a fifth player will be added closer to the time.
British number one Cameron Norrie, Jacob Fearnley, Henry Patten and Lloyd Glasspool make up the team to play at London’s Copper Box Arena.
“I am really proud to be able to represent GB again,” Fery said. “It is going to be a bit of a different scenario this time, at home, in the World Group and trying to qualify for the final eight.
“There might be some extra pressure, but I’m ready for it.”
Fery, 24, jumped to a career-high world ranking of 36 following his shock Wimbledon success, when he was a wildcard into his home Grand Slam.
Ranked 114th in the world before the start of the tournament, Fery went on to become the lowest-ranked player to make Wimbledon’s last four since Goran Ivanisevic in 2001.
This will be Fery’s first outing in England since Wimbledon.
Draper, 24, broke down in tears earlier this month midway through his first game since June following long-term injury difficulties.
A persistent arm injury has kept him sidelined and caused his world ranking to plummet from fourth to as low as 160th over a 12-month period.
The best-of-five tie takes place over two days on 19 and 20 September, with two singles matches on day one.
Day two features a doubles match followed by two singles encounters.
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Submit a question for Pete Sampson’s Notre Dame mailbag
The season opener against Wisconsin at historic Lambeau Field is less than three weeks away, and nine long months of questions are about to be answered as the 2026 Irish take the field. What’s on your mind as Notre Dame continues its preseason preparations? Submit your questions below, and Pete Sampson will answer the best ones in a mailbag later this week.
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Eddie James: Wales centre signs new Scarlets contract
James is the latest player to have signed a new contract before the 2026-27 campaign alongside Fletcher Anderson, Josh Macleod, Henry Thomas, Gareth Davies, Dan Davis, Sam Lousi, Harri O’Connor, Jac Davies, Will Evans, Carwyn Leggatt-Jones and Gabe Hawley.
The club have also added 10 new signings, with fly-half Gareth Anscombe, props Chris Apoua and Corey Domachowski, second rows Harvey Cuckson, Alex Groves and Tom Allen, hookers John McKee and George Roberts, full-back Isaac Murray-Macgregor and All Black Cullen Grace arriving in Llanelli.
“Keeping Eddie at Parc y Scarlets is a significant signing for our club and we are delighted he will continue his rugby journey with us,” said Scarlets director of rugby Nigel Davies.
“Having players like Eddie at the heart of what we’re building is as important as new players coming into the squad.
“We’re proud of our ethos of developing our own players and we want to give our young Welsh players an environment in which they know they can achieve their ambitions in a Scarlets jersey.”
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