ARCHERY… Britain topped the medal table in the final leg of the Europa Cup juniors series in Ukraine, with 13 archers medalling in total. Tom Barber in the recurve, and Matt Arnold in the compound, both won individual gold before Barber combined with Glen Croft and Eddie Spouge to win the team recurve. Barber and Arnold also claimed the overall titles in their events after the three legs. Elsewhere, elite archers from around the world are coming to Dover to compete in the fourth leg of the Meteksan Archery World Cup which gets underway on Tuesday. The event is supported via UK Sport's World Class Events Programme and is the last chance to secure a place in the World Cup Grand Final, which takes place in Dubai in November. Alan Wills and Naomi Folkard, in the men's and women's recurve respectively, are still in with a chance of a final top-four finish and subsequent qualification for Dubai. More@ The Grand National Archery Society
ATHLETICS… Great Britain & Northern Ireland won 14 medals at the European Junior Championships in Hengelo, Holland, to add to the success at the World Youth and European U23 Championships and bring the combined medal total from the three events to 39. Alex Nelson and Hayley Jones, in their respective 200m races, the 4x100m women's team and the 4x400m men's team all claimed gold, with six silver and four bronze medals completing the haul. Performance Director, Dave Collins, was delighted with the performances adding that it proved genuine progression was happening across the sport: "The performances over the last two or three weeks show we are going in the right direction," he said. "The big challenge for us now is to ensure as many of these athletes as possible make the transition through to senior international level." More@ UK Athletics
BOXING… This month has seen England's junior amateur teams return from international tournaments in Belarus and Serbia, having recorded England's best medal return ever. Frankie Gavin (64kg) boxed brilliantly to win gold in Belarus, while Michael Maguire's (54kg) performance in Sombor, Serbia, gained him Boxer of the Tournament, as well as the European Junior crown - England's first gold in this tournament since Erol Christie's triumph in 1978. Tyson Fury (91+) and Khalid Yafai (51kg) were also medalists in Serbia, both picking up silver.
DEAF SPORT… Britain won three medals at the European Deaf Athletics Championships in Bulgaria. Beth Sewell threw 43.33 in the hammer to finish nearly 4m ahead of her rivals to win gold, whilst there was a silver each for Lauren Peffers in the 800m and Colette Doran in the javelin. More@ UK Deaf Sport
DISABILITY JUDO… Britain's visually impaired team will compete at next week's World Championships in Brazil. The team of Darren Harris, Ben Quilter, Ian Rose and brothers Joe and Samuel Ingram, will be in action in what is one of the qualification events for the Beijing Paralympic Games. "Our preparation for the World Championships has been as good as it gets, so we're looking forward to it – it's up to them now," said GB coach, Steve Gawthorpe. More@ The British Paralympic Association
DISABILITY SHOOTING… Britain's James Bevis shot a lifetime best in the R5 mixed 10m air rifle event with a perfect 600 score to lead the field into the finals at the Open and European Championships in Suhl, Germany, eventually winning bronze in a shoot-off. The Championships continue through to Sunday. More@ Shoot Online
GLIDING… British pilots won two individual gold medals and the team trophy at the Women's World Championships at Romorantin in France. Sarah Kelman won the Standard Class and Gill Spreckley claimed gold in the Club Class, a repeat of their victories in 2001. Elsewhere Kay Draper was fourth in the Standard Class, Rose Johnson and Liz Sparrow were fourth and fifth respectively in the Club Class, and Lucy Withall came eighth in the 15m Class. More@ The British Gliding Association
MAJOR EVENTS… UK Sport hosts the Cities and Regions Group today to discuss the results and methodology behind 'Measuring Success 3', an economic impact study of six major events, commissioned by UK Sport and which were supported via the National Lottery backed World Class Events Programme. The group comprises of the key stakeholders involved in the bidding for, and staging of, World Class sports events in the UK (outside of the National Governing Bodies of Sport) and will have the first opportunity to view the report's key findings. More@ UK Sport Major Events
ROWING… Today sees the FISU Under-23 World Rowing Championships get underway at Strathclyde Park, Motherwell. The event – which is supported via UK Sport's World Class Events Programme – has up to 750 athletes from 52 nations expected to compete, and also welcomes the nations of Nigeria and Sudan for the first time - described by FISU's Development Director, Thor Nilsen, as a "significant advance for African rowing". More@ The World Rowing U23 Championships
SAILING… Britain's young sailors were in the medals at the Youth Sailing ISAF World Championships, winning one gold, one silver and a bronze medal to help Britain finish joint top of the medals table, along with Denmark. Brothers Richard and Andrew Glover finished top in the Hobie 16 Catamaran class, whilst Sophie Weguelin and Sophie Ainsworth won Britain's silver in the girl's 29er class, and James Ellis and Rob Partridge came third in the boy's equivalent. "I'm delighted with the team's performance," said RYA Youth Racing Manager, Simon Wergan. "We were aiming to get stronger as a team as the event progressed and we certainly did that." Meanwhile, the Cadet World Championships start this Saturday in Wales – an event supported via UK Sport's World Class Events Programme. More@ Skandia Team GBR
SWIMMING… Britain's swimmers have so far won seven medals at the European Youth Olympic Festival in Serbia. Aimee Willmott has picked up three, including gold in the 200m individual medley, whilst Roberto Pavani has also claimed a top spot in the men's equivalent. The swimming concludes tomorrow. More@ British Swimming
TABLE TENNIS… England's young players claimed two golds, one silver and a bronze medal at the 50th European Youth Championships in Bratislava – the biggest haul England have won at this event. England won the team event after a 3-0 victory over the Czech Republic in the final, before Paul Drinkhall combined with Romania's Eliz Samara to defeat team-mate Darius Knight and Natalie Bak of Poland in the mixed doubles final. England's other medal came when Gavin Evans claimed bronze in the Cadet mixed doubles with Hunor Szocs of Romania. More@ The English Table Tennis Association
TRIATHLON… Tim Don won the men's Corus Elite Series in Hyde Park – the proposed venue for the 2012 Games – at the weekend. In a new super sprint race format, which included heats and a final over a 300m swim, 7km bike ride and a 2.5km run course, Don finished top ahead of Germany's Christian Weimar in second and compatriot Alistair Brownlee in third. In the women's race, Erin Densham of Australia won the event, but England's Hollie Anvil and Andrea Whitcombe came home second and third respectively. More@ British Triathlon
VOLLEYBALL… Britain's Men faired well in their first match against Egypt on Tuesday, recording a convincing 3-1 win over their hosts. Britain had to recover from going a game down before going on to win 19-25, 25-21, 25-18, 25-23. The squad is in Egypt before travelling to Tunisia and will play three more games whilst they are there. More@ Volleyball England
WHEELCHAIR TENNIS… Britain's Lucy Shuker beat Mie Yaosa of Japan for the first time in her career, to reach the quarter-finals of the British Championships yesterday. Shuker will face world number one, Esther Vergeer, in the last eight following her 7-5 6-3 victory. Elsewhere, David Phillipson and Alex Jewitt both bowed out of the men's main singles draw. The finals take place this weekend. More@ The British Tennis Foundation
