Featherstone weightlifter Finley Brierley-Fox travelled to Birmingham for a British Weightlifting show and came back as English champion, having won the gold medal in the male under-17 category with a 101kg clean and jerk lift. “It was a close competition,” said Fin, 16, who’s studying for a sports coaching diploma at Wakefield College. “The silver medallist lifted just a kilo less.

A new midweek brings yet more intriguing matchups from across Yorkshire and slightly further afield this time out, with a look at the Three Lions. Whether taking a vested interest or a passing watch, there is plenty on offer to quench the sporting itch.

The European Figure Skating Legacy project, an innovative project which was created to help young people in Sheffield to learn how to skate, has been selected as a finalist in the 2026 Move More Awards. The project, which was a joint initiative between Sheffield City Council, Everyone Active, British Ice Skating and UK Sport, has been nominated for the Community Project of the Year category.

Harrogate’s Lottie McGuinness claimed her first major medal when she won the bronze medal in the women’s up to 61 kg category at the Tbilisi 2026 European Open Championships in Georgia. McGuinness’ best lift of 108 left her behind only Turkey’s Besra Duman, who took home the gold, and Russia’s Tamara Podpalnaia, who won the silver.

Tom Sorsby helped England to secure their qualification for the Men’s FIH Hockey World Cup as they defeated Pakistan 4-1 in the final of the 2026 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup Qualifiers. England remained undefeated in their group stage matches, having not conceded a single goal, before they put on their most convincing performance to defeat Malaysia 7-1 in the semifinal.

Rowan Campbell-Pilling, Yorkshire and Sheffield’s rising motorsport star, has officially announced his partners for 2026 ahead of his debut season in the UK’s premier single-seater category, the GB3 Championship. The teenager, who made his international debut in last year’s F4 UAE Trophy Series, has collected over 30 trophies in the past two years.

The 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Paralympic Games got underway this week with ParalympicsGB competing in wheelchair curling, Para Alpine skiing and Para snowboarding.

Yorkshire’s rising star Rowan Campbell-Pilling unveiled his GB3 car for the 2026 season at an event held at the Magna Adventure Centre last Friday. The event also gave the Sheffield-born driver a chance to reflect on his multitude of successes in 2025 while looking ahead to his debut GB3 campaign.

Over 600 athletes will compete across nearly 80 medal events at the Milano Cortina 2026 Paralympic Winter Games, which will officially commence on 6th March. Six sports will feature at the games, with ParalympicsGB having representation in four of those sports across the 12 days of Paralympic action.

East Yorkshire Judo’s Tommy Jackson took home a bronze medal in the senior male -73kg category at the English Open, which took place between 21st and 22nd February. The bronze medal is the Hull-born fighter’s second of the year so far as he continues to impress in Great Britain’s senior squad after progressing from their U18s and U21s squads.

A litany of action awaits in the first week of March from all over the sporting landscape, with drama and intrigue all to come in a month that is already looking to be a vital time in shaping the fortunes of clubs and players for 2026.

Team GB added a silver and a bronze medal to their medal tally to end the Winter Olympics, Team GB’s most successful ever, with a total haul of 5 (3 golds, 1 silver, 1 bronze). Monday 16th February: Day 10 Team Morrison defeated Denmark 7-2 but lost to Switzerland 10-6 in the curling women’s round robin.

We are already in the last week of February, and we end the month with more Yorkshire action as we await another weekend. Here are our picks on what to expect from another bumper midweek of sports.

All 11 Formula 1 teams have now completed the second and final pre-season test in Bahrain before the new season starts in Melbourne, Australia, in a fortnight’s time, and there were clear winners and a distinct loser in the Middle East, with Mercedes, McLaren and Red Bull looking strong and Aston Martin still woefully off the pace.

Lottie McGuinness has been named in Team England’s Para Powerlifting squad ahead of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. McGuinness, who is one of seven para-athletes named in the Para Powerlifting squad, will compete in the women’s lightweight category alongside teammate Olivia Broome.

The 2026 Winter Olympics got underway this week, with Team GB featuring in curling, snowboarding, figure skating, freestyle skiing and cross-country skiing. Across the first 5 days of Olympic action, Team GB qualified for the curling mixed doubles semi-finals as well as the Freestyle Skiing Women’s Freeski Slopestyle and the Snowboarding Women’s Big Air finals.

McLaren and Aston Martin have now completed the 2026 Formula 1 launch season after holding events in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, respectively, to unveil their new race liveries, and we now await the first of two three-day tests in Bahrain before the new campaign begins in earnest in Melbourne, Australia, in early March.

Rowan Campbell-Pilling will make his GB3 debut in April this year after his third-place finish in the F4 UAE Trophy Series at the end of last year. The Sheffield-born driver has been signed by Dubai-based Xcel Motorsport, the team with which he secured his win in the F4 UAE Trophy series, as he prepares to make his debut in the GB3.

The weekend has been and gone, but by no means does that indicate a slowing down of drama on the pitch, court or oche. From Monday to Friday, there are options in all corners of the sporting landscape to see through another working week with continued excitement.

IHG Hotels & Resorts’ new research has revealed that 49% of fans rate the Guinness Men’s Six Nations (M6N) as an experience that they are willing to travel the world for. The research shows that fans are more willing to travel the world for the M6N than they are for events like Wimbledon and the Monaco Grand Prix, with only the FIFA World Cup final ranking higher amongst fans.

The launch of the 143rd edition of the Men’s Six Nations (M6N) was held at Edinburgh Castle as players and the head coaches from all six countries were present to kick off this year’s tournament.

GLL, the charitable social enterprise and worker-owned co-op that operates Better leisure centres across Cumbria, is inviting athletes from the region to apply for funding from the largest athlete support programme of its kind in the UK.

A Barrow woman’s story of overcoming adversity is helping football fans smile this January. Carol, a regular at Barrow AFC Community Foundation’s Cancer Prehabilitation and Rehabilitation programme, has said the sessions have left her feeling “much more positive”.

Two further key events in the build-up to the new Formula 1 season have just taken place in Germany and Japan, namely the glitzy official unveiling in Berlin of the livery for Audi’s first ever F1 car and in Tokyo the unveiling of Honda’s new power unit, which it hopes will help make the Aston Martin team more competitive.

Anya Butterworth won two of Badminton England’s eight medals at last week’s Egypt Para Badminton International, with the rising star winning both the women’s singles and mixed doubles SH6 classification titles.