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25-04-2025
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Azu, Duplantis, Kipyegon in action at Diamond League opener
The 16th Diamond League season begins in Xiamen, China on Saturday as athletics' Olympic stars begin to build towards their shot at world glory in 2025, live on the BBC. The series will see athletes compete for points in 32 disciplines across 14 meetings in a bid to qualify for the winner-takes-all two-day finals in Zurich in takes place just over two weeks before the start of the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan in is also the first year in which the Diamond League must compete with Michael Johnson's new Grand Slam Track for athletes' the three remaining Grand Slam Track events, only one clashes directly with Diamond League competition - with the Miami Slam on 2–4 May taking place at the same time as the meet in Keqiao, China on 3 Diamond League has increased its prize money to the highest level in its history, with a total prize pot of $9.24m (£6.95m) on offer across the includes $500,000 (£375,000) at each of the 14 series meetings, and $2.2m (£1.7m) at the Diamond League the Diamond League action on the BBC Red Button, BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website and app from 12:00 to 14:00 BST on Saturday. Who to watch out for in Xiamen After winning the first global title of his career with world indoor 60m gold in March, Great Britain's Jeremiah Azu begins his push for outdoor 23-year-old will have Olympic 200m champion Letsile Tebogo, American Christian Coleman and South Africa's Akani Simbine for company in a stacked pole vault star Armand 'Mondo' Duplantis competes in the men's pole vault after breaking the men's world record for an 11th time in Xiamen one year ago, Duplantis posted the earliest world record in a Diamond League season before going on to win a fourth announced this week that in June she will attempt to become the first woman to run a sub-four minute mile, three-time Olympic 1500m champion Faith Kipyegon will contest the women's 1,000m in Kenyan, whose personal best is just 0.17 seconds slower than the world record of two minutes and 28.98 seconds, is joined in that race by Olympic 800m silver medallist Tsige Duguma and GB's Erin Britain's Amy Hunt lines up in the women's 200m against Jamaica's two-time world champion in the event Shericka Jackson, while Morgan Lake competes against Ukraine's Olympic high jump champion Yaroslava inaugural Diamond League men's 300m hurdles features the event's world record holder Karsten Warholm, while four-time global champion Grant Holloway goes in the men's 110m hurdles. Key Diamond League timings 10:15 BST - Women's high jump featuring GB's Morgan Lake and Olympic champion Yaroslava Mahuchikh10:35 BST - Men's pole vault featuring world record holder Mondo Duplantis11:40 BST - Men's 110m hurdles featuring Olympic champion Grant Holloway11:50 BST - Women's 200m featuring GB's Amy Hunt and Jamaica's two-time world champion Shericka Jackson 12:01 BST - Men's 100m featuring GB's Jeremiah Azu and Olympic 200m champion Letsile Tebogo12:10 BST - Women's 1,000m featuring three-time Olympic gold medallist Faith Kipyegon and GB's Erin Wallace12:52 BST - Men's 300m hurdles featuring Norway's world record holder Karsten Warholm How does the Diamond League work? Athletes will compete for points at the 14 regular series meetings from April to August. Points are awarded on a scale from eight for first place to one for eighth place. After the 14th meeting in Brussels, the top six ranked athletes in the field events, the top eight in track events from 100m up to 800m, and the top 10 in the distances from 1500m upwards qualify for the final. The two-day finals are a winner-takes-all competition to be crowned Diamond League champion in each event. Diamond League calendar 2025 26 April - Xiamen, China03 May - Keqiao, China16 May - Doha, Qatar25 May - Rabat, Morocco06 June - Rome, Italy12 June - Oslo, Norway15 June -Stockholm, Sweden20 June - Paris, France05 July - Eugene, USA11 July - Monaco19 July - London, England16 August - Silesia, Poland20 August - Lausanne, Switzerland22 August - Brussels, Belgium27-28 August - Zurich, Switzerland
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22-03-2025
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Is Ireland v France on TV? Kick-off time, channel and how to watch Women's Six Nations clash
Ireland will hope to kickstart their Women's Six Nations campaign by upsetting France in Saturday's opener. The hosts haven't won a Six Nations title since 2015, stunted by an era of England dominance, though are growing under the coaching of Scott Bemand and secured a signature win over New Zealand at WXV in the autumn. Taking on a strong French side at Ulster's Kingspan Stadium, they will have dreams of producing an early shock. A successful tournament will be at the front of Ireland's minds as they look to put themselves in good stead ahead of the Women's Rugby World Cup in England later this year. Here's everything you need to know about the clash. The Women's Six Nations opener is due to kick off at 1pm GMT on Saturday 22 March at the Kingspan Stadium in Belfast. The fixture will be available to watch live in the United Kingdom on the BBC Red Button, BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport app. Ireland coach Scott Bemand names a strong squad for his side's competition opener, with Amee-Leigh Costigan captaining her first Test match. Linda Djougang continues to be mainstay of Ireland's front row, as she has been for several seasons, while rising star Aoife Water will get the chance to shine on the big stage. France are led by co-captains Manae Feleu and Marine Menager, who start at second row and left wing respectively. Assia Khalfaoui is unavailable due to a knee injury and is replaced by Rose Bernadou at tighthead prop. Carla Arbez makes her first appearance for France since November 2023, while Morgane Bourgeois returns to the fold after missing WXV. Ireland XV: 1 Niamh O'Dowd, 2 Neve Jones, 3 Linda Djougang; 4 Ruth Campbell, 5 Dorothy Wall; 6 Brittany Hogan, 7 Erin King, 8 Aoife Wafer; 9 Emily Lane, 10 Dannah O'Brien; 11, Amee-Leigh Costigan (capt.) 12 Eve Higgins, 13 Aoife Dalton, 14 Anna McGann; 15 Stacey Flood. 16 Cliodhna Moloney, 17 Siobhan McCarthy, 18 Christy Haney, 19 Grace Moore, 20 Fiona Tuite, 21 Edel McMahon; 22 Aoibheann Reilly, 23 Enya Breen. France XV: 1 Yilana Brosseau, 2 Agathe Sochat, 3 Rose Bernadou; 4 Manae Feleu, 5 Madoussou Fall Raclot; 6 Charlotte Escudero, 7 Seraphine Okemba; 8 Teani Feleu; 9 Pauline Bourdon Sansus, 10 Carla Arbez; 11 Marine Menager, 12 Gabrielle Vernier, 13 Nassira Konde, 14 Melissande Llorens Vigneres; 15 Morgane Bourgeois. 16 Manon Bigot, 17 Ambre Mwayembe, 18 Clara Joyeux, 19 Axelle Berthoumieu, 20 Lea Champon; 21 Alexandra Chambon, 22 Lina Queyroi, 23 Emilie Boulard.
