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Watch BMX Racing World Championships on BBC
British riders will be taking to the track at the BMX Racing World Championships in Copenhagen this week and BBC Sport will be showing all the action on Sunday, 3 August when the rainbow jersey winners are crowned. The last time the World Championships were held in Denmark 14 years ago, Frenchman Joris Daudet claimed his first world title during a dominant year in which he won all 11 rounds on the European BMX tour. He is the defending champion this year and also the reigning Olympic champion after his victory at Paris 2024. The competition is different to 14 years ago, with the races now faster, corners on the course higher and the bike designs different. Who are the ones to watch? Women's races: Australian Saya Sakakibara is the Olympic champion and a two-time World Cup champion. She is on track for a third World Cup victory and will be looking to add the World Championship to her titles, but fourth is the highest she has managed to finish in this event. Zoe Claessens will be looking to go one better than last year when she finished second behind American Alise Willoughby. The Swiss rider is number one in this season's rankings and won bronze at the Paris Olympics. Great Britain's Beth Shriever is an Olympic gold medallist and heads to Denmark in pursuit of a third world title. In the women's Under-23 race, Great Britain's Emily Hutt is the name to look out for. She has finished second in the last two U23 World Championships and will be looking to claim the title for the first time. Men's races: France's Joris Daudet is the man to beat. His win last year at Rock Hill in the United States secured his fourth world title. His compatriot Sylvain Andre will be looking to continue a successful year. Andre is top of both the men's elite rankings and World Cup standings. However, he has not won the World Championship title since 2018. Ross Cullen is the highest-ranked Briton in this season's competition. He won round four of the World Cup and is sixth in the individual rankings. No British cyclist has been the men's world champion since Liam Phillips in 2013. BMX Racing World Championships - BBC schedule Sunday, 3 August - 10:50-14:00 BST on BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website and app
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a day ago
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- BBC News
Watch BMX Racing World Championships on BBC
British riders will be taking to the track at the BMX Racing World Championships in Copenhagen this week and BBC Sport will be showing all the action on Sunday, 3 August when the rainbow jersey winners are crowned. The last time the World Championships were held in Denmark 14 years ago, Frenchman Joris Daudet claimed his first world title during a dominant year in which he won all 11 rounds on the European BMX is the defending champion this year and also the reigning Olympic champion after his victory at Paris competition is different to 14 years ago, with the races now faster, corners on the course higher and the bike designs different. Who are the ones to watch? Women's races:Australian Saya Sakakibara is the Olympic champion and a two-time World Cup champion. She is on track for a third World Cup victory and will be looking to add the World Championship to her titles, but fourth is the highest she has managed to finish in this Claessens will be looking to go one better than last year when she finished second behind American Alise Willoughby. The Swiss rider is number one in this season's rankings and won bronze at the Paris Britain's Beth Shriever is an Olympic gold medallist and heads to Denmark in pursuit of a third world the women's Under-23 race, Great Britain's Emily Hutt is the name to look out for. She has finished second in the last two U23 World Championships and will be looking to claim the title for the first races:France's Joris Daudet is the man to beat. His win last year at Rock Hill in the United States secured his fourth world compatriot Sylvain Andre will be looking to continue a successful year. Andre is top of both the men's elite rankings and World Cup standings. However, he has not won the World Championship title since Cullen is the highest-ranked Briton in this season's competition. He won round four of the World Cup and is sixth in the individual rankings. No British cyclist has been the men's world champion since Liam Phillips in 2013. BMX Racing World Championships - BBC schedule Sunday, 3 August - 10:50-14:00 BST on BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website and app
Tom's Guide
a day ago
- Sport
- Tom's Guide
How to watch UCI BMX World Championships 2025: live stream every event from anywhere
All eyes are on women's elite contenders Beth Shriever and Saya Sakakibara at the UCI BMX World Championships, after last summer's Olympics debacle. Shriever, who took Olympic gold four years ago, won all six of her heats in Paris but got boxed-in in the final and came last, with Sakakibara taking full advantage. You can watch UCI BMX World Championships 2025 from anywhere with a VPN and potentially for free. The 2025 UCI BMX World Championships run from Monday, July 28 to Sunday, August 3. Full schedule below.• FREE STREAM — YouTube (select events globally)• U.S. — Flobikes• U.K. — Watch on Discovery+ / TNT Sports• Watch anywhere — Try NordVPN risk-free It was Alise Willoughby who took glory at last year's UCI BMX World Championships, but the U.S. star isn't in action at the UCI Bike City of Copenhagen, as she just gave birth earlier this month. Reigning men's champion Joris Daudet will be braced for a fierce showdown with his French compatriot Sylvain Andre, with whom he shared the podium at both the UCI BMX World Championships and Olympics last year. The Rock Hill runner-up Niek Kimmann is also in action. The UCI BMX World Championships are split in two parts. The Challenge and Masters races take place from July 28-31, before the elite men and women and U23s take center-stage on August 2-3. Here's how to watch UCI BMX World Championships 2025 from anywhere — starting with free streams. We've also listed the schedule at the bottom of this page. Free UCI BMX World Championships coverage is available worldwide via the UCI YouTube channel, which is live streaming the Challenge events. Away from home? You may not be able to watch the action like you normally would due to regional restrictions. Fortunately, there's an easy solution. Use a VPN to watch Copenhagen 2025 for free — we'll show you how to do that below. Away from home at the moment and blocked from watching the cycling on your usual subscription? You can still watch UCI BMX World Championships 2025 live thanks to the wonders of a VPN (Virtual Private Network). The software allows your devices to appear to be back in your home country regardless of where in the world you are, making it ideal for viewers away on vacation or on business. Our favorite is NordVPN — we explain why in our NordVPN review. NordVPN deal: FREE $50 / £50 Amazon gift card Boasting lightning fast speeds, great features, streaming power, and class-leading security, NordVPN is our #1 VPN. ✅ FREE Amazon gift card worth up to $50/£50✅ 4 months extra FREE!✅ 76% off usual price Use Nord to unblock YouTube and watch FREE UCI BMX World Championships coverage live online with our exclusive deal. Viewers in the U.S. can watch the UCI BMX World Championships on Flobikes. A subscription costs $29.99 per month, or $150 per year. Flobikes will be exclusively showing the elite men and women's action on the 2-3 August. If you're currently out of the U.S. but still want to watch the event, check out NordVPN, as explained above. The UCI BMX World Championships is on FloBikes in Canada too. A subscription will set you back CA$203.88 for the year or CA$39.99 on a monthly basis. Not at home right now? Use NordVPN or another VPN service to set your device to appear you're still in Canada. TNT Sports will host UCI BMX World Championships 2025 TV coverage in the U.K., across multiple channels. You can stream TNT Sports live online by subscribing to the Discovery Plus Premium plan for £30.99/month, or you can add TNT Sports through Sky, BT, EE or Virgin Media to watch via your television provider. If you're not in the U.K. right now but already subscribe to TNT Sports, try using NordVPN to watch as if you were back at home. The UCI BMX World Championships have previously been shown on SBS in Australia, but we haven't had any indication that will be the case this year. You can, however, watch the Challenge events free-of-charge on the UCI YouTube channel. If you're currently on holiday in Australia, one of the best VPN services will help tap into your home coverage of the race. We recommend NordVPN. Monday, July 28 — from 5 | Women: 12&U, 13-16, 40+Cruisers | Men: 12&U, 13&14, 15&16, 17-24, 25-29, 40-44, 45-49, 50+ Tuesday, July 29 — from 5 a.m.20" | Women: 8, 9, 10, 11 20" | Men: 8, 9, 10, 11Cruisers | Women: 17-29, 30-39Cruisers | Men: 30-34, 35-39 Wednesday, July 30 — from 5 a.m.20" | Women: 12, 13, 14, 1520" | Men: 12, 13, 14 Thursday, July 31 — from 5 a.m.20" | Women: 16, 17-24, 25+ 20" | Men: 15, 16, 17-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35+Masters | Men & Women Saturday, August 28:25 a.m. — Round 1: WJ, MJ, WU, MU, WE, ME9:25 a.m. — Last-chance qualifier: WJ, MJ, WU, MU, WE, ME11:40 a.m. — 1/8 finals: MJ, MU, ME Sunday, August 36 a.m. — Quarter-finals: WJ, MJ, WU, MU, WE, ME6:50 a.m. — Semi-finals: WJ, MJ, WU, MU, WE, ME7:20 a.m. — Finals: WJ, MJ, WU, MU, WE, ME We test and review VPN services in the context of legal recreational uses. For example: 1. Accessing a service from another country (subject to the terms and conditions of that service). 2. 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6 days ago
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Five stories from Britain's best sporting underdogs
British sports fans have always loved an underdog, to root for a David when they're faced with a Goliath. Underdogs are athletes who have pushed down barriers, who achieved things they typically were not meant to achieve. As part of a new BBC Sounds podcast series, Sport's Greatest Underdogs, the BBC tells the story of five of Britain's best and how they managed to achieve sporting success against all the odds. Read their stories and vote for who you think is the best sporting underdog in our poll below. Listen: Sport's Greatest Underdogs Nicolas Hamilton In 2015, Nicolas Hamilton became the first disabled racing driver in the British Touring Cars series. But a year later he was out of the sport and had became a gambling addict. "I didn't feel valuable," Hamilton, the brother of seven-time Formula 1 champion Lewis, said. "I wasn't racing and I wasn't getting sponsorship. My Dad is a multi-millionaire, my brother is a multi-millionaire, and they are going on this upward trajectory. "I felt very lost and lonely and I just stumbled across gambling." However, Hamilton, who has cerebral palsy, made his British Touring Cars comeback in 2019 and is currently competing in the 2025 championship. Read more about his story here. Listen: Sport's Greatest Underdogs - Nicolas Hamilton Beth Shriever BMX rider Beth Shriever became the first British athlete to win a gold medal in the sport at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. The Essex cyclist had to contend with having her funding cut on the road to Tokyo. In 2017, UK Sport announced they would only fund male riders, based on results, and Shriever left the national set-up to go solo. She crowdfunded £50,000 to help her earn the chance to qualify for the Olympics. "I'm so grateful that people did donate and I was able to get to these places to qualify and get myself on that start line," she said. Listen: Sport's Greatest Underdogs - Beth Shriever Eddie 'the Eagle' Edwards Eddie 'the Eagle' Edwards had only been ski jumping for 20 months when he qualified for the Calgary Winter Olympics of 1988, becoming Britain's first-ever competitor in the event. He took it up because Alpine skiing was too expensive, and his journey was one of pure determination as he borrowed kit, ate out of bins, and slept in his car to achieve his dream. While Edwards went on to finish last in the both the 70m and 90m events, he became a global and sporting icon. "I had so much fun getting to Calgary, that Calgary was my gold medal," Edwards said. "I'm very proud of what I've achieved. I broke boundaries, I pushed envelopes, and I did everything that people said couldn't be done." Episode released on BBC Sounds on 30 July. Nicola Adams Double Olympic gold medallist Nicola Adams grew up in a male-dominated boxing world but never gave up on her teenage dream of one day competing at the Olympics. But when the sport debuted at the 2012 Olympics, she took her chance and went on to win gold, followed by another gold four years later at the Rio Games. "The funding wasn't there, a lot of us were still working and trying to fund being athletes as well, which was really difficult," Adams said. "When we'd go away and we wouldn't even have our own competition gear, we'd have to wash it for the other person to wear for competing the next day. "It was just such a different comparison to when you looked at when the guys went away. They'd have everything. "They'd have somebody go out a week before, get the hotel set up. They'd have all the rooms on the same floor. They'd make sure all the fridges were stacked, but then we couldn't even get our own separate competition gear." Episode released on BBC Sounds on 6 August. Leicester City Leicester City were the 5,000-1 outsiders who shocked the footballing world to win the Premier League title in 2016 for the first time in their 132-year history. A year earlier they were bottom of the table, having been promoted from the Championship and struggling to adapt to life in the top flight. But they turned things around under manager Nigel Pearson to avoid the drop, and when Claudio Ranieri was appointed in the summer of 2015 the club's winning run continued into the new season, and did not stop. They won 23 of their 38 matches, despite one of the smallest playing budgets in the league, to pull off what remains as one of the greatest unexpected sporting stories of all time. Two-part episode released on BBC Sounds on 13 August.
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6 days ago
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Five stories from Britain's best sporting underdogs
British sports fans have always loved an underdog, to root for a David when they're faced with a are athletes who have pushed down barriers, who achieved things they typically were not meant to part of a new BBC Sounds podcast series, Sport's Greatest Underdogs, the BBC tells the story of five of Britain's best and how they managed to achieve sporting success against all the their stories and vote for who you think is the best sporting underdog in our poll below. Nicolas Hamilton In 2015, Nicolas Hamilton became the first disabled racing driver in the British Touring Cars a year later he was out of the sport and had became a gambling addict."I didn't feel valuable," Hamilton, the brother of seven-time Formula 1 champion Lewis, said."I wasn't racing and I wasn't getting sponsorship. My Dad is a multi-millionaire, my brother is a multi-millionaire, and they are going on this upward trajectory."I felt very lost and lonely and I just stumbled across gambling."However, Hamilton, who has cerebral palsy, made his British Touring Cars comeback in 2019 and is currently competing in the 2025 more about his story here. Beth Shriever BMX rider Beth Shriever became the first British athlete to win a gold medal in the sport at the Tokyo Olympics in Essex cyclist had to contend with having her funding cut on the road to 2017, UK Sport announced they would only fund male riders, based on results, and Shriever left the national set-up to go crowdfunded £50,000 to help her earn the chance to qualify for the Olympics."I'm so grateful that people did donate and I was able to get to these places to qualify and get myself on that start line," she said. Eddie 'the Eagle' Edwards Eddie 'the Eagle' Edwards had only been ski jumping for 20 months when he qualified for the Calgary Winter Olympics of 1988, becoming Britain's first-ever competitor in the event. He took it up because Alpine skiing was too expensive, and his journey was one of pure determination as he borrowed kit, ate out of bins, and slept in his car to achieve his Edwards went on to finish last in the both the 70m and 90m events, he became a global and sporting icon. "I had so much fun getting to Calgary, that Calgary was my gold medal," Edwards said. "I'm very proud of what I've achieved. I broke boundaries, I pushed envelopes, and I did everything that people said couldn't be done."Episode released on BBC Sounds on 30 July. Nicola Adams Double Olympic gold medallist Nicola Adams grew up in a male-dominated boxing world but never gave up on her teenage dream of one day competing at the Olympics. But when the sport debuted at the 2012 Olympics, she took her chance and went on to win gold, followed by another gold four years later at the Rio Games."The funding wasn't there, a lot of us were still working and trying to fund being athletes as well, which was really difficult," Adams said."When we'd go away and we wouldn't even have our own competition gear, we'd have to wash it for the other person to wear for competing the next day. "It was just such a different comparison to when you looked at when the guys went away. They'd have everything. "They'd have somebody go out a week before, get the hotel set up. They'd have all the rooms on the same floor. They'd make sure all the fridges were stacked, but then we couldn't even get our own separate competition gear."Episode released on BBC Sounds on 6 August. Leicester City Leicester City were the 5,000-1 outsiders who shocked the footballing world to win the Premier League title in 2016 for the first time in their 132-year history. A year earlier they were bottom of the table, having been promoted from the Championship and struggling to adapt to life in the top flight. But they turned things around under manager Nigel Pearson to avoid the drop, and when Claudio Ranieri was appointed in the summer of 2015 the club's winning run continued into the new season, and did not stop. They won 23 of their 38 matches, despite one of the smallest playing budgets in the league, to pull off what remains as one of the greatest unexpected sporting stories of all episode released on BBC Sounds on 13 August.
