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Bedford Thunder maintain 100% record with National Basketball League win over Oakland Wolves

Bedford Thunder continued their perfect record in the world of basketball, dominating proceedings in a 115-69 away victory over Oakland Wolves in Pool 3 of the NBL Conference League...

Bedford’s Liam Cunningham wins WBC Muay Thai European title

A Bedford-based Muay Thai fighter can now call himself a European champion after winning the vacant WBC title in the main event of an action packed card in Milton Keynes. Liam Cunningham, 23, who fights out of the McGowan Muay Thai...

Bedford Ladies Tug of War side win silver at World Championships in Germany

Bedford Ladies Tug of War side have cemented their place as one of the strongest sides in the world in winning a World silver medal in the 540kg weight class at the Tug of War World Championships in Mannheim, Germany...

Bedfordian roller hockey player reaches the big time at World Skate Games

While the majority of the nation's sport lovers gear up for a new football and rugby season, one Bedfordian is making headlines in a sport rarely featured among the headlines in the world of roller hockey...

Robinson Pool and Bedford Park host the return of Bedford Junior Aquathlon

Bedford Borough Council have announced the comeback of the Bedford Junior Aquathlon this October with young athletes aged eight and upwards encouraged to take part in the latest swimming and running extravaganza...

Ethan Vernon wins silver medal in Paris Olympics team pursuit final

Former Bedford School student, Ethan Vernon won his first Olympic medal this afternoon (7 August) as part of the quartet that won silver in the Team Pursuit final at the Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Velodrome...

Former Bedford School student Ethan Vernon aims for Olympic gold in Paris

From BMX bikes to the highest stage, it's been quite the journey for former Bedford School student, Ethan Vernon who travels to his second Olympic Games in Paris as he aims for his first Olympic medal...

Bedford Girls’ School alumna to represent GB at Paris Olympics

Bedford Girls’ School alumna, Revée Walcott-Nolan, is set to compete in her second Olympic Games this summer in Paris. Revée, who graduated from Bedford Girls’ School in 2013, will join a star-studded....

Bedford student to represent GB in 2024 Irish Optimist Sailing Championships

Great Ouse Primary Academy has announced that one of its pupils has been selected to represent Great Britain at the 2024 Irish Optimist National and Open Championships. Rory Luddington...

Bedford submariner selected to represent United Kingdom at Invictus Games 2025

Bedford man and Royal Navy submariner, Nisar Utmanzai has been selected to be part of Team UK at the Invictus Games in Canada in 2025, the first time the games will include winter sports.