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2016 has been a very eventful year for many reasons and the same can be said for sporting events in 2016. There has been some memorable and important moments for British sport in 2016 and in this article I look at the top 25 moments for British Sport from this ...

Embed from Getty Images Argentina are through to the Davis Cup final after resisting a stirring comeback from defending champions Great Britain to eventually win the tie 3-2 in Glasgow, as Leonardo Mayer clinched the deciding match with a 4-6 6-3 6-2 6-4 victory over Dan Evans. Argentina had taken ...

Embed from Getty Images Argentina have opened up a 2-0 lead against defending champions Great Britain in the Davis Cup semi-finals, as Juan Martin Del Potro and Guido Pella both secured tough wins in Glasgow. Pella fought back from losing the first set tie-break to top Kyle Edmund in four ...

Embed from Getty Images   Great Britain’s Mo Farah becomes the second athlete in history to achieve the historic ‘double double’. In winning the 5,000m and 10,000m at London 2012 and now defending them titles in Rio, he is the first British track and field athlete to win four Olympic golds. ...

Embed from Getty Images   Great Britain’s Bianca Walkden claimed the bronze after beating Morocco’s Wiam Dislam in the bronze medal match. Team GB’s Walkden was impressive throughout the competition. She beat London 2012 champion Milica Mandic of Serbia 5-0 in the earlier rounds before losing in the semi-final bout. ...

Embed from Getty Images   Great Britain’s Vicky Holland claimed bronze in the triathlon beating teammate Non Stanford in a sprint finish. Vicky Holland winning the bronze medal makes her the first British woman to win a medal in the triathlon. The Team GB athlete started off the race impressively ...

Embed from Getty Images   Great Britain’s Liam Heath claimed gold in the kayak individual 200m sprint, beating France’s Maxime Beaumont and Spain’s Saul Craviotto. This gold in the kayak 200m sprint makes Heath the most successful British in canoe sprinting. He now has one bronze, from the same event ...

Embed from Getty Images   Great Britain’s women defeated defending Olympic Champions the Netherlands on penalties to claim first gold medal. A well-fought match from both sides ended 3-3 in normal time but GB goalkeeper Maddie Hinch proved vital in the shoot-out. The Netherlands started the match on the front ...

Embed from Getty Images   Jamaican athlete Usain Bolt made history once again by completing a unique ‘treble treble’ of Olympic gold medals. Bolt ensured Jamaica won gold in the 4x100m relay after already retaining the 100m and 200m titles with ease himself. The results of the relay were Jamaica ...

Embed from Getty Images   Great Britain’s Nick Skelton riding Big Star claimed the gold medal in the show jumping, beating Sweden’s Peder Fedricson. Skelton becomes Britain’s second-oldest Olympic gold medallist after winning his first individual gold medal at his seventh try. He managed to produce an outstanding performance throughout ...