Nick Matthew and Laura Massaro are current British World champions in which sport?
"CourtCare and is provided with a sponsored car by Corkhills Volkswagen in Wigan. Laura has also recently partnered with HFE (Health and Fitness Education) in order to expand on her existing knowledge and enjoyment of yoga. After starting 2014 brightly by winning the WSA World Tour title in Chicago, Massaro won the biggest title of her career to date at the 2013 World Open in Penang upon beating Nour El Sherbini in the final. Her achievement, alongside that of reigning men's world champion Nick Matthew, meant that England had two reigning world squash champions for the first time. Massaro's exceptional"
"final to Alison Waters 11–6, 7–11, 8–11, 9–11). At the 2010 Commonwealth Games, Massaro won a silver medal in the women's doubles (partnering Jenny Duncalf). She followed up four years later at the 2014 Commonwealth Games with two silver medals: silver in singles after finishing runner-up to Nicol David and another silver in doubles with Duncalf. Massaro won the British Open in 2013. She was the first English woman to do so in 22 years. Laura's sponsors include 305SQUASH for clothing, Head for rackets, Asics for shoes and Technifibre for strings. She is also sponsored by UK Fast, Proto-Col and"
"performances throughout late 2014 and early 2015, she progressed to her third British Open final in succession before losing out to eventual victor Camille Serme. Massaro started her 2015/16 season in strong fashion as she achieved victory at the US Open and Qatar Classic. Upon beating world No. 1 Raneem El Weleily (who herself ended David's 9-year unbroken streak as world No. 1 several months prior) in the semi-finals of the Hong Kong Open, she became the third Englishwoman (and first since 2004) to ascend to the top of the world rankings. Laura Massaro Laura Massaro (born 2 November 1983)"
"Khan and Jansher Khan; and Egyptian Amr Shabana – who have three world titles to their name. In February 2014, Matthew won a record sixth British National title with victory over fellow Englishman James Willstrop in the final before getting the better of Willstrop once more in the final of the Canary Wharf Classic to win his fourth title at the London event. 2014 saw more 2014 Commonwealth Games success for Matthew despite a knee injury, sustained in training, which overshadowed his preparations. Matthew carried the baton through his native Sheffield before the Games and was then chosen by his"
"eliminators, the sports biggest prize, which takes only the top four players over a two-year period leading up to the challenge itself. He was defeated in the first round of eliminators, but became the first player ever to force a deciding match. Ben Matthews (real tennis) Ben Taylor-Matthews (born 27 July 1984) is a professional British Real Tennis player based at Leamington Tennis Court Club, in Warwickshire. His career high ranking is world number 4, and his current ranking is 5. As of June 2016, he is also the British number 1. To date he is yet to win a"
"Championship Hamilton switched to practising with Taylor – who broke off from mentoring Adrian Lewis. He currently resides in Wolverhampton. He was married to Lorna and has three children, Yasmin (born 1995), Skye (born 1996) and Gypsy (born 2000), a pet dog and several Maine Coon cats. He is also a fan of Chelsea F.C. Chris Mason (darts player) Christopher John 'Chris' Mason (born 17 December 1969 in Bristol, England) is a former English professional darts player. He used the nickname Mace the Ace. He began his career in the British Darts Organisation, making his World Championship debut at the"
"Nicola Smith Nicola Patricia Smith MBE, née Gardener (born 28 April 1949), is a world champion English bridge player. She has many successes to her credit in more than 30 years of international competition, initially as Nicola Gardener. Currently (October 2017)) she ranks first among Women World Grand Masters both by world masterpoints (MP) that decay annually and by placing points (PP) that do not. Nicola Gardener was a member of the 1981 Great Britain team that won the world teams championship for women, the Venice Cup; and (now as Nicola Smith) the team that defended its title in 1985,"
"of Champions, beating then world number 1 James Willstrop. He has since regained his position as world number 1. He won his 3rd British Open title on 20 May 2012, becoming the first Englishman to win the title three times in the professional era. Matthew won his third PSA 2013 World Open, defeating Grégory Gaultier of France in the final by 3 games to 2 in 111 minutes in the Central arena Manchester, England on Sunday 3 November 2013. The 33-year-old world number one from Sheffield joined a select and distinguished group of players – Australian Geoff Hunt; Pakistanis Jahangir"
"five years. Matthews played volleyball and swam in high school. She attends Simon Fraser University, where she is studying kinesiology part-time. She previously taught swimming and worked as a lifeguard, before becoming a full-time Aquatic Program Supervisor. Matthews defended the title with either Alex Plexis, Andy ""The Dreadful"" Bird or ""Ravenous"" Randy Myers under the Freebird Rule.</small> Nicole Matthews Lindsay Miller (born January 15, 1987) is a Canadian professional wrestler better known by her ring name Nicole Matthews. Matthews regularly wrestles for Shimmer Women Athletes and Elite Canadian Championship Wrestling among other independent promotions. She regularly teamed with fellow Canadian"
"teammates to be flag bearer for Team England at the opening ceremony at Celtic Park in Glasgow. In competition, Matthew competed in singles and doubles with Adrian Grant. He won Gold in singles courtesy of a 11–9 8–11 11–5 6–11 11–5 in what was described as an 'absorbing contest', shown live on BBC Television. He and Grant then took silver in the doubles after falling 10–11 11–7 11–9 to Australians Cameron Pilley and David Palmer. 2015 has proved to be another successful year for Matthew. He became the first man since Ramy Ashour in 2013 to win three PSA World"
"seven World Championship, a record eleven European Championship and one Commonwealth Games titles, as part of a total of 29 medals. On the road, Kenny won the British National Road Race Championships in 2014, taking the under-23 title in the same race, and has ridden for the team since 2015. Laura Trott was born a month prematurely in Harlow in Essex with a collapsed lung and was later diagnosed with asthma. She was advised by doctors to take up sport in order to regulate her breathing. She enjoyed and competed in trampolining but had to give up due to respiratory"
"titles on grass won over the age of 30 amongst active players, tying with Federer (4). He is a distinguished doubles player, having been ranked world No. 1, and has reached all four Grand Slam finals in men's doubles, winning on three occasions 2015 US Open, 2016 Wimbledon and 2018 French Open men's doubles titles partnering Pierre-Hugues Herbert. Mahut was a part of the longest match in professional tennis history against John Isner in the first round of the 2010 Wimbledon Championships. Nicolas Mahut was born in 1982 in Angers, France. He first trained at the Beaucouzé tennis club when"
"Outside bridge she has worked as a business administrator, but subsequently trained to be a healer. She married Jonathan Smith in 1983; they have two children. Nicola Smith Nicola Patricia Smith MBE, née Gardener (born 28 April 1949), is a world champion English bridge player. She has many successes to her credit in more than 30 years of international competition, initially as Nicola Gardener. Currently (October 2017)) she ranks first among Women World Grand Masters both by world masterpoints (MP) that decay annually and by placing points (PP) that do not. Nicola Gardener was a member of the 1981 Great"
"of Champions, played in the iconic Grand Central station, Elshorbagy defeated Matthew 8-11 11-6 11-8 6-11 11-6 in the final. In March, Matthew met El Shorbagy again in the final of the Windy City Open before injury prevented him from completing the match. In October's Delaware Investments US Open once again saw a potentially epic encounter brought to an early end as Matthew was forced to retire in the fifth game. Matthew launched the Nick Matthew Academy in February 2016, based in Sheffield and run in association with the One Health Group. The Academy has the goal of coaching and"
"come out of the fighting town of Hartlepool, and he was wildly popular during a brilliant career under the watch of coach Neil Fannan and promoter Dave Garside. Michael Hunter (boxer) Michael Hunter (born 5 May 1978) is a Super Bantamweight boxer from Hartlepool, North East England. He is the former British Champion and European champion at that weight. He won his British title against Mark Payne in April 2004, before that landing Northern Area (W John Barnes) and WBF World Title (W Frankie De Milo) honours. He made two British title defences before meeting Esham Pickering in October 2005."
"Ben Matthews (real tennis) Ben Taylor-Matthews (born 27 July 1984) is a professional British Real Tennis player based at Leamington Tennis Court Club, in Warwickshire. His career high ranking is world number 4, and his current ranking is 5. As of June 2016, he is also the British number 1. To date he is yet to win a major singles title, but has contested two Australian Open finals, as well as an IRTPA Championships final, plus a Champions Trophy final. In 2010 he won the US Open doubles championship, partnered by Steven Virgona. He contested in the 2012 World Championship"
"— his movement is better than anyone in the game, and allied to his unique racket skills and vision, he lights up the sport. Not only that, but his modesty, and engaging smile make him a rare commodity."" Ashour played Nick Matthew at the 2009 Saudi International Open, the outcome of which would determine not only the winner of the championship, but also the next world number one. He won the match, his longest ever on the PSA tour, in a grueling 110-minute, 5-game battle. After losing his world number one ranking to his English rival, Nick Matthew, in June"
"victory to date. In November 2011, after the World Cup in New Zealand, Nick Mallett's contract as head coach of Italy expired and he returned to Cape Town with Frenchman Jacques Brunel taking over the Italy job. Mallett has stated that he wishes to spend time with his family in South Africa, despite being briefly linked to the position as Coach of England following Martin Johnson's resignation. Nick Mallett Nicholas Vivian Howard Mallett (born 30 October 1956) is a former South African rugby union player who played for the Springboks, South Africa's national rugby union team, in 1984. He also"
"for top-10. Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year. Amateur Professional Catriona Matthew Catriona Isobel Matthew (née Lambert) MBE (born 25 August 1969) is a Scottish professional golfer who plays mainly on the US-based LPGA Tour and is also a member of the Ladies European Tour. Catriona Lambert was born in Edinburgh, and grew up in North Berwick. She learned to play golf on the Children's Course and North Berwick West Links in the town. She had a successful junior and amateur career, becoming Scottish Girls champion in 1986 and Scottish Under-21 Stroke Play"
"Catriona Matthew Catriona Isobel Matthew (née Lambert) MBE (born 25 August 1969) is a Scottish professional golfer who plays mainly on the US-based LPGA Tour and is also a member of the Ladies European Tour. Catriona Lambert was born in Edinburgh, and grew up in North Berwick. She learned to play golf on the Children's Course and North Berwick West Links in the town. She had a successful junior and amateur career, becoming Scottish Girls champion in 1986 and Scottish Under-21 Stroke Play champion in 1988 and 1989. She captured the Scottish Amateur title in 1991, 1993 and 1994, and"
"eight years including the transition of ownership to Rich Dunn in 2011. Matt has a degree in Television & Film Design after graduating from the Hull School of Art & Design in 2014. However, after losing much passion for the subject throughout the course & after, Matt now works full-time in social-care within a drug & alcohol agency tailored for those within the Criminal Justice System. Matt also regularly assists head trainers El Ligero and Nathan Cruz at the NGW Academy. Matt Myers (wrestler) Matthew Butler (born 16 June 1991) is a British professional wrestler. He currently works for New"
"in Sudbury, Massachusetts in the United States. Nick Taylor (squash player) Nick Taylor (born 24 September 1971, in Oldham, Lancashire, England) is a professional squash player and squash coach from the United Kingdom. Taylor reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 14 and England No. 3 in 2001. He was runner-up at 1996 and 2001 British National Squash Championships. He also won the European Squash Championships in 1996 and 1997. Nick has won the Over 35's British Open and Closed Squash Championships and was the director of squash for Jersey in the Channel Islands from 2008-2017 Nick is currently"
"Matthew Sadler Matthew Sadler (born 15 May 1974) is an English chess grandmaster, chess writer and two-time British Chess Champion. He is the No. 2 ranked English player as of February 2018. Sadler has a French mother, speaks French perfectly and is also qualified to play in closed French events. He was tipped to reach the heights scaled by other leading English players as Michael Adams and Nigel Short but made the decision to cease playing professionally in his mid 20s, opting for an IT career in the Netherlands. Sadler won the British Championship in 1995 at the age of"
"Tour titles in a row when he followed victories in the Swedish Open and Windy City Open with a record-breaking fifth Canary Wharf Classic trophy. Matthew has had continued success in 2016, despite bad luck with injuries and illness at key times of the season. He won a record eighth title at the British National championships in Manchester in February, beating his long-time rival James Willstrop 11-2 6-11 11-3 11-3 and dropping only one game all week. On the PSA World Tour, he was runner-up to World No.1 Mohamad El Shorbagy in three prestigious finals. At January's J.P Morgan Tournament"
"one occasion, in 2006 to the Italian hang glider Angelo d'Arrigo who was killed in an air crash in March of that year. Americans are the most successful with eight awards, while surfers have been recognised most often of any sport with six awards; American surfer Kelly Slater is the only individual to have received the award on multiple occasions with four wins. The award has been presented to four women during its history: the Australian surfers Layne Beachley (2004) and Stephanie Gilmore (2010), the British yachtswoman Ellen MacArthur (2005), and the British mountain biker Rachel Atherton (2017). The winner"
"still owns the Lashings Sports Bar in Maidstone, Kent, but the businesses are now completely separate. Currently the Lashings squad includes Gordon Greenidge, Devon Malcolm, [[John Emburey]], George Worker, Tino Best and Yasir Arafat. The current Australia captain Tim Paine, also played for Lashings in 2016. Lashings World XI The Lashings World XI is a cricket team captained by the former England and Surrey fast bowler Martin Bicknell. It was formed in 1984 as a pub team but evolved into an international XI after signing Richie Richardson in 1996. Now a slick, corporate entertainment business, Lashings play between 20 and"
"named Number One in the DIVA Power List of the UK's most eminent lesbian and bisexual women Nicola Adams Nicola Adams (born 26 October 1982) is a British professional boxer. The first woman to win an Olympic boxing title in 2012, she is the 2012 and 2016 Olympic gold medallist in the women's flyweight division. As of 27 May 2016 she is the reigning Olympic, World and European Games champion at flyweight, and has won the entire set of amateur championships available to her - Olympic, Commonwealth and European Games' titles, and the World, European and European Union championships. Adams"
"inducted into the World Squash Hall of Fame, the Sport Australia Hall of Fame, and the Australian Institute of Sport ""Best of the Best"" in 2001. Michelle Martin Michelle Susan Martin, OAM (born 29 April 1967) is an Australian former professional squash player who was one of the game's leading players in the 1990s. She was ranked number one in the world from 1993 to 1996 and again in 1998 and 1999, and won three World Open titles and six British Open titles. Martin was born on 29 April 1967 in Sydney, as the fourth of six children. Her older"
"the British wrestling circuit and on British television. He then progressed to touring around the world in countries such as Germany and South Africa before being called up to WCW in 1993. In 2000, Matthews joined the World Wrestling Federation (later World Wrestling Entertainment/WWE), where he became commissioner. More recently, he has been general manager of ""Raw"", the 2008 King of the Ring and the official match coordinator for ""NXT Redemption"" in 2011. He is highly respected amongst his peers and fans and has achieved considerable championship success in professional wrestling, although he has never been a world champion. Throughout"
"2009 New Year Honours. In the 2012 Paralympics, within the S7 category, Walker is participating in the 50m freestyle, 100m freestyle, 50m butterfly. Matt Walker (swimmer) Matthew ""Matt"" Benedict Walker MBE (born 25 April 1978 in Stockport, England) is a British swimmer who has participated in four Paralympic Games, winning eleven medals. He competes in the S7 (butterfly and freestyle), SM7 (medley) and SB7 (breaststroke) classifications. Walker's first international medal came with a bronze in the 100 m breaststroke at the 1997 European Championships in Spain. Since then he has gone on to win four further European Championship medals and"
"Masters golf, the Commonwealth Games, the Grand National, Ascot and the Derby. In 2009, it was announced that she would become director of sport, taking over from Roger Mosey, and becoming the first woman to hold the position. Mosey became the BBC Director of London 2012. Slater has overseen the department's relocation to Salford (BBC Sport is one of five departments that has been moved from London to Salford), as well as the 2012 Summer Olympics, held in London. She has also presided over events such as the 2010 World Cup and 2010 Winter Olympics. Barbara also, in 2013 won"
"Laura Muir Laura Muir (born 9 May 1993) is a Scottish middle-distance runner. She specialises in the 800m, 1500m, 3000m and 5000m. She is the 2018 European champion in the 1500 metres, a two-time 2017 European Indoor champion, winning the 1500m/3000m double, and a two-time 2018 World Indoor Championship medallist, with silver at 1500m and bronze at 3000m. Muir is a 2 time Diamond League champion in 1500 metres, winning in 2016 on the original points format, and again in 2018 when she won the Diamond League Final in the new championship format. Muir first broke the British record in"
"sport? The stereotype of extreme violence that they have been unable to shake off? All of these are valid reasons why MMA failed to capture the public's imagination. However, things slowly started to change when Michael Bisping came onto the scene and won The Ultimate Fighter 3. Bisping built UK MMA a bit quicker alongside Ross Pearson and James Wilks. The 2 winners of . Michael Bisping coached Team UK opposing Dan Henderson who coached Team USA. UK MMA is being pushed further with the likes of Dan Hardy, Brad Pickett, John Hathaway, Jimi Manuwa, Rosi Sexton plus many more,"