Army Ladies tug of war team finish fourth in World Championships in Nottingham

The British Army Ladies tug of war team narrowly missed out on a medal at the 2025 World Championships in Nottingham.

A defeat to Chinese Taipei in the semi-finals ended their hopes of winning the tournament. They were also beaten in the bronze medal encounter.

Earlier in the tournament, they had managed to get through a pool stage that involved eleven teams in the Open 540kg competition.

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Their positioning as fourth in the world completes a successful summer for the Army team after they picked up a handful of medals at the British and Irish Championships in Northern Ireland.

Tug of War is a sport packed with history in the British military and BFBS Forces News investigated the sport's origins in our featured video below.