Divers Tonia Couch and Sarah Barrow claimed a surprise bronze medal in the 10m Platform synchronised event at the Diving World Cup in London's Aquatics arena, while Pete Waterfield also signalled a return to form with bronze in his 10m Platform event.Lying 8th going into the final dive, the girls were shocked when their final and best effort moved them up onto the podium. It's a step up in the right direction, following 4th place in the World Championships last year, and beating Australia's...Read Full Story
Chris Hoy led the way with two individual Gold medals and a team bronze, as the British cyclists took a total of eight medals at the World Cup event at the Olympic velodrome in London.Chris won the Individual Sprint - taking the overall title and a very fetching grey jersey - Keirin gold and the Team Sprint bronze, with team mates Ross Edgar and Jason Kenny. There were also two golds for Joanna Rowsell, firstly in the Women's Team Pursuit, with Dani King and Laura Trott, and then taking the...Read Full Story
Last weekend was certainly a great one for our motorsport boys - as well as the McLaren result, we had a one-two in the Indycar 500, with Dario Francitti and Dan Wheldon. Sending best wishes for a speedy recovery to Mike Conway too, following his spectacular crash in the same race. (And to Valentino Rossi - I know, he's not British but we love him!)Danny Greaves and Heather Cockroft both set new world records in their respective paralympic sports, Greaves in the Paralympic World Cup. In the...Read Full Story
So we didn't win the football or the tennis - there's a lot more to British sport and we know it, even if Mr and Mrs Average Joe Public don't! And did I say we didn't win the tennis - it's GB versus GB in the Boys Doubles today! Lewis Burton and George Morgan play Liam Broadby and Tom Farquharson in the first ever all British boys doubles final. Here's a headline you won't see often - since it's about squash and not football: "England Dominate World Rankings." Oh, and look here - more World...Read Full Story
In the 8 Nations team event, England's juniors brought home a Gold, Silver and Bronze and celebrated finishing in the top 2 overall.The gold was one by top seeds Ira Banerjee and Jessica Pugh in the girl's doubles, winning by 2 sets to 1. Jessica followed this with a bronze in the mixed doubles, alongside Ben Lane, with whom she had earlier helped the squad to the silver in the team match.In the European Men's Team Championships in Amsterdam, Team England won bronze, following victories by...Read Full Story
So, as the summer hoves into view and with an entertainment line-up which includes Happy Mondays, Hot Chip, Kool And the Gang, Chic Featuring Nile Rodgers, Mr. Tumble, The Gruffalo, Shrek, Young British Foodies, Stefan Gates The Gastronaut, Jimmy Carr and so much more, guaranteeing you a fun-packed festi-holiday weekend, organisers of Camp Bestival have turned their attention to celebrating the worlds foremost sports competition; the Olympic...
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Rado Vidosic has stepped into the big shoes of former Roar coach Ange Postecoglou. He tells Marco Monteverde ahead of Brisbane's AFC Champions League clash against FC Tokyo tonight that he's ready to take the club to a new level of success Q: Some people ...
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The 25-year-old Jamaican left the Chinese capital as one of the most recognisable figures in world sport, unbelievably going on to beat both his individual sprint marks with new times (9.58 and 19.19sec) in the Berlin worlds in 2009. He takes to the track ...
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The Los Angeles Kings are one win away from reaching the Stanley Cup Final. They are the hottest team in hockey right now, arguably the best team in hockey, and perhaps the odds on favorite to finish the postseason as champions. Even with all of that, they ...
If the PBA doesn't solve this problem soon, professional bowling as a sport will be in serious trouble. Low earnings leads to less talented players. Less talented players lead to a less marketable league. A less marketable league leads to fewer big name ...
"I want to be heard in Cremona as soon as possible in order to clarify everything," he is quoted as saying by Il Corriere dello Sport. "I have not got anything to do with this story. I was only speaking with Genoa supporters." Meanwhile, the player's ...