Wiggins unveils team and plots bid for Rio gold January 8, 2015 FORMER Tour de France winner Sir Bradley Wiggins has launched his own professional cycling team, named simply Wiggins, as part of preparations to become the most decorated British athlete in Olympic history. The squad will race primarily on the road although the ambitious aim is to equip four-time Olympic champion Wiggins and team-mates for a [...]
Delay to Olympic Stadium naming rights kick-off February 3, 2015 REBRANDING of the Olympic Stadium has been delayed and a naming rights partner for the east London venue is now not expected to take effect until next year. A blue-chip company had been tipped to buy naming rights by the end of last year, but a spokesperson for the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park said a [...]
Watch: Eagle flies around London, taking in St Paul’s Cathedral, City Hall, Tower Bridge and the ArcelorMittal Orbit in the Olympic Park with a camera strapped to his back November 20, 2014 Stop whatever you're doing and watch this. An animal charity has attached a camera to a white tailed eagle and the bird – whose name is Darchan – has flown around some of the best parts of the capital. The eagle explored London and flew from iconic landmarks, including St Paul's Cathedral, City [...]
Skipper backs more rugby joy as England’s women turn pro August 25, 2014 WORLD Cup-winning captain Katy McLean is confident full-time contracts will keep English rugby at the top of the women’s game after the sport’s governing body confirmed top female players will be paid for the first time. England Women’s Sevens side will now operate on a professional basis and the Rugby Football Union has issued 20 [...]
Wiggins set for U-turn and new Team Sky deal July 14, 2014 TOUR de France winner Sir Bradley Wiggins expects to stay at Team Sky but to change his focus to breaking the world hour record and winning a fifth Olympic gold medal in 2016. Wiggins had been tipped to seek a move from the British outfit in a bid to challenge for more of cycling’s Grand [...]
European Championships 2014 medal table: How does Great Britain’s tally compare to previous years? August 18, 2014 After a record-breaking Commonwealth Games for England, Scotland and Wales, the athletes of Great Britain banded together to repeat the feat at last week's European Athletics Championships in Zurich. After such stand-out gold medal victories as Mo Farah's triumph in the men’s 10,000m and 5,000m, Jo Pavey in the women’s 10,000m, Adam Gemili in the men's 200m [...]
Andy Murray set for sense of deja vu June 3, 2014 EXACTLY two years since he last stepped into the cauldron of Court Philippe Chatrier, Britain’s Andy Murray returns today with a sense of deja vu, attempting to silence the natives, slay one of their heroes and keep injury problems under control. With last remaining Frenchman and lowest seed left in the draw Gael Monfils standing [...]
Thomas fears dream of riding to Tour victory will never come true May 21, 2014 Welsh cycling star tells Josh Richards he’s contemplating a bold move away from Team Sky AS EVER-IMPROVING road racer Geraint Thomas ponders his future with Team Sky, the Welshman insists even next year’s Tour de France will come too soon to follow in the footsteps of Sir Bradley Wiggins and Chris Froome. Thomas played a [...]
Flintshire the value call against Cirrus Des Aigles June 7, 2014 RACE 3 2.40pm Investec Coronation Cup AN INVESTEC Coronation Cup without a Ballydoyle runner is a bit like a cheese sandwich without pickle. Aidan O’Brien has won the race a record seven times and all of those wins have come in the last nine years. The late St Nicholas Abbey dominated this contest for the [...]
London crowned world’s most visited city in 2013 January 16, 2014 LONDON is predicted to have welcomed 16m tourists in 2013, surpassing Paris’s record of 15.9m in 2012 and crowning the capital as the most popular city to visit in the world. The number of tourists visiting London jumped 20 per cent last summer with the capital attracting 4.9m visitors between July and September, up almost [...]