KIRSTY COVENTRY stormed past her six male competitors to win the election for President of the Interntionl Olympic Committee (IOC). She is the first woman president; at 41 she is the youngest ever; and she is the first African to ...

Special Olympics GB has announced its team for the 2014 European Summer Games. A team of 48 athletes from across Great Britain has been chosen to represent the country at the Special Olympics European Summer Games in Belgium this September. ...

As the Olympics approaches, the campaign against Games sponsor Dow Chemicals continues, with the Indian team considering taking protest action short of a team boycott at the event. The latest news is that Len Aldis of the Britain-Vietnam Friendship Society ...

Lord Sebastian Coe may have smashed twelve world records and collected two Olympic gold medals...

Muhammad Rahman THE GRAPPLE HUB, based at Team MC headquarters in Whitechapel, has opened its doors to the public. The Hub’s facilities will offer space to both new and experienced enthusiasts of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu martial arts.  The word “jiu jitsu” ...

THE FIRST elected Mayor of London Ken Livingstone supports the Mayoral system. The twice-elected London Mayor has put his weight behind the elected Mayoral system in Tower Hamlets’ referendum. Ken Livingstone said, “If you look at the Mayor system that was ...

THE EUROHOCKEY Championships begin tomorrow, 16th August in Antwerp, Belgium – and Team England has announced the men’s and women’s squads. The EuroHockey Championships are a qualifying event for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. The men’s and women’s teams both ...

THERE’S JUST three years to go until the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham – and Team England’s swimmers have begun building a solid base at the Aquatics World Championships in South Korea. Leading the pack has been Adam Peaty – who ...

THREE OUTSTANDING achievements helped Team GB heptathlete Katie Stainton earn silver for herself and bronze for the British team at the European Combined Event Team Championships in Lutsk, in the Ukraine. Katie managed two personal bests on the first day ...

THE ENGLAND Women’s Football Team has finished in fourth place in the Women’s World Cup. It was a tournament that promised so much and ended well, but without a medal. England were not at their best in the first half ...