Usain Bolt cemented his place as the greatest sprinter of all time as he successfully defended his 100m title. Bolt posted an Olympic record time of 9.63 to beat countryman Yohan Blake and American Justin Gatlin into second and third respectively. British athletes enjoyed their share of the glory in the Olympic Stadium on Saturday as […]
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Jeev Milkha Singh won the Scottish Open yesterday evening in a playoff with Francesco Molinari. Singh, ranked 192 in the world, took the last remaining qualifier place at next weekend’s Open after shooting 67 to overhaul Molinari’s overnight lead. Scotland’s Mark Warren had looked to be in control approaching the final few holes but a double […]
Much of my younger life was spent desiring things. But not just anything – mostly things that other people I knew owned. ‘If I could just get such and such’ I thought ‘My life would be so much better. Everything would be ok.’ I didn’t just limit this to inanimate objects either: upon reaching a […]
Andy Murray’s dreams of becoming the first British man to win a singles title at Wimbledon for 76 years were dashed by seven-time champion Roger Federer. Federer won his first major title in two-and-a-half years in four sets 4-6 7-5 6-3 6-4 to join Pete Sampras and William Renshaw on seven Wimbledon titles and return […]
England’s Euro 2012 campaign ended in agony last night as they went out on penalties yet again after drawing 0-0 with Italy. Ricardo Montolivo missed Italy’s second spot-kick to give England the advantage but Ashley Young and Ashley Cole missed consecutive penalties to allow Alessandro Diamanti the chance to win the shootout for his side […]
Graeme McDowell missed a 25ft birdie putt to force a playoff in the US Open in the early hours of Monday morning, allowing Webb Simspon to win his first win in a major. 2010 champion McDowell shared the lead with Jim Furyk going into the final round of the championship at the Olympic Club in […]
We called him Rocky and everyone at the basketball club loved him. Everyone but me. He was older, he was cool, most importantly he was an excellent player. Even though I hated him, I wanted to be as good as him at basketball. The reason for my hate was simple – he never stopped shouting […]
Euro 2012 kicked off in Poland and Ukraine over the weekend, with England preparing to play France this evening. Yesterday saw the Italy frustrate Spain in the most highly-anticipated match so far. Antonio Di Natale scored minutes after coming on as a substitute to give Italy and deserved lead but Cesc Fabregas – playing a […]
Chelsea won the Champions League with a nail-biting penalty shoot-out victory over Bayern Munich. Didier Drogba, whose Chelsea future is in doubt as his contract its end, proved his side’s hero, scoring Chelsea’s only goal and netting the winning penalty. Bayern, playing in their own ground, the Allianz Arena, dominated for large portions of the […]
I am two days post op for malignant melanoma with a large scar in my leg and a tender groin where nodes were removed: now the real work begins in working out my faith and moving forward. Faith is not a passive slumbering thing, it is real and active, coming alive even more in challenging […]
