The whistle went, the crowd booed, and the ref sprinted for the tunnel. It’s safe to say that Scotland vs. Australia did not end up the way that anyone with blue face paint on that day wanted. The fateful quarterfinal will probably be a memory I carry with me for a long time. We were […]
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Great Britain sit second in the Paralympics medals table with 15 gold medals after the first four days of competition. Britain’s David Weir wrapped up the weekend’s action, surging down the final straight to win the men’s 5000m T54 final. Alan Oliveira upset the odds as well as his opponents in the men’s 200m T44 […]
Liverpool recovered from last weekend’s opening day defeat to West Brom to draw 2-2 with champions Manchester City at Anfield, despite gifting their opponents both of their goals. Martin Skrtel, who had put the home side ahead with a bullet header in the first half, played the ball straight into the path of Carlos Tevez […]
After a wholesome fortnight of Olympic sport, the juggernaut that is Premier League football rolled back into town as if it had never been away with the start of the 2012/13 season. Yesterday champions Manchester City came through a sticky second-half against Southampton, winning 3-2 after goals from Ricky Lambert and Steven Davis had put […]
The flame was extinguished on the Olympic Games for another four years on Sunday night, but not before Team GB took their gold medal haul to 29, the most since London hosted the Games in 1908. Mo Farah completed a long distance double on Saturday evening, winning the 5000m final to go with the 10000m […]
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 […]
Sir Steve Redgrave passed the Olympic flame on to a group of young athletes to light the cauldron in the Olympic Stadium and signal the start of the 2012 Olympic Games on Friday evening. Team GB have got off to a relatively slow start as far as medals are concerned, though. Lizzie Armitstead won silver […]
Bradley Wiggins became the first Briton to win the Tour de France in it’s 109–year history. He finished three minutes and 21 seconds ahead of teammate and compatriot Chris Froome as Mark Cavendish won the final stage for the fourth year in a rown. Ernie Els took advantage of a shambolic final few holes from long-term […]
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 […]
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 […]
