UK To Issue Postage Stamps For Gold-Medal Winners
IN ADDITION to finding themselves on the winner’s podium, British Olympians could also turn up on postage. Britain’s Royal Mail said last month it will issue stamps recognizing the achievement of each British gold medal at the London Olympics. Royal Mail said that stamps of gold-medal winners will be on sale by lunchtime the following [...]
Britain’s Hallissey To Run The Olympics Marathon
CLAIRE HALLISSEY has been picked for Britain’s Olympic squad after setting a personal best time in last month’s London Marathon. The 29-year-old Hallissey was the quickest Briton in the women’s race, finishing in 2 hours, 27 minutes, 44 seconds. She was picked for the Olympic marathon ahead of Jo Pavey, who sat out the London [...]
British Cycling To Lose Innovator After Olympics
CHRIS BOARDMAN says he will leave his position as British Cycling’s director of research and development after the London Olympics, leaving the country without the innovator behind much of its success in recent years. The 1992 Olympic champion in the individual pursuit has played a vital role in developing equipment that helped Britain win eight [...]
McIlroy Finding A Balance In Golf And Life
RORY MCILROY went home to Northern Ireland after the Masters and left his clubs behind in Florida. He didn’t touch them again until he returned last month to start gearing up for a big summer that includes his title defense at the US Open. The Wells Fargo Championship will be only his second tournament in [...]
Union Jack’s Sporting Roundup May 2012
England In Sri Lanka ENGLAND opened their tour of Sri Lanka, March 15-April 17, with an innings and 15 run win over a Sri Lankan Board XI, and then beat a Sri Lanka Development XI at Columbo, by four wickets in another three day match. SLD XI 431(Chamara Silva 163)-6 dec and 199-4 dec. England [...]
McCarthy Out Of Euro 2012 Squad For Family Reasons
IRELAND COACH Giovanni Trapattoni picked his 23-man squad for the European Championship May 7, leaving out James McCarthy so the midfielder can stay home with his seriously ill father. The Scottish-born McCarthy was likely to be included in the squad for the June 8-July 1 tournament in Poland and Ukraine but asked to be withdrawn [...]
Argentine Player In Controversial Ad Left Off Team
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) – The field hockey player involved in filming a controversial TV ad linking the London Olympics to Argentina’s dispute with Britain over the Falkland Islands has been left off the national team for an upcoming tournament. Team coach Pablo Lombi told Argentine newspaper Clarin on Wednesday that only “sporting reasons” were [...]
Looking At Britain’s Real Austerity Olympics: 1948
ATHLETES bought their own uniforms, and some their own food. They stayed in private homes, schools and military barracks. If eggs appeared on the training menu, it was a cause for celebration. When London hosted the Olympics in 1948, organizers did it on the cheap – and they made no apologies about it. “We talk [...]
Britain-Doping Ban – Source: UK Olympic Doping Ban Declared Illegal
SPRINTER Dwain Chambers and cyclist David Millar will be eligible to compete for Britain at the London Games after the country’s lifetime Olympic ban for doping offenders was found to be unlawful by sport’s top court. A Court of Arbitration for Sport panel has decided that the British Olympic Association’s 20-year-old bylaw now violates the [...]
Ten Athletes To Watch At The London Olympics
WITH THE London Olympics less than 100 days away, it’s time to take a look at some of the athletes who will stand out on the global stage this summer. As London organizers put the finishing touches on the venues and city officials prepare for an invasion of fans, athletes around the world are training [...]
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