The government sports policy has failed…now it must empower local people to reverse participation slump August 4, 2015 The London Olympics and Paralympics created a once-in-a-generation opportunity in the UK to inspire people to get active and play sport. With a year to the Rio 2016 games, it is clear that that the government has wasted this opportunity. The latest figures show that that fewer people are active in sports than in 2012. [...]
A Ronda Rousey movie is coming: UFC champion to play herself in My Fight/Your Fight adaptation August 4, 2015 On top of defending her UFC title in spectacular fashion on Saturday night, Ronda Rousey scored another win this week after Paramount Pictures bought the film rights to her bestselling autobiography My Fight/Your Fight. Read more: No knock-out blow for Southpaw Rousey will star as herself in a biopic being penned by Dawn of the Planet [...]
Golf Comment: Bangkok’s answer to John Daly Aphibarnrat is breath of fresh air August 4, 2015 IT’S NOT difficult to see why Kiradech Aphibarnrat is frequently compared to John Daly. Most obviously, Thailand’s newest golfing sensation has the same full frame as the maverick two-time Major winner. But the similarities don’t end there. Aphibarnrat, who won his second European Tour title of the season on Sunday at the Paul Lawrie Match [...]
We’re ready for season, insists Terry August 4, 2015 CHELSEA captain John Terry has played down fears that the Premier League champions are undercooked for the start of their title defence following Sunday’s Community Shield defeat to Arsenal. The Blues have one more fixture remaining, against Fiorentina tomorrow, but have so far failed to win a pre-season match in 90 minutes as they prepare [...]
Peaty ends GB’s 40-year wait for world champion August 4, 2015 BRITAIN’S Adam Peaty set his sights on further success in Rio de Janeiro next year after becoming the country’s first 100m breaststroke world champion for 40 years yesterday in Russia. The Staffordshire 20-year-old pipped Olympic gold medallist Cameron van der Burgh by seven hundredths of a second, having trailed the South African for the whole [...]
Athletics chief laughs off medal reallocation talk amid dope storm August 4, 2015 WORLD athletics chief Lamine Diack has described suggestions that Olympic and World Championship medals should be redistributed following fresh doping claims as “a farce” and “a joke”. The 82-year-old, who is stepping down as IAAF president this month and could be succeeded by Britain’s Lord Coe, also stressed that irregular blood test results were not [...]
Fragile Wood on track to replace Anderson in fourth Ashes Test August 3, 2015 ENGLAND expect paceman Mark Wood to replace the injured James Anderson in the fourth Investec Ashes Test against Australia this week despite lingering fitness concerns of his own. Wood took part in two bowling sessions yesterday at Trent Bridge as he nurses an ankle problem that kept him out of the eight-wicket victory in the [...]
£9m Black Cats flop Wickham aims to change luck at Palace August 3, 2015 FORMER England Under-21 striker Connor Wickham is hoping a move back south will herald a return to form after he joined Crystal Palace from Sunderland in a deal worth up to £9m yesterday. Palace have agreed to pay an initial £7m for the 22-year-old, who scored 15 goals in 91 appearances for the Black Cats, [...]
Valencia gone til November August 3, 2015 WEST Ham forward Enner Valencia has been ruled out for at least 10 weeks despite doctors easing fears he may need an operation on his fibula. It was initially feared that Valencia would face six months out after he was carried off during last week’s Europa League 2-2 draw with Astra Giurgiu. He could be [...]
Sporting summer of Wimbledon, the Ashes and the golf Open could cost Britain millions in lost productivity August 3, 2015 Not only do businesses have to contend with the summer sunshine and soaring temperatures distracting people from their computer screens, but a summer of high-profile sporting events is set to cost the UK millions of pounds in lost productivity. Tennis, cricket and golf have occupied sports fans this summer, at a cost of at least £100m [...]