Athletes step it up on the road to 2012 July 26, 2011 Jenny Meadows, Britain’s leading hope in the 800m, tells Frank Dalleres about nerves, pressure and giving up chocolate for her last Olympics Q. HOW DOES IT FEEL THAT THERE ARE JUST 12 MONTHS TO GO? A. It sparks off a lot of emotions and adrenaline. I’ve got a split personality: if I’ve just done a [...]
How to pass the torch to your hero July 26, 2011 EVER since the theft of fire from Zeus by Prometheus (well, that’s what the legend says), a torch has been kept alight throughout the Olympics. And in the run up to the coming Olympics, beginning on 19 May 2012, it will be carried across the country in relay by those nominated as community heroes. The [...]
Art will be flexing its muscles too July 26, 2011 NOT got a ticket to the Olympic Games? Not even interested in sport? Don’t rule yourself out of the Olympic festivities just yet. There will be a prestigious British cultual show too. A lot of effort has been spent on the Cultural Olympiad and it’s going to be available for all to enjoy. Here are [...]
Preview the 2012 venues July 26, 2011 WHILE there may still be another 365 days until the world’s finest athletes begin to light up London 2012’s brand new venues, you can see them in action soon. Over the next 12 months a number of test events are being held in the capital to christen the iconic arenas, courts and tracks that have [...]
The ultimate summer drive July 26, 2011 Big, brash and brutal: BMW’s 6 Series convertible has always been a fabulous grand tourer for executive wind-in-the-hair motoring. But this third generation 6 is longer, lower and wider than ever. It’s also bigger inside and more luxurious too. But the real treat is that, unlike its predecessor, it’s elegant as well. In fact, this [...]
Ferguson: I’m finished spending July 25, 2011 MANCHESTER UNITED boss Sir Alex Ferguson has appeared to rule out a move for Inter Milan’s Wesley Sneijder by declaring his summer transfer business all but over. Holland playmaker Sneijder has been touted as the missing piece in Ferguson’s jigsaw, with former Old Trafford star David Beckham among those backing a move for him. United [...]
Barca chief: Fabregas talks going in the right direction July 25, 2011 BARCELONA chiefs insist they are closing in on a deal for Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas despite committing £33m to signing Chile forward Alexis Sanchez. The Spanish club’s sporting vice-president, Josep Maria Bartomeu, said long-running and tense negotiations with the Gunners were now progressing well. “They are going in the right direction,” he said. “We will [...]
FIVE-STAR ANDERSON FIRES ENGLAND July 25, 2011 Paceman blitzes India to earn 196-run victory and take series lead against the No1 ranked Test team in the world ENGLAND captain Andrew Strauss momentarily abandoned his characteristic restraint after seeing his team eclipse India, the world’s finest, at Lord’s yesterday, hailing what he termed an almost perfect bowling display. Paceman James Anderson starred on [...]
Cricketmania as Lord’s inundated July 25, 2011 REPORTS of the death of Test cricket are greatly exaggerated – if the sell-out crowd who flocked to pack out Lord’s yesterday are anything to go by. Discounted tickets for the final day of a nail-biting first match between England and India drew swarms of cricket lovers to north-west London, where queues snaked all the [...]
Dhoni: If it could go wrong, it did July 25, 2011 INDIA captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni blamed injuries and illness for their defeat to England in the first Test. Key bowler Zaheer Khan missed most of the match with a hamstring strain while star batsman Sachin Tendulkar was hindered by a virus. “Most of the things that could have gone wrong in the game went wrong,” [...]
