No Limits Tour: Cliff diving, Tom Daley and the TikTokification of sport Sport Business When launching a new sports property it helps to have one of the biggest names in the game lend their support and, in diving, they don’t come much bigger than Tom Daley. So it was a timely boost to the No Limits Tour Cliff Diving Championship that former Olympic champion Daley agreed to appear in [...]
Paris 2024 Olympic medals to be replaced after they flake and rust Sport Business Red-faced Olympics chiefs have pledged to replace defective medals from the Paris 2024 Games after more than 100 athletes complained that they have begun to flake and rust. Just days after the closing ceremony, disgruntled athletes began sharing pictures of their damaged medals on social media and demanding they be replaced. American skateboarder Nyjah Huston [...]
Squash, hockey and diving hit out after Commonwealth Games decision Sport Squash, hockey and diving chiefs have blasted the decision to exclude them from the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow – but include bowls. Rugby sevens, triathlon, shooting, badminton and cricket have also been cut for the slimmed-down programme, which is being organised on a tight budget and at short notice after the Australian state of Victoria [...]
Team GB Olympian Tom Daley retires from diving August 12, 2024 Tom Daley has retired from diving after winning a silver medal at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. The Brit competed in five Olympic Games and won medals in London, Rio, Tokyo and Paris. “It’s hard to talk about,” an emotional Daley said upon return to the UK from Paris. “I’m very proud. “I want to [...]
TV star’s daughter adds to Team GB medal tally as Brits start day with a bang July 31, 2024 Spendolini-Sirieix - the daughter of TV star Fred Sirieix of First Dates fame - and Toulson pulled off a superb final dive.
Golds for Pidcock and equestrian as Team GB climb Paris 2024 medal table July 29, 2024 Tom Pidcock headlined a stellar day at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games as Team GB racked up a pair of golds and a number of minor medals. Pidcock was favourite in the men’s mountain bike event but suffered a puncture in the second half of the race. Over 35 seconds down on the leaders, the [...]
Tom Daley wins fifth Olympic medal as Team GB add to tally at Paris 2024 July 29, 2024 It is a fifth medal in as many Games for Daley, 30, the first British diver to compete in five editions of the Olympics.
I watched Tom Daley at London 2012 – now I’m diving with him at the Olympics May 10, 2024 The pair won World Championships silver in February, 12 years after Williams watched Daley from the stands at London 2012.