KATARINA JOHNSON-THOMPSON has pulled out of this weekend’s European Indoor Championships. Johnson-Thompson is the reigning European pentathlon champion but was planning to focus on the individual long jump event when the three-day event kicks off in Belgrade tomorrow (FRI). But she has now pulled out to focus on this summer’s World Championships in London where […]
GREAT BRITAIN did not achieve historic Olympic success in London or Rio because of some unprecedented golden generation of sporting talent. We did it through a ruthless and systematic targeting of medals unsurpassed by the totalitarian regimes of China or the old Soviet bloc. UK Sport recently rejected appeals from the governing bodies of archery, […]
SHOCKING photos show Olympic venues abandoned and in utter disreapir just six months after the Rio Games. Seats are strewn all around the Maracana Stadium where the power has been turned off because no-one can pay the energy bills. Sewage and faeces flow throw the Rio slums despite promises of a clean-up before last summer’s […]
THE infamous green swimming pool is, unfortunately, one of the defining moments of last summer’s Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Despite spending billions getting all of the arenas just right, divers were left facing the daunting task of hurling themselves into a pit of green in a stark contrast from the crisp blue of […]
NICKY HENDERSON was walking on Air after two of his big guns fired a double-barrelled Cheltenham warning. Buveur D’Air – switched from fences after a brace of novice chase wins – cruised to victory in Sandown’s Contenders Hurdle. He remains on course for next month’s Champion Hurdle. Little over half an hour later Top Notch […]