Striding along, hopeful of Olympics success, this newly colourised picture of Team GB in 1908 has been released to coincide with the first day of what should have been the Tokyo 2020 Games. The image is one of a series of iconic photos from former Olympics transformed into colour to capture the excitement of these historic … Read more
A 52-year-old former coach of the United States gymnastics team will appear in court in Las Vegas on Monday to face 14 charges of lewdness with children. Terry Gray, who helped prepare Morgan White and Alyssa Beckerman for the 2000 Sydney Olympics, was arrested by police in Las Vegas on Friday. John C. Manly, a … Read more
British Olympians were used as guinea pigs to test an experimental substance in a secret UK Sport project costing hundreds of thousands of pounds of public money in a bid to enhance their performance at London 2012, an MoS investigation has found. The so-called ‘novel nutritional intervention’ was fed to medal hopefuls during competition despite only … Read more
Leading British gymnasts who competed at Olympics and Commonwealth Games claim they were ‘beaten and starved’ during campaign of bullying and abuse by their coaches Former Commonwealth gymnastic champion Lisa Mason claims she was abused Catherine Lyons, 19, also claims she was assaulted and bullied by a coach Series of allegations comes after Netflix aired … Read more
Jerome Cawkwell, pictured, rode a motorbike with defective front brakes when he ran into nine year old Max Clark in Hull on May 25 A cannabis-smoking motorcyclist was today jailed for three years after he knocked down a nine-year-old schoolboy gymnast leaving him with life changing injuries. Dock labourer Jerome Cawkwell, 24, tested positive for … Read more
The year was 1976, figure skater Dorothy Hamill was dominating the Winter Olympics, and in suburban Reading my mother was giving her unwilling daughter an approximation of Hamill’s short pageboy bob. I always wanted long, curly hair, because the little girl who lived next door told me that angels had hair like that. But what … Read more
Around 300 Chilean burglars have been flown to the UK by criminal gangs to target the homes of the rich and famous over the past three years. The scale of ‘burglary tourism’ from South America emerged as two thieves were jailed for stealing £170,000 of shotguns, computers, jewellery and watches in 12 days. The pair … Read more
World’s fastest man Christian Coleman is SUSPENDED and faces a two-year ban for missing three drugs tests in a year – but he blames testers for failing to call him while he was out shopping! Christian Coleman revealed he missed a third drugs test at the end of 2019 The World 100m champion has now … Read more
Dubai’s billionaire ruler’s latest divorce battle: Sheikh Al-Maktoum fights estranged wife Princess Haya over the future of their multi-million pound thoroughbred racehorses The sheikh, 70, is one of the world’s most successful horse owners and breeders He keeps a string of thoroughbreds at his Godolphin stables near Newmarket Some of them were owned by estranged wife, … Read more
Zara Tindall, 39, says riding for her country is what ‘dreams are made of’ as she reveals her hopes of representing Team GB at next year’s Tokyo Olypmics Zara Tindall described how riding for her country is what ‘dreams are made of’ Olympic equestrian said she is lucky to have her horses with her in lockdown … Read more