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THE fight that set Lauren Burns on her way to Olympic taekwondo glory at the Sydney 2000 Games cannot be played back on any video player for one simple reason, it did not broadcast live. It was on this day 17 years ago Burns’ life changed forever when she won a truly unexpected gold medal […]
AN outstanding career in which she excelled at all levels has resulted in Cricket NSW awarding Lisa Sthalekar with life membership. A career that includes 14 women’s national cricket league titles with the NSW Breakers, as well as two World Cups with Australia and two T20 world titles, Sthalekar is the 19th woman to be […]
“I’m absolutely chuffed to bits,” said Doyle, 30, the 2014 European 400m hurdles champion. “It’s a huge honour to have been elected by my peers as the team captain for British Athletics at London 2017. “To lead your team at a home World Championships is truly a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and to have your team-mates vote […]
Nick Grimshaw asked the tens of thousands of gathered festivalgoers to unite in a minute of quiet. “Obviously, like you guys, all of us at Radio 1 have been thinking about Manchester all week,” he said. “We’ve been completely heartbroken and we thought it might be nice if we could take a minute’s silence for […]
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s fabled spy beat competition from acclaimed British television figures, including Basil Fawlty, the Doctor in Doctor Who and Hyacinth Bucket, to take the accolade. BBC Worldwide surveyed more than 7,000 18 to 64-year-olds from seven countries including Australia, France, the US and Japan in the public vote, with almost 30 per […]
