The British Olympic Association (BOA) has announced today 71 track and field athletes selected to Team GB for the London 2012 Olympic Games. These athletes join the six marathon runners earlier selected to complete the Team GB athletics line-up, bringing the athletics...
As the skies eventually began to go slightly darker here in Helsinki this evening, a Welshman’s broad grin brought back the light. Rhys Williams was the 400m hurdles champion at the European Athletics Championships and if making a step up the ladder is the way a...
Legends Join Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing Ahead of Final Volvo Ocean Race Tilt Galway’s hurling royalty, the Connolly brothers, swapped their sticks for dock shoes today as they joined Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing, the Abu Dhabi-backed team in the gruelling round-the-world...
In April 2011, Geoffrey Mutai of Kenya won the Boston Marathon in a time of 2:03:02, covering the 42.195 km distance faster than anyone in history. This time is not recognized as the standing world record because Boston’s 139 m* net drop does not conform to...
Economic growth in Western economies will continue to be crippled by the resistance of “extractive elites,” argues The Economist, which are: The banking sector, with its enormous lobbying power. “Much of current economic policy seems to be driven by the need to prop...
