The Independent
A portrait of Oscar Pistorius is among 200 paintings to go on show at the Royal Society of Portrait Painters in London this week.
Britain has failed to use the Olympics to create a “transformational change” in society, the woman credited with masterminding Team GB’s record medal haul has told The Independent on Sunday.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has refused to put the clocks back for the 2014 Olympics in Sochi. The time switch would better suit Europe and the Americas.
Sebastian Coe has overseen a drastic 50 per cent cut in the number of staff employed by the British Olympic Association as the new chairman attempts to reduce the body’s financial “fragility” in the wake of the London Games.
Rory McIlroy is almost certain to represent Ireland at the Olympic Games in Brazil following the intervention of golf’s ruling body, the Royal and Ancient Golf Club. McIlroy, who represented Ireland in his youth yet carries a British passport, has previously said that the burden of choosing between Ireland and Great Britain when golf returns to the Olympic fold in 2016 might lead to his withdrawal.
Rory McIlroy is almost certain to represent Ireland at the Olympic Games in Brazil following the intervention of golf’s ruling body, the Royal and Ancient Golf Club. McIlroy, who represented Ireland in his youth yet carries a British passport, has previously said that the burden of choosing between Ireland and Great Britain when golf returns to the Olympic fold in 2016 might lead to his withdrawal.
Double Olympic champion Mo Farah almost didn’t make it to his controversial appearance in today’s London Marathon, after he overslept.
Tory peers are trying to block one of Britain’s most decorated Paralympians, Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson, from becoming chair of Sport England because they fear she would be “too political”.
A war is being waged on the streets of Russia before the 2014 Winter Olympics – a war against cats and dogs.
A war is being waged on the streets of Russia before the 2014 Winter Olympics – a war against cats and dogs.
Sir Chris Hoy had an “unparalleled impact” on his sport, British Cycling president Brian Cookson said today after the six-time Olympic champion confirmed his retirement.
Six-time Olympic champion Sir Chris Hoy today announced his retirement from competitive cycling, becoming the latest British star of London 2012 to quit sport.
After 19 years, 11 world titles and six Olympic gold medals, Sir Chris Hoy today called time on his cycling career. admitting that to compete at next year’s Commonwealth Games “would be a year too far”.
Oscar Pistorius will not be permitted to take part in this summer’s athletics event at the Olympic Stadium to mark the anniversary of London 2012 due to fears it would decend into a “media circus”.
Olympic hero Jessica Ennis has been officially granted the freedom of her home city.
There are growing concerns surrounding the viability of England’s prestigious friendly against Brazil going ahead in Rio de Janeiro this summer after the city’s Olympic Stadium was closed indefinitely amid fears the roof could collapse.
City chiefs have shut down the Rio de Janeiro stadium which will host the athletics events at the 2016 Olympics because of potentially dangerous structural problems with its roof.
“The Olympic legacy stuff is so much b******s,” said John Amaechi. One of Britain’s most famous basketball players is talking about what was the Olympic handball arena, now known as The Copper Box.
The walkway from Maracana station curves across a busy road – few in Rio de Janeiro are not furiously well used – before dropping to ground level and ending abruptly in a brown puddle. Five palm trees stand as sad witnesses to its grubby finale in front of the iconic stadium it is supposed to serve.
A senior figure in the organising committee of the Rio 2016 Olympics believes the city has to do more to convince potential visitors it is a safe destination for tourists.