Reference site containing deep UK athletics all-time lists, archive of British and international (including Olympic) championship medallists, British and international athletics calendars, recommended athletics links and assorted records/statistics.
More than 30 world leaders, 27 British prime ministers, 50 Nobelists and 120 Olympic medallists were educated at Oxford. Stephen Hawking, Hugh Grant and Indira Gandhi are some of its famous graduates. Undergraduates and postgraduates belong to one of its 44 colleges and often live in the colleg...
It's a maxim that has been on display in many forms at Tokyo 2020. For the first time, there are more women than men in the elite squad. But where an athlete comes from has been part of the story behind many medal winning moments at the Olympic Games. We have mapped the hometo...
As the games came to an end with the closing ceremony, the prime minister congratulated Team GB, whose 65-medal haul matched the number earned at London 2012. At the end of the ceremony, the Olympic flag was handed over to Paris, where the Games are held in 2024, ...
Wayne Tinnion(Geordie Poker) came out on top in the individual standings, winning £2,500 plus an APAT Gold medal.Jon Young(Carterton Poker Club) andRyan Houghton(Angies Room) were the second and third-place finishers, respectively.
Nobody wanted to finish fourth because they'd miss out on a coveted APAT medal, but someone had to. The previously mentioned Paul Haycock, the destroyer of PokerNews' Williams' final table dreams, was the unfortunate medal bubble boy.
During the Conference the Olympic and Paralympic high-performance community came together for the UK Sport PLx awards on Tuesday evening, where the outstanding achievements and contributions of individuals, teams and sports during 2022 were recognised. A complete list of award winners can be...
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Bolt went on to compete in the men’s 200, claiming his second consecutive gold medal in that race. He is the first man to win both the 100 and 200 at consecutive Olympic Games, as well as the first man to ever win back-to-back gold medals in double sprints. “It’s what I ...
Alexia Putellas, who won this year's UEFA Women's Player of the Year award is on the list, as well as three major contributors for Canada's Olympic gold medal winners: Jessie Fleming, Ashley Lawrence and Christine Sinclair. Full list ...