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British adventurer sets three female airship records in the US

A British adventurer has set three female airship world records – 20 years after her father set the male record in the same airship. Alicia Hempleman-Adams, 35, from Bath, Somerset, achieved the feat in Connecticut in the United States on Tuesday ...

24 Apr 2024 at 12:39

Auto

Formula One chiefs accuse FIA president of ‘unacceptable interference’

Formula One has launched a staggering attack on the president of its own governing body by accusing Mohammed Ben Sulayem of “unacceptable” interference. F1 chiefs were responding to a series of tweets from the FIA president on Monday in which he ...

24 Jan 2023 at 17:14

England netball success will be a ‘catalyst’ for grassroots game, fans say

England’s silver medal in the netball World Cup will act as a “catalyst” for getting people into a sport “you can play at any age”, grassroots players and fans have said. The Vitality Roses’ hopes of glory were crushed in a 61-45 defeat to ...

06 Aug 2023 at 22:42

Netball

England are ‘hellbent’ on World Cup success, says head coach Jess Thirlby

England head coach Jess Thirlby believes her side are “pretty much hellbent on success” ahead of their World Cup campaign in the summer. Thirlby on Tuesday announced the squad who will travel to South Africa for the tournament, which ...

16 May 2023 at 16:09

Sport

Dickie Davies: Much-loved broadcaster who took fringe sports to the masses

Subject of a Benny Hill skit and immortalised in the song ‘Dickie Davies’ Eyes’ by the satirical rock band ‘Half Man Half Biscuit’, Dickie Davies transcended his role as anchorman of ITV’s ‘World of Sport’ to become one of the most ...

19 Feb 2023 at 21:46

England netball team ‘gutted’ after losing to Australia in World Cup final

The head coach of the England netball team has said the players are “gutted” after losing to Australia in the World Cup final. The Vitality Roses’ hopes of glory were crushed in a 61-45 defeat in Cape Town on Sunday. The Roses ...

06 Aug 2023 at 20:54

Auto

On this day in 2007: McLaren fined £49.2m and stripped of points over ‘spygate’

McLaren were fined 100 million dollars (£49.2m) and stripped of their points in the constructors’ championship as a result of a Formula One spy scandal on this day in 2007. However, the team’s drivers Lewis Hamilton and ...

13 Sept 2023 at 06:00

Sport

Nikita Mazepin’s Formula One future expected to top agenda at emergency meeting

Formula One’s governing body will stage an emergency meeting on Tuesday to discuss the crisis in Ukraine. It is understood that the future of F1’s sole Russian driver Nikita Mazepin is set to top the agenda. The ...

28 Feb 2022 at 19:55

Sport

Lewis Hamilton faces two-month wait to discover outcome of Abu Dhabi GP inquiry

Lewis Hamilton faces a two-month wait to discover the outcome of the FIA’s inquiry into the conclusion of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix which denied him a record eighth world title. Formula One’s sporting federation ...

13 Jan 2022 at 18:56

Health & Wellbeing

Rugby star Ugo Monye: Boarding school shaped my career and my personality

The Rugby World Cup and new series of Strictly Come Dancing are both set to kick off soon – and one man who knows just how hard both of them are is Ugo Monye. “Strictly is gruelling,” says the former rugby ...

31 Aug 2023 at 15:54

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