Category Archives: Sport
BBC Sports Personality of the Year
After an incredible summer of sport in 2012, it’s no surprise that 11 out of the 12 nominations for this year’s BBC Sports Personality of the Year are Olympians and Paralympians.
Read more...Sublime tennis from Djokovic and Federer
Wow! What a tennis match between Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer last night in the World Tour Final.
Read more...Racism in football
Sadly, racism is still rife in football as highlighted in the tryst between John Terry and Anton Ferdinand, Luis Suarez’s abusive comments towards Manchester United’s Patrice Evra in 2011 and more recently the racist insults aimed at the England Under 21s team in their game against Serbia last week.
Read more...Congratulations Jonathan!
It’s great news that Olympic bronze medalist Jonathan Brownlee has been crowned the world triathlon champion. Infoserve was cheering Jonathan all the way as he became the world champion in New Zealand at the weekend. Yorkshire lad Jonathan deserved the title. He follows in the footsteps of his brother Alistair in winning it. Elder brother Alistair, the Olympic champion,…
Read more...More sporting success for Britain
It has been a golden year for British sport and our success continued when tennis player Heather Watson broke into the WTA top 50 with her Japan Open title on Sunday.
Read more...Armstrong’s fall from grace
I can’t say that I’m a big fan of cycling but I have to admit that I was very surprised and disappointed when I heard about the doping charges brought against Lance Armstrong. Armstrong had become synonymous…
Read more...Ryder Cup magic
It was sheer television magic that only real life could deliver: I am talking about the fabulous performance of the whole European team in the Ryder Cup 2012 to take a miraculous victory over the United States.
Read more...The Olympic legacy
The Olympics and Paralympics are, sadly, over, but what a summer they have provided us with. It has been glorious to see so much live, real action on our screens.
Read more...Perfect end to a fairytale summer of sport
God loves a trier and Andy Murray is certainly that. After much pain and some big losses over the past few years, he beat Novak Djokovic in five sets to be the first British male to win a grand slam since 1936.
Read more...An Olympic and Paralympic conundrum
The Olympics and Paralympics have proved hypnotic, providing real life drama and bringing a whole nation together in proud support of our own athletes and those from around the globe.
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