The President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Thomas Bach, paid tribute to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II at the IOC Executive Board meeting this morning. IOC PRESIDENT THOMAS BACH PAYS TRIBUTE TO QUEEN ELIZABETH II He told the members of the Executive Board: “With the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, we have lost a great supporter of sport and the Olympic Movement. “Her Majesty was the only head of state to declare open two editions of the Olympic Games and was already present at the Olympic Games London 1948.” (IF IT LOOKS LIKE THE VIDEO ISN’T WORKING, CLICK ON THE LINK INSIDE THE BOX)
MOTOR-RACING LEGEND ROBERT KUBICA GIVES AN INSIGHT INTO HIS AMAZING MINDSET OF OVERCOMING HIS INJURIES AFTER A TERRIBLE MOTOR-RACING ACCIDENT AND GETTING BACK IN THE DRIVING SEAT AGAIN…!
HIGHLIGHTS FROM DAY 9 OF THE IAAF WORLD ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS IN DOHA USA STORM TO 4 X 400M VICTORY AT THE IAAF WORLD ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS IN DOHA USA STORM TO 4 X 400M VICTORY AT THE IAAF WORLD ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS IN DOHA FANTASTIC ENTHUSIASM FOLLOWING THE 4 X 100M RELAY FROM ALL TEAMS AND, SEEMINGLY MANY FRIENDSHIPS FORMED AT THE IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN DOHA…! BOTH THE BRITISH MEN’S AND WOMEN’S RELAY TEAMS WON SILVER IN THE 4 X 100M RELAY HAPPY LADIES – BRITAIN’S LADIES WINS SILVER IN THE 4 X 100M RELAY WONDERFUL TEAM SPIRIT EVIDENT AT THE IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS BRITAIN WIN SILVER IN THE 4 X 100M RELAY AT THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN DOHA…! IAAF ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS DOHA – ALL RACES KATARINA JOHNSON-THOMPSON WINS GOLD IN HE...
MANY CONGRATULATIONS TO SEVEN-TIMES WORLD CHAMPION LEWIS HAMILTON WHO WON HIS 100TH RACE AT THE RUSSIAN GRAND PRIX ON 26TH SEPTEMBER 2021…! HIGHLIGHTS OF THE RUSSIAN GRAND PRIX 2021 IT WAS A SUPERB RACE, BECAUSE IT HAD BEEN RAINING THE DAY BEFORE AND THE CONDITIONS HAD BEEN SLIPPERY SO NOBODY REALLY KNEW HOW IT WOULD ALL PAN OUT. (INDEED, LEWIS HAD SKIDDED OFF THE TRACK THE DAY BEFORE AND DAMAGED HIS FRONT WING.) BUT THE CLOUDS PARTED AND THE SUNLIGHT POURED IN AT THE BEGINNING OF THE RACE, ALLOWING THE DRIVERS TO LINE-UP, RARING TO GO. RED BULL HAD GIVEN MAX VERSTAPPEN A NEW POWER UNIT, SO HE STARTED AT THE BACK OF THE GRID, BUT STILL MANAGED TO WEAVE HIS WAY THROUGH THE PACK AND UP TO THE PODIUM. RUSSIAN GRAND PRIX 2021 WHEN YOU HEAR THAT SOCHI IS A ‘SEASIDE RESORT’, YO...
IN A CHAOTIC RACE WITH SEVERAL INCIDENTS, INCLUDING MAX AND LEWIS COLLIDING EARLY IN THE RACE, RED BULL’S MAX VERSTAPPEN WON THE IMOLA GRAND PRIX…. MAX VERSTAPPEN CELEBRATES HIS WIN AFTER THE RACE WITH MERCEDES’ LEWIS HAMILTON COMING SECOND, AND MCLAREN’S LANDO NORRIS THIRD. LANDO WAS ALSO AWARDED ‘DRIVER OF THE DAY’. LEWIS HAMILTON ATTEMPTS TO OVERTAKE MAX VERSTAPPEN BUT BECOMES MOMENTARILY UNBALANCED VALTTERI BOTTAS AND GEORGE RUSSELL ALSO MADE CONTACT LATER IN THE RACE AND CRASHED INTO THE BARRIER AT HIGH SPEED BUT LUCKILY NO-ONE WAS HURT…! HIGHLIGHTS OF THE IMOLA GRAND PRIX THE WEATHER WAS CHALLENGING WITH INTERMITTENT RAIN AND A VERY SLIPPERY SURFACE, BUT IT CERTAINLY MADE FOR INTERESTING ‘EDGE OF YOUR SEAT’ STUFF… ASTON MA...
MANY CONGRATULATIONS TO CHELSIE GILES (PICTURED) WHO WON GREAT BRITAIN’S FIRST MEDAL FOR TEAM GB IN THE JUDO BRONZE MEDAL MATCH TODAY IN SPECTACUAR FASHION…! TEAM GB HIGHLIGHTS OF THE TOKYO OLYMPICS 2020/21 – DAY 1 GENERAL HIGHLIGHTS OF THE TOKYO OLYMPICS 2020/21 – DAY 1
The positive impact of Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 is being celebrated this week, with the first anniversary of the event on July 23. Tokyo 2020 faced unprecedented challenges as the first postponed Games, but managed to be safe, successful, pioneering and groundbreaking, with a legacy being demonstrated in Japan to mark the anniversary.
IN A DRAMA-FUELLED RACE, IN EXTREMELY WET AND SLIPPERY CONDITIONS, ALPINE’S ESTEBAN OCON CLAIMED HIS MAIDEN WIN AT THE HUNGARIAN GRAND PRIX 2021 AFTER WITHSTANDING PRESSURE FROM SEBASTIAN VETTEL FOR MUCH OF THE RACE! (THIS WAS ALSO ALPINE’S DEBUT WIN!) HIGHLIGHTS OF THE HUNGARIAN GRAND PRIX 2021 EARLY INTO THE RACE ON TURN ONE, VALTTERI BOTTAS MADE CONTACT WITH THE BACK OF LANDO NORRIS’S CAR (PERHAPS BECAUSE OF THE SLIPPERY CONDITIONS, AND VALTTERI BEING UNABLE TO BREAK IN TIME.) VALTTERI LOST CONTROL, AND SLID ACROSS THE TRACK, TAKING OUT RED BULL’S SERGIO PEREZ WITH HIM. IN THE MEANTIME, LANDO NORRIS CRASHED INTO MAX VERSTAPPEN AND LANCE STROLL AND CHARLES LECLERC ALSO CRASHED, WHICH RESULTED IN THEIR RETIREMENT AS THEIR CARS WERE SO BADLY DAMAGED, PLUS ALS...
FOLLOWING THE SUPERB PERFORMANCES BY THE ENGLAND FOOTBALL TEAM, WE TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE ENGLAND VS DENMARK, GERMANY AND UKRAINE MATCHES, WITH POST MATCH INTERVIEWS AND ANALYSIS….. HIGHLIGHTS OF THE FANTASTIC EURO 2020 MATCH BETWEEN ENGLAND (2) AND DENMARK (1) GARETH SOUTHGATE IS CLEARLY DELIGHTED AGAIN AFTER ANOTHER ENGLAND TRIUMPH – THIS TIME OVER DENMARK…HERE IS HIS POST-MATCH INTERVIEW…! HARRY KANE GIVES POST-MATCH INTERVEW FOLLOWING SPECTACULAR ENGLAND VS DENMARK MATCH HIGHLIGHTS OF THE EURO 2020 MATCH BETWEEN ENGLAND (2) AND GERMANY (0) A DELIGHTED GARETH SOUTHGATE GIVES INTERVIEW AFTER ENGLAND VS GERMANY TRIUMPH HARRY KANE GIVES INTERVIEW STRAIGHT FROM THE PITCH, AMIDST RAPTURES OF “SWEET CAROLINE” FROM ELATED FANS HIGH...
LEWIS HAMILTON TRIUMPHS AT THE IMOLA GRAND PRIX 2020 IN 1:28:32:430 AS MERCEDES WIN THEIR SEVENTH CONSECUTIVE CONSTRUCTORS’ TITLE! LEWIS’S TEAM-MATE VALTTERI BOTTAS CAME SECOND +5:783, AND RENAULT’S DANIEL RICCIARDO CAME THIRD +14:320 LEWIS HAMILTON, VALTTERI BOTTAS AND DANIEL RICCIARDO GIVE POST-RACE INTERVIEWS STRAIGHT FROM THE TRACK (ALONGSIDE MERCEDES BOSS TOTO WOLFF) LEWIS HAMILTON GOES IN FOR A TYRE CHANGE AT THE IMOLA GRAND PRIX TED KRAVITZ OF SKY SPORTS TALKS US THROUGH THE EXCITING RACE LEWIS AND DANIEL DRINK CHAMPAGNE FROM DANIEL’S SHOE ON THE PODIUM AFTER THE RACE ALTHOUGH WHEN YOU TAKE A CLOSER LOOK – IT DOESN’T LOOK AS THOUGH LEWIS ENJOYED IT VERY MUCH! ALPHA TAURI’S DANIIL KVYAT CAME FOURTH +15:141 (WITH 10 POINTS SCORING FINIS...