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NINETY-TWO PERCENT OF PERMANENT VENUES USED FOR THE OLYMPIC GAMES IN THE 21ST CENTURY AND 85 PERCENT OF ALL PERMANENT OLYMPIC VENUES SINCE 1896 ARE STILL IN USE, SAYS A NEW REPORT BY THE IOC “OVER 125 YEARS OF OLYMPIC VENUES: POST-GAMES USE” – IS THE FIRST EVER OFFICIAL INVENTORY OF POST-GAMES USE OF 817 PERMANENT AND 106 TEMPORARY OLYMPIC VENUES ACROSS 51 GAMES EDITIONS. THIS SPANS OLYMPIC GAMES ATHENS 1896 THROUGH TO OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES PYEONGCHANG 2018.

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  

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...

THE IOC PRESIDENT THOMAS BACH HAS VISITED THE NEW OLYMPIC STADIUM AND ATHLETES’ VILLAGE AHEAD OF NEXT SUMMER’S POSTPONED TOKYO 2020 OLYMPIC GAMES       At the stadium, which has been built on the site of the arena that hosted the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games, President Bach reflected on how the stadium will look and feel nine months from now at the Opening Ceremony. He also discussed the latest developments in the global fight against Covid-19 with the assembled media.

President Bach had his first meeting with the new Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga in Tokyo on Monday. With just nine months to go until the postponed Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, the two leaders met at the Prime Minister’s official residence, the Kantei.       During the meeting both leaders announced their determination to stage safe and secure Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 next year. Yoshihide Suga assured President Bach, “Our determination is to realise successful and secure Tokyo Games next summer as proof that humanity has defeated the virus.” President Bach added, “We share the great commitment of the Prime Minister that the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 will happen next year. We are determined that safe Olympic Games will be a symbol of solidarity an...

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...