By Jingo!
It appears that Britain is once more returning to sporting greatness with golden moments in Athens, historic happenings on the cricket pitch and Champions League success beckoning with Chelsea, Arsenal,
Special Report
Fastest in the World One, if not the showcase event at every Olympic Games is the men’s 100m final. The women’s event, won by Belorussa’s Yuliya Nesterenko in 10.93s, fades
Athens Olympics – Results
Boxing Britain’s only boxer in Athens, the outstanding 17-year-old Amir Khan, made a great start in his 57-60kg category against Greek hope, Marios Kaperonis. Taking one round to study his
Cricket
Hit for six! England equalled a 75-year-old record in registering their seventh straight Test victory, whitewashing the West Indies in the process, and taking the npower series by an impressive
Off the track
Deserted stadia What do archery, softball, hockey and tennis have in common? The answer is that no one is watching. Termed by some as ‘Athens apathy’, the phenomenon is responsible
The big kick-off
This weekend Portuguese football returns from the summer break, which with the hosting of the European Championships in this country seemed to go by almost unnoticed. It is difficult to
Loulé swimmer tries for gold
Local swimmer Miguel Pires is currently in Athens, representing Portugal at this year’s Olympic Games. The talented 20-year-old is the only athlete attending the games to come from the Loulé
Comment – Sweet FA
So Sven has come out of the affair still firmly sitting in the saddle. The chinless wonder with the goofy teeth who has never actually won anything with England will
Football – Asian Championships – Banzai!
Following Greece’s success over Portugal in Europe and that of Brazil over Argentina in South America, it was Asia’s turn to determine the continental champions over the last two weeks.
Football – On form for gold
Portugal underlined its status as favourites for the gold medal in Athens with a convincing 5-0 win over Paraguay at the Algarve Stadium last week. Fulham’s over-age player Luis Boa