Nobody can deny our athletes’ achievements at the 2012 Olympics. Their hard work paid dividends in medals and prestige earned for themselves. They provided a canvas for us to emote all the highs and lows, heartaches and triumphs. For a little over two weeks, we could put aside our troubles, all the woes […]

The last two weeks have provided irrefutable proof that the Olympic spirit is more than an idea – and it may just turn out to be the shot in the arm so badly needed by debt-ridden Britain. After more than a decade of planning, preparation and nervous tension, London 2012 […]

Ever since the spectacular opening ceremony that was masterminded by Danny Boyle, the whole of the country seems to have got behind Team GB. Everywhere you go, your eyes are drawn to people sporting Team GB t-shirts, bags and caps, while most shops in high streets up and down the […]

With the customary summer break upon us the time is ripe to see exactly who stands where in the 2012 Formula One season. A record-breaking seven winners in the first seven races, a resurgent Ferrari and muted Sebastian Vettel, plus the wildly differing fortunes of British drivers Jenson Button and […]

 It’s Olympic Season in London Town. The whole city’s been buzzing as you would expect. Last week, I came across so many tourists and they were all so pleasant. Shops and restaurants are running discounts/sales and giving away vouchers like no man’s business making it easier to buy into the […]

I cannot get over it. I have Olympic Fever, well and truly. It’s not just the stunning physiques of strapping young men flipping and twisting all over my screen, although that certainly helps, but the atmosphere that surged out of the North Greenwich Arena on Monday as our male gymnast […]

Despite his slightly yobbish, unlikeable character and his greasy ponytail, it is becoming increasingly difficult not to feel a little bit sorry for Andy Carroll. There is something altogether perverse about pitying a man who plays football – for a living, no less – at one of Europe’s most prestigious […]

The London 2012 Olympics were officially kicked off by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II last Friday after a spectacular Opening Ceremony featuring the Industrial Revolution, the Child Catcher,Great Ormond Street Hospital and the inventor of the World Wide Web. Following a parade finale of the 204 teams taking part in […]