Olympic boxing bronze medal cost Britain £12m as most expensive sports revealed
Great Britain’s sole medal in boxing at the Olympics cost over £12 million in funding from UK Sport, with cycling topping the list as the...
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Travellers urged to stay ‘vigilant’ after Oropouche virus brought back to Europe
Cuba’s Ministry of Public Health of Cuba first reported Oropouche cases on May 27. Since then a total of 74 cases have been confirmed –...
Best portable air conditioners 2024, tried and tested
Where can I buy a portable air conditioner? Since they are a relatively large and specialised piece of equipment, air conditioners aren’t sold everywhere....
Do you need advice on a relationship dilemma? The Midults Q&A
Do you have an issue that is troubling you? Our comfortingly grown-up advisors, The Midults, will offer their suggestions to your dilemmas. So if you...
London 2012 vs Paris 2024: Which Olympics was better?
There has been plenty for the rest of us to enjoy too, from Cindy Ngamba winning the Refugee Team its first ever medal to Novak...
I recovered from ‘disgusting’ injury to earn England call
“It didn’t feel great, leaving Kent,” he says. “I’ve left some of my best mates who you have a great connection with, which is sad...
Wannabe Bond villains and walking on water: The alternative Olympic awards
The tourists are checking out of their hotels. The venues are having their sponsored signs reinstated. The medals are awarded. Some are even at home...
One better than Tokyo but huge drop in golds
Great Britain won two bronze medals on the final day of Paris 2024 to surpass their haul from the previous Olympics in Tokyo, with at...
British Olympic team to review lack of gold medals and vow to ‘get back at Aussies’ in 2028
Team GB have been among the top five in the Olympic medals table at every Games since Beijing in 2008 and, while chef de mission...
IOC has only itself to blame for boxing gender row
Rowing legend Matthew Pinsent believes the International Olympic Committee had brought controversy on itself as the BBC addressed the boxing gender row that has hung...