Prime Minister Boris Johnson blasted by Lord Coe for using the ‘red-blooded’ and ‘very tired mantra’ of ‘bring football home’ to confirm Government’s £2.8m backing for UK and Ireland’s 2030 World Cup joint-bid – as he calls for ‘humility’ By David Coverdale For The Daily Mail Published: 20:25 GMT, 2 March 2021 | Updated: 20:38 … Read more
British Olympic chiefs to speak to government about athlete vaccinations ahead of the Tokyo games… and still hope all competitors can receive both doses before flying to Japan All adults in the United Kingdom will be offered a first dose by late July Vaccines will be handed out by age once the priority groups have … Read more
1986: Larry Nassar joins USA Gymnastics as an athletic trainer for the national team a year after graduating from Michigan State University with a degree in kinesiology. 1993: Nassar completes his master’s program and is awarded an osteopathic medical degree from Michigan State University 1994: Nassar begins sexually abusing Jamie Dantzscher according to a 2016 … Read more
Gabby Douglas won the first season of The Masked Dancer on Wednesday after performing on the spin-off show as Cotton Candy. The 25-year-old three-time Olympics gold-medal winning gymnast beat out Maksim Chmerkovskiy, 35, who finished as runner-up competing as the Sloth and third-place finisher Mackenzie Ziegler, 16, who performed as Tulip. Cotton Candy took a … Read more
Japan’s leaders invite women to sit in on meetings – so long as they do not TALK – days after Olympics chief quits following sexism row Leaders of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party made the proposal today They have allowed five female lawmakers to attend its all-male board meetings But the women are forbidden from … Read more
Tokyo Olympics chief Yoshiro Mori quits after the 83-year-old sparked a sexism row by declaring ‘annoying’ women ‘talk too much’ in another setback for organisers in a Games beset by Covid-19 problems Yoshiro Mori accepted his remarks had caused ‘chaos’ as he stepped down The IOC had said Mori’s remarks were ‘inappropriate’ but didn’t call … Read more
Cool runnings: Daredevil hurtles down abandoned Winter Olympics luge track on a MOUNTAIN BIKE in heart-stopping helmet camera footage Stuntman Antoni Villoni captured dashcam footage in Villard des Lans, France The 28-year-old navigated down the 1000-metre-long concrete track with ease The luge run had originally been used during the 1968 Winter Olympics By Raven Saunt For … Read more
China has threatened sanctions against Britain if it boycotts the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing over the alleged ‘genocide’ of Uighur Muslims. British MPs including Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey have called for a Team GB boycott over Beijing’s alleged ‘ethnic cleansing’ against Uighurs who have been imprisoned and subjected to political ‘re-education’ in Xinjiang. … Read more
Former British Olympic skier Chemmy Alcott says she feels ‘very guilty’ because her ‘dream’ job as lead presenter on Ski Sunday means she won’t be able to see her two sons, four and two, for six weeks Chemmy Alcott has spoken of her guilt as a mother after landing ‘dream’ job Skier and mother-of-two, 38, … Read more
Swimming glamour couple Kyle Chalmers and Madison Wilson ‘split for a second time’ ahead of the Olympics By Kristy Johnson For Daily Mail Australia Published: 07:04 GMT, 6 February 2021 | Updated: 07:04 GMT, 6 February 2021 Australian swimming glamour couple Kyle Chalmers and Madison Wilson have reportedly called it quits on their romance for … Read more