British Olympians were used as guinea pigs to test an experimental substance in a secret UK Sport project costing hundreds of thousands of pounds of public money in a bid to enhance their performance at London 2012, an MoS investigation has found. The so-called ‘novel nutritional intervention’ was fed to medal hopefuls during competition despite only … Read more
Leading British gymnasts who competed at Olympics and Commonwealth Games claim they were ‘beaten and starved’ during campaign of bullying and abuse by their coaches Former Commonwealth gymnastic champion Lisa Mason claims she was abused Catherine Lyons, 19, also claims she was assaulted and bullied by a coach Series of allegations comes after Netflix aired … Read more
Jerome Cawkwell, pictured, rode a motorbike with defective front brakes when he ran into nine year old Max Clark in Hull on May 25 A cannabis-smoking motorcyclist was today jailed for three years after he knocked down a nine-year-old schoolboy gymnast leaving him with life changing injuries. Dock labourer Jerome Cawkwell, 24, tested positive for … Read more
Ryan Lochte reveals he ‘went from making millions to zero’ after Rio Olympics robbery scandal in first look at In Deep With Ryan Lochte Lochte is sharing his journey to the Tokyo Olympics in the new Peacock show In 2016 the athlete was caught lying about being attacked by armed robbers After he was dropped … Read more
Around 300 Chilean burglars have been flown to the UK by criminal gangs to target the homes of the rich and famous over the past three years. The scale of ‘burglary tourism’ from South America emerged as two thieves were jailed for stealing £170,000 of shotguns, computers, jewellery and watches in 12 days. The pair … Read more
The year was 1976, figure skater Dorothy Hamill was dominating the Winter Olympics, and in suburban Reading my mother was giving her unwilling daughter an approximation of Hamill’s short pageboy bob. I always wanted long, curly hair, because the little girl who lived next door told me that angels had hair like that. But what … Read more
World’s fastest man Christian Coleman is SUSPENDED and faces a two-year ban for missing three drugs tests in a year – but he blames testers for failing to call him while he was out shopping! Christian Coleman revealed he missed a third drugs test at the end of 2019 The World 100m champion has now … Read more
Zara Tindall, 39, says riding for her country is what ‘dreams are made of’ as she reveals her hopes of representing Team GB at next year’s Tokyo Olypmics Zara Tindall described how riding for her country is what ‘dreams are made of’ Olympic equestrian said she is lucky to have her horses with her in lockdown … Read more
REVEALED: Athletes who ‘take a knee’ in solidarity with anti-racism movement face BANS at next year’s Tokyo Olympics with the protests ‘subject to discipline on case-by-case basis’ The IOC confirmed that athletes are still banned from protesting at the Games Several sports have moved to allow protests in the wake of George Floyd’s death Athletes … Read more
‘My whole world turned on its head in a day’: Swimmer Cate Campbell, 28, reveals she struggled to accept the reality of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics postponement – and has only just returned to the pool after seven weeks By Kristy Johnson For Daily Mail Australia Published: 14:56 BST, 6 June 2020 | Updated: 15:02 … Read more