Tag: the 2012 Olympics

Headlines June 21, 2017

Well-heeled Chinese citizens are keener than ever before on Royal Ascot and the lure of owning a winner at the meeting...

Headlines April 20, 2017

Japanese commuters will be encouraged to work from home for one day in a nationwide exercise for the 2020 Olympics that...

Headlines April 12, 2017

South Africa's Wayde van Niekerk will have the chance to emulate Michael Johnson's feat of winning the 200 and 400...

Headlines April 11, 2017

Britain will try to move on from damaging allegations of sexism and bullying as they challenge with a new-look squad at...

Headlines March 29, 2017

NBC will broadcast the 2018 Winter Olympics live across all US time zones for the first time, the TV network has...

Headlines March 28, 2017

NBC will broadcast its 2018 Winter Olympic prime-time programming live across all US time zones for the first time, the...

International March 23, 2017

It was the day everyone at Westminster had been dreading. The Houses of Parliament, with their iconic ‘Big Ben’...

Headlines March 6, 2017

Lee Chong Wei appears to have won his race against time to make an against-the-odds bid for another title in the last...

Headlines February 28, 2017

While Apple is putting the finishing touches to its 'Spaceship' campus in Cupertino, Google has unveiled the latest...

CAF’s 2016 Referee of the Year, Papa Bakary Gassama, will officiate the second semi-final at the 2017 Africa Cup of...

International January 1, 2017

Bradley Wiggins announced his retirement from professional cycling on Wednesday, bringing the curtain down on a career...

Tributes have poured in from across the world for singer George Michael, who has died at his home at the age of 53....

Ghana’s undefeated bantamweight prospect Duke Micah has won the vacant British Commonwealth title after beating...