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Interview with deaf British footballer Claire Stancliffe: “They don’t support deaf athletes. That is not equality.”
Deaf footballer Claire Stancliffe talks about the funding difficulties facing the British Women’s Deaf football team and the impact these problems could have on the future of the sport in the UK.
By Michael Williams | Opinion | Friday, 14 September 2012 at 10:06 am
MOTD: Football’s back and ready to kick some balls
Saturday will be an exciting day. This weekend our country will erupt into a frenzy of colour and song; sometimes profound, often crass. Football will once again reign supreme.
By Josh Barrie | Football, Notebook, Sport | Friday, 17 August 2012 at 1:50 pm
London 2012 has helped to show the true price of Gold
There was no Angolan equestrian team or Eritrean rowers and perhaps ironically, no sailors from Somalia to worry Big Ben Ainslie. Is this purely down to the cost of training?
By Dominic Holland | Notebook, Olympics, Opinion, Sport | Wednesday, 8 August 2012 at 12:32 pm
After the gold rush, why so many tears?
In the end, it wasn’t the union jack painted faces, “Team GB” hash tags or unpredicted boasts of tickets for an obscure event in a remote London hamlet that gave the games away; it was the tears.
By Mark Donne | Notebook, Olympics, Opinion, Sport | Monday, 6 August 2012 at 10:03 am
Twitter trolls send out a bad message for GB, but Olympians have handled it with dignity
This month, the eyes of the world are on Great Britain. Our organisation and preparation skills will be examined by eager tourists, as will British society in general.
By Callum Jones | Notebook, Opinion | Wednesday, 1 August 2012 at 12:15 pm
From Telecommunications to a throw away from a Paralympic medal
Scott Moorhouse was working in Telecommunications when his boss heard a radio promotion for a ParalympicsGB Talent Day in London and gave him the day off to go along. He’s now ranked second in the world in the F42 javelin with a lifetime best mark of 47.33m and has deferred his final year of university in Essex to focus on the London 2012 Paralympics.
By Katy Anderson | Sport | Monday, 8 August 2011 at 5:32 pm
The Doggfather teaches Team GB a lesson
Tomorrow will mark a year to go until the opening of the 2012 London Olympics.
Team GB will be going for a medal in the basketball tournament, although their preparations are perhaps not quite on track. Three of their players lost 20-18 to west coast rappers Snoop Dogg and Warren G and (taking a break from [...]
By Simon Rice | Sport | Tuesday, 26 July 2011 at 2:17 pm
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