Great Britain’s Mark Cavendish expressed frustration that rival teams were content so long as he did not win the Olympic Games road race. The 27-year-old world champion from the Isle of Man finished 29th, 40 seconds behind, as controversial Kazakh Alexandr Vinokourov triumphed on The Mall, with Colombia’s Rigoberto Uran second and Norway’s Alexander Kristoff […] Read more
Paula Radcliffe admits the situation is “not looking good” as her participation in the Olympics hangs in the balance. A foot problem has flared up again casting a major doubt over whether she will compete in the marathon in London and a Mail on Sunday article suggested she had admitted defeat in her battle to […] Read more
Twitter erupted with surprised delight as the Queen made her entrance at the opening ceremony of the Olympics. A short film showing James Bond actor Daniel Craig meeting the Queen at Buckingham Palace was shown to audiences, before the pair apparently flew in a helicopter across London to the stadium. The laughter from the crowd […] Read more
Great Britain’s hopes of a first home Olympic gold medal have been dashed after cyclist Mark Cavendish missed out on a podium finish. The reigning world champion and winner of 23 Tour de France stages was widely expected to triumph in the 250-kilometre road race. But instead the gruelling event, which took in nine laps […] Read more
The man who played The Queen leaping out of a helicopter in one of the most memorable moments of the Olympic Games’ Opening Ceremony has told Sky News how the stunt took months to perfect. Gary Connery said he had carried out a number of test jumps at various airfields and over the Olympic Stadium […] Read more
The Queen has opened the Olympic Games for the second time in her 60-year reign after a spectacular ceremony that more than lived up to its billing. Director Danny Boyle’s £27m production kicked-off London 2012 with imagination, style and a very British sense of humour. It attracted a UK TV audience of 26.9 million, according […] Read more
An advert for the video game Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has been banned from daytime screening because of its scenes of violence and destruction, a watchdog has ruled. Scenes in the television ad for the game include buildings exploding and catching fire, armed men firing at a lorry until it crashes and a […] Read more
Zynga lost money and received less revenue than anticipated in the second quarter because CityVille, FarmVille and other games are not attracting as many paying players as they should. Its stock tanked in after-hours trading and dragged down Facebook’s shares as well because the social networking icon relies on Zynga for a good chunk of […] Read more
West Ham have reportedly made a £17million bid to sign Liverpool and England striker Andy Carroll. The Premier League new boys are understood to have ambitiously offered to pay an initial £2m loan fee before making a permanent deal next summer. Liverpool are thought to be willing to listen to offers for the permanent sale […] Read more
Chelsea captain John Terry has denied the Football Association’s charge of using abusive and insulting language towards QPR defender Anton Ferdinand, two weeks after he was cleared by a court of the same offence. The former England captain has requested a special hearing over the matter. Terry was cleared of racially abusing Ferdinand at a […] Read more
