Category: Sports History
Steve Redgrave – Is The Five-Time Olympic Rowing Champion Your Sporting Hero?
Steve Redgrave – Is The Five-Time Olympic Rowing Champion Your Sporting Hero? Today, we continue our “sporting heroes” series, by taking a look at the…
Steffi Graf – Our Sporting hero. Do you agree?
Often known as tennis’s ‘golden girl’, Steffi Graf is the only player to have achieved a Golden Slam – that’s winning all four Grand Slams…
The US Open Tennis Tournament – An Historic Grand Slam Competition
The US Tennis Open finals are set to take place this weekend, and this year’s tournament has already seen some thrilling matches and shock exits,…
Andy Murray | Our Sporting Hero, Do you agree?
Andy Murray acted as the flag bearer for Team GB at the Rio 2016 Olympics last Friday, just weeks after picking up his second Wimbledon…
Cristiano Ronaldo | Our sporting hero. Do you agree?
When Cristiano Ronaldo scored his third goal of the Euro 2016 tournament for Portugal, during their semi-final tie with Wales, he took his European Championship…
The UEFA European Championship – The Tournament’s History and Star Performers
With the first match of UEFA Euro 2016 set to kick off on Friday, every European football fan’s attention has turned to France and the…
5 other crazy penalty shootouts!!
Last night Liverpool edged out Middlesbrough in the Capital One Cup thanks to a mad penalty shootout that lasted 30 penalties and saw Liverpool win…
Lost Trophy Brings Recognition to Forgotten US Tennis Hero
I stumbled across an article by Kurt Streeter in the LA Times entitled ‘Great Read’. I trusted the title so decided to give it a…
Most Incredible Sports Records & Feats
Byron Nelson won a record 18 of 35 PGA tour events, including another record 11 straight, in 1945. Michael Phelps has won 18 gold medals…