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Bureaucrats killing future British tennis stars

By Jim White A spokesman from the Lawn Tennis Association suggested recently that all the game needs to take off in Britain is a role model. Well, there were two of them on Centre Court on Sunday night, whose talent and...

SuperMac, the CyBorg and their trip back to the future

guardian.co.uk     6 hrs ago          

It was not only the greatest of tennis matches it was also the most haunting. Rain stopped play before it had time to start, and there was John McEnroe - as brilliant a telly pundit as he was a player - cajoling answers out of...

Medical notes: Don't let helmets head off the push for cycling

scotsman.com     6 hrs ago   2 related          

Published Date: 09 July 2008 Should wearing cycle helmets be made compulsory in Britain? The statistical case for such a move remains unproven, while the risk of discouraging millions from cycling in the first place is all too...

Biological clock? Men will sleep through it

Well, who would have guessed it? Although Rod has certainly done his bit, gawd bless him, fathering baby Alistair at the age of 60 and showing signs that there is plenty of boom in the old microphone yet. Charlie Chaplin: A...

Safin finds his feet on clay at Swedish Open

scotsman.com     6 hrs ago   25 related          

Published Date: 09 July 2008 MARAT Safin, a surprise semi- finalist at Wimbledon, found the transition from grass to clay difficult to master, but did just enough to beat Spaniard Marc Lopez at the Swedish Open in Bastad...

Paul Hayward: Face it, Phil ticks all the right boxes for Chelsea

Here are some of the things Luiz Felipe Scolari didn't do at his unveiling: punch a reporter, warn Roman Abramovich to mind his own business, get Ronaldinho to burst out of a cake, pine for the England job or leave Frank...

Hawkeye technology turns tennis into a cartoon

regdeveloper.co.uk     6 hrs ago          

Reality hardware needed In those archaic days before tennis adopted the Hawkeye ball tracking system, the TV audience could have some fun with close line calls. Following a controversial shot, we'd receive a number of...

£3 billion contracts signed for largest ever UK warships

britishblogs.co.uk     11 hrs ago          

Contracts to build two Royal Navy aircraft carriers, the largest and most potent warships to be designed and built in the UK, have been signed by the MOD and industry today, Thursday 3 July 2008.Read It Here(RG) I really hope...

Reign in Spain: nation basks in Wimbledon, soccer

iht.com     7 hrs ago   8 related          

In just seven days — from the soccer field in Austria to the lawn at Wimbledon — Spanish sports transformed itself into pure gold. More followed on Sunday when native son Rafael Nadal captured tennis's marquee event in an epic...

Calleri advances at Mercedes Cup

iht.com     10 hrs ago   6 related          

Sixth-seeded Augustin Calleri beat Jurgen Melzer of Austria 7-6 (3), 6-4 to advance to the second round of the rain-filled Mercedes Cup on Tuesday. Several matches were delayed by the downpours at the clay-court event, whose...

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