This is an easy one for the mayoral candidates. The Olympic marathon in 2012 was going to be run from Tower Bridge, through City and Westminster, with the last leg through the East End for the traditional finish at the stadium in Stratford. The Olympic Committee have moved it away from the East End, with the three rounds of central London finishing ( Read more... )

It's almost impossible to go running in the UK without raising money for charity, it's like a law of nature or something. One of my favourite comedians has outdone himself however, in raising money for Sport Relief. Eddie Izzard, not the fittest of individuals, embarked on a marathon of marathons around the UK on 26 July. The plan was 52 days, 43 ( Read more... )

OMG, I love the English. Their cricket team win their first match of the Ashes at Lords for the first time since 1934 and the first remark from Radio 5 live's commentator is about the average house price back then. Property-obsessed stereotypes anyone? :-D

(£515, for those who want to know.)

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Gold gold gold gold gold. The headlines sound like the lyrics to dwarf songs lately. Though I have no idea what the medals are for as I haven't been watching the coverage. It's purely out of disinterest and lack of time, and nothing to do with any high-minded notions of punishing China. Just as well, or I'd be obliged to boycott the London Olympics ( Read more... )

England will have to find a new team to support as Holland went out of Euro 2008 last night after a disappointing performance ( Read more... )

trtl reminded me that it's permissible to talk about the football as the UK are officially supporting the Netherlands in Euro 2008. So you can blame him for this post ( Read more... )

Last night's Holland - Italy match promised to be the first big game of the men's European Football Championship and it did not disappoint! It was a great game and I'm not just saying that 'cos Oranje won 3 - 0. It was delightful to see how the Dutch players worked together as a team. Bad luck for the World Champions, who did more than the lopsided ( Read more... )

Rugby kitty has only one thing to say.

In order to mentally prepare for tonight's match, everyone needs to go look at cecile's photos of a kitten in an All Black jersey. (Hat tip manningkrull)