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Apparently yesterday was the busiest day in the airport's eighty-three year history with 236,955 passengers passing through. And the busiest day for arriving athletes is expected to be 24 July when 1262 athletes and coaches are expected. That's the day my sister and dad arrive in Heathrow as well, my sis in the morning and dad at night. I wonder if ( Read more... )

The 22 year-old Frenchman was the 1st white person to break the 10-second barrier in an officially timed 100m event. A few days ago he came first in the 200m at the London Grand Prix in 19.91s, the 3rd fastest time for 2012 behind Blake and Bolt. With the world's attention focused on Bolt, Blake, Gay & Powell, Lemaitre is my dark horse for a silver ( Read more... )

India lost in the cricket to effectively end a miserable summer Down Under, but won in the men's field hockey to qualify for London 2012 ( Read more... )

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"One of the best and worst things about listening to sport on the radio is when you turn on mid-match and, before the score is given, try to discern what is happening to your team from the tone of the commentators and their particular choice of words. We all become amateur linguists, and the moment is fascinatingly pregnant with possibilities."
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A season of F1 and testing consumes less fuel than one 747 flying across the Atlantic. I can't verify that but a search online suggests he's been making this comparison for at least two years. But I have found a comment to an article describing the F1 as the world's dirtiest sport that sorta agrees:

50 tons of carbon emissions works out to burning ( Read more... )

I just discovered that Ronnie O'Sullivan's dad is serving a life sentence for murder while his mum served seven months of a year-long jail sentence for tax evasion worth £250,000. Where were the profits raked in from? His dad's Soho porn shop empire. It got me thinking. Who else do you know has overcome their parental follies to become a legend of ( Read more... )

Which are the only three cities in which British Baseball is still played? (Clue: only one of them is in England!)

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I watched a BBC programme called Lewis Hamilton: Billion Dollar Man that was originally broadcast last year but was naturally re-aired earlier this month following his Formula 1 victory. It's under an hour long and so totally worth it. Unfortunately, you can only watch it using the link above if you live in the UK but I'm sure it must be available ( Read more... )