Swimming
November 8th, 2010
By Nick Harris
8 November 2010
Tony McCoy’s victory in the 2010 Grand National has been acknowledged as the ‘Jump off the sofa’ moment of the British sporting year so far, bolstering his credentials as the favourite to win next month’s BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award.
The category was included in the inaugural Jaguar Academy of Sport Awards, which took place last night in the Long Room at Lord’s.
Other awards went to Graeme McDowell (most inspirational British sportsman of 2010 for winning the US Open), Jess Ennis (most inspirational British sportswoman), Amy Williams (best British sporting performance, for winning Winter Olympic...
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October 13th, 2010
By Keira Daley
13 October 2010
Tom Daley, the 16-year-old British No1 diver and the reigning 10m platforn world champion, has won his second gold medal of the Commonwealth Games in Delhi, triumphing in the 10m solo event.
He had already triumphed in the 10m synchro with Max Brick.
The significance of today's victory is that Daley pipped Matt Mitcham, the reigning Olympic champion, who took silver.
Daley is on course to be one of the home stars of the London Olympics in 2012.
The Commonwealth competition is the first major meet where Daley's father, Rob, is not in attendance. He is at home in Plymouth...
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August 1st, 2010
By Nick Harris
2 August 2010
Cristiano Ronaldo is the world’s most popular athlete in all of global sport according to new research by sportingintelligence to coincide with Facebook reaching the landmark of 500m active users.
Social networking is increasingly important in the promotion and marketing of sports stars and teams. Thus Facebook, now the No1 social networking site in history by some margin, is one key democratic barometer of popularity and / or the extent of marketing success.
And Portugal’s Ronaldo, 25, the winger who shot to fame with Manchester United and who now plays for Real Madrid, is the most popular athlete...
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