Category: Sports

Rochelle Gilmore, team leader of the Lotto Honda Ladies Team, sprinted to victory and a gold medal in the Road Race at the 2010 Commonwealth Games on Sunday. Entering her first BMX race at the age of three, Gilmore now combines world-class cycling with a successful business career, which includes her own clothing label. In […]

Sportsafe UK has devised an innovative cable repair kit to get gym equipment running again quickly without calling out an engineer… The First Time Fix Cable doesn’t need expert skills, so almost anyone can fit it. The only tool needed is a 14mm spanner, and the cable fits 90% of makers’ equipment. Sportsafe’s Managing Director […]

British media group Presswire has acquired the football TV news show ‘Kick Off’, launching its new multimedia arm, Videowire… Videowire will produce the daily football news show ‘Kick Off’ from its London studio, in broadcast quality (16:9 SD and HD 720p) and online and mobile formats. ‘Kick Off’ currently sells to Norway, Finland, France, China, […]

Disabled facilities in the Premiership are not as bad as reported, the Premier League says… The National Association of Disabled Supporters (NADS) recently announced that only two Premier League clubs provide enough spaces for disabled fans. Only Bolton and Blackburn met the recommendation, with Arsenal falling just short with 96% of the recommended spacing. NADS […]

Manchester United’s Cristiano Ronaldo put in a performance against one of Europe’s big boys to finally silence the critics. Alex Ferguson’s men all but booked their place in the Semi Finals of this year’s Champions League with a magnificent team display full of evidently maturing stars. Recent visits to the Stadio Olimpico have been frequent […]

Cristal champagne, go-go dancers and VIP rooms are only some of the amenities available to patrons of the new premiere bowling centers that are popping up. Greasy burgers and league play have given way to martinis, mojitos and mingling singles, as an industry tries to rise above its blue-collar rep. On a recent Friday night, […]

As the popularity of mixed martial arts soars, gyms are catering to fans who want to work out like their butt-kicking idols. On a recent rainy Saturday afternoon at Ronin Athletics, a mixed martial arts school in Midtown Manhattan, Anna Jones, 26, punched a padded wall target. She had just spent an hour in Kickboxing […]

Men from California, Washington, New York, Carolina, Kentucky are taking up skateboarding after years away for exercise, to bond with their kids and to recapture the spills and thrills of their youth. In a rickety warehouse in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, that houses a members-only skate park called the Autumn Bowl, four men with skateboards catch up […]