by Fast Machines | Jul 3, 2017 | Formula One Blog
Martyn Falconer, the head gardener, and his 16 assistants are tending some 50,000 plants including hydrangeas, petunias and lavenders that are designed to give Wimbledon the air of an English garden. The bane of Falconer’s life is the iconic ivy that covers the...
by Fast Machines | Jun 30, 2017 | Formula One Blog
The 11 NGBs appealing to Grainger, who starts as chair of UK Sport this week, are those of archery, badminton, baseball/softball, basketball, fencing, handball, table tennis, volleyball, weightlifting, wrestling and wheelchair rugby. They believe there is ‘fat’ in the...
by Fast Machines | Jun 30, 2017 | Formula One Blog
Children have been sexually abused – including by other children – during “initiation rituals” within British sport, the industry’s most senior child protection officer has revealed. In a horrifying twist on the paedophile scandal that has rocked football and other...
by Fast Machines | Jun 29, 2017 | Formula One Blog
The 11 NGBs appealing to Grainger, who starts as chair of UK Sport this week, are those of archery, badminton, baseball/softball, basketball, fencing, handball, table tennis, volleyball, weightlifting, wrestling and wheelchair rugby. They believe there is ‘fat’ in the...
by Fast Machines | Jun 29, 2017 | Formula One Blog
Christy, Pond and Sutcliffe all questioned the money spent on events, “international influence” and the EIS, pointing out the latter’s budget has gone up by almost £10million, with some of that going on more than 30 new staff. They say that sum would...
by Fast Machines | Jun 28, 2017 | Formula One Blog
The biggest ever revolt against Great Britain’s ‘no compromise’ Olympic and Paralympic medal-winning formula will be reignited on Thursday when 11 sports snubbed by funding chiefs call for new UK Sport chairman Dame Katherine Grainger to scrap the policy. The Daily...
