The Wheel of Sport

Australia has long dominated International Netball and have only been challenged by near neighbours New Zealand. When it was announced that the 2018 Commonwealth Games was to be held in Australia's G…

Andreas Nikolaus Lauda was an extraordinary racing driver. His determination and self funding landed him in the F1 driving seat in his early twenties. He managed to move to Ferrari where he suffered …

The playful field event of Triple Jump has been a mainstay of modern Olympic history. Plenty of records have been broken in this event as the decades have ticked over. That is, until Jonathan Edwards…

Whilst the dust was settling after the Second World War there was an optimism for a better world. A world where people could focus on human endeavour instead of human destruction. Roger Bannister fou…

A remarkable time for heavyweight boxing, heavyweight politics and in the background of the Civil Rights Movement, two American fighters went head-to-head in the African nation of Zaire. Over two bil…

In the North East of England, two cities have had a rivalry that dates back the the English Civil War. When that competitive spirit was be channeled onto the football pitch, it sparked a tribalism th…

Clive Thomas was a referee that reached the top of the tree. He was given the responsibility of officiating some of football's biggest games including the World Cup Finals. His reputation for stickin…

In the early 20th Century rugby was struggling through a recent fractious split between League and Union. A shipping clerk working in Penarth, Wales was soon to transform the game in his own way but …

This is the story about how Busby revolutionised a football club and arguably provided a template for Manchester United to grow into the most recognisable sports club in the world.

Post war Britain w…

In Barcelona 1992, Derek Redmond had the opportunity to make up for his disappointment in Seoul 1988, where he failed to start the race due to injury. Everything looked good as Redmond trotted throug…

This was a routine game a the start of snooker's most gruelling tournament. Ronnie O'Sullivan had made a maximum break when a junior and an amateur but this was in the cauldron of The Crucible Theatr…