Jon Snow
Captivated by boxing's Nicola 'Babyface' Adams
Today a rare dream came true: I got to meet Nicola Adams, gold medal flyweight Olympian.
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Andy Murray: do sport and politics mix?
With Alex Salmond saluting Andy Murray as a “Scottish sporting legend”, Channel 4 News looks at the relationship between athletic success and the independence drive north of the border.
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Victory parade for Britain’s Olympic and Paralympic athletes
Olympic and Paralympic champions including Mo Farah and Jonnie Peacock, are among 700 British athletes taking part in a victory parade to celebrate their achievements at London 2012.
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Where are the UK’s Paralympic gold hotspots?
With athletes from the north of Ireland winning most of Team Ireland’s golds, Channel 4 News asks why the region has bred such success, and looks at the UK’s golden Paralympic hotspots.
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The End of London 2012 is Nigh
The last night of London 2012 is upon us – the end of the most amazing summer of sport many people have ever seen in this country. The closing ceremony of the Paralympics begins at 8.30pm and once again I will tell you what I can, having seen the rehearsal, but won’t spoil the surprise.…
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Paralympic Games: a shared history of tragedy
“Our country is known by genocide, now we have a chance to go there and Rwanda be known by the good players, not by genocide, by sport.”
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Paralympics: Top tips for London 2012
The Channel 4 News guide to the London 2012 Paralympic Games – how, where and who to watch, ahead of Wednesday’s opening ceremony.
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Heroes’ return for Olympic rowers
Olympic medallists will parade through Henley-on-Thames in an open-top bus on Saturday in a homecoming parade, including members of the town’s elite Leander rowing club.
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New legacy row about school playing fields
As the rules on outdoor space schools have to provide change, five-time Olympic Champion Sir Steve Redgrave tells Channel 4 News “we need as much space as possible within school areas”.
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Alternative Olympic medals table: the results
Now that the final medals have been won and the athletes have flown home, how would the medals table look if nations were awarded – and penalised – for other factors? Channel 4 News investigates.
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Is any of us fit to pick up the Olympic baton?
In the aftermath of the Olympics, the discernable spirit in the country is one of pulling together rather than finding grounds upon which to disagree.
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Why golfing genius Rory McIlroy is no wannabe
As the world’s watched the Spice Girls reunion at the end of London 2012, golfing wonder boy Rory McIlroy pulled off a stunning victory in the US PGA championship, writes Ben Monro-Davies.
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London 2012 Olympic Games end with a party
London’s Olympic Stadium is turned from an athletics track into a massive musical show to celebrate the end of the London 2012 Games.
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Sporting life: the Channel 4 News London 2012 quiz
Know how many world records were broken at the Games? Answer this and nine other questions in our London 2012 quiz – and a life of pub quiz celebrity surely awaits you.
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A fabulous Games – but what is the legacy?
A major element of London’s bid to host the Games was a commitment to a lasting legacy. Channel 4 News looks at what we will have to help us remember what Jacques Rogge called a “fabulous” Olympics.
