He left everything behind when he fled the Syrian war. 24 year old Eid Aljazairili couldn’t even swim when he made the risky journey by boat across the Mediterranean – finally reaching the UK where he was granted asylum. He soon realised he had a passion – and rare gift – for swimming – and…
As two of the world’s fastest sprinters test positive for a banned substance, FactCheck looks at the recent history of doping in sport.
Rainy old England may have defined the rules of football for all to enjoy, but it is the sun-kissed beaches of Brazil that long ago inherited the mantle of football’s spiritual home.
Jon Snow
Today a rare dream came true: I got to meet Nicola Adams, gold medal flyweight Olympian.
Latest updates from Channel 4 News at London 2012.
“How many medals will we win? This one’s a bit easier. The answer’s 62. Fact.”
Jon Snow
If our urban centres are to be saved we need to follow where the Olympic lanes lead.
Jon Snow
“From the very outset the crashing power of the opening bars announced something portentous – almost as if inaugurating the Olympics themselves.”
“How can you calculate the long-term returns on the Olympic facilities when you don’t know whether a newly-built stadium will turn out to be a popular sports centre or the next Millennium Dome?”
US and Iranian diplomats site down for the first direct talks in 30 years in Geneva on Thursday. But Americans are at least as interested in what happens in Copenhagen the next day, when the IOC announces the host city for the 2016 Olympics.