First Sochi Gold - Valentine Gift for Britain

Britain which is almost at the bottom of the medal table with a bronze for almost ten days since the Sochi Winter Olympics started, was delighted to win it its first gold as a Valentine gift.

It is Lizzy Yarnold who won the nation's first Sochi gold medal with brilliant display in the skeleton event. She beat American Noelle Pikus-Pace by almost a second to take the win.

It is Britain's second consecutive gold in the skeleton after Amy Williams won at the 2010 Vancouver Games.

Upon her victory, Yarnold was handed a Valentine's card by boyfriend and coach James Roach.

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Champion at the age of THREE

Harry Edwards Brady: Champion at the age of Three

What could be more accomplishing for someone when one becomes a champion at the age of THREE!!

Well yes, there is a boy who becomes a champion at the age of three while countless children ofhis age are still stuggling to stand on their feet.

Britain's Harry Edwards-Brady at the age of three who has already won an impressive four best rider titles at local shows will be watched by thousands of people when he takes to the stage at this year’s Horse of the Year Show (HOYS).

And what is more - he only began riding earlier this year but is already well on his way to becoming an expert rider.

Judges at the Royal Norfolk Show awarded him 48 out of 50 marks for his performance atop four-year-old Dartmoor pony Divine.

He is not stopping here. Harry is hoping to become one of the youngest ever winners when he makes his national début at Birmingham NEC.

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Pakistan's Asif defeats England's Gary Wilson to win the World Snooker Championship

Pakistan’s Mohammad Asif defeated England’s Gary Wilson in the final to win the IBSF World Snooker Championship on Sunday in Sofia, Bulgaria. Asif, who remained unbeaten in the tournament, defeated Wilson 10-8.

Pakistan's Muhammad Asif is crowned at Sofia, Belgrade for winning the World Snooker Championship

The match was tied at the assigned time with 7-7 frames. Both players worked pretty hard to win the match. At one stage Asif, was leading 6-3 but Gerry came back strongly and equalise the game in the 14th frame 7-7. Asif recovered to win 15th frame 69-32 to take 8-7 lead. But Gary took complete advantage of Asif’s mistakes to win the 16th frame levelling the match again 8-8.

Asif held his nerve and won the next two frames consecutively to seal the fate of championship with a score line of 10-8.

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Asif is the second Pakistani who has won the coveted world title for Pakistan after Muhammad Yousuf, who brought the laurels home back in 1994. Saleh Muhammad was the only other Pakistani who reached the final of the world championship in 2003 but finished as runner-up.

via The Nation

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Paralympics 2012: Britain's Ellie smashes old record of 400 metres freestyle by five seconds

Britain's 17 years old Ellie smashed old record by five seconds to defend her Paralympics title of 400 metres freestyle in a time of 5:19.17

Pride and joy: A beaming Ellie Simmonds receives the cheers from the crowd after collecting her gold medal for the women's 400-meter freestyle S6 [Photo: AP]

Ellie broke the previous record held by the U.S. swimmer Victoria Arle.

Ellie, who is afflicted by dwarfism, was already the poster girl of the Games, following her two gold medals four years ago as the youngest British athlete in Beijing.

Read more: Daily Mail

British female rowers win first Gold for their country

Great Britain celebrated their first gold medal of the London Olympic Games after Helen Glover and Heather Stanning stormed to victory in the final of the women's pair.

The duo destroyed the field, winning by more than a length to make history at Eton Dorney as the first British female rowers to be crowned Olympic champions.

The duo were cheered on to gold medal glory by Princess Anne, the Duke of Cambridge and Prince Harry.

Australia pipped world champions New Zealand to win silver.

Read more: Daily Mail

Cycling result bursts Britain's bubble at Olympics

Britain’s glow from the glittering Olympic opening ceremony didn’t extend to the men’s cycling road race Saturday, where Mark Cavendish was expected to bring the host country its first gold medal of the London Games. 


Cavendish finished 29th after his Great Britain team-mates failed to reel in a late breakaway in the 250km race that finished on The Mall.

Instead it was doping-tainted Alexander Vinokourov of Kazakhstan celebrating in the Mall outside Buckingham Palace after winning the 250-kilometer race in a closing sprint and leaving Cavendish well back in the pack.

“It’s just unbelievable,” said Vinokourov, who won Olympic silver in the road race at Sydney in 2000. “I finished the Tour de France a little tired, but the Olympics, I must go there.”

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Jonathan Marray wins first Wimbledon men's doubles for Britain since 1936

While Andy Murray gets ready to play his maiden Wimbledon Final against world no.3 Swiss Roger Federer Sunday today, Britain's long wait for Wimbledon drought seems to be ending.

Saturday, little-known Jonny Marray became the first British to win the Wimbledon Gentlemen's doubles since 1936 ... the same year Britain won its last singles title. 

Jonathan Marray of Great Britain and his Danish partner Freddie Nielsen beat 5th ranked duo Swede Robert Lindstedt and Romanian Horia Tecau 4-6, 6-4, 7(7)-6(5), 6(5)-7(7) and 6-3.

Hitchon extends GB hammer record

Sophie Hitchon has extended her British hammer record to 71.61m.

The 20-year-old twice threw the Olympic 'A' standard distance at a meeting in California.

"I feel really good and training has gone really well. It's just really good to repeat it in competition," said Burnley-born Hitchon.

Read details: BBC Sport

Britain's Victoria Pendleton wins sixth sprint cycling crown

Britain's Victoria Pendleton claimed a sixth sprint title at the world track cycling championships Friday after a 2-0 defeat of Simona Krupeckaite of Lithuania.

A third leg was scheduled after Krupeckaite had levelled their match 1-1, however race officials relegated the Lithuanian for an infringement in the second match, a decision which handed the title to the Englishwoman.

Australian Anna Meares, who claimed her maiden gold in track's most prestigious event last year, took the bronze medal after dominating Lyubov Shulika of Ukraine.

Pendleton's win will be a huge boost less than four months ahead of her planned retirement from the sport at the London Olympics. It may be added that Pendleton crashed in the first bout of her best-of-three sprint semi-final with old adversary Anna Meares of Australia at the Track Cycling World Championships in Melbourne - but still made it to the final.

Read more: Yahoo Sports