The British men’s eight opened their world cup account by storming straight
into tomorrow’s final after being edged into second place by the Australians
at halfway. It was an assured performance, matched by China in the other
heat who fended off powerful challenges from Romania and Germany and were
slightly faster over the first half.
This weekend’s world cup regatta in Munich is the first indicator of who will
sit in the seats of the 11 boats that Britain qualified for the Olympics at
last year’s world championships.
Joe Calzaghe battled back from a stunning first round knockdown to score a
disputed split decision victory over Bernard Hopkins in Las Vegas and reign
as light-heavyweight world number one.
The Cambridge crew were out yesterday practising starts and doing pretty
exercises to assimilate their new stroke, Ryan Monaghan, into the crew ahead
of tomorrow’s 154th Boat Race.
The golden age of darts was the late 1970s to the mid-1980s, when the likes of
Eric Bristow and Jocky Wilson bestrode the "oche", beer-bellied
demigods with magic in their fingertips. We gazed in awe, mesmerised by the
waistlines, seduced by the staccato rhythms and mathematical certainties.
Even those otherwise indifferent to sport grew accustomed to finding
themselves unable to rise from the sofa thanks to some gripping late-night
confrontation from Wembley Arena or Alexandra Palace.
Billy Joe Saunders is one of five English boxers who will fight for a place in
Great Britain’s Olympic team at a qualification tournament in Pescara,
Italy, later today.