Wiggins Becomes Britain’s First Tour De France Winner
Sky Procycling rider and leader’s yellow jersey Bradley Wiggins of Britain (L) cycles on the Place de la Concorde in Paris during the final 20th stage of the 99th Tour de France cycling race between...
View ArticlePeerless Wiggins Roars To Record
Britain’s Bradley Wiggins competes in the men’s cycling individual time trial at the London 2012 Olympic Games August 1, 2012.Photo: Reuters Mark Blinch HAMPTON COURT, England (Reuters) – Bradley...
View ArticleUnion Jack’s Sporting Roundup October 2012
Andy Murray Makes History NOVAK DJOKOVIC had won his last eight encounters with Andy Murray, but in the final of the US Open Championships at the Arthur Ashe Stadium last month, the Dunblane Scot and...
View ArticleUnion Jack’s Sporting Roundup November 2012
West Indies Win World Twenty20 Championship AS REIGNING World Twenty20 Champions, England got off to a mixed start at the 2012 World Twenty20 Championships in Sri Lanka, September 18-October 7. In the...
View ArticleUnion Jack’s Sporting Roundup December 2012
Cricket; England Tour India ENGLAND began a tour of India, running October 30-January 30, which includes four Test matches and a series of five match ODIs to be played after the Christmas break....
View ArticleLance Armstrong Jibe At Library
Aussie Humour – Better Still, Aussie Librarian Humour LIBRARY visitors to an Australian library last month were smiling when faced with a sign notifying them that all Lance Armstrong books were soon to...
View ArticleUnion Jack’s Sporting Roundup January 2012
Cricket – England Beat India ENGLAND grabbed an historic victory in India, winning their first Test series on the sub-continent in 27 years prevailing 2-1 in the four match series. After losing the...
View ArticleCyclist Hoy Retires After Winning Six Olympic Golds
SIX-TIME gold medalist Chris Hoy retired from cycling last month, saying he had expended “every last ounce of effort and energy” in becoming Britain’s most decorated Olympian and spearheading the...
View ArticleUnion Jack’s Sporting Roundup May 2013
England Welcomes The West Indies THE WEST INDIES arrived in England rather disheveled with injuries, visa problems and a missing Marion Samuels who was due to arrive after playing in the Indian Super...
View ArticleUnion Jack’s Sporting Roundup June 2013
England Scheduled For A Full Summer Of Cricket ENGLAND RETURNED home after drawing the New Zealand series 0-0, with the Kiwis not far behind them. The sides clashed again in May ending June 27, but...
View Article100th Tour De France Is Chris Froome’s
SECOND BRIT IN TWO YEARS I WON’T let you down like Lance Armstrong. This Tour de France champion is for real. That, in so many words, is the promise Chris Froome made as the newest winner of cycling’s...
View ArticleBradley Wiggins Set To Miss Tour De France
FORMER Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggins expects to miss this year’s race, complaining that his team is focusing on his bitter rival and defending champion Chris Froome’s title defense. Wiggins,...
View ArticleFormer Tour Winner Wiggins Launches His Own Cycling Team
FORMER Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggins is launching his own cycling team as he prepares for the 2016 Olympics. The British rider announced on Thursday that the team to be launched this spring...
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