LONDON — On the biggest stage competing against the best in the world, Aurelie Rivard has found herself with only one rival. Herself. Rivard, who holds the world record in the women’s 50-metre freestyle S10…
When Lizette Salas walked to the first-tee at Magna Golf Club from the practice green to start her final round, she was seven-shots back of the lead. And that wasn’t the only thing she had to overcome on Sunday.
East York Soccer Club consultant and former president of the Ontario Youth Soccer League Bert Lobo was just 13 years old when he witnessed England win the 1966 World Cup.
John Thornton was nearly six years old and the noise of war seemed all around them, he and his mother sought shelter beneath the stairs of their home in a small town north of London, England. “There was a lot of activity at night time with the convoys coming through, particularly the tanks that came through the main street where we lived,” he said, “like a minor earthquake that would shake and rumble the houses.”
Katherine Gale arrived in Canada with only two things – a hockey bag and her personal belongings. And that’s all she needed. Gale is from Crowthorne, England – a small town of close to 7,…
From his position in the bomber, navigator Todd Kindree could see the drop-zone through the chaos. On most operations, his Short Stirling bomber aircraft was heavily tossed by shells exploding in the air around it.
At the hands of a young German team, England took a royal beating as they were knocked out of the World Cup after losing 4-1 at Bloemfontein on Sunday.
Germany will face England in the round of 16 after topping their group with a 1-0 win over Ghana on Wednesday at Johannesburg.
Tournament predictions, they can sometimes be as wrong as can be but they still provide intrigue on who in fact is a contender or a pretender. The 2010 World Cup is no different, with 32…
Team: Algeria Nickname: Les Fennecs (The Desert Foxes) Coach: Rabah Saadane (ALG) FIFA Ranking: 30th Best World Cup finish: 13th in 1982 (round 1) The Desert Foxes are back in the World Cup. They had…