All I can really say about this week is that there must have been one helluva party going on in English Harbour Antigua over the last few days! As Tom and Rich from Red Arrow flew home to be met by a huge crowd of supporters at the airport, and Mick and Lia parted ways in Antigua, a host of little rowing boats were speeding (in ocean rowing terms!) towards the Atlantic rowing race finish line. Â
Lia Ditton has been writing about how it feels to get … Details & “Interesting” Pictures
MARTINSVILLE, Va. — After trying for more than an hour to battle increasingly wet weather conditions Sunday at Martinsville Speedway, NASCAR postponed running the Goody’s Fast Pain Relief 500 until noon ET Monday.
A steady rain descended on the track about an hour before the scheduled Sunday start time of 1:13 p.m. ET and did not let up. Officials called for the postponement of the race just before 2:30 p.m … Details
Stuart Kennedy (AUS/Lennox Head/NSW) won the biggest event of his emerging career in Tasmania today taking out the prestigious Association of Surfing Professionals 6-Star Rated O’Neill Cold Water Classic.
Twenty-year-old Kennedy is on his first serious year as an ASP World Qualifying Series competitor and the former Australasian Pro Junior Champion of 2008 could not have dreamed of such a win so early in his season … Details
Twice Tour de France champion Alberto Contador missed out on an opportunity to intimidate bitter rival and former team mate Lance Armstrong when he suffered a rare upset at the Criterium International.
The Spaniard cracked during the final ascent in Saturday’s hilly opening stage, citing allergy problems, and although Armstrong still finished far behind, he was not impressed.
“I was not going to compete with him,†said the American, who was a member of the Astana team last season with Contador.
“I know that, he knows that, you know that. There is no mystery there, no surprise.
Asked if they were in speaking terms, Armstrong laughed … Details