Nowhere was Great Britain's success more visible during the Beijing Olympics than at the Laoshan Velodrome and the other cycling venues. British bikers won 14 medals (twice as many as any other nation) including eight golds (no other country bettered two). It was dubbed by the British press as "The Great Haul of China" and unraveled front-page spoils for a previously overlooked sport. For Chris Hoy, the rewards also included the 2008 BBC Sports Personality of the Year award, a knighthood and an ad campaign with Sean Connery.
A disabled British Army Major completes the London Marathon after two weeks on the course, as CNN's Asieh Namdar reports.
Fashion designer to some of golf's big names, Tony "The Tailor" Q'aja, was hanging out with the stars at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship at St Andrews in October.
Throughout the history of the Olympics, athletes have used the Games as a stage to shine. But a special few have seized the moment -- sometimes several moments -- and enthralled us with their feats.
At the closing ceremony of the Sydney 2000 Olympics Juan Antonio Samaranch, the International Olympic Committee president, declared that the Games had been the best ever.
Steve Redgraveupdated: Mon Jul 07 2008 01:17:00
With five gold medals at five consecutive Games, the indomitable Steve Redgrave -- now Sir Steve Redgrave -- is Britain's greatest ever Olympian, and one of the all-time great Olympic athletes.
In west London on Sunday, a protester tried to grab the torch out of the hands of a TV presenter, forcing police to briefly stop the procession
London's bid to host the 2012 Games comes under the scrutiny of the Olympics evaluation commission on Wednesday as it began its inspection of the British capital.
Matthew Pinsent won the fourth gold medal of his Olympic career on Saturday as the British men's coxless four edged world champions Canada in one of the closest rowing finals in the history of the Games.
British Olympic gold medallist Matthew Pinsent has confirmed that he and James Cracknell plan to concentrate their Athens efforts on the coxless four.
Britain's Olympic champions Matthew Pinsent and James Cracknell are to switch to training for the coxless fours event ahead of the Athens Games.
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