From the first days of motor racing, drivers have lived close to the edge. Thanks to marked improvements in safety standards, the number seriously injured and killed competing in the sport has ...

The biggest drug story in Olympic history. The biggest fish they ever caught. After his bronze medal in the 100 metres at the 1984 Games (August 4), Canada's Ben Johnson decided he needed some extra ...

Formula One was agreed as a recognised formula. 1947 World drivers' championship formalised. It was to take three more years before the first championship race, although there were races under F1 ...

Kismet or what? Joe Frazier and George Foreman won their Olympic gold medals in the same division on the same date. In 1964, Frazier was picked as the USA's heavyweight boxer only when big Buster ...

Pete Sampras won the Wimbledon singles for the seventh and last time, equalling the record set way back in 1889 (8 July). Sampras had won three titles in a row before losing in the quarter-finals in ...

In track and field, that rarity of two Olympic gold medals for Britain on the same day. Dust off the old comparison with buses. After waiting years for Olympic gold, after enduring career-threatening ...

An overview of the 2012 grid as it shapes up over the winter. Updated regularly with the lastest announcements and rumours from the driver market There will be no change at the top team after Webber ...

Torvill and Dean's Bolero. It used to be Ravel's Bolero, but some cover versions become the standard. Christopher Dean liked pushing the boundaries of ice dancing. Only allowed so many changes in ...

George Foreman's last title fight (if you can call it that) and last win. At the age of 48, he retained his WBU heavyweight title with a split decision that ended Lou Savarese's unbeaten record. Big ...

One of the great cheats in Olympic history, Boris Onishchenko, won Britain a gold medal. Consider his case for a second. In the modern pentathlon, he was world individual champion in 1971 before being ...

Another Jonny Wilkinson comeback. In his first match for England since the 2003 World Cup final, he scored in every way you can in a rugby match: try, conversion, penalty goal, drop goal. It made him ...

1986 Alain Prost was swarming all over the back of Nigel Mansell's Williams at the German Grand Prix at Hockenheim when his McLaren ran out of fuel on the last lap on the finishing straight. To the ...