“triathlon helped prepare me for politics”

The British cycling icon talks James Shrubsall through her astonishing journey, on and off the bike

My preoccupations at 16 were, I think, twofold. Firstly, passing my exams to get to university. I was really, really focused on that. But secondly, it was round about that age that I started to get re

J ack Wilshere is such a smiling character that it’s occasionally easy to forget how much of a competitor he is. Short in stature but not willpower, Wilshere was training alongside Thierry Henry at 14

Four-time Olympic swimming champion Rebecca Adlington OBE revealed in September that she is expecting her third child, which she has called a “small miracle”. After experiencing two heartbreaking misc

Some of motorsport’s most enduring figures can’t resist the urge to keep racing. Matt James finds out why

What’s the best excuse you have ever made for performing badly in a race? I’m not talking about those deliberately vague ones we all trot out at short notice when we’ve had a shocker like “I’ve had a