The Sports Personality of the Year is decided by our hearts, not our heads, says Simon Barnes

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

I actually feel like I’m not much of a risk-taker,” says Louise Ferguson. These are unexpected words coming from the first woman to complete a top-to-bottom race run through the treacherous rocks, off

Kim Bailey on the new-style hurdles and repercussions from the budget

A lot can happen in just four seconds. A dropped object falls 78.4m. The Earth travels 120km. A top sprinter runs 40m. A Grand Tour turns on its head. When the Tour de France Femmes kicked off under c

LINDSEY VONN LIFTS HER MIDDLE FINGER IN the Southern California sun. Vonn, the Olympic gold-medal skier, all-time leader in World Cup downhill wins, and rare figure in her sport whose talent, charisma