1916: First day of the Battle of the Somme: the British Army suffers its worst day, losing 19,240 men. 1920: French tennis superstar Suzanne Lenglen beats Dorothea Chambers 6-3, 6-0 to win the ...

Despite not being on the Olympic program, where races follow metric measurements, the mile holds certain prestige in the ...

Former England soccer captain David Beckham, Academy Award winner Gary Oldman and The Who’s frontman Roger Daltrey have been knighted in King Charles III’s birthday honors list. Elaine Paige, ...

Former England soccer captain David Beckham, Academy Award winner Gary Oldman and The Who’s frontman Roger Daltrey have been knighted in King Charles III’s birthday honors list.

Former England soccer captain David Beckham, Academy Award winner Gary Oldman and The Who’s frontman Roger Daltrey have been knighted in King Charles III’s birthday honors list. Elaine Paige, the ...

Sebastian Coe is in the running to be elected as president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Thursday; Coe has the support of the likes of Sir Mo Farah and Usain Bolt; he will have ...

Sebastian Coe received just eight votes from IOC members in the presidential election. Alex Pantling/Getty Images The biggest name in the field and one of the favourites, Sebastian Coe headed into ...

Sebastian Coe's bid to become president of the International Olympic Committee has ended in defeat, with Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe winning the vote.

Coe saw the IOC’s top job as a role he had been “training for for the best part of his life”, with the Olympics central to his life since he first joined an athletics club aged 11.

Sebastian Coe received just eight votes in his bid for the International Olympic Committee presidency as Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe became the first woman to secure sport’s highest office ...

Lord Sebastian Newbold Coe is the only two-time winner of the men’s Olympic 1,500 gold medal, a former member of Parliament, the man who rescued London’s bid to host the 2012 Olympics and then ...