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1 month ago | 
bbc.com | Lewis Coombes |Ethan Gudge
'Football helped me through my cancer diagnosis'Lewis Coombes & Ethan GudgeBBCAlan Knight is known by Portsmouth fans as The LegendA group of men from Portsmouth have told the BBC that walking football has helped them come to terms with a cancer diagnosis. Nationally one in eight men are diagnosed with prostate cancer, but for the Portsmouth Walking Football Club that number is one in five.
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1 month ago | 
bbc.com | Lewis Coombes |Nathan Briant
'I spent five days racing through the Arctic snow'Lewis Coombes & Nathan BriantCameron WrightMarc Rhodes finished third in the Arctic Ice Ultra last monthAn endurance athlete has completed one the world's toughest ultramarathons, crossing 143 miles (230km) of snowfields and Arctic tundra in five days. Marc Rhodes, from Poole, Dorset, finished third in the Ice Ultra last month and had to overcome temperatures dropping to about -25C.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
msn.com | Dan George |Lewis Coombes
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
sports.yahoo.com | Dan George |Lewis Coombes
Justin Rose hopes that Los Angeles' group stage win in the Tomorrow Golf League (TGL) is able to bring a few hours of "light relief" to those affected by the wildfires in the city. The golfer is currently competing in the TGL which is a technology-led indoor golf league developed by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy. Rose's LA beat Tiger Woods' Jupiter Links 12-1 on Tuesday in their first match of the competition.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
ca.sports.yahoo.com | Dan George |Lewis Coombes |Tim Dellor
Former Reading chairman Roger Smee has said that his attempt to buy the club has been rejected. In a statement he said he was disappointed at how news of his efforts to buy the League One club had been leaked to the media. Smee became chairman of Reading in July of 1983 and during that time helped the club to reach Wembley for the first time, as well as achieving promotions from the fourth and third division.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
bbc.com | Dan George |Lewis Coombes
Former Reading chairman Roger Smee has said that his attempt to buy the club has been rejected. In a statement he said he was disappointed at how news of his efforts to buy the League One club had been leaked to the media. Smee became chairman of Reading in July of 1983 and during that time helped the club to reach Wembley for the first time, as well as achieving promotions from the fourth and third division.
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Nov 29, 2024 | 
bbc.com | Dan George |Lewis Coombes
A sailor from the Isle of Wight was recently crowned world champion at the esailing world championships, but success came after his life was put on hold due to a blood cancer diagnosis. Arthur Farley's diagnosis put a stop to his promising sailing career as the 20-year-old had to spend around a year away from the water.
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Nov 29, 2024 | 
sports.yahoo.com | Dan George |Lewis Coombes
A sailor from the Isle of Wight was recently crowned world champion at the esailing world championships, but success came after his life was put on hold due to a blood cancer diagnosis. Arthur Farley's diagnosis put a stop to his promising sailing career as the 20-year-old had to spend around a year away from the water.
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Nov 25, 2024 | 
sports.yahoo.com | Dan George |Lewis Coombes
Chris Billam-Smith has said that a return to the ring has "got to be at world level" following defeat to Gilberto Ramirez in Saudi Arabia. The British cruiserweight was outpointed by Ramirez in a world title unification bout and has now spoken for the first time since that loss on November 16. "I was hitting him with real neat shots and just wasn’t getting any reaction from him and I was shocked at that." Billam-Smith told BBC Sport.
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Nov 1, 2024 | 
bbc.com | Dan George |Lewis Coombes
"For a club like ours, what is on the line is big and it’s great for our profiles as well, we want to have the chance to be drawn against one of the bigger teams." Maidenhead are currently 19th in the National League with 16 points after 16 games so far this season. Sho-Silva, 29, has previously made the first and second rounds of the FA Cup in a career which has included spells at Charlton Athletic, Sutton United and Carlisle United.
