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Drink-drive deaths soar by 25 per cent after decades of decline
Thursday 01 August 2013
An estimated 290 people were killed in drink-drive accidents in Britain in 2012
80% of adults in England 'don't exercise enough'
Thursday 01 August 2013
New study of 1 million adults in England also found that poorer individuals were more likely to be unhealthy
Comment: Pat McQuaid's finish-line shifting is bizarre. It's time he went
Wednesday 31 July 2013
He is a tit-for-tat man, deploying a level of argument not out of place at happy hour writes Robin Scott-Elliot
The Sport Matrix: Wednesday 31 July 2013
Wednesday 31 July 2013
Sport in turmoil as McQuaid and UCI branded ‘dictators’
Land of Second Chances, by Tim Lewis
Sunday 28 July 2013
Rwanda, a tiny, landlocked country in the middle of Africa, is known primarily in the West as the scene of a genocide in 1994. It seems an unlikely place for a couple of Americans to choose to build a national cycling team, but then they were unusual men: Jock Boyer, a former top professional who once finished 12th in the Tour de France; and Tom Ritchey, who had become wealthy after pioneering mountain-bike design.
Tour de France director labels Harriet Harmon's proposal for a women's race as ill-conceived and premature
Friday 26 July 2013
Christian Prudhomme admits a women's race is important but feels she should have spoken to him rather than write a public letter back with a petition
Fatal distraction: Drivers, and cyclists, need all their attention for the road
Friday 26 July 2013
A cyclist was killed last year by a driver who was adjusting her sat nav
Tour De France 2014: Government pledge £10m towards Grand Depart in Yorkshire
Thursday 25 July 2013
The first three stages of next year's race will be held in the UK
Lance Armstrong claims government overlooked drug allegations because his team were sponsored by the US Postal Service
Wednesday 24 July 2013
Disgraced cyclist urges judge to dismiss US government lawsuit
Cycling rebuilds but doubts linger over doping
Wednesday 24 July 2013
Chris Froome has been the most affable of Tour de France champions, polite to a tee as he pedalled his way to glory on the Champs-Elysées at the weekend.
Brian Cookson vows to hunt down cycling's drug pushers if he makes UCI President
Tuesday 23 July 2013
British candidate for UCI presidency calls for team staff to face strict rules over doping
Tour de France 2013: Chris Froome hopes victory is the first of many
Monday 22 July 2013
The Brit wants to dominate the race in the years to come
Tour de France 2013: Chris Froome can be role model for clean cycling says father
Monday 22 July 2013
The Brit has been accused of doping on the way to victory
Tour de France 2013: Chris Froome on top of the world
Sunday 21 July 2013
His victory is not just for Britain, but for the globalisation of cycling, writes Alasdair Fotheringham
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Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
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Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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