Tokyo Olympics: Alessandra Perilli wins first Olympic medal EVER for San Marino after 61 years

Alessandra Perilli creates history by winning the first Olympic medal EVER for San Marino after 61 years of trying – and the country with just 34,000 people is now the SMALLEST to ever win one The 33-year-old trap shooter took bronze at the Asaka Shooting Range  It was Perilli’s second attempt but her country’s 25th … Read more

Tokyo Olympics: Team GB secure their first women’s team gymnastics medal in 93 YEARS with bronze

Team GB secure their first women’s team gymnastics medal in 93 YEARS after producing stunning fightback to take bronze having been SEVENTH earlier in the competition… with 16-year-old twins Jennifer and Jessica Gadirova starring By Pa Reporter Published: 09:17 EDT, 27 July 2021 | Updated: 12:46 EDT, 27 July 2021 Great Britain claimed a first women’s … Read more

Olympic champion Tom Daley knits Tokyo 2020 gold medal case

Olympic champion Tom Daley has knitted an emotional keepsake to forever remind him of his first gold medal at Tokyo 2020 – a customised gold medal pouch. The British sportsman, 27, broke down in tears as he and diving partner Matty Lee triumphed in the 10m synchronized platform event on Monday – his first gold medal … Read more

Ariarne Titmus, Olympics: Bec Judd and Pia Whitesell celebrate gold medal

Cheering on Australia’s new golden girl: Rebecca Judd and Pia Whitesell lead stars praising Ariarne Titmus as she wins gold at the Tokyo Olympics By Mary Mrad For Daily Mail Australia Published: 00:33 EDT, 26 July 2021 | Updated: 00:37 EDT, 26 July 2021 Australian celebrities have praised swimmer Ariarne Titmus after she won gold … Read more

Tokyo Olympics: Team GB claim first medal of the Games as Chelsie Giles takes bronze in the judo

Great Britain claim their first medal of the Tokyo Olympics as Chelsie Giles takes bronze in the judo after seeing off Switzerland’s Fabienne Kocher By Kieran Lynch For Mailonline Published: 06:02 EDT, 25 July 2021 | Updated: 06:26 EDT, 25 July 2021 Chelsie Giles claimed Team GB’s first medal of the Tokyo Olympics after she took bronze … Read more

Fans slate ‘petulant’ and ‘disrespectful’ England stars for removing Euro 2020 runners-up medal

Fans slate ‘petulant’ and ‘disrespectful’ England players for removing their runners-up medals as soon as they were awarded them – with only SEVEN players keeping them on after their agonising Euro 2020 final defeat by Italy The majority of England players took their runners-up medals off straight away Fans watching on at home felt unimpressed … Read more

Olympic medal winning swimmer looks unrecognisable as a teenager attending her high school formal

Guess who? Olympic medal winning swimmer looks unrecognisable as a teenager attending her high school formal in her mother’s satin dress By Marta Jary For Daily Mail Australia Published: 12:54 BST, 28 May 2021 | Updated: 12:58 BST, 28 May 2021 She’s one of Australia’s most accomplished athletes, but she looked unrecognisable as a teenager, … Read more

Petition launched to posthumously award Victoria Cross to black WWII hero denied medal due to race

A campaign has been launched to see a black South African Second World War hero who blew up a Nazi ship with a homemade bomb be awarded a Victoria Cross. British generals nominated Job Maseko for a VC but his South African commanders found the idea of a black man receiving such a prestigious medal … Read more

Brownlow Medal winner Lachie Neale and his wife Jules announce they are expecting a daughter

Brownlow Medal winner Lachie Neale and his wife Jules have announced they are expecting their first child. On Tuesday, the Brisbane Lions midfielder, 27, shared a photo of himself on Instagram kissing his wife’s baby bump. ‘Can’t wait to meet you baby girl,’ the AFL star wrote in the caption, alongside a baby emoji and a pink … Read more

Prince Charles given medal of honour as he visits Greece with Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall

The Prince of Wales rounded off a two-day visit to Greece by receiving Athens’ highest distinction – the Gold Medal of Honour – before departing for the UK. Charles said he was ‘enormously touched’ by the gesture at the culmination of a packed second day of the whistle-stop visit with the Duchess of Cornwall that … Read more