1901 The first use of the words grand prix to describe a race, the French Grand Prix at Le Mans. 1904 The formation of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), a non-profit association ...

From the first days of motor racing, drivers have lived close to the edge. Thanks to marked improvements in safety standards, the number seriously injured and killed competing in the sport has ...

The biggest drug story in Olympic history. The biggest fish they ever caught. After his bronze medal in the 100 metres at the 1984 Games (August 4), Canada's Ben Johnson decided he needed some extra ...

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England rounded off their autumn in style with an emphatic 53-3 win over South Africa at Twickenham, completing a hat-trick of wins over the Tri-Nations. In a physical match, Springbok Jannes ...

Rubens Barrichello won the US Grand Prix by 0.011 seconds from Michael Schumacher after a staged Ferrari finish backfired. The pair had dominated the race and then came around the banked final corner ...

Kismet or what? Joe Frazier and George Foreman won their Olympic gold medals in the same division on the same date. In 1964, Frazier was picked as the USA's heavyweight boxer only when big Buster ...

Jo Schlesser became the fourth driver to die during the 1968 season after getting trapped upside down in his blazing car. John Surtees had pronounced Honda's experimental RA302 car unsafe, but ...

Pete Sampras won the Wimbledon singles for the seventh and last time, equalling the record set way back in 1889 (8 July). Sampras had won three titles in a row before losing in the quarter-finals in ...

Edwin Ash of Richmond and Benjamin Burns of Blackheath published a letter in The Times suggesting that "those who play the rugby-type game should meet to form a code of practice as various clubs play ...

In track and field, that rarity of two Olympic gold medals for Britain on the same day. Dust off the old comparison with buses. After waiting years for Olympic gold, after enduring career-threatening ...

An overview of the 2012 grid as it shapes up over the winter. Updated regularly with the lastest announcements and rumours from the driver market There will be no change at the top team after Webber ...