14.10.14
Top four
- Winning a million euros: Oleg Tinkov has offered the world’s top riders a million euros to ride in all three Grand Tours next year. http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/racing/vuelta-a-espana/oleg-tinkov-offers-e1m-top-riders-ride-three-grand-tours-139113
- Being 15 as Norway’s Martin Odegaard became the youngest ever player to play in the European Championships qualifyinghttp://edition.cnn.com/2014/09/10/sport/football/martin-odegaard-norway-football/
- Inefficiency. The UCI has failed to secure a place for para-cycling at Tokyo 2020 after a late entry submission: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/disability-sport/29524379
- Substitutes: Max Whitlock won All Around silver at the gymnastics World Championships after initially failing to qualify. He got a last minute place in the final after team mate Nile Wilson had to withdraw with an injury. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/gymnastics/29557692
In the relegation zone
- National anthems. Ukraine’s Oleg Vernaiev may have been surprised to hear the anthem playing at his medal ceremony for the parallel bars at the gymnastics World Championships. Organisers played the Uzbekistan anthem. http://universalsports.com/video/2014-gymnastics-world-championship-wrong-anthem/
- Short drugs bans may be a thing of the past as research begins to emerge suggesting that the benefits of banned substances may be longer than previously thought: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/athletics/29531360
- Record breaking: Ben Flower broke the wrong sort of record, becoming the first player to be sent off in the Super League Grand Final history for two punches on Lance Hohaia http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/rugby-league/ben-flower-vine-wigan-forward-shown-red-card-in-super-league-grand-final-after-shocking-attack-on-lance-hohaia-9789175.html
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