Olympian Ollie Davies appointed Esprit brand ambassador

Earlier this month, Ski Crosser Ollie Davies became the first British male to represent Team GB in ski cross at the Olympics on Day 14 of the 2022 Olympic Games in Beijing. Now he has been appointed Brand Ambassador for … Read More

Should there be an age limit for the Olympic Games?

As we watched 15-year-old medal hopeful, Kamila Valieva stumble and fall repeatedly through her Olympic free skate programme. She had led going into the free skate. Already in the spotlight, following a failed drugs test, the pressure on this youngster … Read More

When is the Olympic 2022 men’s curling final?

It’s the question on everyone’s lips today: When is the Olympic 2022men’s curling final? When will TeamGB take on Sweden, not just for the gold medal but the entire team’s first medal.

The all-Scottish team representing … Read More

Team GBs best ever moguls result

Makayla Gerken Schofield has pulled off Team GB’s best-ever moguls finish at a Winter Olympics by coming eighth in Beijing today.

Not only was 22-year-old Makayla Gerken Schofield the first brit to … Read More

Big Air in the middle of an old factory

Bejing’s Big Air competition is located in the middle of a former industrial area in Beijing.

Unlike the usual pretty mountain landscape for snowsports, this giant snowclad springboard stands in the midst of old factory cooling … Read More

LGBTQ+ athletes make Olympic history

At least 35 publicly ‘out’ gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer, pansexual and non-binary athletes will be competing in Beijing for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games. It is double the number who competed in Pyeongcheng in 2018.

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GB medal hopefuls at Beijing

As the Beijing Winter Olympics begin, just who are the favourites in Team BG’s fifty-strong squad of snowsport Olympians this time round?…

On snow, we’ll be watching closely … Read More

Ryding and Muirhead are flagbearers at Beijing

Two of our greatest Winter Olympians, Dave Ryding and Eve Muirhead have been selected to carry the union flag into the National Stadium in Bejing.  

The pair are both competing at … Read More

Cable car crash in Italian lake district

Fourteen people, including at least one child, have been killed and another child is seriously injured after a cable car crash near Lake Maggiore in northern Italy.

The accident happened on a cable car installation transporting passengers from the … Read More

Ski Total – a Covid casualty

In the aftermath of three lockdowns and with holidays still currently banned in the UK, so we’re starting to see tour operators slowly unravel.  The latest casualty, chalet holiday experts Ski Total, will henceforth operate exclusively under Inghams.

At … Read More