What is it like riding a £10k Team Sky bike on Britain’s roads?
Peter Kimpton tries out the new suspension Pinarello KS-8 road bike, a model similar to that ridden by Chris Froome in the Tour De France and tested by Sir Bradley Wiggins
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Royal Ascot attracts largest global challenge in meeting’s history
• Kentucky Derby winner California Chrome among runners
• Owner admits horse faces tough task in Prince Of Wales’s Stakes
From the frow to the brow: how front row politics transcended fashion
Once upon a time, the most in-demand seat was on the front row of a Burberry show. Now it’s a seat courtside at the NBA playoffs and even in high-octane exercise classes
Japan’s Just A Way has been rated the best horse in the world for 2014
• Runaway success in Dubai Duty Free earns horse top spot
• Kingman in joint third place after being forced to retire
Zaha Hadid’s Tokyo Olympic stadium slammed as a ‘monumental mistake’ and a ‘disgrace to future generations’
The 2020 Olympic stadium has faced two years of widespread criticism and budget cuts. Now prominent Japanese architect Arata Isozaki has launched a blistering attack on the designs
Money makes Bernie Ecclestone’s Formula One world go round
When the man who takes the profit is allowed to make the rules, it is not surprising that a preoccupation with spectacle eats away at the soul of a sport