Ex-footballer George Weah has just been elected president of Liberia – but where are Britain’s sporting politicos? PAUL SAFFER finds a few, but has to dig deep. Continue reading
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1997: The vote
ALWYN TURNER remembers the general election that ended 18 years of Tory government. Continue reading
Obscure Olympians 7: David Cecil
PAUL SAFFER’s series continues with a hurdler fictionalized in Chariots of Fire. Continue reading
Obscure Olympians 4: Arnold Jackson
PAUL SAFFER on a war hero, Versailles negotiator and founder of the Kentucky Derby, who also won 1500m gold. Continue reading
