The Ellen MacArthur Trust Skandia Round Britain Voyage set sail from Cowes on the Isle of Wight last month on a four month long ‘Voyage of Discovery’. Hundreds of people and small craft came to Cowes to see the young crew set off.On-board for leg one of the voyage was Trust patron Dame Ellen MacArthur and five young people, all who have...

Maria Sharapova was the big name in the women's side of the draw that crashed out of Wimbledon yesterday.Despite on her way back from nine months out with a shoulder injury the former Champion was seeded twenty fourth and was the bookies favourite to lift the title.But the Russian looked out of sorts in the first set against the little known Gisela...

On what was another lovely day at Wimbledon yesterday Novak Djokovic was still struggling to recapture the form that saw him win in the Australian Open back in 2008.While he won in straight sets his first set performance was less than impressive as he went down a break of serve to German Simon Greul and it looked like another hard fought four set m...

Women's cricket is well as truly in the spotlight as Charlotte Edwards led England to victory at the Twenty20 World Cup at the weekend.This victory comes hot on the heels of their World Cup success earlier this year and cements them as the driving force in women's cricket.I caught up with Charlotte after their Twenty20 triumph to talk about th...

Despite some heavy taping to her left leg Venus Williams breezed through her second round match with a comprehensive 6-3 6-2 victory over Kateryna Bondarenko.The defending champion, who is going for her fifth Wimbledon title at SW19 this year, showed no signs of injury from the strapped knee winning in just over an hour. It was her powerful ground ...

Lleyton Hewitt pulled off the shock result of the tournament so far as he sent Juan Martin Del Potro crashing out of the competition in the second round.The popular Aussie and former champion has come into some great former after recovering from hip surgery last year but Del Potro, the fifth seed, was expected to come through the match. The big hit...

Andy Murray put on an impressive show as he crushed Ernests Gulbis on Centre Court yesterday evening to reach the third round.The world number three took under an one and a half to dispatch Gulbis, who showed no real sign of the form that took a set of Rafael Nadal twelve months ago, 6-2 7-5 6-3. After a tense opening match which saw Murray play be...

Valentino Rossi stormed to victory in the Dutch MotoGP celebrating his his 100th career win at the Assen circuit with the added bonus of putting daylight between him and the chasing pack in the MotoGP world championship standings.The reigning world champion took the flag ahead of Fiat Yamaha team-mate Jorge Lorenzo, with Australia's Casey Stoner, w...

The newly crowned French Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova was the big casualty on day sixth day of the championship as she crashed out to teenager Sabine Lisicki.The unseeded German has been one to watch for a couple of seasons now but she really made a step onto the world stage with this victory which sees her progress into the last sixteen. The ...

Lleyton Hewitt’s run of good form today on court two as he saw off  Philipp Petzschner 7-5 7-6 (7-3) 6-3.The former world number one and Wimbledon champion is still on his way back from hip surgery last year but seems to have peaked at just the right time, after a decent run at Queen’s a fortnight before. And with an army of Aussie...

A superb performance from Andy Murray saw the world number three breeze into the second round of Wimbledon.The Scot saw of Viktor Troicki in straight sets 6-2 6-3 6-4 in an impressive display that sees the excitement around Murray reach fever pitch.The odds didn’t look good for Troicki, who was expected a good challenge, after only taking one...

Despite being two goals down at half time Brazil came back to lift the Confederations Cup and prevent the USA from completing a shock victory.Despite the USA being the shock conquerors of European Champions Spain earlier in the week brazil were the heavy favourites going into the match but soon found themselves on the back foot as the USA found the...

Tyson Gay has revealed that he is ready to face double Olympic Champion Usain Bolt at this summer's world championships.The American's world 100m and 200m titles, which he won in Osaka two years ago, are under threat after Bolt dominant performance in Beijing last year which saw him do the sprint double. And despite a confident start to the season ...

Who is going to stop Roger Federer? That was the question that was on everyone’s lips as he saw for Robin Soderling in straight sets 6-4 7-6 (7-5) 7-6 (7-5).The pair met just weeks ago in the French Open final where Federer was victorious, lifting the title in Paris for the very first time, and it more of the same today. While it was a more c...

It was a good day for sisters Venus and Serena Williams as they both made it through their fourth round encounters with minimum fuss.Defending champion Venus was facing former French open champion Ana Ivanovic and was leading 6-1 1-0 when her opponent was forced to retire from the match with a thigh injury.Ivanovic’s season has just gone from...

Cricket… you either love it or you hate it, don’t you? But as any cricket fan will know, one of the most important events in the calendar is almost upon us: the battle for the Ashes returns to our shores. The last time we played host (in 2005) we won them in what many critics described as the most exciting Ashes series ever, something ...

Dinara Safina had to battle back yesterday to see off new German sensation Sabine Lisicki to reach the Wimbledon semi finals for the very first time.Lisicki had put out Caroline Wozniacki and French Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova in the two previous rounds but Safina was the heavy favourite going into the match.But in the blistering heat of Cent...

Andy Roddick was forced to battle against Lleyton Hewitt to secure his place in the semi finals in what was the best quarter final of the day.Questions had been raised as to how quickly Hewitt, who has been on an impressive run of form throughout the tournament, after his five set encounter with Radek Stepanek on Monday. And it looked like he hadn'...

Andy Murray made it to his first Wimbledon semi-final yesterday by seeing off former world number one Juan Carlos Ferrero.It was a much easier match for the Scot after Monday's late night encounter with Stanislas Wawrinka, which so easily could have ended in defeat, as his game, in particular his serve, improved beyond recognition.He swept passed t...

Sisters Serena and Venus Williams will face each other once again in the ladies singles final at Wimbledon on Saturday.While both player came through their semis the way in which they saw off their opponents couldn't have been more different in the blistering heat at SW19.Serena was up first on Centre Court against Olympic Champion and fourth seed ...

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After all these years of writing about Lindsay Lohan, and Paris Hilton, and Britney Spears, it's nice to get some new faces (that are actually pretty) to brighten this place up, and they don't get much newer, or prettier,...

Isla Fisher is one of the cutest and hottest women on the planet right now, and here she is proving it with a healthy helping of cleavage. She's also funny, and seams pretty smart, which is great, and really...

After seeing Amy Adams topless in Sunshine Cleaning, and knowing just how amazing she can look, I have to say that I'm somewhat disappointed by these Amy Adams bikini pictures. She's still hot, don't get me wrong, and there's...

Mariah Carey needs a shave. (CityRag) Oh look, Nicky Hilton is back. (DListed) AnnaLynne McCord is a hottie. (Popoholic) Sarah Jessica Parker shows off her twins. (Pink is the New Blog) Lindsay Lohan is still celebrating her birthday. (PopSugar) Deleted...

Keira Knightley really seems to like wearing suspenders, and being topless, because these Keira Knightley topless pictures from her new Chanel ad campaign are not the first pictures she's taken wearing nothing (or nearly nothing) but suspenders. She also...

Kristen Bell has a new movie coming out, and from the looks of it, we'll be seeing in her in a bikini quite a bit. This is a good thing, because Kristen Bell looks very good in a bikini,...

Mischa Barton hits the clubs a little too hard (and they hit back). (PopSugar) Gwyneth Paltrow still hates America. (DListed) Michelle Trachtenberg is getting married... (Pink is the New Blog) Ashley Greene looking sexy in Nylon magazine. (Popoholic) Milla Jovovich...

Okay, so I got about 50 emails all telling me to post this Bar Refaeli nude video, so guess what!? I'm posting this Bar Refaeli nude video. My Hebrew is a bit rusty, but from what I gathered, this...

Cheryl Tweedy Cole is probably the hottest piece in the UK right now, and she diceded to prove it by wearing this see-through dress. Now, she's playing us a bit, because the dress isn't see-through where it counts, but...