Ex-Lanka Prez gets govt bungalow, special security on return

Sri Lanka's former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has been given special security and a state bungalow for accommodation on his return in Colombo from Thailand where he fled amid months-long mass......

Shudder! Olympics with Chinese Characteristics

'The Olympic Spirit has been thrown to the wind in Xi Jinping's China.''The International Olympic Committee is ready to kowtow to totalitarian China,' notes Claude Arpi. IMAGE: The Olympic Park......

Cavendish bags BBC Sports Personality of the Year award

Rider Mark Cavendish was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year on Thursday to cap a memorable 12 months in which the Briton won the road race world title and the Tour de France green jersey.......

Murray wins BBC Sports Personality of the Year award

IMAGE: Andy Murray with the BBC Award. Photograph: Instagram Davis Cup hero Andy Murray won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award for 2015 at a star-studded reception in......

F1 racer Hamilton is BBC Sports Personality of the Year

Real Madrid striker Cristiano Ronaldo took the overseas personality of the year prize. Double Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton, who won 11 Grands Prix for Mercedes in 2014, was named BBC......

Ben Stokes is BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2019

IMAGE: Ben Stokes scored an incredible 135 not out to win the third Test, chasing 359, to level the Ashes series in August. Photograph: Andrew Boyers/Reuters English cricketer Ben Stokes was named......

Murray named BBC Sports Personality of the Year

Wimbledon champion Andy Murray, the first British winner of the men's title for 77 years, was named BBC Sports Personality of the Year on Sunday. The 26-year-old Scot, who was not at the awards......