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I agree with much of what Jonathan Liew says (Britain’s cycling boom won’t last and lack of institutional will could stop it, 6 February).However, his article does not seem to completely separate cycling from the event. I’ve been a bike ride leader and bike instructor since 2009, a few years before the boom.I gave up racing in the early 1980s when I discovered that bike clubs were really just golf clubs on wheels. The “Rapha Cafe Hole” is the equivalent of a golf hole in the 1980s. Pre-pandemic I loved riding around Glasgow’s velodrome until I rediscovered the golf club…

Is Travis Kelce out of his natural born mind?That was the question on millions of lips when CBS cameras caught the Kansas City star screaming in Andy Reid’s face and bodychecking the Chiefs coach on the sideline, to the point of staggering the 65-year-old. Kelce looked upset about Reid’s decision to take him off the field in the second quarter of Sunday’s Super Bowl as the Chiefs drove towards the San Francisco 49ers’ goalline. Right when the Chiefs were poised to score, running back Isiah Pacheco coughed up the ball, and San Francisco recovered to preserve a 3-0 lead.Reactions to…

Emma Raducanu suffered a tough setback as she tried to re-establish her form and rhythm during her return from injury and paid dearly for a poor start, 6-0, 7-6 ( 6) Lost to world number 30 Anhelina Kalinina. First round of Qatar Open.The 262nd-ranked Raducanu arrived in Doha for the second leg of a new Middle East tour after a largely positive performance in Abu Dhabi last week. She advanced to the second round with a 6-4, 6-1 win over No. 36 Marie Bouzkova, one of her best wins since the start of 2023. However, as expected, she was then…

Robert F Kennedy Jr apologized for a presidential campaign commercial during Sunday’s Super Bowl that alluded to his uncle John F Kennedy’s successful 1960 White House run.“I’m so sorry if the Super Bowl advertisement caused anyone in my family pain,” Kennedy wrote on social media late on Sunday. He said the ad was created by American Values 2024, a pro-Kennedy political action committee (Pac), “without any involvement or approval” from his presidential campaign.Nonetheless, the commercial remained pinned to the top of his X page, directly above his apology.The commercial – which cost $7m – was criticized by many observers. It…

Fernando Alonso says he could be a replacement at Mercedes when British driver Lewis Hamilton leaves the team to join Ferrari in 2025.The Aston Martin driver said he had not yet been contacted by Mercedes but insisted his performance and commitment last season as a double world champion made him attractive to the rival team.Hamilton shocked Mercedes two weeks ago by announcing he would leave them for Ferrari at the end of the season, vacating a seat with George Russell at the eight-time Constructors’ Championship team.Alonso, 42, won the championship twice with Renault in 2004 and 2005. He joined Aston…

Touching the inside of the forearm with the tip of the thumb. Check. Elbows and knees that bend 10 degrees or more in the wrong direction. Double check. Pinkie fingers that flex 90 degrees backwards or more. Almost. Placing hands flat on the floor with straight legs and feet together. Easy peasy.If, like me, you can do most of these things, and other joint-defying feats that make non-bendy people feel a bit queasy, the chances are that you’re hypermobile. For most of my life, I have believed this to be a good thing: I often feel smug in yoga classes, and…

Louis Rees-Zammit says his American football dream is “alive” after moving from rugby union to the NFL’s International Player Pathway (IPP). The rugby world was shocked last month when Gloucester, Wales and the British and Irish Lions quit the sport in an attempt to sign a contract with an NFL team through 2024.Rees-Zammit has joined the NFL’s intensive 10-week IPP program in Florida, where he is receiving wide receiver training and also doing some running back training.”There are a lot of transferable skills in rugby,” Rees-Zammit, 23, told BBC Wales’ Scrum V programme. “I absolutely love training. My pursuit of…

Until its recent emergence as a mainstream health craze, fasting was largely a religious ritual. But then longevity scientists discovered that regularly fasted bodies lived longer, with better metabolic and cardiovascular health. Granted, these bodies mostly belonged to mice, but now Rishi Sunak, Elon Musk and many others are trying intermittent fasting (IF), with influencers singing its praises and apps offering to track your fasts and pepper you with motivational messages.The first version of IF to break through was the 5:2 diet, popularised by Michael Mosley in 2012, which involves slashing daily calories to 500 or 600 (depending on biological…

IIn 1971, when the world heavyweight championship could still be accurately described as one of the greatest prizes in sport, Norman Mailer wrote about Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier with a drunken passion. He said, “The closer the heavyweight champion gets to the championship, the more naturally he becomes crazier, secretly crazier, because the heavyweight champion of the world is either the toughest man in the world or he’s not, but it’s possible that he is. ‘s. It’s like being God’s big toe”.Mailer, who unmodestly regarded himself as the most vivid writer and the strongest man in American literature, added…

Skincare routines have become hugely overcomplicated, so I can see why it feels terrifying to start one. Men’s skin has more sebum than women’s, which can cause spots, blackheads and a slightly waxy look, but a cleanser with salicylic acid used morning (before you shave) and evening should help keep that sebum buildup away.Next, choose a serum that suits your skin’s needs. Although men’s skin has a better barrier function than women’s – so it loses less water from evaporation – men do sweat more, which also causes water loss from the skin. Using a hyaluronic acid-based serum (a moisture-retaining ingredient found naturally…