Kids races to return to Brighton Tri in 2018

    The organisers of the Sebamed Brighton and Hove Triathlon have announced that the childrens’ races are set to return in 2018. First introduced into the 2017 event, the kids race is set to double in size this year.  Advertisement The open-water sea swim, closed-road bike course and flat Hove seafront run is set to test…

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      Becky Adlington set for Nottingham Mixed Relays

      The double Olympic swimming gold medallist, Becky Adlington, has been named as Official Ambassador for the Accenture World Triathlon Mixed Relay Nottingham and will take on the event when it returns to the city in 2019.  Advertisement The Nottinghamshire-born swimming star will be donning not only her goggles, but her bike and trainers too, as…

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        We have to accept some risk of Covid-19

        There’s a growing consensus among health experts: Covid-19 may never go away. We’ll likely always have some coronavirus out there, infecting people and, hopefully only in rare cases, getting them seriously ill. The realistic goal is to defang the virus — make it less deadly — not eliminate it entirely. This is not a surrender…

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          Alonso benchmark only a positive for Vandoorne

          Stoffel Vandoorne believes having Fernando Alonso as a benchmark in his debut season at McLaren will be a good thing for his career. Jenson Button’s decision to take a year off racing in F1 in 2017 allowed McLaren to promote Vandoorne from his reserve driver role, with the highly-regarded Belgian having replaced the injured Alonso for this…

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            Indian rupee to get stronger on Modi win

            Mumbai (Bloomberg) ### The Indian rupee could be set to gain as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s election victory boosts foreign inflows. That may present a dilemma for India’s central bank. ### The currency rose 0.4 per cent to 69.4150 per dollar as of 9:35 am in Mumbai, adding to the 2.2 per cent gain of…

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