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Madonna 'put gym before sex life'

Oct 19, 2008
By Matthew MooreThe pop singer's daily four-hour exercise regime meant that they went 18 months without making love, according to a friend of the couple.The pair lived like "brother and sister" in the final years of their marriage, with Ritchie, a fi...

A lasting legacy for all Olympic sports

Oct 19, 2008
By John SteeleSir, To suggest as Matthew Syed did in his piece on Olympic athlete funding (“At £12m per gold medal, it is time this sports subsidy racket was abolished ”,Oct 16 ) that UK Sport’s overall £235 million investment over ...

Global crisis has London thinking humbler Games

Oct 19, 2008
By Henry ChuLONDON — The Summer Games in Beijing wrapped up two months ago, but Britain is still drunk on the heady wine of victory. Thousands of people lined the streets here Thursday for a boisterous parade honoring the nation's Olympians, wh...