The release of the King’s Birthday Honours provides an opportunity to celebrate individual outstanding achievements and contributions to British society. But who decides how honours are handed out, ...

Carolyn Derbyshire won a 5000m walks bronze while Britain took medals in both relays, only missing out on 4x100m gold by 0.04 of a second. 100 (-0.1): 4 L Vallins 12.93. Ht2 (-0.7): 1 S McLoughlin ...

Two Victoria Cross war medals which mysteriously disappeared from a museum have been returned safely. Staff at Chelmsford City Museum realised the medals had gone missing when they carried out a ...

Bravery medals belonging to a British soldier who single-handedly took out two enemy machine gun posts despite a bomb blowing up in his face, emerge for sale for £5,000.

The team are playing at the Asian Youth Netball Championship in South Korea - and hoping to inspire other girls to take up ...

War medals awarded to British battlefield heroes could be permanently displayed...in Australia. The previously unthinkable move comes after the Imperial War Museum [IWM] said it was closing The ...

War medals awarded to British battlefield heroes could be permanently displayed...in Australia. The previously unthinkable move comes after the Imperial War Museum [IWM] said it was closing The ...

Action on the water at the National Olympic Nautical Stadium begins on Saturday, with the women’s C1 final on Wednesday and the kayak cross medals awarded on August 5.

Falkirk Junior Bike Club (FJBC) has launched its first-ever sponsorship initiative as it looks to build on the remarkable ...

The medals include the 1914-‘18 British War Medal and Victory Medal, the 1939-‘45 Star, Africa Star, Defence Medal and 1939-‘45 War Medal, a George VI Distinguished Service Cross, a Military ...

Quarterfinals and semifinals will be held earlier Monday.Evy Leibfarth, the lone American competing in kayak cross, advanced out of her first heat Sunday by finishing first.

Former British Paralympian Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson said she was forced to "crawl off" a train after arriving at London's King's Cross. The Welsh wheelchair racer, who has 11 gold medals to ...