From Jonathan Penrose to Bodhana Sivanandan, young talents have specialised in defeating established starsNearly half a century ago, at Brighton 1977, the 10-time British champion Jonathan Penrose faced a 12-year-old boy, Nigel Short, in round three of the national title contest.Short already had a fast-growing reputation after defeating the legendary Viktor Korchnoi in a simultaneous…
Our sport-loving PM is willing to risk a bitter north v south furore, all for the sake of table tennis in TeessideAs someone who barely understands their own finances, let alone the country’s, I will admit that budget day doesn’t always register with me. Perhaps if there were outre outfits or horse-drawn carriages involved, like…
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