Really?

They came in their droves to watch their hero and, while they may have been upset not to see the Manx missile win, they had a good time watching him lose.

Plea across the pond

Britain has more than enough of its own prats in politics, so pleeeeeeeease don’t send us any more of yours.

Must be that magic sponge again

Interesting to see that Gareth Bale, unavailable for Team GB at the Olympics due to injury, scored the equaliser for Spurs in a pre-season friendly match against L A Galaxy in California.

The inevitable gripes

Agnew: Batsmen let England down So, with South Africa scoring 637 for 2, the bowlers did well did they?

And the austerity starts when?

Ministers furious after being ordered to use public transport rather than chauffeured cars to get to Olympics

Cutting it fine

Athletes start arriving for Games Only gives them eleven days to get through immigration at Heathrow.

There’s always a catch

Afghanistan has been designated as America’s latest “major non-Nato ally”, Hillary Clinton announces in Kabul…………….allowing it to buy advanced US weaponry.