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Young Americans easily secure spots in Indianapolis 500

...since 1987 that two three-time winners will start the race. Castroneves qualified eighth. Franchitti will start 17th.? Britain's Pippa Mann and Brazil's Ana Beatriz, of Dale Coyne Racing, will be the first women teammates in Indy history. Mann...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/other-sports/2013-05-19/young-americans-easi
David Beckham will retire at the end of the month after stellar career

...outfits. In 2002, Salon dubbed him "the biggest metrosexual in Britain."Last year, retailer H&M covered almost the entire sideof...Barcelona last month.Although he was overlooked for a spot on Britain's team for the London Olympics last year, Beckham played...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/other-sports/2013-05-16/david-beckham-will-r
Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggins rides in small event

...from two-time Giro champion Ivan Basso.During the Tour of Britain in September, Basso sent Acquarone a message saying that Wiggins...seconds behind the leader, Luca Paolini. of Italy.The Tour of Britain came just after Wiggins had followed his Tour title with a...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/other-sports/2013-05-06/tour-de-france-winne
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has 'fantastic' send-off in home finale

...League trophy for a 13th and final time."It's fantastic," said Ferguson, whose haul of 38 trophies at United makes him Britain's most successful football manager. "What a send-off. I was bubbling there for a bit. The atmosphere was unbelievable...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/other-sports/2013-05-12/manchester-united-ma
Text messaging declines in US, industry group says

...S., making the decline somewhat surprising, said Pamela Clark-Dickson, an analyst with Informa Telecoms & Media in Britain.In countries where phone companies have kept the cost of text messaging high, the use of chat applications that avoid those...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2013-05-02/text-messaging-declines-us
Britain's Margaret Thatcher dies

...dispute: Margaret Thatcher transformed Britain.The Iron Lady, who ruled for 11 remarkable...trip to Madrid and Paris to return to Britain following news of Thatcher's death...admirers, Thatcher was a savior who rescued Britain from ruin and laid the groundwork for an...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/latest-news/2013-04-08/britains-margaret-thatcher-d
NBA veteran Jason Collins comes out in first for major league

...Collins is "a brave man.""1981 was the year for me ? 2013 is the year for you," her post added.Sports leagues in Britain and elsewhere in Europe have been trying to combat anti-gay bias. But the taboo remains particularly strong in soccer...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/nba/2013-04-29/nba-veteran-jason-collins-com
We're being played for suckers

...Boston bum's gaming of the system is a solitary case, far from it. In fact, it's a transnational strategy of our enemy: Britain's radical Muslim cleric Anjem Choudary has brazenly urged his followers to get on public benefits there ? calling welfare...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/opinion/editorials/2013-04-26/were-being-played-suc
Doping allegations force shut down of stables

...the world's richest horse race ? since being employed by Godolphin in 2010. He also had surprise winners in two of Britain's classics ?Blue Bunting in the 1,000 Guineas in 2011 and Encke in the St. Leger in 2012.One of the horses that tested...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/other-sports/2013-04-24/doping-allegations-f
Former British prime minister will not be remembered as a sports fan

...sports while serving as prime minister of Britain. Instead, she tried to use the athletic...divisive was Thatcher's 11-year rule of Britain that her death at age 87 Monday produced...only serve to frustrate the interests of Britain."Coe, in his 2012 book, recalled endorsing...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/2013-04-08/former-british-prime-minister-wil