Local sportsmen include Harry Corner (1874 1938), an English cricketer who played in the Great Britain team that won a gold medal at the 1900 Summer Olympics, who lived, died and was buried in Radyr.
(Reuters) BRITAIN: LABOR VICTORY -- Labor won a parliamentary by-election in Fallkirk West, Scotland, its eighth straight victory since coming to office in 1997.
For Ms Phillips, who won a silver medal as part of the Great Britain equestrian eventing team at London 2012, Cheltenham racecourse was the scene where she carried the Olympic flame on her horse Toytown.
After bombarding the fortress of San Juan de Ulúa, situated on a reef outside the harbour, and occupying the city (April 16, 1838), the French won a guarantee of payment through the good offices of Great Britain and withdrew their fleet (March 9 , 1839.
Scottish general who won a series of spectacular victories in Scotland for King Charles I of Great Britain during the English Civil Wars.
With Thatcher's unofficial support, Major won a three-way contest for the party leadership and consequently became prime minister of Great Britain on November 28 , 1990
The 21-year-old, who enjoyed 66 wins as an amateur, won a flyweight bronze medal for Pakistan in the 2010 Commonwealth Games after being overlooked by the Great Britain performance programme for the London Olympics.
(AP) EUROPE BRITAIN: VICTORY FOR DIEGO GARCIA The people of Diego Garcia, who were ordered into exile by Britain to make way for a United States military base more than 30 years ago, won a victory in their battle to return home.
Ki won a bronze medal with South Korea at the 2012 London Olympics, and scored a penalty in their quarter-final win over Great Britain in Cardiff.
It made its debut as a demonstration Olympic sport at the 1988 Seoul Games and at Barcelona in 1992 Great Britain's Jane Broadbent won an (unofficial) Olympic bronze.
