Tom Daley wows school friends with Commonwealth Games gold medals
Hero diving sensation Tom Daley wowed his classmates with his two gold medals on his first day back at school since the Commonwealth Games. Tom, 16, won gold in both the synchronised and individual 10 metres platform events at the games in India last week. But he returned to school at Plymouth College in Devon…
Tom Daley’s father’s tears after son wins Commonwealth Games diving gold
The father of English diver Tom Daley wiped tears from his eyes as he watched his son’s Commonwealth Games gold triumph on TV after medics warned him not to travel because of a brain tumour. Overjoyed Rob Daley, 39, has been undergoing chemotherapy and doctors advised him not to travel to the Commonwealth Games in…
Sports stars clogging up Commonwealth Games drains with used condoms
Randy athletes at the Commonwealth Games are giving the game’s chiefs a new headache by clogging up the village’s drainage system with used condoms. Organisers in Delhi provided 8,000 free condoms last week with more than half of the contraceptives already snapped up by the game’s horizontal joggers. But instead of disposing of them properly,…
Diving star Tom Daley’s father to miss Commonwealth Games
The father of world champion diver Tom Daley will miss his son’s appearance at the Commonwealth Games because he is undergoing chemotherapy for a brain tumour. Doctors have told Rob Daley, 40, that he cannot fly to India because the treatment leaves him vulnerable to infection. The father-of-three will now watch Tom’s progress on television…
Commonwealth Games chiefs employ monkeys as security guards
Indian authorities are fending off troublesome wildlife at this year’s Commonwealth Games by employing MONKEYS as security guards. The trained Langur monkeys will be used to scare off wild monkeys, dogs and snakes at the sporting event in Delhi from today. Wild monkeys are seen as a nuisance in the Indian city with thousands of…
