Tom Daley’s father loses battle with cancer
Teenage British Olympic diver Tom Daley’s father has died after losing a long battle with cancer. Mr Daley, 40, died ”peacefully” from a brain tumour at 9.35pm on Friday night with his family by his side. Within 20 minutes of his death Tom, 17, messaged his 76,000 followers on Twitter with the simple tribute: ”I…
Tony McCoy wins 2010 Sports Personality of the Year
Grand National winner Tony McCoy has been named BBC Sports Personality of Year 2010 beating Phil Taylor and Jessica Ennis to the award. VIEW MORE PICTURES OF THE WINNERS The 36-year-old, who has been the champion jockey an incredible 15 times, scooped more than 40 per cent of the votes. Darts legend Phil ‘The Power’…
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…
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…
