Review: Land of Second Chances by Tim Lewis

Cycling has been undergoing a resurgence in the last few years, thanks to Chris Hoy, Bradley Wiggins et al, but my faith in the worldwide cycling community is still pretty shaken from Lance Armstrong’s “misdemeanours”, shall we say. Or, you know, his drug-taking, bullying ways. But Land of Second Chances: The Impossible Rise of Rwanda’s…

Basketball for dummies: Training with the London Lions

The London Lions play the University of Iowa. Picture: LLDC I think it’s fair to say that, at 5ft 2ins, basketball is not the game for me. Still, here I am at the Copper Box, home to the London Lions, about to embark on a training session with the team. Every player towers over me,…