Arise... Sir Kevin Sinfield.
The rugby league legend, who has raised over £11 million for MND causes, inspired by his late friend and team-mate Rob Burrow, has become Sir Kevin in the King’s Birthday Honours list.
He spoke to Sally Nugent for #BBCBreakfast
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TELLY GOLD: On Sir Bobby Robson’s birthday, a chance to share this again.
A decade after Turin, the Gaffer reflects with @GaryLineker on what could have been.
The pride, the passion, and the pain still linger.
“We were a whisker away, son...”
#Bornonthisday, Keith Miller flew fighter bombers in World War Two.
He survived nights over Germany dodging gunfire and crash landed when his engine failed.
Years later, when Michael Parkinson asked him about pressure, Miller smiled and said:
“Pressure is a Messerschmitt up your arse. Playing cricket is not.”
That line told you everything.
He could bowl thunderbolts off a short run up and change the mood of a stadium with a single spell.
At Lord’s in 1956, with his back in pieces and age catching up, he kept bowling through the pain for more than 70 overs because his team needed him.
Ten wickets in the match, almost 37 years old, refusing to give in.
Miller believed the game should have dignity.
He would not bounce tailenders.
It was never about hurting people. It was about competing with honour.
There was a certain magic in the way he carried himself.
That walk to the crease, hair flicked back, the grin, the looseness, the swagger.
Crowds felt alive when he was involved, as if something unforgettable might happen at any moment.
Miller lived like cricket was a privilege, not a burden.
He was more than an all rounder.
He was a reminder that sport is supposed to feel alive.
If you want someone to win you a match off the last ball, catch, six or wicket, you pick only one man.
Keith Ross Miller.
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A Warning from History.
A year after WW1 ended, A French Pilot, Jacques Trolley de Prévaux, flew an Airship from the Belgian coast to the devastated battlefields of France where millions died.
Lost for decades this is part of what he saw remastered in color and HD.
Exactly 111 years ago today, Britain entered WWI.
The statistics that emerged from that decision are almost too shocking to believe.
Here are 15 mind-blowing facts about the British Army in WWI 🧵👇🏼