"Why does it have to happen to the nice guys?" It was a question the world wind-surfing champion, Nick Dempsey, asked me over the weekend.
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So no more Ben Ainslie, then, at the Olympics.
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*Of all the prizes and accolades dished out last night at SPOTY none was more deserved than the Lifetime Achievement Award presented to Sir Steve Redgrave, for whom I am an unashamed admirer. *   For anyone who does not quite understand what this man has achieved let me spell it out.
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By Ian Stafford

*You've gotta love Ben Ainslie, haven't you? On the face of it his actions over the weekend at the Finn World Championships in Perth - leaping overboard, swimming to a TV boat, climbing aboard and confronting the crew after he felt they had impeded him by sailing too close, thus costing him victory in a...
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By Ian Stafford

*Good to see the indomitable Katherine Grainger winning yet another world rowing title (her 6th) with new partner Anna Watkins in the women's double sculls in Bled, Slovenia, at the weekend.
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By Ian Stafford

So there I was, getting along famously with Rob Daley, proud father of Tom, who we were both watching diving in Southend on Saturday, when I turned my attention to the lady sitting next to him.
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Funny old night in Canary Wharf last night where Sportsvibe witnessed the official launch of round the world sailor Alex Thomson's latest boat, "Hugo Boss," by Hollywood actress Diane Kruger, of Troy, National Treasure and Inglorious Bastards fame.
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It received surprisingly small headlines in the sports pages over the past couple of days but Sportsvibe, at least, would like to congratulate everyone at BMW Oracle Racing for winning the America's Cup with their magnificent boat, "USA 17," which trounced holders "Alinghi" 2-0 in the best of three challenge in Valencia,thus ending the dominance...
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Bobbing up and down on a rib on the western Mediterranean waters off the coast of Valencia the other day I drew up alongside the challenger for next week's America's Cup and saw something you have never seen before on the open seas of this planet.
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