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Charlotte Bankes and Huw NightingaleThe British pair won gold in the mixed team event at the Snowboard World Cup in France.Beth MunroThe para-taekwondo athlete won gold for Great Britain at the World Taekwondo Grand Prix in Manchester, England.Adelaide StrikersIn Australia, Strikers beat Brisbane Heat to win the Women's Big Bash League cricket competition for the second year in a row.Ronnie O'SullivanO'Sullivan won the UK Snooker Championship for a record eighth time. Aged 48, he became the tournament's oldest winner. When he was 17 he was its youngest winner. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses the author's experience of watching "Jump," a dance theater presentation in Great Britain. She came to the rehearsal to see the cast members of the production and went in for a class of Tae Kwon Do followed by flamenco, which she finds much more fluid and worth experiencing. She says she was dazzled by the movements of Eva Yerbabuena when she did the flamenco dance.

Interviews British heavyweight Taekwondo champion Colin Daley about his disillusionment at not earning a medal at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, New South Wales. Lack of support received from the Taekwondo Association; Factors that have prevented him from producing his best performance at the games.

Profiles Simeon Buchanan, a 14-year-old Tae Kwon Do player. Reasons why Buchanan chose Tae Kwon Do, a Korean martial arts; Goal of becoming the future British World Tae Kwon Do champion; Personal achievements.

Features Simeon Buchanan, Great Britain's youngest official Second Dan black belt in the Korean martial art tae kwon do. Age when Buchanan started training; Description on Buchanan as a fighter, according to his instructor Ewan Briscoe; Amount that Buchanan needs to raise in order to participate in the World Tae Kwon Do Federation in Korea on June 28, 2000.

Profiles black teenager Marvin Brookes, representative of England for the tae kwon do world championships in Istanbul, Turkey in September 1998. Training at a tae kwon do center in Stockwell, south London; Aim to participate in the 2000 Olympics; Tae kwon do's lack of sponsorships.

Reports on the achievements of Simeon Buchanan and Lavern Thomson of the Panther Tae Kwon Do martial arts club, London, as two of the youngest black belts in England. Comments from instructor Ewan Briscoe; Confidence gained by Thompson from the martial arts classes; Comments from Thompson's mother Cynthia; Statements from Buchanan.