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King bestows top honour on senior engineer Sir Jim McDonald

The ceremony installing Sir Jim as a Knight of the Order of the Thistle took place in Edinburgh’s St Giles’ Cathedral.

Evening Standard · Jul 1

King appoints composer and engineer as Order of the Thistle members

Professor Jim McDonald and Sir James MacMillan have been honoured.

Evening Standard · Jun 6

Sir Craig Reedie, key London 2012 Olympics figure and former BOA chair, dies aged 84

Sir Craig Reedie, a giant of the Olympic movement, who served as chair of the British Olympic Association for more than a decade and was instrumental in bringing the Games to London in 2012, has died at the age of 84

The Guardian - UK · Apr 6

UK Sport chair happy with Team GB medals but ‘work to do’ on gold count

British athletes took 65 medals, meeting a key target, but their total of 14 golds was still the worst return since Athens in 2004

The Guardian - UK · Aug 12, 2024

Team GB chiefs hail Paris medal tally despite lower rate of golds

The British Olympic Association’s chief executive, Andy Anson, praised the 65-medal tally, saying: ‘Eighteen sports represented on medal table is brilliant’

The Guardian - UK · Aug 11, 2024

Olympics 2024: My dramatic quest to chase Team GB's Fantastic Friday gold rush

Standard Sport correspondent recounts his hectic mission to try and catch four British golds in four different events on the same day at Paris Games

Evening Standard · Aug 3, 2024