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Alternative Olympic medals table

Channel 4 News has published a different way of looking at the results in Beijing. The interactive medals table allows you to compare how different countries have done relative to their population, human rights record and GDP. Team GB is still up there on the human rights record, but top of the table when you take GDP into account is North Korea, Zimbabwe and Mongolia. Blimey.

Jibber Jabber & snowboarding

The very lovely Al Rhodes has just launched his latest blog. If you're into snowboarding, go check it out.Nice to read you again, Al.

Tour de force

Tour de force
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Ant and I caught the tour de france on the route between the festivities in central London and the proper kick off in Greenwich. For 10 exhilarating seconds Jamaica Road was a sea of lycra and pointy cycling helmets flashing past.

BBC TV pundits 'helped Henman to fight line calls'

Top quote of the week so far comes from The Times:

My belief is that we should not be putting ourselves in a position which could be tantamount to be playing tennis God.

Love it.