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☆ Everything you need to know about London Fashion Week Spring-Summer 2024
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Leah Dolan | Nicole Mowbray | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

London CNN —London Fashion Week kicked off on Friday in the glow of a sweltering UK heatwave, and concluded on Tuesday after biblical showers and thunderstorms. More famous faces piled into the London fashion scene over the course of the week. Dave Benett/Courtesy BurberryHowever, some controversial collections and marketing choices brought London Fashion Week outside of the industry bubble and into the wider cultural conversation. Henry Nicholls/AFP/Getty ImagesErdem's collection was partly inspired by the protected stately home, Chatsworth House, in the North of England. Henry Nicholls/AFP/Getty ImagesAshish returned to the London Fashion Week runway after 4 years with a show that was suitably high-octane and glamorous.

Persons: JW Anderson, Erdem, Simone Rocha, Findikoglu, Halpern, Nensi, S.S, Daley, Anna Wintour, Sienna Miller, Jodie Turner, Smith, Princess Eugenie, Kate Winslet, Cole Sprouse, Suki Waterhouse, Charli, Ncuti Gatwa, Alexa Chung, Mo Farah, “, Damon Albarn, Rachel Weiss, Jodie Comer, Kylie Minogue, Burna Boy, Barry Keoghan, Dave Benett, Burberry —, Daniel Lee, —, Mowalola, HARRI, Sam Smith, JW, Kwok, Joe Maher, Crocs, Sinéad O’Dwyer, Molly Goddard, Victor Virgile, Gareth Cattermole, David, David Cronenberg, David Lynch, 16Arlington, Isamaya Ffrench, Jeff Spicer, Richard Quinn, ”, Goddard, Matty Bovan —, Bovan, ” Richard Quinn, Matty Bovan, tulle, Susan Fang, David Koma, David Lee’s Burberry, Giovanni Giannoni, Di Petsa, beading, Susan Fang's, Henry Nicholls, Chet Lo's, Wiktor, Chet Lo, Shane Anthony Sinclair, Stuart Wilson, TOVE, Daniel Lee's, Shutterstock Burberry, Ashish, Poppy Delevingne, Anderson, KNWLS — Organizations: London CNN, London, Burberry, Vogue, JW, Highbury, Fashion, Brit, BFC, Getty, National Theatre, National, Publishing, London's Barbican Center, British Locations: couture, London, North London, Saudi, Hong, Kong, Erdem, AFP, Englishness, Chatsworth House, North, England, Noor

☆ Running great Farah ends competitive career with fourth at Great North Run
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

NEWCASTLE, England, Sept 10 (Reuters) - Britain's Mo Farah capped his illustrious competitive racing career with a fourth-place finish at the Great North Run half-marathon in Newcastle on Sunday. Wearing a bib that read "Sir Mo," the six-times Great North Run winner crossed in one hour, three minutes and 28 seconds, high-fiving dozens of people lining the route down the home straight. Ethiopia's Tamirat Tola, the 2022 world marathon champion, won in 59:58 to erase his disappointing marathon at the worlds last month in Budapest where he did not finish. The 40-year-old Farah is a six-times world champion and four times Olympic champion. Without having something to do and make me happy, it would have been very difficult for me," Farah said.

Persons: Mo Farah, Sir Mo, Farah, I've, Tamirat Tola, Peres Jepchirchir, Lori Ewing, Christian Radnedge Organizations: Newcastle, BBC, Thomson Locations: NEWCASTLE, England, Newcastle, Budapest, London, Somalia

☆ Farah says Great North Run will be his final race
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

April 24 (Reuters) - Britain's four-times Olympic champion Mo Farah said he will end his athletics career at the Great North Run in September. Farah finished ninth in his final marathon in London on Sunday, clocking 2:10:28 - nine minutes behind winner Kelvin Kiptum. The 40-year-old will compete at the 10km Great Manchester Run on May 21 before the Great North Run half-marathon on Sept. 10. The Great North Run is going to be my last ever run and that will be my goodbye. Farah has won the Great North Run six times.

☆ London Marathon: Mo Farah prepares for 'last' race amid prospect of potential protests
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-21 | by ( Ben Church | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Four-time Olympic champion Mo Farah says this year’s London Marathon will be his last as the iconic event braces itself for potential protests. “It won’t be my last race but, in terms of marathon, I think the London Marathon will be my last,” he said. When asked what he thought of the potential protests, Farah said he trusted race organizers to put on a great event. “I think the key thing is it’s not about the elite athletes, the London Marathon is about the mass race,” he told BBC Sport. “It’s about people going out there, running for loved ones, running for charities and making a difference and changing people’s lives.”Farah running the London Marathon in 2019.

☆ Farah says London will be his last marathon
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/3] Athletics - London Marathon - Elite Men Press Conference - London, Britain - April 20, 2023 Britain's Mo Farah poses after the press conference ahead of the London marathon Action Images via Reuters/Andrew BoyersApril 20 (Reuters) - Mo Farah will compete in his final marathon in front of a home crowd in London on Sunday, the four-times Olympic gold medallist said on Thursday ahead of his likely retirement this year. The 40-year-old, who withdrew from last year's event due to injury, has run the London Marathon three times with a best finish of third in 2018, the same year he won the Chicago Marathon. About 750,000 people are expected to attend the race and Farah expects the occasion to be an emotional one. It won't be my last race but in terms of marathon, the London Marathon will be my last," Farah told reporters. "The support, the people coming out in London, I think that will get to me but I will try not think about it and run.

☆ Inside Nike: Sources share claims of sexism, cheating, abuse at the world's wokest brand
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-05 | by ( Joshua Hunt | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +51 min

The conservative blowback came as no surprise to Parker, who told Nike's board of directors to expect some short-term backlash. In late 2014, the BBC sent a film crew to Portland to interview several former Oregon Project employees. "He would be at the side of the track calling out runners' splits but wouldn't call Kara's out," Adam Goucher told me. When people asked why she left the Oregon Project, she said it was a "personal decision." "I don't think it has anything to do with who the CEO is," Goucher told me.

☆ Britain denies plan to expel asylum seekers breaks law
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-08 | by ( Andrew Macaskill | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

"We are confident that we are complying with the law, domestic and international," she told the BBC. Under the government's plans, almost all asylum seekers who reach Britain in small boats will be detained without bail before they are deported to their home country or, if this is not safe, another destination such as Rwanda. They will also lose the right to challenge their deportation while in Britain, and once deported will be automatically banned from returning. Last year, a record 45,000 people came to Britain in small boats across the Channel, mainly from France. If everyone who arrived in small boats last year were detained, this would be equal to about half of Britain's total prison population.

☆ Marathon-Farah returns for London Marathon, McColgan to make her debut
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-31 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Jan 31 (Reuters) - Britain's four-times Olympic champion Mo Farah will take part in his home London Marathon in April after missing the race last year, the long-distance runner said on Tuesday. Farah, who won the Chicago Marathon in 2018 and is also the national record holder in the marathon, missed the London Marathon last year when he was forced to withdraw due to injury. "The London Marathon has always been special to me and I am looking forward to being back out there on the roads of my home town." "It was disappointing not to have taken part in last year's London Marathon. I had such a fantastic summer on the track and the plan was always to follow that with my marathon debut in London," the 2021 Birmingham Games gold medallist said.

☆ GQ Awards honour 'Squid Game' star Lee, rapper Stormzy, among others
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-17 | by ( Hanna Rantala | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/5] Lee Jung-jae accepts the award for Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series for "Squid Game" at the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards held at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, U.S., September 12, 2022. REUTERS/Mario AnzuoniLONDON, Nov 16 (Reuters) - Actors Lee Jung-jae, Sydney Sweeney and Andrew Garfield, England soccer captain Leah Williamson and rapper Stormzy were among the honourees at the 2022 GQ Men Of The Year Awards in London on Wednesday. "This is the 25th GQ Men of the Year awards at British GQ. And what better time to just be a little bit radical, try something new, have a bit of fun. Other honourees include actor Ben Whishaw, documentary filmmaker Louis Theroux, Olympic distance-running champion Mo Farah and "House of the Dragon" star Emma D'Arcy.

☆ Injured Farah out of London Marathon
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

LONDON, Sept 28 (Reuters) - Britain's four times Olympic champion Mo Farah has withdrawn from his home London Marathon on Sunday after suffering a hip injury. Organisers said on Wednesday that the six times world champion was not fit to compete despite intensive treatment. His absence is a second blow to organisers in the space of a week after Kenya's women's world record holder and twice London Marathon champion Brigid Kosgei withdrew due to a minor hamstring injury. read moreCommonwealth Games 10,000m champion Eilish McColgan also withdrew this month on medical grounds while Ethiopia's men's world champion Tamirat Tola pulled out in August due to muscle fatigue. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Alan Baldwin, editing by Toby DavisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Kipchoge will be at London Marathon, but not racing
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( Mitch Phillips | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya crosses the finish line to win the men's category race in the Tokyo Marathon 2021 in Tokyo, Japan March 6, 2022. Kipchoge, a four-times winner in London, clocked two hours, 01.09 seconds to take half a minute off his own record set on the same Berlin course four years ago. Returning to London he will present medals to thousands of youngsters racing parts of the course on Saturday, finishing under the famous gantry on The Mall. Briton Mo Farah, now 39, won the Mini Marathon three times and will be the man the locals want to see on Sunday. Brasher said that he was planning for London Marathon to accommodate 50,000 runners, up from the current total of around 40,000, probably from 2024, with a long view to matching that with 50,000 in the Mini Marathon to mark the race's 50th Anniversary in 2031.

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