Kenneth Acheson

L’Italia perde un grande campione e un uomo straordinario, capace di trasformare ogni prova della vita in una lezione di coraggio, forza e dignità. Alex Zanardi ha saputo rimettersi in gioco ogni volta, affrontando anche le sfide più dure con determinazione, lucidità e una forza d’animo fuori dal comune. Con i suoi risultati sportivi, con il suo esempio e con la sua umanità, ha dato a tutti noi molto più di una vittoria: ha dato speranza, orgoglio e la forza di non arrendersi mai. A nome mio e del Governo rivolgo un pensiero commosso e la più sincera vicinanza alla sua famiglia e a tutti coloro che gli hanno voluto bene. Grazie di tutto, Alex.

In the game of life, Alex Zanardi left nothing in the tank. I remember when he asked me to write the foreword for his book. I asked him anything you want me to say? He said: Well, I need to order new legs- how tall do you think I should be?

With excellent timing, a new book on the great Danny Blanchflower 💯 celebrating centenary of his birth ⭐️ Surely Tottenham’s greatest ever captain, how they could do with him now and all that… With thx to his son Richard ⬇️ mol.im/a/15735965

A successful defense. Rory McIlroy is the 2026 Masters champion. #themasters

History made by @gorman_o who's the first Irish rider to get a #Moto3 front row 🇮🇪 #USGP 🇺🇸

📽️ There have been many scary, unnerving days in this latest Gulf war. But the past 24 hours was particularly bad. Why? Because both sides are now causing lasting damage to the world economy's life support system. Our latest primer on the econ consequences of this war👇

The Gaffer 🖤🤍 #NUFC

One of the things I’ve always liked about Anthony Gordon is, he says it as it is. Rarely speaks in cliches - always speaks from the heart. Good to hear him come out and clear this up today 👏

A truly remarkable victory for Newcastle United. Fuelled by a sense of injustice, roared on by a frenzied home crowd. Inspired and brave, they were the better team with 11 players and the better team with 10. Will Osula's winning goal was sensational. A group that triumphed in adversity #nufc

YES LADS!

• be Soichiro Honda • born a blacksmith's son, despises school, loves the smell of oil • 1936: spends his life savings developing a piston ring concept • pitches it to Toyota; their engineers laugh at him • out of 50 rings submitted, only 3 pass quality control • Rejected. • pawns his wife’s jewelry just to buy food and materials • goes back to school at age 30 to learn metallurgy, gets bullied by younger students • sits in the back, refuses to take exams, tells the professor: "A diploma won't feed me." • finally perfects the manufacturing process, builds a factory • 1944: US B-29 bombers destroy the factory. • rebuilds it from the rubble • 1945: Mikawa earthquake flattens it again. • realizes the universe is telling him to stop • sells the wreckage to Toyota, buys a giant tank of alcohol, and does nothing but drink for a year • wakes up broke, sees his wife struggling to pedal her bicycle to the market • has a spark of madness: finds a surplus radio generator engine and straps it to her bike • it makes a "bata-bata" sound; neighbors beg him to make one for them • founds Honda Motor Co. in a wooden shack • 1954: company is near bankruptcy, but he announces he will enter the Isle of Man TT (the deadliest race on earth) • "I pledge my entire heart and soul to win this race." • goes to Europe, sees German engines are 3x more powerful, returns to Japan to work 18-hour days • returns to the Isle of Man and dominates the 125cc and 250cc classes • decides to build cars; Japanese Government (MITI) bans him • "Japan doesn't need another car company. Stick to motorcycles." • sends the government a furious letter: "I will do it anyway." • enters Formula 1 in 1964 just to spite the bureaucrats • 1973: US passes the Clean Air Act; GM and Ford say the standards are "impossible" to meet • Honda buys a Chevy Impala, flies it to Japan, installs his CVCC engine heads on it • flies it back to the US, passes the EPA test with flying colors • humiliates the biggest car companies on earth with a fraction of their budget • dies as the "Henry Ford of Japan" Success represents the 1% of your work which results from the 99% that is called failure.

I just love these ‘big dune, small bike’ shots. What a belter from the lens of Florent Gooden at DPPI through Red Bull Content Pool

YES, Rambo! 🙌

Lads, it’s on. 🏆🏁

A sold-out SCG crowd roared as Ahmed al-Ahmed, his arm in sling and his hand on his heart, walked onto the pitch just before play began of the final Test of the Ashes series. Great Gesture ❤️ #Ashes #BondiBeach

Wonderful reading of an 80 year old who wakes up in her younger 41 year old body, just for one day. ❤️❤️ Happy New Year everyone! It will go by in a flash. Make it count. 🥰

Very sad to learn of the death of Chris Rea. He was a truly wonderful man who was a very knowledgeable motor sport fan, evident through his Ferrari-focussed La Passione movie, as well as his own racing activities. I was fortunate enough to get to know him and see him play live a few times. His music went far beyond the well known early hits - he was a brilliant blues singer, composer and guitarist, as his later projects attest. In 2005 he issued the extraordinary Blue Guitars, an 11-disc collection of 137 songs he'd written that told the history of the blues - an incredible achievement. Here's a track from La Passione: youtube.com/watch?v=1PCnoI…

A wonderfully written story from @TheBishF1

📽️Donald Trump wants you to know he's targeting Venezuela because of illegal drugs. But what if this were really about something else altogether...? Dig into the murky world of crude oil refining and you find another, even more intriguing explanation... Full primer 👇

Full Answer If you can spare four minutes to watch this, I think it really captures who he is. If it doesn’t change your opinion, that’s completely fine just try to watch with an open mind.