As you read this it’s likely that I’ll be in the air on the way back from Rio and ready to cheer on Team GB from home. It has been an excellent trip where I have managed to see and hear first hand how record government and National Lottery investment has helped our top athletes…

2015 has been a rollercoaster of a year for sport. We’ve experienced some dizzying highs, with triumphs at the Ashes, the Davis Cup team and the Tour de France. There have been gold medal wins for Jess Ennis, Mo Farah and Greg Rutherford and Lewis Hamilton has been crowned F1 champion once again. But as…