Gail Emms, 42, won an Olympic silver medal in badminton at Athens in 2004 with Nathan Robertson, as well as gold at the 2006 World ChampionshipsSport Relief’s top dogRafa, my Westie, had his own moment of glory in 2014 at Sport Relief. Someone from Sport Relief rang and asked if I had a dog and whether he could do tricks. I said “No, not really.” But they phoned back, said they didn’t have anyone else, so they’d have Rafa. We were in teams of three: me and Rafa were in with an army dog and a fire rescue dog, who were brilliant. We made it to the final and were up against Sally Gunnell, who had a very intelligent…

Source: The Times December 07, 2019 00:00 UTC