100 Greatest British Sportspeople This Century
I've previously made lists of The Greatest British Sportspeople of All Time and the Best Sportspeople in the World Right Now. Now, bringing the two together, it's time to consider the Greatest British Sportspeople this Century. This is more of a labour of love than anything else. The 80s, and particularly the 90s, as I was growing up, were pretty thin for British sporting heroes, not just in terms of the number of world beaters, but also whether they were the kind of people you could really warm to. This has changed on all fronts. There are so many world class sportspeople to choose from these days, and so many of these are genuinely endearing, or interesting. Though most of those I'm going to write about are younger than me, they're, conversely, more heroic, and more people that I look up to than the supposed icons of my youth. So I shall intersperse the list, which will, of course, be a touch arbitrary, with the occasional paean of praise. With little doubt,...