• Sport: best of 2006

  • By Andrew Shields

  • Time Out's sport editor Andrew Shields picks the hits and misses of the year

    Sport: best of 2006

    Emirates Stadium

  • Do you agree? Tell us your sporting hits and misses of 2006?

    Hits
    1 Emirates Stadium
    On time, on budget and very impressive, though Arsenal haven’t quite made it home yet.

    2 World Cup in London
    The capital’s coolest clubs and bars staged some great events – but were let down by Sven’s shambles of a team. Feature continues

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    3 Reviving lidos
    Tooting Bec’s ‘Dive In Movies’ season and the opening of London Fields made it a good year for outdoor swimmers.

    4 London United
    Farewell London Towers, welcome London United as a basketball club to be proud of.

    5 Kempton Park Racecourse
    An all-weather surface and imaginative marketing have revitalised London’s most accessible track.

    6 Harlequins RL
    Little success yet on the pitch but stability at last off it.

    7 Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum

    An ace celebration of the sport past and present.


    Misses

    1 Lambs Squash Club
    Sold to developers for £4 million – by the president of England Squash.

    2 Ascot Racecourse
    A £200 million revamp – yet many punters couldn’t see horses cross the finishing line.

    3 Speedway
    With the bikes at Wimbledon silenced, the sport has gone from London for good.


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