The London 2012 Velodrome has been praised by riders as the UCI Track Cycling World Cup presented by Samsung concluded yesterday with an overall victory for Great Britain who won five gold medals

Olympic track cyclist Chris Hoy has been recommended by a sports advisory committee in Britain to be knighted for his sports successes, sources say. Unidentified sources said the proposed knighthood for the 32-year-old athlete, who has won four cycling gold medals during two Olympic Games, was rare as it comes during the height of his athletic career, The Sunday Times of London reported. Athletes typically knighted in Britain receive the honor after they retire.

By MARIANNE TAYLOR SCOTLAND'S golden girl, paralympic heroine Aileen McGlynn, returns to the UK later today. Cyclist Aileen, from Glasgow, won double gold in the velodrome in Beijing, setting two world records in the process.

By Donna Watson CYCLIST Aileen McGlynn struck Paralympic gold for the second time yesterday - smashing her own world record. And last night, her sister Sharon revealed: "Our dad would have been so proud." The sisters' father John, who helped Aileen, 35, to train, died of cancer last year.

TRIPLE Olympic gold medallist Chris Hoy is set to become the new face of Scott's Porage Oats, as the company revealed it wants to sign up the cyclist. The firm believes that Hoy has all the ingredients to star in their adverts.