John Major ignored pleas to go to 1996 Olympics and watched cricket instead, records reveal news.sky.com

Records are released by the National Archives under a law requiring them to be made public 20 to 30 years after their creation.
John Major missed seeing Britain's only gold medal of the 1996 Olympic Games because he preferred to watch cricket instead, official records suggest.

A letter released by the National Archives shows that aides tried to persuade Mr Major, who was prime minister at the time, that attending the Games in the US would be good for his "street cred".