Steadman’s star-studded knees-up

THE small town of Vail, Colorado, is an unlikely place to find one of the key figures in world sport.

Nestled high in the snow-capped Rocky Mountains, the resort is home to only 5,000 inhabitants and seems a world away from such sporting crucibles as Old Trafford or St James Park.

But in the middle of this ski-mad town is a gleaming, hi-tech complex where sporting hopes sometimes rest.