Ring the bells, put up the bunting, pop the corks - you might have missed it but Great Britain’s 4×400m men’s relay team stormed to golden glory last night.
What started with British star Iwan Thomas bursting out of the blocks at the World Athletics Championships in Athens on 10 August 1997, ended with Antonio Pettigrew, [...]
Everyone is asking whether Paula Radcliffe should compete in the Olympics after suffering a stress fracture to her leg but it is not a simple question to answer.
Some stress fractures are very minor and can heal quickly or allow you to run at an early stage, while others can keep you out for a year.
Paula [...]
If I asked you to name me three of the six British badminton players going to the Beijing Olympics, I reckon you would get stuck at two.
Most people could quite quickly come up with Gail Emms and Nathan Robertson, Britain’s mixed doubles silver medallists from four years ago in Athens.
But arguably Britian’s best medal prospects [...]
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Further proof, if it were needed, that the IOC thinks it has backed a winner in London came at today’s co-ordination commission press conference at the Park Lane Hilton.
They don’t like to be labelled as inspectors, but in effect that’s what they are and at times in Athens, they were enforcers as well.
But London, according [...]