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Race walker Johanna Jackson is in no hurry to get back to the track but admits she will be back better than ever as she looks to blow h...
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14 hours ago
Jack Burnell was the star of the show as a Great Britain contingent descended on the Portuguese Open Water Nationals at the weekend.
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17 hours ago
British Cycling’s Paul Manning might have won Olympic gold alongside two of the men he may well now instruct, but he insists he will ap...
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18 hours ago
London 2012 silver medallist Samantha Murray is one of five British athletes set to compete at next week’s Modern Pentathlon World Cup ...
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London Olympians Jenna Randall and Olivia Federici will compete for the first time since London 2012 at this weekend’s European Synchro...
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1 day ago
Three-time Olympian Lee McConnell will not compete in the rest of 2013 after she announced that she is expecting her first child.
McCon...
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Dai Greene insists he will not let another trip to the surgeon’s table derail his 2013 season as he looks to blow his London Olympics a...
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Olympic champion Andy Murray has been forced to withdraw from the French Open with a back injury.
The 26-year-old, who won singles gold...
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2 days ago
Chris Newton has expressed his excitement as he attempts to help an all conquering Great Britain women’s pursuit team raise the bar eve...
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2 days ago
Olympic champion Jessica Ennis is ready to kickstart her World Championships plan of attack into action after announcing what her comeb...
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2 days ago
Temi Fagbenle has expressed her disappointment at not being able to build on her London 2012 experience after being forced to pull out ...
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2 days ago
Team GB have secured three figure skating athlete quota places for the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games; Team GB will compete in ice dan...
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2 days ago
London Olympian Chris Mears recorded his best Diving World Series placing and highest score in the 3m springboard in Guadalajara, Mexic...
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3 days ago
Rhys Williams admits the desire to get one over his fellow London Olympic 400m hurdling compatriots spurred him on to a new personal be...
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3 days ago
London Olympian Louisa Sawers claimed her second Canoe Sprint World Cup medal of the month as she helped Great Britain’s women’s K4 tea...
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3 days ago
London 2012 bronze medal-winning diver Tom Daley has failed to recover in time from an elbow injury and has been forced to withdraw fro...
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4 days ago
Olympic long jump champion Greg Rutherford claims he will leap further than he did at London 2012 at this year’s World Championships de...
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4 days ago
Great Britain’s short track speed skating performance director Stuart Horsepool claims they have made a statement of intent ahead of th...
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5 days ago
Great Britain’s Elise Christie admits it will be win or bust for her attempts of claiming short track speed skating gold at the 2014 So...
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5 days ago
London Olympian Imogen Bankier insists it is all systems go towards the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games following an impressive start t...
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5 days ago
Tonia Couch and Sarah Barrow continued their fine 2013 form in Mexico as the British pair claimed their second international medal of t...
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6 days ago
Great Britain’s Mark Cavendish became the first rider in seven years to win four Giro d’Italia stages in one year as he collected caree...
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6 days ago
London Olympian Andrew Selby will be bidding to defend his flyweight title as he leads a 13-strong GB Boxing team at the 2013 European ...
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6 days ago
Ian Coley MBE, the man that led Peter Wilson to gold at London 2012, has announced that he is retiring from his role as double trap coa...
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6 days ago
Sir Bradley Wiggins’ Giro d’Italia assault has been ended prematurely after the London 2012 time trial champion was forced to withdraw ...
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7 days ago
“It is impossible to think about the success of the London 2012 Games and not reflect upon the extraordinary commitment made by David B...
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7 days ago
Great Britain's Mark Cavendish claimed his tenth win of the season and the 100th of his professional career with a trademark sprint fin...
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7 days ago
Zac Purchase insists he will only return to the water in order to win gold at Rio 2016 as the rower contemplates a comeback.
The 27-ye...
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7 days ago
Rising British heptathlon star Katarina Johnson-Thompson insists she is not feeling the pressure despite being labelled as the heir app...
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7 days ago
Christine Ohuruogu’s London 2012 heartbreak is now behind her and the former Olympic champion insists she will be attacking the new sea...
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Burnell top Brit at Portuguese Open Water Nationals http://t.co/8YriNdn1Ux #Swimming
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Swimming is a hugely physical and demanding sport, with athletes competing over distances from 50m to 1,500m in the pool. Swimmers need huge strength and stamina to...
A game consists of two 35-minute periods, with a 10 minute interval for half-time.
There are 12 teams of 16 players which are placed into two pools of six for th...
Modern football has evolved from a game played in streets and schools in the mid 1800s to the most widely played game on earth played in almost every town and village in...
The Olympic competition schedule consists of 47 events; 24 for men and 23 for women.
Athletics is an exclusive collection of sporting events that involve competi...
Although Judo is a martial art, its practice and methods are based around gentleness. Giving way to the strength of the opponent, adapting to and using it to your advant...
A sport that demands exceptional concentration and a strong mental approach.
Olympic shooting events are split into three categories: Shotgun, Pistol and Ri...
Traditional six-a-side indoor volleyball is referred to at the Olympic Games as volleyball. So the Olympic sport of volleyball has two disciplines - beach volleyball and...
The Equestrian disciplines are unique among Olympic sports, in the sense that men and women compete on the same terms and horse and rider are both declared Olympic medal...
Mountain biking covers three different disciplines, Downhill, Four Cross and Cross Country/Marathon. For the Olympics the only event that is included is Cross-country.
Boxing is one of the most illustrious and historic sports in the Olympic Games. Men have sparred in competition since 5000BC in the Middle East, while boxing was one of ...
Synchronised swimming is often described as ‘water ballet’, because of the dance-like movements swimmers make to music, and its theatrical character. Even th...
Handball is played in an indoor court between two teams, of seven players each. The players’ objective is, by only using their hands, to throw the ball into the go...
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