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Olympic gold medallist Greg Rutherford claimed long jump victory at the Great CityGames Manchester, edging out compatriot Chris Tomlins...
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London 2012 canoe sprint gold medallist Ed McKeever admits he’s happy for life to get back to normal as he sets his sights on an eighth...
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Tonia Couch and Sarah Barrow continued their good recent run with a silver medal in the FINA World Diving Series in Guadalajara.
A week...
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It’s a case of slow and steady wins the race for Robbie Grabarz as he bids to enact some revenge on Russian Ivan Ukhov this summer.
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Former Olympians Kate Howey MBE and Chris Bowles will help nurture the new generation of stars after being appointed to British Judo’s ...
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Lizzie Armitstead admits she still replays her London 2012 joy in her head even now but the Great Britain cyclist is looking to go even...
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After narrowly missing out on selection for Great Britain’s boxing squad for London 2012, Charlie Edwards is not about to let lightning...
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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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Jack Burnell was the star of the show as a Great Britain contingent descended on the Portuguese Open Water Nationals at the weekend.
Ba...
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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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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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3 days ago
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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Three-time Olympian Lee McConnell will not compete in the rest of 2013 after she announced that she is expecting her first child.
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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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4 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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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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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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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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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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5 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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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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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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6 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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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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7 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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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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7 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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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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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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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.
Sailing competition is run in different classes, or types of boats. In any race, only boats of the same class compete against each other.
The 10 classes of boats...
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...
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...
Water polo is a highly physical team sport in which the players of each squad try to score as many goals against the opposition as they can, while preventing their rival...
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...
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...
Diving is an incredibly specialised aquatic discipline in which athletes leap from platforms or springboards elevated to a height of three metres and 10 metres above the...
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...
Rowing is one of Britain’s most successful Olympic sports winning 24 gold, 20 silver and 10 bronze medals in the history of the Olympic Games up to and including B...
A sport that demands exceptional concentration and a strong mental approach.
Olympic shooting events are split into three categories: Shotgun, Pistol and Ri...
In comparison to road racing and mountain biking, track cycling is an incredibly specialised indoor event, with a number of disciplines that place as much emphasis on st...
Basketball is played by two teams, made up of five players and seven substitutes. The aim of the game for each team is to get the ball into the elevated baskets at eithe...
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