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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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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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7 hours ago
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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“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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6 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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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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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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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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7 days ago
Charlotte Gilmartin’s fledgling short track speed skating career continued on an upward trajectory last season and she’s confident if i...
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With the opening of the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games less than 10 months away, the British Olympic Association (BOA) today hosted a ...
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With 50 days to go until the International Olympic Committee (IOC) vote on the 2018 Youth Olympic Games (YOG) host, Glasgow’s young peo...
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Daniel Reed made it through to the main draws of both the men's singles and doubles at the World Table Tennis Championships after going...
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Greene not letting surgeries get him down ahead of Moscow http://t.co/EB3Epflgnt #Athletics
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RT @GBBobsleigh: Looking for Olympians - British Bobsleigh open trials on June 8/9th at Bath University contact -laurenforrow@live.com #tal…
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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...
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...
A sport that has been around since the Middle Ages, Tennis is a raquet and ball game that can be played either in singles or doubles over five sets (for men) or three se...
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...
A sport that demands exceptional concentration and a strong mental approach.
Olympic shooting events are split into three categories: Shotgun, Pistol and Ri...
Canoe Slalom competitions consist of timed runs down a white water course with up to 25 gates. Red gates must be negotiated upstream, while green gates must be negotiate...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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