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41 minutes 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... Read More
3 hours 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... Read More
4 hours 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... Read More
1 day 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... Read More
1 day ago Great Britain’s short track speed skating performance director Stuart Horsepool claims they have made a statement of intent ahead of th... Read More
1 day 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... Read More
2 days ago London Olympian Imogen Bankier insists it is all systems go towards the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games following an impressive start t... Read More
2 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... Read More
2 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... Read More
3 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 ... Read More
3 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... Read More
3 days ago Sir Bradley Wiggins’ Giro d’Italia assault has been ended prematurely after the London 2012 time trial champion was forced to withdraw ... Read More
3 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... Read More
3 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... Read More
4 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... Read More
4 days ago Rising British heptathlon star Katarina Johnson-Thompson insists she is not feeling the pressure despite being labelled as the heir app... Read More
4 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... Read More
4 days ago Charlotte Gilmartin’s fledgling short track speed skating career continued on an upward trajectory last season and she’s confident if i... Read More
4 days ago With the opening of the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games less than 10 months away, the British Olympic Association (BOA) today hosted a ... Read More
5 days ago With 50 days to go until the International Olympic Committee (IOC) vote on the 2018 Youth Olympic Games (YOG) host, Glasgow’s young peo... Read More
5 days ago 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... Read More
5 days ago Peter Eriksson has cited personal circumstances as the reason behind his decision to leave his post as British Athletics head coach at ... Read More
5 days ago When Isobel Pooley thinks back to 2012 she’s struck by agony, ecstasy, loneliness and expectation all rolled into one – however the ove... Read More
5 days ago Great Britain’s women’s basketball head coach Damian Jennings admitted he was more than encouraged by his team’s performance in their t... Read More
5 days ago Jade Faulkner insists plenty of hard work lies ahead if she is to go from competing at the London 2012 Olympics to reaching next year’s... Read More
5 days ago Stuart Pearce has selected six of his London 2012 football stars for England’s Under-21s squad heading to Israel for next month’s Europ... Read More
6 days ago Sir Dave Brailsford believes the pieces are very much coming together for British Cycling’s assault on the Rio Olympics after welcoming... Read More
6 days ago Jenna Randall and Olivia Federici have been handed a boost as they build towards the FINA World Championships with world renowned coach... Read More
6 days ago Liam Pitchford believes he has improved significantly since his last outing at the individual World Table Tennis Championships with his... Read More
7 days ago Two-time Olympian Shanaze Reade has set her sights high this summer after continuing her fine early season form by winning round two of... Read More

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Handball

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...

Diving

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...

Rowing

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...

Tennis

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...

Athletics

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...

Basketball

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...

Swimming

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...

Football

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...

Canoe Sprint

Canoe Sprint events are head-to-head races conducted on still water, as opposed to the white-water time trials of the Canoe Slalom competition. In canoes, athletes race ...

Table Tennis

There are four table tennis competitions: men’s and women's singles, and men's and women’s team event at the Olympics.

Al...

Modern Pentathlon

The combination of five completely different sports constitutes Modern Pentathlon, the most demanding sport of the Olympic Games. Pentathletes compete in the course of o...