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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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11 hours 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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1 day 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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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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2 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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2 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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2 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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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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3 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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3 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 ...
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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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Peter Eriksson has cited personal circumstances as the reason behind his decision to leave his post as British Athletics head coach at ...
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3 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...
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4 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...
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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...
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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...
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Sir Dave Brailsford believes the pieces are very much coming together for British Cycling’s assault on the Rio Olympics after welcoming...
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Jenna Randall and Olivia Federici have been handed a boost as they build towards the FINA World Championships with world renowned coach...
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5 days ago
Liam Pitchford believes he has improved significantly since his last outing at the individual World Table Tennis Championships with his...
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Two-time Olympian Shanaze Reade has set her sights high this summer after continuing her fine early season form by winning round two of...
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Former world champion Ed Wright created history by becoming the first Brit to claim victory in the new EUROSAF Champions Sailing Cup Se...
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6 days ago
Louisa Sawers struck gold as Great Britain claimed three podium spots at the canoe sprint World Cup in Szegad, Hungary.
Sawers won the ...
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6 days ago
Great Britain's Jamie Cooke claimed his first-ever modern pentathlon World Cup medal - and he made it a gold.
Cooke, the former world j...
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Sir Bradley Wiggins was forced to dig deep to stay in contention for the Giro d'Italia after a difficult day in the saddle.
The pre-rac...
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Olympic champion Andrew Triggs Hodge stroked Great Britain's men's eight to victory at rowing's Essen International - but he conceded t...
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Win or bust for Christie at Sochi Winter Olympics http://t.co/f80MHmeajp #ShortTrackSpeedSkating
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Fast start to 2013 has Bankier dreaming of Commonwealths http://t.co/zCDGYCzNC2 #Badminton
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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...
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