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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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17 hours 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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19 hours 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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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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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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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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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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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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3 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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4 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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4 days ago
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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5 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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5 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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Katherine Copeland insists that while she might be out of sight rowing is not out of her mind with the London 2012 Olympic gold medalli...
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6 days ago
London 2012 Olympian Mhairi Spence captured bronze at the Modern Pentathlon World Cup in Budapest, Hungary, securing a first trip to th...
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6 days ago
Great Britain's Alex Dowsett powered to the biggest win of his career with a time trial victory at the Giro d'Italia.
The national cham...
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RT @TeamBSS: Announcement of the Senior and FIS/EC British Alpine Squads for 2013/14 season: http://t.co/ROlGgNl659
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Cavendish claims victory 101 in Giro d'Italia http://t.co/ZZQpIz7U3T #CyclingRoad
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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...
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 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...
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...
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.
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...
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 ...
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...
Beach volleyball is the outdoor equivalent of volleyball and – despite its glamorous, sun-kissed image – is every bit as grueling as its indoor counterpart.<...>
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...
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 ...
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...
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