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Great Britain's Phillips Idowu could finish only third in the triple jump at the Diamond League meeting in Eugene, Oregon.
Idowu, who w...
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Former world silver medallist Fran Halsall insists the prospect of lining up in lane four of the Olympic 100 metres freestyle final wou...
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Great Britain's women have lost the opening game of their quadrangular tournament 68-54 to Germany in Brussels.
Jo Leedham led the scor...
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Tim Stockdale continued his remarkable recovery from a broken neck as Great Britain's showjumpers delivered their best FEI Nations Cup ...
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A quick look at his bank balance told Britain's Robbie Grabarz that it was about time he concentrated on making the most of his obvious...
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The British Olympic Association (BOA) has announced today three athletes as selected to represent Team GB in taekwondo at the London 20...
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The British Olympic Association (BOA) has announced today seven athletes as officially selected to represent Team GB in fencing at the ...
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With just 57 days to go until the start of the London 2012 Olympic Games, the British Olympic Association (BOA) has announced the membe...
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Robbie Grabarz has provided the top performance from a British perspective at the Diamond League meeting in Rome, winning the high jump...
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Britain's Goldie Sayers has overcome a bout of food poisoning to record her longest throw since the Beijing Olympics at the Diamond Lea...
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World silver medallist Hannah England faces an uphill battle to compete at the Olympic trials after suffering an Achilles injury.
Engla...
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As Rebecca Adlington prepares to rewrite the record books, she tells Our Greatest Team magazine about the buzz of a home crowd…
Rebecca...
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A 1-1 draw with Korea leaves Great Britain needing to win their last round-robin match and hoping other results go their way if they ar...
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World champion Dai Greene has pulled out of tonight's Diamond League meeting in Rome due to illness.
Greene, who was due to compete in ...
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Great Britain's women slipped to a heavy 37-22 defeat to handball powerhouses Montenegro in their Euro 2012 Group 3 qualifying clash.
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British Handball chairman John Brewer is confident both the Great Britain men's and women's teams will be able to spring a surprise at ...
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Striker Matt Daly's first goal after six months out with a knee injury has given Great Britain an important victory over New Zealand in...
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Chris Adcock and Imogen Bankier will represent Great Britain in the badminton mixed doubles at London 2012, the British Olympic Associa...
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With just 58 days to go until the start of the London 2012 Olympics, The British Olympic Association (BOA) has announced today four ath...
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Olympian Sir Matthew Pinsent’s medallion made by The Royal Mint went on sale today aiming to raise funds in support of British athletes...
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British discus thrower Lawrence Okoye feels he is well on course to be "in the mix" for a medal at the London Olympics - less than two ...
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Great Britain's women fell to another defeat but were much improved as they went down 77-74 to Croatia.
Having lost 81-59 to the same o...
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The race to be Britain's representative in the women's singles at the London Olympics is likely to be decided at next week's grass-cour...
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Great Britain's women's handball captain Lynn McCafferty has set a target of a quarter-final place at the Olympics ahead of Wednesday's...
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Anne Keothavong's hopes of representing Great Britain in tennis at the Olympics were dealt a blow as she was knocked out of the French ...
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The Great Britain women's basketball team have lost their first warm-up game for the London Olympics 81-59 to Croatia in Vodice.
Croati...
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Alistair Brownlee's injury lay-off could turn out to be a blessing in disguise for his Olympic gold medal hopes, according to coach Mal...
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Great Britain hockey coach Jason Lee criticised an "appalling performance" as his side lost 3-2 to Argentina in their third match of th...
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The British Olympic Association (BOA) has announced today ten athletes as selected to represent Team GB in the shooting at the London 2...
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Kelly Sotherton has backed Jessica Ennis to win heptathlon gold at this summer's Olympics.
Ennis set a British record score of 6,906 po...
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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 ...
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...
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 sport that demands exceptional concentration and a strong mental approach.
Olympic shooting events are split into three categories: Shotgun, Pistol and Ri...
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...
While flat-water canoe and kayak racing is similar to rowing, slalom events are very specialised and more like downhill mountain-biking requiring quick reactions, timing...
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...
There are four table tennis competitions: men’s and women's singles, and men's and women’s team event at the Olympics.
Al...
Synchronised swimming is often described as ‘water ballet’, because of the dance-like movements swimmers make to music, and its theatrical character. Even th...
Archery is truly a historic sport – a contest of mind and body control, as well as precision – and has roots dating back to its use as a weapon of hunting an...
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