The British Olympic Association (BOA) today welcomed Hugh Robertson, the Minister for Sport and Olympics, to its headquarters for a keynote address on the future of British sport. Making his first major speech since taking office, the Minister outlined his vision for a series of structural changes and reforms designed to create a stronger...
The British Olympic Association (BOA) announced today that Director of Sport Liaison resigned and will be departing the BOA later this month. Parsons, 39, joined the BOA at the start of 2009, initially as Director of Communications. He then moved into in a new role as Director of Sport Liaison, advising and promoting British...
British heptathlete Kelly Sotherton has had her season brought to a quick finish as her old back problem has come back. She won bronze in the Athens Olympics in 2004 but has since had a few injuries. In 2006 she discovered a fracture in her back just after winning gold medal in the Commonwealth...
The British endurance athletics team has been revealed. Here are the contenders: Paula Radcliffe, Mara Yamauchi and Liz Yelling will be running the Women’s Marathon for Britain. Hopefully Paula will be fully fit by August. Dan Robinson is the sole contender for the Men’s Marathon. Johanna Jackson will be walking to victory in the...
Powell smashes 100m world record – Jamaican Asafa Powell breaks the world 100m record by clocking 9.74 secs at the IAAF Grand Prix in Rieti. Powell, bronze medallist at the recent World Championships, set the new record in the second of two heats. The race was run with a strong following wind but it...
Christine Ohuruogu leads a British one-two in the World Championships with a stunning victory in the women’s 400m. Christine Ohuruogu claimed Britain’s first gold medal at the World Championships in Japan with a stunning victory in the women’s 400m. Fellow Briton Nicola Sanders won silver while Jamaican Novlene Williams, who led for most of...
Several Olympic hopefuls have been participating in the 2007 Osaka World Athletic Championships. British Olympic hopeful Kelly Sotherton climbed into the bronze medal position of the World Championships in after four events in the heptathlon at the Osaka World Championships. British team-mate Jessica Ennis slid back to fourth after a poor shot put while...
After her success in the New York marathon, Paula Radcliffe looks like she has secured her place in the Beijing 2008 Olympic squad. She also is planning a longer term plan with the London 2012 Olympic Games. Radcliffe reveals 2012 ambition – Paula Radcliffe says she hopes to run in the 2012 Olympics in...
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