Britain's medal drought continues as the sprinter finishes fourth at the World Championships

Long jumper dismisses funding and injury woes before World Championships

British athletes heading to Moscow for the World Championships next weekend are risking a similar fate to the absentee star sprinters Asafa Powell and Tyson Gay if they are taking dietary supplements, some of which may have been contaminated by products designed for body-builders.

Last weekend's Anniversary Games in London whetted the appetite for track and field again so here are the potential stars of the World Championships which begin on Saturday

By just two seconds, Sir Keith Mills and the crew of his TP52 Fiveᵒ West pipped rival Johnny’s Vincent’s Pace to add the Glazebrook Tophy to the Queen’s Cup they won on the opening day of the AAM Cowes Week.

Since his blistering run of 9.91sec in the 100 metres semi-final at the UK Trials, James Dasaolu has become something of an invisible man in sprinting terms. After becoming only the fourth Briton to dip under that dream 10sec barrier, the hope – in fact, expectation – was that Dasaolu would back that up... and soon.

British Cycling is one of six national sporting governing bodies without a single woman on its board. Of the 46 national governing bodies (NGBs) that receive money from Sport England, British Cycling, British Shooting, British Taekwondo, the British Wrestling Association, Goalball UK and GB Wheelchair Rugby still have all-male boards.

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Football's back already, even before the hosepipe bans have been imposed. Sky tried to whet our appetite, or rather waterboard us, by visiting all 92 League clubs in one day (92 Live, Sky Sports News, Thursday). Jim White and his helicopter were going up and down more than QPR. But as Swansea City began their European campaign (ITV4, Thursday) it's the Welsh club that can give all fans a reason to believe.

Premier League new boys Crystal Palace have called in a hypnotist to help get them in the right frame of mind for their opening home fixture against Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday week.

Sailing festival is gets underway with strong breezes catching many out

Olympic bronze medallist Karina Bryant has announced her retirement due to continued injury problems – a year to the day after standing on the podium at London 2012.

The Warriors went back to the top of Super League, but only after an uneven performance that left unanswered the key question about Wigan this season: Can they play without Sam Tomkins?

Olympic heptathlon champion Jessica Ennis-Hill is expected to be out of action for around 15 weeks, after her coach, Toni Minichiello, revealed that her career would have been at risk had she not pulled out of the upcoming World Championships.

The Olympic champion is missing the World Championships in Moscow