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Financial strife fails to dim smiles at high-flying Rayo Vallecano
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Hertha Berlin and the Skibbe saga – a depressing tale
Perhaps, in a few decades time, some German writer will transform Michael Skibbe's excruciatingly br...
Ennis timing her run to perfection
13 February 2012 12:00 AM
The Russians are coming. Six months after Jessica Ennis was relieved of her World Championship heptathlon crown by Tatyana Chernova, another potential golden girl of the multi-events scene happens to be emerging from within the boundaries of the Russian Federation. Competing in Moscow last week, the previously unheralded Ekaterina Bolshova won her national pentathlon championship with a score of 4,896 points – 41 more than Chernova has ever amassed.
Ennis forced to dig deep before raising her game
12 February 2012 12:00 AM
Olympic heptathlon hopeful is pushed all the way to victory in high jump
Sheffield first stop for Ennis on route to Chernova showdown
11 February 2012 12:00 AM
Denise Lewis was on Desert Island Discs yesterday morning, talking about her golden moment on top of the podium in Sydney in 2000 and the empty feeling of what to do with the rest of her life after Olympic heptathlon success.
Chambers stays in running as he waits for ruling
06 February 2012 12:00 AM
For Dwain Chambers, the key battle has yet to come in 2012. Still, as he awaits the Court of Arbitration for Sport's definitive ruling on the British Olympic Association's lifetime ban on doping offenders – due to be announced before the end of April – the world indoor 60 metres champion is up and running in London Olympic year.
Turner faces a needle as Farah makes his point
30 January 2012 12:00 AM
For Mo Farah, another test of sharpness awaits. For Andy Turner, an MRI scan and the sharp point of a needle beckons.
Mo Farah masters another gear in battle for gold
29 January 2012 12:00 AM
Olympic medal hope passes his speed test in a British show of strength
Britain's Robbie Grabarz on top of the world despite losing Lottery
26 January 2012 12:00 AM
In this website at the start of home Olympic year, Charles van Commenee was pondering where a surprise medal might materialise for the British track and field squad this summer. "Maybe one of the high-jump boys will come good," said the head coach of UK Athletics. Just three weeks later, one of those British high-jump boys is standing on top of the world rankings.
Cooke stays grounded over Olympic hopes
25 January 2012 05:05 PM
Jamie Cooke may be the new golden boy of the Great Britain modern pentathlon team but he is not about to start talking up his chances of an Olympic medal just yet.
Holly Bleasdale: Meteoric rise of Lancashire lass who has raised the bar
25 January 2012 12:00 AM
She is just 20 and only took up the pole vault in 2008. Now she is one of the world's best. She talks to Simon Turnbull
Bleasdale is going up in the world in time for London
23 January 2012 12:00 AM
Yelena Isinbayeva, the long-time pole vault queen, was in action in Volgograd on Saturday, preparing for the defence of her Olympic crown. She must be worried. A rising young British star is threatening to dethrone her.
Britons try it the Kenyan way
23 January 2012 12:00 AM
Team GB members including Mo Farah and Paula Radcliffe are in the home of distance running, looking to find the secret to Olympic glory, writes Simon Turnbull in Kenya
Centenarian Singh in Amritsar run
23 January 2012 12:00 AM
Fauja Singh, the 100-year-old British Sikh centenarian marathon runner, warms up before taking part in yesterday's "Run for the City" event in the Indian city of Amritsar. It was organised to kick-start a year-long preparation for the "The Gold City Marathon Amritsar" in December.
How an Irish missionary helped put Kenya on top
22 January 2012 12:00 AM
Turn left past the market in Iten, with its stall offering Manchester United and Liverpool scarves, and a short way up the hill there is a fading metal Coca-Cola sign that points the way to St Patrick's High School. Through the gates, we pass the main building and pull up in front of a rusty green-and-white school bus, with a wheel off, bringing St Trinian's and George Cole to mind.
Radcliffe takes high road in search of gold
22 January 2012 12:00 AM
Marathon star takes to Kenyan altitude
Wilson loses appeal over four-year ban
21 January 2012 12:00 AM
The sprinter Bernice Wilson, who ran for Britain in the European Indoor Championships in Paris last year, yesterday lost her appeal against a four-year ban imposed after she tested positive for excessive testosterone levels and for the anabolic steroid Clenbuterol in June last year.
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