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Manchester City top the ‘injury league’, with Manchester United bottom
The results of new research into every significant injury suffered by every Premier League footballe...
Stereotypical Germany? With the defence ‘forgotten’, think again
The blunt exposure of Germany's defensive problems in their last two friendlies has certainly served...
Usain Bolt: The Bolt show runs on
30 May 2012 12:00 AM
Friday's 'slow' 100m has done nothing to dent Jamaican's supreme confidence he will triumph in London
Olympians: They're fit and don't we just know it
30 May 2012 12:00 AM
From Tom Daley's six-pack to scantily clad volleyball players, Olympic athletes are being sold on their sex appeal. Why can't we appreciate talent, not totty?
Hope for excluded Cook as BOA queries Taekwondo selection
30 May 2012 12:00 AM
The chances of Aaron Cook competing at the London Olympics increased yesterday when the British Olympic Association refused to accept British Taekwondo's initial selection.
Olympic Tube strike averted
30 May 2012 12:00 AM
Prospects of an Olympic Tube strike have been averted after the Rail, Maritime and Transport union agreed an £850 bonus for Tube workers, in recognition of the pressures staff will face this summer.
The curious case of OB216: A little bit of history that no one's watching
29 May 2012 06:25 PM
It is perhaps not altogether shocking that £15 tickets to go on a rollercoaster that has already crashed don’t appear to have sold that well.
Usain Bolt hungry for Olympic Repeat despite slow start Ostrava
29 May 2012 04:39 PM
Usain Bolt insists he would not care about losing every race between now and the Olympics as long as he retains his titles in London.
Taekwondo: BOA to rule on Cook's 'political' exclusion
29 May 2012 12:00 AM
Aaron Cook has appealed to the British Olympic Association after being left out of this summer's London Games, despite being the European taekwondo champion and soon the world No 1.
David Faulkner: 'When Sherwani scored... I knew I had my Olympic gold'
29 May 2012 12:00 AM
In our series celebrating Great Britain's feats, David Faulkner, who set up the third goal, remembers triumph over the West Germans
Olympic news you may have missed...
29 May 2012 12:00 AM
The Stoke City manager, Tony Pulis, has been given the honour of carrying the Olympic torch. The 54-year-old will carry the flame as it passes through Stoke-on-Trent on Thursday. He is the only top-flight football manager to be given this chance.
Ready and able: Novice presenters who'll train their expert eyes on the Games
29 May 2012 12:00 AM
Channel 4 unveils team for Paralympics who all have experience of living with disability
Opera singer Bryn Terfel among those to carry Olympic torch today
28 May 2012 10:44 AM
World-famous opera singer Bryn Terfel is the high-profile face of the Olympic torch relay today.
Olympic news you may have missed...
28 May 2012 12:00 AM
Great Britain's domination of the rowing scene continued in Switzerland, with five medals secured on finals day at the World Cup event in Lucerne. The men's four, women's pair and women's lightweight double all prevailed, while silver was secured in the men's eight and the lightweight four won bronze.
Deng clear to play for Team GB – but at a cost
27 May 2012 12:00 AM
British Basketball's performance director, Chris Spice, has opened a war of words with the NBA and the Chicago Bulls over Luol Deng's availability for this summer's Olympic Games.
Zac Purchase: 'It will be the best rowing team we have ever had'
27 May 2012 12:00 AM
Rower is all set for another 'pipe dream' on golden morning for Team GB
Reade picks herself up to climb back into Olympic contention
27 May 2012 12:00 AM
Britain's great hope for BMX gold at London 2012 is on track again at the World Championships after crashing last weekend
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