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Heartbreak for Jenny Meadows as injury rules 800m runner out of second successive season
Wednesday 05 June 2013
The 32-year-old missed last year's Olympic Games
Phillips Idowu targets Rome return
Sunday 26 May 2013
Phillips Idowu is expected to make his comeback from injury in Rome on 6 June after withdrawing from Saturday night's Diamond League meeting in New York.
Drug cheats are pushing the boundaries in athletics
Sunday 05 May 2013
New season starts amid flurry of failed tests – notably in Russia, who will host World Championships
Doper, Pishchalnikova, is banned and loses London 2012 medal
Wednesday 01 May 2013
The Olympic discus silver medallist Darya Pishchalnikova has been banned for 10 years for doping and will be stripped of her medal from London.
Golden memories put pressure on Mo Farah to start season with win
Saturday 16 February 2013
Kenya training and weak field should help GB's Olympic star serve up victory to sell-out crowd
Record puts spring back in Greene's step
Sunday 27 January 2013
The Welshman goes indoors to recover from Olympic disappointment
Mo Farah and Jessica Ennis to return to Olympic Stadium as it hosts the British Athletics London Grand Prix
Thursday 24 January 2013
Mo Farah and Jessica Ennis will be back in the Olympic Stadium, on the anniversary of the Olympics Opening Ceremony, which is to host a Diamond League Athletics Grand Prix.
Athletics: Greene goes up to 600m
Monday 21 January 2013
Two of Britain's Olympic finalists will go head-to-head in a rare 600 metres contest at the British Athletics Glasgow International Match on Saturday.
Paralympians 'should have received more honours', says former sports minister as row over 'double standards' escalates
Sunday 30 December 2012
Comments follow the revelations in the Independent on Sunday that leading Paralympians were disappointed at what they called the double standards
Mo Farah snubbed for IAAF Athlete of the Year award
Tuesday 06 November 2012
Usain Bolt headlines the shortlist for the 2012 IAAF Male Athlete of the Year – but there is no place for Britain's double Olympic champion Mo Farah.
Usain Bolt plays in rain, but David Rudisha's world record bid is a washout
Friday 31 August 2012
Jamaican wins again and Grabarz grabs high jump prize, but no glory for Kenyan 800m star
Paul Vallely: Sometimes the only person to beat is yourself
Sunday 12 August 2012
The expectations of the public, says Rebecca Adlington, can be different from those of the athlete
David Rudisha tops Lord Coe's track list of favourites
Sunday 12 August 2012
Kenya's 800m winner shades out Ennis and atmosphere in chairman's end-of-week report
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