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Anniversary Games: David Weir’s successful repeat brings down the curtain on return to Olympic Stadium
Sunday 28 July 2013
Londoner shakes off indifferent 2013 form to electrify 60,000 crowd with T54 mile triumph
Young British milers start to build on the Olympic legacy
Sunday 28 July 2013
It has been one 'L' of a Legacy. While the 65,000 ticket-only guests raised a glass to the first birthday of the infant London 2012 Olympics, and to Jess, Mo and Co, there was a drop of considerably greater vintage to savour as the Emsley Carr Mile clocked up another milestone at the Sainsbury's Anniversary Games yesterday.
Mo and co relive our yesterdays at anniversary games
Sunday 28 July 2013
Bulldozers are coming to iconic venue but they cannot destroy memories
Jessica Ennis-Hill makes impressive comeback - but says it is too early to take decision on World Championships
Wednesday 24 July 2013
The heptathlete recorded a personal best in the javelin
Doubles all round as Tominator leaves it late to claim marathon victory
Sunday 30 June 2013
The victory of 8-1 shot Tominator in the Northumberland Plate, by a short-head after a steely-nerved ride from Graham Lee, neatly ticked some statistical boxes.
Wimbledon 2013: No heroics this year from giant-killer Lukas Rosol
Monday 24 June 2013
The lights of Centre Court seemed a long way away for last year's Wimbledon giant-killer Lukas Rosol as he made a first-round exit today.
Chloe McCardel ends attempt to swim from Cuba to Florida after being stung by jellyfish
Thursday 13 June 2013
Australian endurance swimmer Chloe McCardel ended her attempt to swim from Cuba to Florida after 11 hours in the water when she was stung by a jellyfish.
Aiming for a first: Swimmer to tackle 100-mile Cuba to Florida crossing - without shark cage
Tuesday 11 June 2013
Challenge should last about 55-65 hours, raising money for cancer research
TV review: Eddie Izzard's Mandela Marathons - Go, Eddie, go! But get some proper shoes
Sunday 26 May 2013
The comic and self-confessed 'sack of potatoes on a mission' shows more than just a will to run
'We stand shoulder to shoulder with the people of Boston': David Cameron visits marathon bomb blast memorial site on US visit
Tuesday 14 May 2013
David Cameron declared today that Londoners stood “shoulder to shoulder” with the people of Boston as he visited the site of last month’s marathon bomb blast.
Comedian Eddie Izzard 'ready for flak of politics' in Mayor of London 2019 race
Tuesday 14 May 2013
Comedian Eddie Izzard has said he is prepared to take the flak for wanting to pursue a career in politics.
Extreme Sports: Richard Parks finds a whole new world at ends of the earth
Sunday 12 May 2013
Former Wales rugby player came back from injury to break new ground
UCI to appeal decision by Spanish court to destroy evidence
Friday 10 May 2013
There has been widespread astonishment at the decision to destroy 200 blood bags seized during Operation Puerto
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Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
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Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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