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Sunday 14 December 2008
Two of Britain's Beijing ring heroes, James DeGale and Tony Jeffries, and head coach Terry Edwards are threatening legal action against the Amateur Boxing Association. The two boxers, who have now turned pro, are poised to sue over bonuses they claim were promised before the Olympics but have not been paid. The pair have given ABA bosses until tomorrow evening to arrange a meeting to settle the situation, otherwise they will issue writs. DeGale says he is due £20,000 as a gold medallist and Jeffries £5,000 for his bronze. They are also demanding an apology from ABA president Richard Caborn, who accused them of "biting the hand that feeds them". Edwards has taken legal advice and will seek damages unless the ABA chief executive, Paul King, retracts comments made in a radio interview last week when he said the coach was informed by letter before the Games that the medal bonus scheme had been withdrawn. "This is blatantly untrue," says Edwards. "There was no communication whatsoever." He meets Derek Mapp, chair of the newly formed British Amateur Boxing Association this week, to discuss his future but he looks certain to quit. Embarrassingly for the umbrella body, Irish coach Gary Keegan has again turned down an offer to become the sport's performance director. "We have a few management problems to resolve," Mapp admits.
Sunday 19 October 2008
Christine Ohuruogu was saying amid the jubilation of the great cavalcade of Olympic heroes in London last Thursday that she hoped the controversies of those three missed drugs tests and her subsequent ban are "all behind me now".
Sunday 24 August 2008
Saturday 23 August 2008
Teenage diving sensation Tom Daley has promised he has more to come when he appears in his first individual Olympic final later today.
Saturday 23 August 2008
Tonight, sometime around 9pm local time – 2pm in the UK – China will in all probability complete a clean sweep of the diving medals in the eighth and last event contested here at the Water Cube. That is certainly what the host nation was expecting last night, after Zhou Luxin stormed through in first place from the preliminary round of the 10-metre platform event. China has taken gold in all seven of the completed diving events.
Friday 22 August 2008
Teenage diving sensation Tom Daley and British team-mate Peter Waterfield both qualified for the semi-finals of the individual 10 metres platform competition at the Water Cube.
Friday 22 August 2008
Stacie Powell and Tonia Couch immediately turned their focus to London 2012 after impressing in the final of the 10m platform in Beijing. Powell was 10th, two places behind team-mate Couch in a thrilling final at the Water Cube which was won in stunning style by China's Chen Ruolin. The 15-year-old scored an astonishing 100.30 with the final dive of the competition to beat Canada's Emilie Heymans into second and complete a clean sweep of diving medals for the home nation.
Sunday 17 August 2008
Wednesday 13 August 2008
The diving partnership between 14-year-old Tom Daley and Blake Aldridge, his partner for the 10m platform syncronised event, is salvageable despite the pair "cracking under pressure" in meltdown fashion this week, according to their sport's performance director, Steve Foley.
Tuesday 12 August 2008
The diving partnership between 14-year-old Tom Daley and Blake Aldridge, his partner for the 10m platform synchro event, is salvageable despite the pair "cracking under pressure" in meltdown fashion this week, according to their sport's performance director, Steve Foley.
Tuesday 12 August 2008
On a day of unexpected glory, when an unheralded swimmer called Rebecca Adlington seized gold with the performance of her life, the celebrations were muted by the landing of the other side of a battered and all too familiar coin. It bore the elfin face of Tom Daley, the most lauded 14-year-old in the history of British sport.
Tuesday 12 August 2008
Monday 11 August 2008
Teenage diving sensation Tom Daley's much-hyped Olympic debut ended in disappointment and he was later blamed by his partner, Blake Aldridge, for the pair's poor performance after they finished last in the men's synchronised 10 metre platform event.
Saturday 09 August 2008
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