Athletics
Twell cruises to third junior European title
In her final race as a junior athlete, Steph Twell signed off in style at the Parc de Laeken in Brussels yesterday, taking the under-20 women's crown at the European Cross Country Championships for the third successive year.
Inside Athletics
Farah to trouser cross country riches
Sunday, 14 December 2008
Twickenham runner has European title in his sights today but it won't make up for Beijing blundering
Twell out to leave juniors on high note
Saturday, 13 December 2008
The 19-year-old is Britain's best hope at the European Cross Country Championships
Athletics is among losers as funding body cuts 2012 budget
Thursday, 4 December 2008
Eight Olympic sports face uncertain futures after UK Sport, the government's funding body for elite sport in Britain, announced across the board cuts yesterday.
Radcliffe to tackle Dita in London
Wednesday, 3 December 2008
Assuming Paula Radcliffe is fit and well come the morning of 26 April, the woman who has taken the marathon world record beyond the grasp of her fellow mortals will get the chance to claim the scalp of the Olympic champion Constantina Dita in the 2009 London Marathon.
IOC to investigate Montgomery
Tuesday, 25 November 2008
The International Olympic Committee is ready to "take the necessary actions" after the disgraced American sprinter Tim Montgomery admitted taking drugs before the Sydney Games, where he won a relay gold medal.
Stewart hired to revive endurance running's glory days
Monday, 24 November 2008
Charles van Commenee does not start his job as head coach of UK Athletics until the new year, but the man who guided Denise Lewis and Kelly Sotherton to Olympic heptathlon medals has completed another piece of significant paving work on the road towards the home Olympics of 2012.
Olympic chief Rogge criticised for 'lack of respect'
Friday, 7 November 2008
In an unusual show of discord between Olympic leaders, IAAF chief Lamine Diack sharply criticized IOC president Jacques Rogge on Friday for displaying "a lack of respect" for the sport of athletics.
Radcliffe aims for second child before London 2012
Tuesday, 4 November 2008
Twenty four hours on from her own marathon victory on these shores, the Marathon Mom was planning to stick around to see how the Hockey Mom might fare in hers.
Van Commenee promises no sentiment in funding
Tuesday, 4 November 2008
UK Athletics' new head coach Charles van Commenee today insisted there would be "no room for sentiment" in funding for Britain's athletes.
Radcliffe rolls back the years
Monday, 3 November 2008
The clocks went back in the Big Apple yesterday. Not far enough for Paula Radcliffe, sadly. If only she could have gone back to 17 August and produced the kind of dogged tour de force she summoned in New York yesterday on the morning of the Olympic marathon in Beijing.
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