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Evans prepares for sprint futureFormer Scotland winger Thom Evans will race in the 60m at the National Senior Indoor Championships in Glasgow later this month.
bbc.co.uk | 07-Feb-2012 00:15
Parker seeks psychological boost
Barbara Parker hopes working with a sport psychologist will help improve her times in the 3,000 metre steeplechase.
bbc.co.uk | 06-Feb-2012 17:25
Steele targets London 2012 medal
Great Britain 400m runner Andrew Steele, from Didsbury, says he is targeting a medal at London 2012 after recovering from illness.
bbc.co.uk | 02-Feb-2012 17:03
British athletes sample Kenya's success
BBC Radio 5 live's Mike Costello spends time with top GB distance runners in their 'monastic' Kenyan training camp
bbc.co.uk | 02-Feb-2012 15:45
Farah is GB's No 1 - Van Commenee
UK Athletics head coach Charles van Commenee believes that 5,000m world champion Mo Farah is "a complete athlete".
bbc.co.uk | 30-Jan-2012 00:12
Jamaica 'could sweep' 100m at 2012
Asafa Powell predicts a Jamaican clean sweep of the 100m medals at London 2012 after winning the US Open 50m.
bbc.co.uk | 29-Jan-2012 12:03
Farah helps GB to Glasgow victory
Mo Farah begins Olympic year with victory in the 1500m as Great Britain win the indoor Aviva International Match in Glasgow.
bbc.co.uk | 28-Jan-2012 20:08
Ennis 'driven by Worlds failure'
Jessica Ennis's failure at the World Championships in Daegu is driving her quest for a gold medal at London 2012, according to her coach.
bbc.co.uk | 28-Jan-2012 16:04
Ennis 'driven by Worlds failure'
Jessica Ennis's failure at last year's World Championships in Daegu is driving her quest for a gold medal at London 2012, according to her coach.
news.bbc.co.uk | 27-Jan-2012 00:11
Drug cheats expected at London 2012
IOC president Jacques Rogge expects some athletes to use performance-enhancing drugs at the London Olympics.
bbc.co.uk | 25-Jan-2012 20:05
Hazel turns to local sponsorship
GB heptathlete Louise Hazel turns to local sponsors to keep her Olympic dream alive following lottery funding cut.
bbc.co.uk | 25-Jan-2012 18:33
Lemoncello eyes Olympic 10,000m
Marathon runner Andrew Lemoncello aims to resurrect his Olympic dream by competing in the 10,000 metres at London 2012.
bbc.co.uk | 23-Jan-2012 17:28
Bleasdale sets new British record
Pole vaulter Holly Bleasdale smashes her own British indoor record with a clearance of 4.87m at a meeting in Lyon, France.
bbc.co.uk | 22-Jan-2012 09:48
London Marathon defence for Mutai
London Marathon record-holder Emmanuel Mutai will defend his title on 22 April in a field featuring world record-holder Patrick Makau.
bbc.co.uk | 20-Jan-2012 19:34
Bekele among suspended Ethiopians
The Ethiopian Athletics Federation suspends 35 athletes over their failure to attend a training camp, including Mo Farah's Olympic rival Kenenisa Bekele.
news.bbc.co.uk | 20-Jan-2012 16:09
Sprinter Wilson loses ban appeal
British sprinter Bernice Wilson's four-year suspension is upheld after she loses her appeal against a doping ban.
bbc.co.uk | 20-Jan-2012 12:04
Idowu's rival Evora out of Games
Reigning Olympic triple jump champion Nelson Evora rules himself out of London 2012 after suffering a stress fracture of his shin.
bbc.co.uk | 19-Jan-2012 18:44
Purdue to target New York return
Hampshire's Olympic hopeful Charlotte Purdue says she is targeting the New York Half Marathon in March for her comeback from injury.
bbc.co.uk | 19-Jan-2012 11:22
Sprinter secures Olympics sponsor
An Olympic hopeful from south London who took to eBay to seek a sponsorship deal secures backing from elsewhere after eBay deal falls through.
bbc.co.uk | 17-Jan-2012 17:00
Bolt to begin season in Oslo
Usain Bolt will make his first international appearance of the year at the Bislett Games in Oslo on 7 June.
bbc.co.uk | 11-Jan-2012 22:25
Cas to test BOA drug ban in March
The British Olympic Association's lifetime ban on drugs cheats will be challenged in the Court of Arbitration for Sport on 12 March.
bbc.co.uk | 09-Jan-2012 19:29
Kiprop and Britton earn victories
Asbel Kiprop wins the men's 3km race and Fionnula Britton the women's 6km at the Great Edinburgh Cross Country meeting, as Ethiopian Olympic legend - and Mo Farah rival - Kenenisa Bekele is well off the pace.
bbc.co.uk | 07-Jan-2012 18:06
Farah sets Birmingham indoor test
Britain's Mo Farah will race over two miles at the Birmingham Grand Prix on 18 February as part of his preparations for the London 2012 Olympics.
bbc.co.uk | 05-Jan-2012 16:40
England plans 2012 indoor season
Oxfordshire's Hannah England, the World Championship 1500 metres silver medallist, will compete in Glasgow and Birmingham ahead of the 2012 Olympics
bbc.co.uk | 03-Jan-2012 13:01
Moses backs Greene for 2012 gold
Hurdles legend Ed Moses says he sees no reason why world champion Dai Greene cannot win Olympic gold in London if he is not distracted from his preparations.
bbc.co.uk | 31-Dec-2011 17:19
Indian athletes banned for doping
India's main anti-doping agency bans a male long jumper for two years and six women athletes for a year each after they failed doping tests.
bbc.co.uk | 23-Dec-2011 21:07
Tomlinson targets Olympic medal
Middlesbrough long-jumper Chris Tomlinson says he "can go the whole way" at next summer's 2012 London Olympic games.
bbc.co.uk | 23-Dec-2011 18:14
Scots duo win Unsung Hero award
Janice Eaglesham and Ian Mirfin of Glasgow's Red Star Athletics club win the 2011 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Unsung Hero award.
bbc.co.uk | 22-Dec-2011 23:44
Inheritance funds Brockman dream
Kent decathlete Martin Brockman has spent money left him in his grandfather's will to fund winter training in Australia
bbc.co.uk | 21-Dec-2011 18:39
Triple jumper Tamgho banned
French triple jumper Teddy Tamgho is banned for 12 months, six of which are suspended, after being involved in a fight with a female athlete.
bbc.co.uk | 20-Dec-2011 17:05
London 2012 stadium 'not dependent' on football
West Ham are warned that the Olympic Stadium does not need a football club playing there in order to survive after the Games.
bbc.co.uk | 20-Dec-2011 09:45
BOA would 'embrace' drug cheats
Dwain Chambers would be accepted back into Team GB if the British Olympic Association's lifetime ban for drugs cheats is ruled unlawful.
bbc.co.uk | 18-Dec-2011 17:32
Thompson backs BOA lifetime bans
Double Olympic champion Daley Thompson has backed the British Olympic Association's fight to maintain lifetime bans for drugs cheats.
news.bbc.co.uk | 15-Dec-2011 16:00
BOA fights to keep lifetime bans
The British Olympic Association will take its fight to keep a lifetime ban for drugs cheats to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
bbc.co.uk | 13-Dec-2011 20:46
Powell to make British indoor bow
Jamaican sprinter Asafa Powell will make his British indoor debut at the Birmingham Grand Prix on 18 February.
bbc.co.uk | 13-Dec-2011 14:59
Merrien undecided on marathon bid
Guernsey marathon runner Lee Merrien is still to decide which race he will run to try to get the Olympic qualifying mark.
bbc.co.uk | 13-Dec-2011 12:25
Ennis 'needs record to win gold'
Heptathlete Jessica Ennis says she needs to break the British record to stand a chance of winning Olympic gold in London next year.
bbc.co.uk | 12-Dec-2011 14:11
Keitany to defend marathon title
Defending women's champion Mary Keitany will lead a quartet from Kenya in the 2012 London Marathon.
bbc.co.uk | 12-Dec-2011 13:07
GB dominate at Euro cross country
Great Britain finish top of the medal table at the European Cross Country Championships in Velenje, Slovenia.
bbc.co.uk | 11-Dec-2011 20:07
Bleasdale breaks own Brit record
Holly Bleasdale breaks her own British pole vault record at an indoor meeting in France.
bbc.co.uk | 11-Dec-2011 15:13
Greene backs Blake to beat Bolt
Ex-world record holder Maurice Greene backs Yohan Blake to beat reigning Olympic champion Usain Bolt in the 100m at London 2012.
bbc.co.uk | 09-Dec-2011 17:27
IOC pair disciplined for payments
The International Olympic Committee disciplines Issa Hayatou and Lamine Diack after an ethics committee probe into improper personal payments.
bbc.co.uk | 08-Dec-2011 21:05
2012 place a privilege - Yamauchi
Oxford-born athlete Mara Yamauchi says she feels "privileged" to have been selected for the 2012 Olympics.
bbc.co.uk | 07-Dec-2011 13:34
2012 runner tries eBay sponsor
An athlete from south-east London seeks a sponsorship deal via online auction site eBay for the Olympics.
bbc.co.uk | 07-Dec-2011 11:44
Radcliffe attacks ceremony budget
Paula Radcliffe describes the decision to double the budget for the opening and closing ceremonies at the London 2012 Olympics as "frivolous".
bbc.co.uk | 06-Dec-2011 20:26
Marathon trio secure 2012 places
Marathon trio Paula Radcliffe, Mara Yamauchi and Scott Overall are selected as the first members of the Great Britain athletics team for the London 2012 Olympics.
news.bbc.co.uk | 06-Dec-2011 12:03