Top Aussies sign-up for BUPA Great North Run posted 19 Aug
Top Aussie stars Craig Mottram and Benita Johnson are heading for the BUPA Great North Run after chasing Olympic glory in Greece. The pair will contest the World's biggest half-marathon on September 26 determined to challenge for the top honours at the Tyneside venue. Mottram already knows he faces a massive task when tackling Haile Gebrselassie the World's greatest-ever distance runner over the 13.1 miles Newcastle to South Shields course. .. | more |
Athletes need hard new regime posted 12 August
David Moorcroft has never rocked too many boats. His critics say his seven-year tenure as UK Athletics' chief executive has been blighted by his desire to be all things to all men and they ask if he has failed to confront underlying problems facing the sport. . | more |
Wycombe:
Phoenix on verge of promotion posted 11 Aug
WYCOMBE Phoenix Harriers produced an amazing performance
in the penultimate round of the Southern Women's League
Division Three when they finished in either first
or second place in 52 of the 55 events... | more
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Drugs-in-Sport:
TV show that tests drugs on athletes sparks official
fury posted 09 Aug
A controversial television experiment in which amateur
sportsmen are injected with anabolic steroids to test
their effectiveness has been branded "irresponsible"
by UK Sport, the official body that deals with drug
testing.. | more
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Loughborough’s
High Powered Production Line posted 05 Aug
High summer in England. The rain is teeming. The track’s
a lake. The infield a bog. The wind plunges the temperature
low enough to tweak highly tuned muscles. Yet the
athletes train on regardless … warm, dry and
preparing positively for Olympic Games in Athens and
far beyond. . | more
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Track:
East aims for Zurich boost posted 04 August
Michael East hopes to improve his 1500m personal best
prior to the Olympics when he makes his debut at the
Zurich Grand Prix on Friday. . | more
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