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Kenya win all eight gold medals at World Cross Country Championships

  • Athletics

March 28 - Kenya today today won all eight titles at World Cross Country Championships for the first time ever as they totally dominated the event in Bydgoszcz.

) and Emily Chebet headed a Kenyan sweep of the individual and team medals at on a day in Poland


Exclusive: Radcliffe can't win medal at London 2012, claims O'Sullivan

  • Athletics

By Mike Rowbottom in London March 27 - Sonia O’Sullivan, who won world gold and Olympic silver at 5,000 metres for Ireland, has questioned whether her old rival Paula Radcliffe will be able to gain an Olympic marathon medal at the 2012 London Olympics.

junior women out for training at her old haunt of Bushy Park, Teddington on Tuesday before flying out to Poland


Sir Chris bounces back for 10th title but Australia win two more gold

  • Cycling

March 25 - Britain's Sir Chris Hoy (pictured) collected his 10th world track championship title when he won the keirin race at the Ballerup Suer Arena tonight.

The pair had beat their own world record, set last year in Poland, of 33.149 during qualifying which


Weir and Woods back aiming for London Marathon glory

  • Latest (Paralympics)

February 21 - Britain’s top wheelchair racers David Weir (pictured) and Shelly Woods will be seeking revenge at the Virgin London Marathon on April 25 where two of the best ever wheelchair marathon fields are set to battle for the coveted title.

London debutants Adam Bleakney of USA and Tomasz Hamerlak of Poland will also be in the mix, as will


New European equestrian federation formed

  • Equestrian

February 18 - A new European Equestrian Federation (EEF) has been formed by 27 countries, including Britain, Germany and France, to try to give the horse community a greater voice.

vice-presidents as well as Manuel Bandeira de Mello of Portugal , Andrew Finding of Britain, Michal Wroblewski of Poland


Poznan buoyant despite big support for Nanjing

  • Latest

By Duncan Mackay in Vancouver February 10 - Poznan remain confident of being awarded the 2014 Summer Youth Olympic Games today despite more than 50 per cent of people who voted in an exclusive poll on insidethegames backing rival bid Nanjing.

"A Youth Olympic Games in Poland, in the very heart of Europe, will introduce all these wonderful


Turkish Euro 2016 bid gets major investment boost

  • Football

By David Owen January 29 - The Turkish Government has announced plans for a colossal €27 billion (£23 billion) infrastructure upgrade, as the country vies for the right to stage the Euro 2016 football tournament.

The winner of the contest will follow Poland and Ukraine, who are jointly hosting Euro 2012.


Tough draw for Britain in 2011 EuroBasket

  • Basketball

January 16 - Britain have today been drawn alongside Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Macedonia and Ukraine in Group B of the EuroBasket 2011 qualifiers.

the draw, ranked fifth out of 15 teams, following their debut performance at EuroBasket last year in Poland

Britain's women, who face far longer odds of making the EuroBasket in Poland, will play the Slovak Republic


Guadalajara claim they are committed to 2014 Summer Youth Olympics race

  • Nanjing 2014

By Tom Degun January 14 - Guadalajara will not withdraw its bid to host the 2014 Summer Youth Olympic Games despite receiving arguably the worst Evaluation report from a team of International Olympic Committee (IOC) inspectors.

200 metres champion Frankie Fredericks, which placed them behind Nanjing in China and Poznan in Poland


Mayor still confident about Poznan's Youth Olympic chances

  • Nanjing 2014

By Tom Degun January 13 - Poznan Mayor Ryszard Grobelny (pictured second right) claims he is still confident of the Polish city being chosen to host the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics despite the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Evaluation Report released last week suggesting that Chinese city Nanjing are in pole position.

former world 200 metres champion Frankie Fredericks, made a number of highly positive comments towards Poland


Italy appoints Pianigiani as new coach

  • Basketball

January 2 - Italy have appointed Montepaschi Siena boss Simone Pianigiani (pictured) as the new coach of the national team.

the team failed to make it to the 2008 Olympics in Beijing or the European Championships in Poland


IOC approves all three cities for 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

  • Nanjing 2014

December 15 - All three cities bidding to host the 2014 Summer Youth Olympic Games have been put forward by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for the final round of voting which will take place early in the New Year.

The IOC Executive Board have confirmed Guadalajara, Mexico, Nanjing, China and Poznan, Poland for

"We think that the Youth Olympic Games is all about developing talent, something that Poland has


Finch waiting for two big decisions

  • Latest

December 10 - Britain's basketball coach Chris Finch (pictured) has hailed the next week as among the most important in the history of the sport in this county as he anxiously awaits an announcement on two major decisions that will have a massive impact on preparations for the London 2012 Olympics.

He said: "With regard to the wildcard, as we were in Poland, we are competing against some

then qualified for the European Championships at the first time of asking and finally competed well in Poland


Why Mark Hunter has left Hollywood to find fame and fortune

  • The Big Read

By Mike Rowbottom Mark Hunter’s mates at Leander rowing club will not have seen a lot of him in the last year. That’s because he’s been in heaven – living by a beach in Santa Monica, spending a regular but by no means overwhelming part of his week teaching rowing to novice crews at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), the novices all being female, the sunshine being constant. And when he hasn’t been doing that, well, he's been partying and having fun, in Santa Monica, in Westwood, in Bel Air, in Beverly Hills... In short, as Hunter himself...

eight years his junior - was set on maintaining momentum at this year's World Championships in Poznan, Poland