August 28-September 4, will also offer a challenge mingling excitement and trepidation for the pair of Andy

at the Beijing Games, who have found it impossible so far to better the New Zealand pairing of Eric Murray

part of his training time heaving giant tyres around, was leaning over the flaxen-haired figure of Andy

of Triggs Hodge and Peter Reed were silver medallists behind the all-conquering New Zealanders Eric Murray

CavershamJuly 19 - Peter Reed admitted to insidethegames today that he and his partner in the men's pair, Andy

heaviest defeat inflicted upon him and his fellow Olympic champion at the hands of Hamish Bond and Eric Murray

Highly likely because buried beneath the mound of Murray mania and Haye hysteria that has swamped the

everything, on and off the playing field.There was no better example of this than the hysteria surrounding Andy

Murray and David Haye.Never mind that he was only ranked fourth in the world, this was Murray's year

Watching Andy Murray go down in straight sets to his friend Novak Djokovic in Melbourne, it was impossible

thoughts of Djokovic, and his tormentor in his previous two finals, Roger Federer, arriving unbidden.If Murray

five just one week later.On the men's side, Kristan Bromley is joined by fellow Brits Chris Type and Andy

www.goldchallenge.org and become a part of this fantastic project.Finally, I'd like to wish the "Best of British" to Andy

Murray as he aims to win his first Grand Slam at the Australian Open this weekend.

Come on Andy, you can do it!

Andy Hunt is the chief executive of the British Olympic Association and Team GB Chef de Mission for London

GBR) Linford Christie (GBR) Bryan Clay (USA) Tasha Danvers (GBR) Derval O'Rourke (IRL) TENNIS Andy

Murray (GBR) SNOWBOARD Zoe Gillings (GBR) PARALYMPICS Lee Pearson (GBR)

December 9 - Swimmer Hannah Miley has scooped the title of Scottish Sportsperson of the Year.

impressive short-list were shooters Jonathan Hammond and Jen McIntosh, cyclist David Millar, tennis player Andy

Murray and five times Emirates Lonsdale Trophy winner, cyclist Sir Chris Hoy.Announcing the award, Michael

November 6 - Britain picked up a fourth gold medal at the World Rowing Championships in New Zealand in a thrilling final of the men's lightweight fours.

one of the most eagerly-awaited races of the regatta, bringing showdown number 13 between Britain's Andy

Hodge and Pete Reed and New Zealand's reigning champions Hamish Bond and Eric Murray in the men's pair.Going

heading up to the finish line but at the end it was the home fans who were celebrating as Bond and Murray

November 4 - British rowers put in an oar-some performance in New Zealand to secure their place in 12 finals from 14 Olympic classes.

Alan Campbell (pictured) in the men's single sculls all progressed from their semi-finals.But Eric Murray

and Hamish Bond turned the screw on frustrated GB pair Andy Hodge and Pete Reed, who suffered their

  By Mike Rowbottom September 21 - Katherine Grainger and Anna Watkins, Britain’s overall World Cup champions in the double sculls, will concentrate on that event at this year’s World Championships in New Zealand rather than doubling up in the quadruple sculls as they have so far this season, it was announced today.

Peter Reed and Andy Triggs Hodge will race the men's pair - the same event in which they took silver

one of the world's stand-out crews in New Zealand's world champion pairing of Hamish Bond and Eric Murray

After a string of hard knocks, they aim to gain a first world-level win against Bond and Murray, on the

By Duncan Mackay British Sports Internet Writer of the Year August 11 - Football must adhere to the controversial "whereabouts" rule and top players must provide details of their location for one hour every day of the year, World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) President John Fahey warned today.

which has also been heavily criticised by some of the world's top tennis players, including Britain's Andy

Murray.

The opportunity for a wannabe Wayne Rooney or aspiring Andy Murray to play sport at school are about

Ten pounds of my money, at 6-4, said that Andy Murray would beat Rafael Nadal in the Wimbledon semi-final

not particularly friendly high street bookie if I could also put a tenner on Tomas Berdych to beat Murray

Bye bye Murray, try try again… But the way I look at it is this.

At least I didn’t put a tenner on Berdych beating Murray.

By Tom Degun in London June 8 - Roger Draper (pictured), the chief executive of the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA), claimed today that staging the tennis tournament for the London 2012 Olympic at Wimbledon means that the competition will be handled in a completely different way from the format commonly adopted for a Games.

"Andy Murray will be reaching his peak by then and Laura Robson (pictured) will be getting

"Right now, we only have Andy who is a top five and Laura who looks like she will become a top ten

"And if Andy Murray wins Wimbledon in the next few years, that boom could well happen even sooner

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