Sports



British women rule at European Cross Country Championships

By Mike Rowbottom

Atelaw Bekele_wins_European_Cross_Country_Championships_Slovenia_December_11_2011December 11 - Britain finished top of the medals table at the European Cross Country Championships in Velenje, Slovenia, on a day when Sergey Lebid of Ukraine failed to earn his 10th senior title in a race where Belgium's Atelaw Bekele (pictured) led from start to finish, and when Ireland's Fionnuala Britton was a runaway winner of the women's senior gold.











"I have done nothing wrong," insists Diack after IOC warning

By Duncan Mackay in Lausanne

Lamine Diack_at_IAAF_Congress_press_conference_August_24_2011December 9 - Lamine Diack, President of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), today continued to insist that he had done nothing wrong despite receiving a warning from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Ethics Commission for receiving money from marketing company ISL.


Rio 2016 is a major opportunity says IRB Women's Development Manager

By Tom Degun

Susan CartyDecember 9 - Susan Carty (pictured), the International Rugby Board (IRB) Women's Development Manager, has claimed that the sport debuting at the Rio 2016 Olympics represents a major chance to help expand the women's game globally and that her organisation has moved now to capitalise on the unique opportunity.