Sports

Yamauchi takes bite out of Big Apple

By Duncan Mackay

March 21 - Britain's Mara Yamauchi (pictured) has won the New York City Half Marathon, the ideal tune-up for the Virgin London Marathon next month.

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Millar plans to compete for Malta next year

By Duncan Mackay

By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year

March 21 - David Millar (pictured), the cyclist banned from representing Britain in the Olympics after he was suspended for doping, may have taken the first step to being able to compete at London 2012 after all.

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Pakistan hockey looking for foreign coach for London 2012

By Duncan Mackay

March 19 - Hiring a foreign coach to help prepare the team for the London 2012 Olympics is set to be high on the agenda when a new Board is set-up by the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) following the country's disastrous performance in the World Cup in New Delhi, when they finished last of the 12 competing nations.

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Top British athlete loses damages case against ex-coach

By Duncan Mackay

March 19 - Richard Davenport, formerly one of Britain's most promising young athletes, has lost a landmark High Court case in which he was seeking damages against David Farrow (pictured), the coach he blamed for the back injury which has blighted his career.

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Exclusive: It is joke Martinique has better facilities than Britain blasts head coach

By Duncan Mackay

By Mike Rowbottom in London

March 19 - The vital importance of the 2012 Olympic Stadium retaining a capacity to host major track and field events has been underlined by Charles van Commenee (pictured), UK Athletics’ head coach.

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Plan for Olympic archery changed at Lord's

By Duncan Mackay

By Cathy Wood at Lord's

March 19 - London 2012 has made significant changes to the archery venue at Lord’s Cricket Ground, in order to improve the athlete and spectator experience.

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British athletes to be given chance to prepare for London 2012 at best facility in the world

By Duncan Mackay

By Mike Rowbottom at Lee Valley Centre

March 18 - British athletes at the Lee Valley Centre will be training on a new Olympic-style Mondo surface within a month.

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Bolt has no plans for 400m until after London 2012

By Duncan Mackay

March 18 - Usain Bolt (pictured) will wait until after he has tried to defend his three Olympic titles at London in 2012 before he moves up to 400 metres and tries to attack Michael Johnson's world record, he has revealed.

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Lloyd steps down as Britain's Davis Cup captain

By Duncan Mackay

March 18 - John Lloyd (pictured) has resigned as Britain's Davis Cup captain, the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) announced tonight.

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Whitaker becomes latest banned Briton to overturn BOA doping bye-law

By Duncan Mackay

By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year

March 17 - Michael Whitaker (pictured) has had a ban from competing in the 2012 London Games because of a doping offence lifted by the British Olympic Association (BOA) - the 27th successful appeal against the controversial bye-law since it was introduced in 1992.

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Brownlee waits on scan to find out when he can compete again

By Duncan Mackay

By Mike Rowbottom in London

March 17 - Alistair Brownlee (pictured), Britain’s world triathlon champion, will learn on Monday how his competitive year will shape up when he undergoes a scan on the femoral stress fracture that was diagnosed last month and revealed first on insidethegames.

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Van Commenee warning for under-performing Britons

By Duncan Mackay

By David Owen in Doha

March 16 - UK Athletics head coach Charles van Commenee (pictured) has flown home with mixed feelings about the performances of British athletes at the World Indoor Championships here.

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London and Beijing Olympic Stadiums both bid for 2015 World Athletics Championships

By Duncan Mackay

By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year

March 16 - London's Olympic Stadium is set to go head-to-head with Beijing's Birds Nest, which hosted the 2008 Games, for the right to stage the 2015 World Athletics Championships, it has been announced.

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US should be stripped of Athens 4x400m gold confirm IAAF

By Duncan Mackay

March 15 - The United States should be stripped of the gold medal it won in the 4x400 metres at the 2004 Olympics after one of its squad, Crystal Cox (pictured), was banned after it emerged she was taking banned performance-enhancing at the time, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) said today.

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Exclusive: The IAAF must pay close attention to its costs says Bubka

By Duncan Mackay

By David Owen in Doha

March 15 - The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) needs to scrutinise its cost-base in the testing economic times we are all living through, according to Sergey Bubka (pictured), the organisation’s Senior Vice-President.

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