Sports

Tweddle strikes gold on last day of World Championships at O2

By Duncan Mackay

October 18 - A superb week of gymnastics at the magnificent O2 Arena in London was capped of in style today with a gold medal at the Artistic World Championships for Britain’s Beth Tweddle (pictured).

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Changes for London 2012 will kill track cycling claims Wiggins

By Duncan Mackay

October 17 - Britain's triple Olympic gold medallist Bradley Wiggins (pictured) has claimed that a planned shake-up of the programme for the 2012 London Olympics could kill off track endurance cycling.

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Semenya is ready to sit exams, says father

By Duncan Mackay

October 17 - Caster Semenya (pictured), the world 800 metres champion, is set to take university exams despite the row over her gender, her father said, contradicting earlier reports she was too traumatised to study.

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Chinese dominate World Championships at O2

By Duncan Mackay

October 17 - China dominated the Artistic World Gymnastics Championships at the O2 Arena in London today when, led by He Kexin (pictured), they won three individual gold medals and a silver.

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Birmingham City's new owners urged to consider London 2012 bid

By Duncan Mackay

October 17 - Birmingham City's new owners have been urged to try to persuade London 2012 to pick them to replace Villa Park to host football matches during the Olympics.

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Wiggins wins Australian Tour after Sutton follows team orders

By Duncan Mackay

October 17 - Britain's Bradley Wiggins (pictured) today claimed overall victory in the Jayco Herald Sun Tour after Garmin Slipstream team-mate Chris Sutton sacrificed his own chances of success.

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England go down 4-1 to Japan at Bath

By Duncan Mackay

October 16 - Japan beat England 4-1 at the University of Bath, with the home team's only victory coming in the opening contest of the evening, when 2004 Olympic silver medallist Nathan Robertson (pictured) and partner Jenny Wallwork won the mixed doubles.

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More than 150 dead in a week but Negre claims Pakistan is safe to host major events

By Duncan Mackay

October 16 - Pakistan is safe to host major events despite the fact more than 150 people have been killed in terrorist attacks in recent days across the country, the President of the International Hocky Federation (FIH) Leanadro Negre (pictured centre) claimed today.

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Sloan claims women's world all-round title

By Duncan Mackay

October 16 - American Bridget Sloan (pictured) edged compatriot Rebecca Bross to the gold medal in dramatic style in the women's all-around final at the Artistic World Gymnastics Championships at the O2 in London today.

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British women go down to defeat in Austria

By Duncan Mackay

October 14 - Britain's women went down 30-20 to Austria in their European Championship clash in Feldkirchen tonight.

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Keatings shines brightly with historic silver at O2

By Duncan Mackay

October 15 - Daniel Keatings (pictured) made history tonight as he claimed Britain's first all-around medal at the Gymnastics World Championships with a stunning silver at London's O2 Arena.

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ABAE advertise for key role to help women's boxing

By Duncan Mackay

By Tom Degun

October 15 - With the International Olympic Committee (IOC)’s decision to include women’s boxing in the London 2012 Games, the Amateur Boxing Association of England (ABAE) has created a new role, National Women’s Boxing and Education Sector Development Manager.

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Tweddle gold medal hopes take a tumble

By Duncan Mackay

October 14 - Britain's Beth Tweddle (pictured) blew her chance of a medal on the uneven bars at the Artistic World Gymnastics Championships at the O2 Arena in London tonight but there were other successes for the British women.

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British Basketball on the right path claims Spice

By Duncan Mackay

October 14 - British Basketball is heading in the right direction as it approaches London 2012, Performance Director Chris Spice (pictured) claimed after the sport's annual debrief.

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Bolt casts big doubt over 2010 Commonwealth Games

By Duncan Mackay

By Duncan Mackay

October 14 - Usain Bolt (pictured) has left a large question mark over whether the Commonwealth Games will figure in his schedule for the 2010 season by saying that he does not plan to compete in major championships because he needs an easy season to help him prepare for the London 2012 Olympics.

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