Summer Sports

Bronze for Kruse confirms world-class status

By Duncan Mackay

July 18- Britain's Richard Kruse (pictured) won a bronze medal at the European Fencing Championships in Leipzig today, his third in the last four years at the event.

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McCracken hoping Sheffield tournament will be another stepping stone towards London 2012

By Duncan Mackay

By Tom Degun

July 17 - British Boxing’s Performance Director Rob McCracken (pictured) has revealed that he is looking to build on his team’s recent success ahead of the Four Nations Challenge amateur boxing tournament in Sheffield next month.

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Spaniard sounds warning to Brownlee with brilliant victory in Hamburg

By Duncan Mackay

July 17 - Spain's Javier Gomez (pictured) today sent out a powerful message to Britain's Alistair Brownlee when he beat Germany's Jan Frodeno in front of a huge crowd in Hamburg to win the fourth round of the Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championships Series.

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England hockey players miss out on final of Champions Trophy

By Duncan Mackay

July 17 - England's women hockey players missed out on a place in the Champions Trophy final after they could only draw 2-2 in their final pool match against New Zealand in Nottingham.

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Badminton England performance director quits

By Duncan Mackay

July 17 - Ian Moss has quit as Badminton England's £75,000 ($118,000) per year performance director following less than two years in the job, it was announced today.

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Bronze for Britain in the European Modern Pentathlon Championships

By Duncan Mackay

July 17 - Britain's trio of Heather Fell (pictured), Mhairi Spence and Katy Livingston struck bronze in the team competition at the Modern Pentathlon European Championships in Debrecen today.

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Marion Jones team-mates win appeal over lost Olympic medals

By Duncan Mackay

By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year

July 16 - United States relay runners stripped of their Olympic medals because Marion Jones admitted she was taking banned performance-enhancing drugs have won their appeal to have them returned, it was announced today.

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Bolt wins on return but upstaged by Oliver

By Duncan Mackay

By Mike Rowbottom

July 16 - Triple world record holder Usain Bolt had said he was capable of running 9.70sec in tonight’s Samsung Diamond League meeting in Paris, but he managed to beat his fellow Jamaicans Asafa Powell and Yohan Blake with a time of 9.84 on an evening when David Oliver (pictured) came within two hundredths of a second of the world 110 metres hurdles record.

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Semenya returns to action with a victory

By Duncan Mackay

By Mike Rowbottom

July 15 - World 800 metres champion Caster Semenya made what she described as "a new beginning" tonight as she won her first race since being cleared to return to competition after undergoing gender tests.

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Exclusive: Britain will not win medal at London 2012 but we will earn respect says basketball coach

By Duncan Mackay

By Tom Degun

July 15 - Tom Maher (pictured), the British women’s basketball coach and a man widely considered one of the best in the business, claimed that he will earn the his side the respect of the world’s top nations ahead of the London 2012 Olympic Games.

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Beckham wants to play for Britain at London 2012

By Duncan Mackay

By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year

July 14 - David Beckham has revealed that he still harbours ambitions of playing for Britain at the London 2012 Olympics when he will be 37.

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British Swimming chooses Edinburgh for London 2012 preparation camp

By Duncan Mackay

By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year

July 14 - Britain’s swimmers have chosen to leave England and prepare in Edinburgh for the London 2012 Olympics.

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China to stage women's boxing qualifying tournament for London 2012

By Duncan Mackay

July 13 - Qinhuangdao in China has been chosen to host the 2012 Women's World Boxing Championships, which will be the only qualifying event for London 2012, where women's boxing will make its debut on the Olympic programme.

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Gordon ruled out of British contention again

By Duncan Mackay

By Tom Degun

July 13 - Britain’s men’s basketball team have suffered a huge setback ahead of their EuroBasket qualifying campaign this summer with the news that NBA and Detroit Pistons star Ben Gordon (pictured) will not be able to join up with the team due to a slow recovery from a minor operation to his ankle.

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Gault targets Commonwealth Games history in Delhi

By Duncan Mackay

July 13 - England pistol shooter Mick Gault (pictured) is set to become the most medalled athlete in Commonwealth Games history when he competes at Delhi.

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