Sports



IAAF creates new World Relays competition

By Mike Rowbottom

4x100m relay_10_AugustAugust 10 - A new international relay competition set up by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) – with the first two planned for Nassau, Bahamas, in May 2014 and 2015 – is likely to be used to qualify some teams for future World Championships and Olympic Games.

BBC to showcase RideLondon – "the greatest cycling event in the world"

By Mike Rowbottom at the London Media Centre

Bradley WigginsAugust 10 - RideLondon, a two-day world class festival of cycling that will be the first direct sporting legacy from the London 2012 Olympics, will make its debut on the weekend of August 3 next year showcased by the BBC, who have agreed a five-year contract to cover an event that aspires to create a "London Marathon on wheels".






Bolt announces "legend" status after completing sprint double while Rudisha is simply "extraordinary"

By Mike Rowbottom at the Olympic Stadium in London

Usain Bolt_9_AugustAugust 9 - Usain Bolt fulfilled his own criteria for regarding himself as a legend here tonight as he completed his double defence of Olympic sprint titles by adding the 200 metres gold to the one he had already secured over 100m on Sunday night (August 5) – and in so doing consigned his young challenger Yohan Blake to a second silver medal.




Amputee Pistorius still has Olympic medal shot as South Africa wins relay appeal

By Mike Rowbottom at the Olympic Stadium in London

Oscar Pistorius_1_9_AugustAugust 9 - Oscar Pistorius' historic quest for an Olympic medal to add to the four golds and a bronze he has won at the Paralympics has been revived as South Africa won a place in tomorrow's 4x400 metres relay final on appeal after their second-leg runner, Ofentse Mogawane, was knocked over by a Kenyan opponent.