Oscar Pistorius' older brother cried tears of relief Tuesday as a magistrate acquitted him of culpable homicide and negligent driving for the death of a woman in a road accident. […]
Jessica Ennis has said she is looking forward to getting back into competitive action as she prepares to compete in three events at Edinburgh Leisure’s Meadowbank Sports Centre on June 8. It will be the first time that Ennis, who is entered into the hurdles, javelin and long jump at the UK Women’s Athletic League Premier Division meeting, will have competed […]
Highlights of this year’s Bedford International Games, as identified by meeting director Carol Jackson, include Milton Keynes athlete Joey Duck taking on British 100m record-holder Montell Douglas and Commonwealth Youth Games Champion Sophie Papps over 100m and 200m, while Craig Pickering returns to the track from Great Britain Bobsleigh duty to contest the […]
UK Athletics has signed Channel 4 as broadcaster for its elite para athletics fixtures, starting this summer with the two events within the Sainsbury’s Summer Series. This means terrestrial coverage for the first ever Sainsbury’s IPC Athletics Grand Prix Final, which is taking place in Birmingham on June 29, and is set to see Paralympians such as Jonnie Peac […]
Jonnie Peacock is raring to make his return to competitive action for the first time since winning gold at London 2012, insisting he wants to run faster than ever before. The 19-year-old will take part in the BT Great CityGames in Manchester’s city centre on Saturday – his first race since setting a new Paralympic Games record to win T44 100m gold in the Oly […]
Clouds circulate over the top of Mont Blanc, the sun occasionally peeking through and briefly revealing the vista of France’s highest peak. Running off the northern slopes is Mer de Glace, the country’s largest glacier, a seven-kilometre long, 200-metre deep natural wonder of snow and ice. With the seasons in transition and the temperature rising, avalanches […]