Dutch marathon organisers run into trouble with Kenyans
Africans angry at 'snub', while manager's wife has recipe for success in Belgium and fans in Peru put their boss up for saleOrganisers of the Utrecht marathon are under fire after setting up an incentive scheme aimed at domestic runners that has been c...
M1 closure set to disrupt weekend football and London Marathon
Motorway shutdown in wake of scrapyard fire will cause major delays to thousands of football fans and runnersThousands of people travelling to London for two FA Cup semi-finals and the London Marathon face major delays due to the partial closure of the...
West Ham warned to keep promise over athletics track
• 'Not a great day for athletics,' says Denise Lewis• Club investigate plans for retractable seatingWest Ham United have been given stark warnings that they must keep their promise to athletics by retaining the track in the Olympic Stadium for the ...
Are West Ham the right club to take over the Olympic Stadium? | Poll
Poll: The Olympic Park Legacy Company have made West Ham United the preferred bidder for the 2012 Olympic Stadium following an acrimonious battle with Tottenham Hotspur. Have the committee made the right choice?
Spurs and West Ham make final bids for Olympic Stadium
Bitter battle between football clubs intensifies as Spurs bring on Pelé to back plan criticised by Team GB athletesThe increasingly bitter off-field battle between Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham United to occupy to the Olympic park after the 2012 Game...
Athletics chief rages at ‘big lie’ if Spurs win Olympic Stadium
• Britain's sporting reputation at stake, says world athletics chief• Diack talks of 'betrayal' if Tottenham move in and remove trackBritain's sporting reputation will be "dead" if Tottenham Hotspur take over the Olympic Stadium and remove the athl...
Athletics chief says Britian must keep track at Olympic Stadium
• Lamine Diack calls on London to stick by bid promises• Britain 'will have made a big lie' if athletics track goesLamine Diack, the president of the International Association of Athletics Federations, has warned that Britain's reputation in world ...
Hammers lead stadium race, say Spurs
• Sir Keith Mills says West Ham's bid is ahead of theirs• OPLC is due to make decision before ChristmasSir Keith Mills, the deputy chairman of London 2012 and a Tottenham Hotspur director, has said that West Ham United are in pole position to take ...
Mystery third bidder for London 2012 Olympic Stadium revealed
• International Stadia Group revealed to be behind third bid• Shortlisted bids to be informed this weekThe mystery third bidder competing against West Ham United and Tottenham Hostpur for the right to run the London Olympic Stadium has been reveale...
Martin O’Neill v Robbie Williams
Also in this week's round-up: a shambolic team-talk, Stig Tofting in the ring and a rather fast drive through the streets of Paris1) England's Mark Lewis-Francis was on top form in the 4x100m final at the Commonwealth Games earlier this week. After his...
UK Athletics backs West Ham’s bid
• UK Athletics impressed by West Ham's bid• West Ham's intention to retain track could be keyWest Ham United's bid to take over the London Olympic stadium after the 2012 Games has received a major boost in the form of formal support by UK Athletics...
Spurs’ stadium plans branded ‘an insult’
• Chairman of UK Athletics calls for quick decision on joint bid• Ed Warner backs rivals West Ham and Newham CouncilThe chairman of UK Athletics has branded the joint bid from Tottenham Hotspur and AEG to take over the Olympic Stadium but ditch the...
