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It's Got To Be Sir Steve Redgrave

9 May 2012

The Olympic flame will be lit tomorrow at a solemn ceremony staged at the ancient site of Olympia in Greece. The torch will then wind it's way to Britain before reaching the Olympic Stadium in Stratford for the opening ceremony on the evening of July 27th. The eyes of the world will then be on wh...
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Team GB Athletes Will Provide First Insight into London 2012 Glory

9 March 2012

Today I fly out to Turkey to attend day one of the three-day World Indoor Athletics Championships in Istanbul and by tonight we will have a clearer indication of how Jessica Ennis and some of her teammates in the 39-strong British team are faring with the Olympic Games just four months away. �...
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Dai Greene Leads Fight Against British Drug Cheats

8 March 2012

Dai Greene is never one to pull his punches, on the track, where he is the current world, European and Commonwealth 400 metres hurdles champion, and seemingly off it. This week, in a frank interview with me now up on Sportsvibe, he revealed that he plans to eyeball the reigning 400 metres Oly...
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Kip's Still the Godfather of African Athletics

8 February 2012

It was with trepidation that I stuck my head around the corner and smiled at Kip Keino. It had been 12 years since I had last seen him and we had both grown older. Kip is, to my mind and many others, the godfather of African athletics after he beat Jim Ryan to gold in the 1500 metres Olympic fi...
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Redgrave Should Light the Olympic Flame in Stratford

3 January 2012

At some point on the night of Friday, July 27th, pretty much every single Brit who has a TV set will be watching the denouement of the Olympic Opening Ceremony, the moment when the chosen one is asked to light the Olympic flame at London's Olympic Stadium. To do this is as big an honour as any s...
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Both the BOA and WADA are Dopes

21 November 2011

The British Olympic Association and the World Anti-Doping Agency are currently embroiled in a very public spat over whose rules over doping bans are correct. The BOA ban any hopeful Olympian for life if they have tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs. WADA mete out two-year bans. The BOA s...
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The Day the Eternal Olympic Flame Went Out

15 November 2011

The Olympic Torch being lit today reminds me of the ludicrous day back in 2004 when I was invited to run with the torch in the Peloponnese as it made its slow way from the ancient site of Olympic to the Athens Olympic stadium. It had only been lit by the "eternal flame" the day before at an emotiona...
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Next Year is Big Ben's Summer To Shine

26 October 2011

I spent the other afternoon in the company of Mr Ben Ainslie, Olympic legend, world's best sailor and a man going for a fourth Olympic gold medal in Weymouth next year. It was, as always a pleasure. The thing about Ben is that whilst on the outside he seems to be a charming, modest, easy-going c...
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Commonwealth Corruption Should Not Go Unpunished

26 April 2011

One of the least surprising items of news over the holiday weekend was the arrest of Suresh Kalmadi, the Chairman of the Commonwealth Games staged, if that's the right word, in New Delhi last October. This is for criminal conspiracy in the awarding of Games contracts, including a �450K deal with a L...
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500 Days To Go, the Olympic Countdown Began Last Night!

15 March 2011

Fun and games last night in Trafalgar Square where we all assembled to watch the unveiling of the official Omega countdown clock to the Olympics. As of today we are 500 days away from the lighting of the flame in London's Olympic Stadium and if you happen to be passing Nelson's Column take a quick p...
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