Summer Sports



British double as Brownlee dominates on London 2012 course

By Duncan Mackay

Alistair_Brownlee_wins_in_Hyde_Park_August_7_2011August 7 - Exactly a year to the day before he hopes to be crowned as Olympic champion on the same course, Alistair Brownlee made it a British double at the Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Series in Hyde Park with a dominant victory that underlined his position as the sport's dominant personality.



Exclusive: "We are rubbing our hands" at the prospect of Olympic road race after Cavendish Tour de France green jersey admits Brailsford

By Tom Degun

Mark_Cavendish_in_green_jersey_and_helmet_Tour_de_France_July_2011August 7 - Dave Brailsford, British Cycling's performance director and the general manager of Team Sky, has claimed Britain's top cyclists are rubbing their hands together at the prospect of winning Olympic gold medal in the men's road race after Mark Cavendish became the first British rider to win the maillot vert in this year's Tour de France.






Farah sends home crowd dreaming of World Championship glory

By Mike Rowbottom at Crystal Palace

Mo_Farah_wins_3000m_Crystal_Palace_August_5_2011August 5 - Home fans went home from this venerable, but re-vamped south-east London venue tonight convinced that they had seen a British world champion-to-be in the shape of Mo Farah, who produced what you could only describe as an Ethiopian finish to win a top class 3,000 etresm which closed the first of two days' action at the Samsung Diamond League meeting.