Athletics




Double boost for Dame Kelly Holmes charity

By Mike Rowbottom

Pippa MiddletonJanuary 11 - The Dame Kelly Holmes Legacy Trust has had two pieces of good news this week – learning that Pippa Middleton, younger sister of the Duchess of Cambridge, will be working for it in the run-up to the London 2012 Games, and being named as a delivery partner in the new £1 billion ($1.5 billion/€1.2 billion) Youth and Community Strategy unveiled by Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt.










France ban London 2012 gold medal hope for six months

By Mike Rowbottom

Teddy Tamgho_with_French_flagDecember 21 - Teddy Tamgho (pictured), France's world indoor record holder at the triple jump, has been banned for six months by the French Athletics Federation (FFA), with a further six suspended, after an altercation at a training camp in October.

Coe and Bubka take up new IAAF posts

By Mike Rowbottom

Sergey Bubka_with_Sebastian_Coe_Monaco_November_12_2011December 20 - Sebastian Coe and Sergey Bubka, vice-presidents of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) and who are expected to be contenders to take over as head of athletics' world governing body in the future, are among the five new chairman appointed to IAAF Commissions.