Brownlee strolls to success in San Diego as Gomez fails to make impact
By James Crook
April 21 - Britain's reigning Olympic champion Alistair Brownlee stormed to victory in the International Triathlon Union (ITU) World Series event in San Diego as his rival, Spain's Javier Gomez, failed to live up to expectations, finishing a disappointing eighth.
April 21 - Britain's reigning Olympic champion Alistair Brownlee stormed to victory in the International Triathlon Union (ITU) World Series event in San Diego as his rival, Spain's Javier Gomez, failed to live up to expectations, finishing a disappointing eighth.
April 22 - The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) Coordination Commission has arrived in Scotland to begin its latest three-day inspection of preparations for Glasgow 2014.
April 20 - Hungary claimed their first major curling title when they defeated Sweden 8-7 in the gold medal game of the 2013 World Mixed Doubles Championship in Fredericton today.
April 20 - A major earthquake failed to stop the men's event in the third round of the UIPM World Cup taking place in Chengdu.
April 21 - Kenyan Priscah Jeptoo went one better than her London 2012 Olympic marathon silver medal to claim the women's title in the fastest time of the year so far as Olympic champion Tiki Gelana's chances of victory were wiped out when she collided with Canada's 2010 wheelchair champion Josh Cassidy at the Virgin London Marathon here today.
April 21 - Ethiopia's marathon reputation, which sank to a low point when all three male entrants at the London 2012 Olympics dropped out, was dramatically restored here as Tsegaye Kebede passed Kenya's Emmanuel Mutai in the last half-mile to win the 2013 Virgin London Marathon in 2 hours 6 minutes 4 seconds, with teammates Ayele Abshero and Feyisa Lilesa third and fourth respectively in 2:06:57 and 2:07:46.
April 21 - American Tatyana McFadden secured victory in the women's wheelchair Virgin London Marathon here today to score the Boston-London double but it was an altogether different tale for the men as David Weir's dreams of achieving that historic seventh title on home soil were scuppered by old rival Kurt Fearnley of Australia.
April 21 - Britain's Richard Whitehead relished the feeling of running a marathon on the streets of London, seven months after the Paralympics at which his ambitions had been denied by the decision not to include a marathon in the programme.
April 20 - Ukraine Otamans and Astana Arlans Kazakhstan will clash in the World Series of Boxing (WSB) team finals after both secured perfect 5-0 wins in their respective semi-final second legs.
April 16 - The Pierre de Coubertin Modern Pentathlon Stadium in Chengdu will host the third round of the UIPM World Cup event this week.
April 21 - The Samaranch Memorial has been unveiled here today with a special ceremony to commemorate the memory and legacy of the late Juan Antonio Samaranch, the President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) from 1980 to 2001.
April 21 - Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn is to announce yet another "major signing" on Tuesday (April 23) and the word is it will be one of Britain's Olympic gold medallists.
April 21 - Prime Minister David Cameron must decide this weekend whether to bow to pressure from a number of Tory peers and block the appointment of one of Britain's greatest-ever Paralympians, Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson, to the key role of chair of Sport England.
April 12 - The World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) vowed they will keep striving to improve following their London 2012 success after launching a new development programme, claiming the sport "will need to demonstrate a clear improvement for every edition of the Games or risk getting left behind".
