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.