Athletics







British women rule at European Cross Country Championships

By Mike Rowbottom

Atelaw Bekele_wins_European_Cross_Country_Championships_Slovenia_December_11_2011December 11 - Britain finished top of the medals table at the European Cross Country Championships in Velenje, Slovenia, on a day when Sergey Lebid of Ukraine failed to earn his 10th senior title in a race where Belgium's Atelaw Bekele (pictured) led from start to finish, and when Ireland's Fionnuala Britton was a runaway winner of the women's senior gold.


"I have done nothing wrong," insists Diack after IOC warning

By Duncan Mackay in Lausanne

Lamine Diack_at_IAAF_Congress_press_conference_August_24_2011December 9 - Lamine Diack, President of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), today continued to insist that he had done nothing wrong despite receiving a warning from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Ethics Commission for receiving money from marketing company ISL.


Rooney and co achieve Olympic A standard with eased qualification figures

By Mike Rowbottom

martyn rooney_07-12-11December 8 - A group of 28 international athletes, including Britain's 400 metres runner Martyn Rooney (pictured) and Portugal's European cross country champion Jessica Augusto, received an early Christmas present today as a downward revision of selected qualification standards for London 2012 left them with unexpected A standard marks for the forthcoming Games.