Athletics

British head coach claims Delhi is for developing athletes

By Duncan Mackay

December 14 - Britain has effectively downgraded next year's Commonwealth Games in New Delhi to a development event after UK Athletics head coach Charles van Commenee (pictured) made it clear that his main focus in 2010 will be fixed on the European Championships in Barcelona as he continues preparations for the London 2012 Olympics.

Olympic first as no gold medal awarded in Sydney 100 metres

By Duncan Mackay in Lausanne

December 9 - Sydney's Olympic Games created another record today, more than nine years after the flame was extinguished, when it was decided that the women's 100 metres will be the first event in the 113-year history of the Games where no gold medal will be awarded because the first two across the line, Marion Jones and Ekaterina Thanou, have both had their careers stained by doping.

Ennis voted Sportswoman of the Year by journalists

December 9 - Jessica Ennis (pictured) was today voted the Sports Journalists' Association (SJA) Sportswoman of the Year, reward for her outstanding performance at the World Championships in Berlin in August when she won the gold medal in the heptathlon just a year after serious injury forced her to miss the Olympics in Beijing.

We have stablised ASA, claims Mali

December 8 - Athletics South Africa (ASA) is stable after its board was suspended and replaced with an interim leadership body in the fall-out from the Caster Semenya (pictured) scandal, the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (Sascoc) claimed today.