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BBC should ban Boyle for spoon slur, says top swimmer Rebecca Adlington hits out at lack of London swimming pools Rebecca Adlington fears body might not stand rigours of 800m defence defence of 800m titl Champion swimmers see 2012 centre take shape Adlington's sights are on making this a record year Olympic gold medallists dominate BBC Sports Personality shortlist Adlington promises to shine in London with more medals I want to be the Phelps of 2012 says golden girl Becky Adlington breaks Games record as Foster goes out 'Amazing...two Britons on the same podium' Adlington ends GB pool jinx Thrilled to Brits

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BBC should ban Boyle for spoon slur, says top swimmer

02.11.09
Olympic champion Rebecca Adlington calls for a comedian to be banned by the BBC after he said she looked like a reflection in the back of a spoon... more

Frankie Boyle attacks BBC Trust after they rebuke him for offensive Rebecca Adlington comments

27.10.09
Controversial comic Frankie Boyle is unrepentant about "offensive" comments which led to a rebuke - and has hit back at BBC Trust criticisms, claiming they were "b*****ks"... more

Rebecca Adlington hits out at lack of London swimming pools

05.08.09
Swimmer Rebecca Adlington says the lack of top-class pools to train in London means she would not have achieved double Olympic gold had she been brought up in the capital... more

Coach: Suit pressure didn't fit well with beaten Adlington

03.08.09
Olympic hero Rebecca Adlington has been backed by the GB team chief after her surprise defeat in the World Championships... more

Adlington and relay team make up for Beijing nightmare

31.07.09
Great Britain's women's 4x200metres freestyle squad put their nightmare of Beijing behind them by taking bronze in a new European record time at swimming's World Championships last night... more

GB's relay team set Euro swim record

30.07.09
Britain's women's 4x200metres relay squad swam a European record time as they qualified fastest for tonight's final at the World Championships in Rome... more

Rebecca Adlington is fired up by 2012 fan power

27.07.09
Rebecca Adlington took inspiration from Federica Pellegrini's 400 metres freestyle victory at the World Championships in Rome... more

Rebecca Adlington fears body might not stand rigours of 800m defence defence of 800m titl

24.07.09
Double Olympic gold medallist Rebecca Adlington has revealed she could quit the 800m freestyle before London 2012... more

Champion swimmers see 2012 centre take shape

11.05.09
The British swimming squad, including double Olympic champion Rebecca Adlington, have visited the London 2012 Aquatics Centre... more

BBC's award show switches to Sheffield

30.04.09
Sport: The BBC's Sports Personality of the Year will be held in Sheffield in December... more

Adlington's sights are on making this a record year

20.03.09
Rebecca Adlington is targeting her own world record after setting the seventh-fastest 800metres freestyle time in history at the British Swimming Championships in Sheffield... more

Jackson turns on style to set new 400m mark

17.03.09
Swimming: Jo Jackson overshadowed the return the pool of double Olympic champion Rebecca Adlington by setting a world record in the 400metres freestyle at the British Swimming Championships in Sheffield... more

Adlington's Games fear

09.03.09
Swimming: Rebecca Adlington has called on Olympic officials to retain the 800metres freestyle in which she won gold in Beijing last year... more

The year the best of British took on the world and came up smiling

31.12.08
If there was one moment which captured the spirit of a memorable sporting year for Britain, it came in the unlikely surroundings of the Laoshan BMX track in Beijing... more

Century-chasing Turner hailed as 'Rebecca Adlington of racing'

30.12.08
Hayley Turner hailed as the "Rebecca Adlington of racing" as she closed in on becoming the first female jockey to ride 100 winners in a calendar year... more

Olympic gold medallists dominate BBC Sports Personality shortlist

02.12.08
Seven of Team GB's Olympic gold medallists have been included on the shortlist for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2008 award... more

C-charge fine for 2012 parade floats

28.11.08
The drivers of floats who ferried Britain's Olympic medalists on the London victory parade were all fined for failing to pay the congestion charge... more

65-year-old Cilla eclipses supermodels at charity fashion show

18.09.08
Veteran singer and TV star Cilla Black showed off a magnificent pair of legs as she flounced down the catwalk, to the strains of her hit song Anyone Who Had a Heart... more

Cilla shakes a lorra, lorra leg

18.09.08
Veteran singer and TV star Cilla Black showed off a magnificent pair of legs as she flounced down the catwalk, to the strains of her hit song Anyone Who Had a Heart... more

Oh, Christine, you've set my Olympic torch aflame

21.08.08
For some of us the Olympics are always painful. There are fans - and fairweather fans. And then you have those who require a meteorological explosion of Biblical proportions before they develop any kind of interest at all... more

Pedalling as fast as I can towards 2012

19.08.08
This weekend as the cyclists and swimmers of Team GB brought home gold after gold I punched the air - because cycling and swimming are my sports... more

Adlington promises to shine in London with more medals

18.08.08
Double Olympic champion Rebecca Adlington has promised to deliver more swimming medals at the London Olympics... more

I want to be the Phelps of 2012 says golden girl Becky

18.08.08
Double gold medallist Rebecca Adlington has said she dreams of having the same success as her hero Michael Phelps... more

British athletes limber up for gold Saturday

15.08.08
British athletes began their push for a weekend Olympic gold rush - with heptathlete Kelly Sotherton leading the way in Beijing's Bird's Nest stadium... more

Adlington breaks Games record as Foster goes out

14.08.08
Rebecca Adlington broke the Olympic record to stay on track for double gold in Beijing as Mark Foster's fifth Games ended in less than 23 seconds... more

Unsynchronised Tom must learn to duck and dive

12.08.08
It is easy to forget that Team GB diver is only 14 years old and he has already gained good experience... more

'Amazing...two Britons on the same podium'

11.08.08
Rebecca Adlington won Great Britain's first women's swimming gold medal for 48 years while teammate Jo Jackson took bronze... more

Adlington ends GB pool jinx

11.08.08
In one swoop, GB pair ensured Britain's entire medal tally in the pool at the Athens games was matched... more

Torture of Olympic addiction is bringing tears of joy to my eyes

11.08.08
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Thrilled to Brits

11.08.08
Now golden girls - swimmer Rebecca Adlington and cyclist Nicole Cooke - eye more glory as they go for medal double ... more

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