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Jessica Ennis thrilled at achieving golden dream

17.08.09
Jessica Ennis enjoyed the best two days of her life to claim Britain's first ever heptathlon gold medal in the World Championships in Berlin with a performance of sustained brilliance... more

Christine Ohuruogu laughs off World Championship doubters

13.08.09
Christine Ohuruogu is confident she will have the last laugh at the World Athletics Championships as she attempts to defend her 400metres title... more

I've grown up since Beijing and am now ready to win gold, says Phillips Idowu

12.08.09
Almost a year on from the heartache of finishing second in the Olympic Games, Phillips Idowu claims to have moved on from his disappointment in Beijing... more

Heel problem puts Kelly Sotherton out of Berlin contention

20.07.09
Kelly Sotherton has pulled out of the World Athletics Championships just eight days after saying she was very confident of overcoming a persistent heel injury to compete in Belin... more

Gay hopes to take Crystal Palace by storm

13.07.09
Triple world champion Tyson Gay will run the 200 metres at the Aviva London Grand Prix... more

Dead banker finally named as the father of violin star

23.06.09
A London artist has won a 24-year battle to put her dead millionaire lover’s name on her daughter’s birth certificate... more

Capital cheaper than New York for first time in seven years

10.03.09
The cost of living in London has dropped dramatically as a result of the recession and is now cheaper than New York for the first time since 2002, according to research... more

Christine has got a new Games dream

16.10.08
Athletics: Olympic heroine is hoping to be an inspiration to the young for 2012 now that she has finally cast the doubters aside... more

Ohuruogu will star at Gateshead

26.08.08
Olympics 400-metres gold medallist Christine Ohuruogu will top the bill at the British Grand Prix in Gateshead... more

Idowu falls short of his dream

21.08.08
British triple jump superstar is left inconsolable after failing to land the gold medal he desperately craved ... more

Christine Ohuruogu targets London win

20.08.08
Ohuruogu ends any doubts with a pledge to defend the Olympic title on her home turf in 2012 Games... more

Heptathlete set to lose silver after positive test for steroids

20.08.08
The Beijing Olympics faced its first top-level drugs scandal as a silver medallist who beat Briton Kelly Sotherton in the heptathlon tested positive for anabolic steroids... more

Goldie consigns misery of Osaka to distant past

19.08.08
Goldie Sayers exorcised the wretched memories of her world championship calamity to qualify for the Olympic javelin final in Beijing... more

Ohuruogu enjoys fame after infamy

19.08.08
Determined Brit blasts away her ban trauma by taking gold in the 400 metres... more

Javelin is the key to Kelly's chances

14.08.08
Kelly Sotherton is in fantastic shape, but Britain's hope in the heptathlon could throw it all away with one poor discipline... more

Olympics storm as Russians hit back over bans

01.08.08
The drugs scandal which has engulfed Russia's Olympic athletics team looks poised to cause the first major political conflict of the Games - seven days before the event even starts... more

British athletes leave London for Beijing

29.07.08
As they fly out to Beijing this week, images of 20 star athletes will appear on billboards by the Thames to encourage the British public to cheer them on... more

Golden girls can lap up the attention in grand send-off

25.07.08
Ohuruogu and Sanders are set for another great 400m duel as they take centre stage before heading to Beijing... more

Ohuruogo plays down gold hopes for Beijing

13.06.08
Christine Ohuruogu expects winning Olympic gold will be a tougher challenge than her comeback last summer... more

Veteran Foster is back in the old routine for Beijing

03.06.08
British swimmer Mark Foster is enjoying a fresh lease of life at the age of 38 thanks to a more relaxed regime.... more

Chris Tomlinson groomed for huge leap of faith

27.05.08
The soon-to-be-wed British long jumper is putting his hopes of Olympic glory in front of marital bliss... more

Real sushi in the city

20.02.08
Japanese restaurants are now ten a penny, but only a few are authentic. Check out some of the best places to eat genuine Japanese.... more

Cruise has his day in the Rising Sun

10.10.06
He may be have been dumped by studio Paramount, but Tom Cruise can rest easy in the knowledge that he is still big in Japan after having been given his own day on the country's calendar.... more

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