10 August 2012 - The 3rd Siberian International Marathon (SIM) is scheduled for Sunday 12 August at 17:00, to coincide with the start of the men’s Olympic Marathon in London, with Omsk time running 6 hours ahead of Greenwich.

10 August 2012 - London, UK - “My moment will come one day. I am still young.” These were the words from David Rudisha when he had missed out on qualifying for the Beijing Olympic Games four years ago due to an injury.

10 August 2012 - London, UK - You will all know the celebrated last words of the Emperor Vespasian – “I think I am in the process of becoming a god”. Even on his deathbed, Vespasian was a man much given to irony, whereas the full-of-...

9 August 2012 - Ashton Eaton may be the Decathlon World record holder and – now, Olympic champion – but he was happy to let his fellow American and silver medallist Trey Hardee, the 2009 and 2011 World champion, do the talking for him when...

With a fourth round 69.55m, Barbora Spotakova of the Czech Republic tonight became only the second woman and the first since Ruth Fuchs (GDR; 1972 / 76) to retain the Olympic Javelin Throw title in an event which was first contested in 1932.

9 August 2012 - London, UK - Tirunesh Dibaba is just one race away from making Olympic history. Should she triumph in the 5000m final tomorrow night (Friday 10), she will have won more individual Olympic golds than any other woman.