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New heights Russia’s Yelena Isinbayeva staked her claim for pole vault gold in Athens by breaking the world record in Birmingham last week. She jumped 4.89m, bettering Svetlana Feofanova’s old
The Dons face the Dons
Football’s Wimbledon Dons played the Dons of Huelva in the inaugural Portimão Cup at the Portimonense Stadium recently. But anyone expecting to see the Wimbledon of old would have been
Football – Portimao up
Following the long drawn out saga of whether relegated Portimonense were to take Salgueiros’ place in the Liga da Honra [Portugal’s First Division] or not, which went to the PFA’s
The road to Athens – SPOTLIGHT – (Wo)Man of the moment
Richard Kruse is hoping to emulate the youthful boldness shown by Wayne Rooney during Euro 2004 when fencing for Great Britain in Athens this August. The 20-year-old University student has
Motor Racing – German GP
Michael Schumacher was determined to extend his winning run in front of his home fans at Hockenheim. He was fastest in free training and confirmed his good form by taking
Football – American Cup
As the South American championships moved into its final stages, the favourites enjoyed contrasting fortunes. Record champions Argentina eased past their semi-final opponents Columbia by a 3-0 margin, despite missing
Cycling – The history-maker
Five-time Tour winner Lance Armstrong turned the third and final week of the world’s greatest cycle-race into a victory procession. As the week progressed it was difficult to tell if
NEWS IN BRIEF
Drubbing The Great Britain men’s hockey team, medal contenders in Athens, was beaten 2-0 and 3-1 by India and Germany in quick succession during the four nations tournament in Dusseldorf
The road to Athens – Flag of convenience
The recent inclusion of American journeyman runner Malachi Davis in the British Olympic team has once more highlighted the questionable practice of athletes foregoing their country of birth in order
The road to Athens
The football is over and appropriately Greece were the winners. During the next few weeks, we will keep you up-to-date with all the latest information surrounding the world’s greatest sporting