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Murray in the mix for record third BBC award
AFP, Published on 29/11/2016
» LONDON - Andy Murray could round off his sensational year which has seen him finish as men's tennis world number one and win both Wimbledon and the Olympic title with a historic third BBC Sports Personality of the Year award.
Rain fails to dampen Olympic and Paralympic heroes parade
AFP, Published on 18/10/2016
» MANCHESTER (UNITED KINGDOM) - A colourful parade featuring 400 of Britain's hugely successful Olympic and Paralympics athletes including recently retired athletics great Jessica Ennis-Hill gave great cheer to several hundred thousand rain-soaked spectators in Manchester on Monday.
Triumphant Brits return home from Olympics in gold-nosed plane
AFP, Published on 23/08/2016
» LONDON - Great Britain's triumphant Olympic team returned home on Tuesday when a gold-nosed aircraft brought home a host of athletes clutching gold, silver and bronze from the Rio Games.
Olympic boxing on brink after judging controversies
AFP, Published on 22/08/2016
» RIO DE JANEIRO - Bloody and bruised, Olympic boxing was left teetering on the brink of crisis at the Olympics with several fighters complaining they were the victims of bad judging decisions and a few alleging more sinister wrongdoing.
Britain flexes sporting 'superpower' muscle
AFP, Published on 22/08/2016
» LONDON - Twenty years after a stinging Olympic failure, Britain has risen from the ashes to become a sporting "superpower" typified by the exploits of cycling lovebirds Jason Kenny and Laura Trott.
'Sporting superpower' Britain hails record Rio run
AFP, Published on 22/08/2016
» RIO DE JANEIRO - Britain is now "a sporting superpower", one of the prime architects of its stunning success at the Rio Olympics on Sunday.
Boxer Adams hopes to get more girls into sport after Rio gold
AFP, Published on 21/08/2016
» RIO DE JANEIRO - Nicola Adams said she wants to inspire more children, especially girls, to get involved in sport after making history by winning a second Olympic boxing title.
Quotes of the day from Rio
AFP, Published on 21/08/2016
» RIO DE JANEIRO - Top quotes from the Rio Olympics on Saturday:
Britain's Adams first woman to retain Olympic boxing title
AFP, Published on 21/08/2016
» RIO DE JANEIRO - Britain's Nicola Adams on Saturday wrote herself into the history books once more as she became the first woman to retain an Olympic boxing title in Rio.
Thirty golds up for grabs on Rio's super-charged Saturday
AFP, Published on 20/08/2016
» RIO DE JANEIRO - Thirty golds are up for grabs on Saturday, the penultimate day of the Rio Games, with Brazil looking to crown their party with a first Olympic football gold.