Maccarinelli reveals thoughts on new career

Former cruiserweight champion will fight Francisco Alvarez but is thinking of changing direction towards cage fighting

£50m shortfall will destroy athletes' dreams

British Olympic Association condemns Government's decision not to fill funding gap for elite athletes as plans are torn up

London 2012: four more years of pain to go

The Olympic rowers sign up for further lung-bursting sacrifice

Triumphant Boddy lays bare soul of boxing

Books: Boxing: A Cultural History is a penetrating, sparky and intelligent insight into the art and philosophy of the sport

Gavin pulls no punches over weight

Boxer says that pressure to fight at lightweight in Olympics proved a nightmare and could have put his health at risk

Green Dragon team hope for better fortune

Ian Walker is frustrated by a broken boom and drop from third place to seventh in the second leg of the Volvo Ocean Race

DeGale's dream of second gold medal ends

Decision to turn professional influenced by £1.5million contract and lack of ABA offer to represent UK in London Olympics

Radcliffe aiming to make rapid return

British runner is planning to have a crack at her own world record in her first London Marathon appearance since 2005

Burress may face a jail sentence

New York Giants wide receiver shoots himself in the foot during a visit to a nightclub in Manhattan's Latin Quarter

Armstrong low-key over chances of Tour win

Seven-times Tour de France winner confirms he will rejoin race in 2009 but denies he is looking for individual glory

Patriots to face Buccaneers at Wembley

Tampa Bay Buccaneers to play New England Patriots in the third NFL regular season game to be played in London

The myopia that poses a threat to fishing

Wild trout are under pressure from pollution, abstraction and neglect, yet most anglers remain oblivious to these threats

Ohuruogu allowing herself no rest

Olympic 400 metres champion is not enjoying winter training but is focused on the defence of her world title in Berlin

Townend claims victory with fearless ride

Briton, riding Flint Curtis, wins £100,000 first prize in the inaugural Express Eventing International Cup in Cardiff

Adams sets sights on 2012 Games place

Leeds student has ambitions for home Olympics after winning silver in women’s World Championships bantamweight division

De La Hoya sets up £20m Hatton showdown

If American beats Manny Pacquiao, Golden Boy Promotions will move quickly to line up a fight with the Mancunian

Paula Radcliffe: Don’t write me off for 2012

Runner Paula Radcliffe on her love affair with New York and hopes for the London Olympics

Sports letters: Rugby league 'superior'

Golding fights ice with fire

The leading pack in this Vendee are nearing the waters that eddy unhindered round the foot of the world

The top 10 sports stars pretty in pink