Funding cuts deal blow to hopes of legacy

The funding cuts were expected and uncontroversial, yet they pose a key question: what did we want these Games for?

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

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

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

IAAF in court appeal after drug-test bans

World governing body appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport after seven Russian athletes had suspensions backdated

Isinbayeva in pole position for beauty as well as skill

Olympic gold medallist believes female athletes should look good

Radcliffe discovers that mum's the word

Marathon champion believes that childbirth has turned her into a better athlete, and helped put trials in perspective

Bolt ready to get back down to business

Fastest man on planet aiming for more gold at World Championships

Liu pins his hopes on Achilles surgery

The Chinese 110 metres hurdler has revealed he will miss World Championships in Berlin to undergo an operation in Texas

Van Commenee plans to recreate golden era

Head coach asks former Olympic champions to join an advisory group designed to help Britain's best distance runners

Radcliffe: my vision of runners' centre

Briton is already planning for life after athletics and hopes to establish a specialist centre for long-distance runners

Chambers: still running, still broke, still angry

The disgraced sprinter has a young family to support, an unforgiving sport to battle and a lot to get off his chest

Coach pays for ‘affair’ with Olympic star

Alan Storey, an endurance events coach, has left the UKA due to reports of a personal relationship with runner Kate Reed

Supermarket sweep to erase £79m shortfall

Sainsbury's in talks to become 'tier one' sponsor for 2012 athletes

Van Commenee gets tough with Olympic flops

UK Athletics head coach says there is no room for sentiment over the issue of future funding for British competitors

Radcliffe to race in Flora London Marathon

New York City Marathon winner plans a victorious return in 2008 to the course she has won on three times previously

Radcliffe refuses to look back

Greatest female runner in history easily clinches third New York Marathon victory but still insists on bolt for the line

Radcliffe wins New York Marathon

The Brit led from start to finish to win the ING New York City Marathon women's race for the third time

Radcliffe in appeal over Olympic arena

Britain’s finest marathoner does not want the sport in Britain to lose one of its greatest legacies

Radcliffe says she's still in for the long haul

Briton says she would not swap her marathon achievements for an Olympic gold as she prepares to defend her New York title