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The Rio 2016 Olympic Games are on the hunt for volunteers from around the world as their recruitment programme opens for applications.
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Becky Downie believes Great Britain’s women are only just getting warmed up after qualifying for the team final at the World Artistic G...
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Olympic silver medallist Nathan Robertson believes tonight’s opening fixtures of the National Badminton League (NBL) represent an excit...
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Dan Purvis insists Great Britain have their eyes firmly on an historic medal after qualifying for the 2014 World Championships team fin...
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Max Whitlock insists he will be putting any thoughts of fatigue to one side as he tries to help Great Britain to team success at the Wo...
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Sally Conway admitted she was determined to prove a point as she defeated Italian Jennifer Pitzanti to clinch gold in the under-70kg ca...
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Great Britain’s most successful swimmer Rebecca Adlington believes the nation’s current crop of talent are right on track to go and tak...
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Andy Murray was left wondering what could have been after missing out on a spot in the China Open final after defeat to Novak Djokovic....
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Claudia Fragapane might have been one of the stars of the summer but she insists she isn’t feeling any pressure ahead of her World Gymn...
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Daniel Purvis was left toasting a job well done as Great Britain’s male gymnasts got their 2014 World Championships off to fine start i...
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Dani King is adamant a year spent concentrating on the road will leave her best prepared to defend her Olympic team pursuit title at Ri...
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Andy Murray insists that he is starting to feel like himself again after breezing into the last four of the China Open.
The British num...
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John Jackson insists he is prepared to take things slowly as he bids to make his comeback from yet another Achilles injury.
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Becky Downie insists she is setting her sights on completing a memorable hat-trick as she goes for uneven bars gold at the World Gymnas...
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British Swimming head coach Bill Furniss believes this year’s FINA Short Course World Championships can be a useful learning experience...
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Gymnast Dan Keatings insists he will not be lacking for confidence when he kicks off his 2014 World Championships in China tomorrow.
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Memories of her Olympic skeleton success will always burn bright for Lizzy Yarnold but she insists her attention is now switched firmly...
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The British Olympic Association (BOA) announced today that double Olympic sailing gold medallist Sarah Gosling has been appointed Team ...
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Currently sidelined following shoulder surgery, Olympic boxing champion Nicola Adams has warned her rivals there is room for even more ...
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Taekwondo fighter Damon Sansum insists he is paying attention to the small details as he bids for Rio 2016 success.
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Max Whitlock admits he is relishing the chance to go up against reigning Olympic and world champion Kohei Uchimura in Nanning.
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Katie Summerhayes admits her Sochi disappointment is propelling her towards gold at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.
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Olympic canoe champion Etienne Stott believes the signs are promising after he and Mark Proctor got their new partnership off to a winn...
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After an injury-plagued 2014, cyclist Chris Froome is looking ahead with confidence to next season, insisting this year’s set-backs wil...
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He may have ended his title drought by lifting the Shenzhen Open trophy over the weekend but Andy Murray is already eyeing up more succ...
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Sir Bradley Wiggins admitted completing an historic treble at his last Road World Championships had been the ideal way to end a difficu...
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Jess Varnish insists she will not be easing off despite successfully defending all four titles at the British Cycling National Track Ch...
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Rio 2016 may be two years out but recently crowned world sailing champion Giles Scott admits the countdown is already well underway.
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Ben Swift admitted the final climb proved his undoing as he finished 12th place in the men’s World Championship road race in Spain.
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Andy Murray admitted he needed Lady Luck on his side after he saved five match points before going on to beat Tommy Robredo in the fina...
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Alpine skiing involves all skiing events which occur on a downhill course and do not involve ramps or bumps.
The Olympic alpine competition consists of ten event...
Imagine sprinting up 25 flights of stairs and, once at the top, trying to thread a needle five times in a row without once missing the hole. Imagine doing that over and ...
Bobsleigh consists of three events in the Olympic programme; the male four-man and two-man and female two-man. Each event consists of four heats, held on two consecutive...
The cross country skiing discipline involves racing over undulating terrain along a series of prepared tracks. Skiers set off at intervals and race against the...
Curling is a sport where players slide stones across a sheet of ice towards a target area. Two teams, each of four players, take turns sliding eight stones across the ic...
There are five Olympic figure skating events: ladies singles, mens singles, pairs, ice dancing and the newly introduced event for the 2014 Olympics – the Team Even...
Freestyle skiing consists of aerials and moguls plus the ‘new school’ events of ski cross, half pipe and slopestyle. All are dynamic and spectacular to watch...
At the Olympic Winter Games, women compete in an eight-team tournament whereas men compete in a 12-team tournament.
Each country may have one men’s and one...
A competition based on a sled that takes place on the same run as the Bobsleigh and Skeleton.
The competitor sits on the sled and rocks forward and back on fixed...
In Nordic Combined the athletes compete in both cross-country skiing and ski jumping.
Until the 1950s, the cross-country race was held first, followed by th...
The juxtaposition of speed and potential spills makes this one of the most thrilling of all Olympic Winter sports. It is one of the few events where competitors race dir...
Taking place on the same artificially refrigerated ice tracks, skeleton is one of the three sliding sports along with Bobsleigh and Luge.
The athlete pushe...
An incredibly technical and graceful discipline, in which competitors seem to defy gravity as they hang in the air over the hill. Amazing skill is required to fly 80 met...
Snowboarding competition consists of downhill racing and freestyle snowboarding – snowboard cross, halfpipe and slopestyle. Snowboarders are often seen as the surf...
Speed skating consists of 12 events, which along with cross-country is the most number of events per sport at the Games.
All events are skated once, with the exc...
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