Smash Hit

Usain nearly bolted from cheetah meeting

100 and 200 metres record holder Usain Bolt has adopted a cheetah cub named Lightning Bolt while on a trip to Kenya

Radcliffe ponders break

British world record-holder considering whether to take some time off after finishing fourth in the New York Marathon

Tulu’s warm words not enough to save Briton

Paula Radcliffe receives support from Ethiopian competitor but is unable to surmount recent injury in New York Marathon

Radcliffe facing battle for Olympic gold

British world-record holder finishes fourth in New York Marathon despite suffering from a tendon injury behind her knee

Radcliffe riled in New York

Athletics: runner slates the critics who questioned her motives as she sets out to win a fourth ING New York Marathon

Ennis: ‘The main thing is to be fit’

World heptathlon champion and new Times columnist says that the crushing low of Beijing will always be at back of her mind

Radcliffe has the whole world at her feet

Briton will not obsess about 2012 with so many other prizes at stake

The shy debutant who ran like the wind

Dorothy Parlett defied crippling nerves, adverse London weather and great personal difficulty to win Olympic silver in 1948

'We could have won gold, I feel it in my bones'

Alan Geldard overcame several obstacles to win bronze at the 1948 Olympics in London, but not achieving more still hurts

Hall benefits from bigger picture

American athlete, 27, has sights set on New York City Marathon but aims to donate any prize money won to charity

Radcliffe looks for New York lift again

City that witnessed marathon victory ten months after daughter’s birth is setting for another big-race challenge

London calling: measuring Britain’s progress

After success in Beijing how are likes of Victoria Pendleton and Nick Dempsey shaping up for their home Olympic Games?

London calling: 1,000 days to 2012 Olympics

Time will not pass by those preparing for greatest show on earth

Glorious uncertainty is sport’s trump card

Not knowing what is going to happen next is a quality that sport has abover all other forms of active involvement

Sensors could give Britain Olympic edge

Sports scientists are developing micro devices that will monitor the performance of athletes ahead of the London Games

Sport in brief: London gold still Radcliffe's target

Michael Jonzon's final flourish | Joy for Marcos Baghdatis | Soaring Newcastle Eagles | Commanding Didier Cuche

De Vos aims to be medal detector

Athletics: chief executive says he can see a golden future for British performers and believes team will dazzle in 2012