Smash Hit

Radcliffe ponders break

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

Manchester track paved with gold for Team GB

Brilliant Sir Chris Hoy leads from the front as the home nation demonstrates its best form since the Beijing Olympics

Victorious trio await race schedule for 2012

Wendy Houvenaghel, Lizzie Armitstead and Jo Rowsell have become a winning combination and a team of recordbreakers

Cold war starts as BOA says it is frozen out

Canadians' sense of fair play questioned ahead of Winter Games

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

Golden future for British girls beckons

Cycling: Victoria Pendleton’s crown is in danger as Becky James, Jessica Varnish and Jo Rowsell push for an Olympic place

Radcliffe has the whole world at her feet

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

'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

London calling: 1,000 days to 2012 Olympics

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

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?

Sensors could give Britain Olympic edge

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

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

Holmes issues rallying call to women

The Olympic hero wants changes at the top of sport's governing bodies, with more women holding prominent positions

Younger siblings and village people favoured

Olympics: Profile for sporting talent is to have older brothers, be born late in the year and to live rurally

Romero may seek another gold standard

Gold medal-winner in Beijing might have to switch from track to road

Pain the price of winter glory for Gillings

Snowboarder and self-proclaimed adrenalin junkie is determined to drag her broken body on to the top step of Vancouver podium

Olympic chiefs reject calls to take a pay cut

The Olympic Delivery Authority chairman refuses to consider reducing his salary or the chief executive’s £537,000 package