Last year, Scott Lincoln achieved GB's best ever World Championships shot put placing.
Now he wants to reward the anonymous couple who have funded his career by winning medals and "cleaning up" the British record.
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“I’m not stupid - I know I’ve been pretty unfortunate, but I’ve also had a lot of amazing things happen. I love my life.”
Paralysed, Paralympic gold and a cancer diagnosis. Through it all, the extraordinary Jo Butterfield never stopped smiling. Now history awaits.
“I feel the same butterflies as when I played in the Premier League. And it keeps me young.”
For the last six years of his Chelsea/Arsenal career, Petr Cech secretly did weekly ice hockey training. Now, aged 43, he travels the country playing for fourth-tier club Haringey Huskies.
How decisive might this missed opportunity prove in West Ham’s survival plight? An xG of 2.87 from 20 shots, but no goals.
Report from West Ham 0-0 Bournemouth
What a pleasant surprise to see Jeremiah Azu run the 200m to complete a British indoor sprint double.
The 200m isn't even contested internationally indoors. So why put himself through three additional races in three hours without need? “Mainly for the training.”
First Keely Hodgkinson, then Georgia Hunter Bell and Josh Kerr.
Britain’s top trio had perfectly legitimate reasons for dropping out of Sunday's UK Indoor Championships. But their withdrawals dealt a succession of blows to paying fans in Birmingham.
A sports ticket comes with no certainty of getting to watch the headline act.
Birmingham’s Saturday crowd saw Keely Hodgkinson in the form of her life. Her decision to skip the UK Championships final means no such joy for their Sunday counterparts.
“Last year was very tough. I’m somebody who runs fast when I’m happy.”
Watching her young rival Amy Hunt win a world medal last summer suggested a possible new era for British female sprinting. But another British title shows Dina Asher-Smith is nowhere near done yet.
Over two months last winter, Jeremiah Azu won world, European, British and Welsh 60m gold. And became a dad for the first time.
Now defending his titles, he believes this indoor season can be even better.
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Emile Cairess intends to beat Mo Farah's British record "by a fair way" at this year's London Marathon. But his first ambition is simply to race more, following a wretched run of bad lack.
Read the full @athleticsweekly.com interview: athleticsweekly.com/news/why-emi...
“It’s not enough to be the inspirational face of bobsleigh. This is not a gimmick. We want to win.”
Everyone knows the story of Cool Runnings. Now, Jamaica’s bobsleigh team plan to use the film to propel them to a Winter Olympics medal.
It was a treat to interview John Virgo a few years ago (ignore the clickbait nature of the Telegraph headline featuring a quote he didn’t even say).
He was warm, generous and I could have filled thousands more words with his stories.
“What we deliver against the odds is unbelievable.”
Despite zero world-class snow facilities, GB skiers and snowboarders have won 77 major international medals since 2022. Hopes are at an all-time high for this month’s Winter Olympics.
Thank goodness for a moment of Charalampos Kostoulas bicycle-kick majesty to save another match dominated by dreary VAR debate.
Report from Brighton 1-1 Bournemouth.
Brantham Athletic are the only team in English football's top eight tiers yet to win a league game this season. But there's little doom and gloom.
A piece about community sports clubs, gallows humour and an unlikely link-up with Paris Saint-Germain.
"You can look at my career as a bit of a failure. It's quite sad. But I'm content."
Mental-health struggles meant Jack Green ran his last professional race aged 26. Now he's using his experiences to help others excel.
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Unloved by the masses, shunned by most elites, but thriving among club runners.
A look at the current state of cross-country running and where it might go in the future (including some major events potentially coming to Britain...).
The dream farewell for Antoine Semenyo. Misery upon misery for Tottenham: defeat, injuries and their manager drinking from an Arsenal cup.
Report from Bournemouth 3-2 Tottenham.
My friend Dan and I have an annual tradition of scoring a goal in every goal at Hackney Marshes.
Sadly, ankle surgery rules me out this year. But everyone is invited. So join - it's great fun, not at all competitive and very silly. Sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/score-a-go...
They played 12 games between them, but neither West Ham nor Brighton managed a single win in December.
Report from a strangely entertaining 2-2 draw.
Arsenal are making a habit of causing their fans’ anxiety levels to rise. But what they are managing to do, given their relentless injuries, is remarkable.
Match report from Arsenal 2-1 Brighton.
“It feels like we are being excluded; like being deaf doesn’t count.”
Charlotte Gower won seven Deaflympic medals last month. She is a British sporting star. But - unlike GB Olympians and Paralympians - she receives no funding, no support and no fanfare.
“Retirement didn’t come into my mind. Mummy can still do it and chase her dreams.”
Seven months after giving birth, Nat Metcalf will be back playing for England this weekend with her daughter watching.
10 points clear at the top of the Championship, Coventry City are delighted members of the Cult of Frank Lampard.
“It’s as much of a normal Saturday as it can be. But I don’t think there’s any joy.”
Eight weeks after the tragic death of Billy Vigar, who collided with a perimeter wall during a match, Wingate & Finchley have finally returned to their home ground.
"I couldn't step off the train because I said I'd get back. I was fighting myself."
After almost dying in a motorbike crash, James Ellington spent years striving for a third Olympics. Then, he quietly stopped.
An admirably honest @athleticsweekly.com interview: pocketmags.com/athletics-we...
Newcastle haven’t won an away Premier League game since April. Something is going very wrong.
Report from Brentford’s fully deserved 3-1 win.
"It's the T20 cricket version of rowing. A real spectator sport and far more exciting."
Sand run, sea row, sand run. Welcome to beach sprint rowing, coming to the LA 2028 Olympics.
