t-and-f: UK Sport to cut funding for athletes who fail to deliver

By Mike Rowbottom 28 January 2005 Many of Britain's Olympic athletes will feel the pinch next week when UK Sport announces funding packages for the four years leading to the 2008 Beijing Games. Although the total available to the World Class Performance programme in the next Olympic cycle will

t-and-f: Olympic champions lined up by Coe to impress 2012 inspection team

By Simon Hart (Filed: 30/01/2005) Double Gold medallist Dame Kelly Holmes will be aiming for another Olympic victory when a team of International Olympic Committee inspectors arrive in London next month to assess the capital's bid to stage the 2012 Games. Holmes is one of a number of

t-and-f: Kokloni 7.18 WL, results from Greece

The second indoor meeting in Peania, Athens, brought a long jump national record for Greece, set by Luis Tsatoumas, who jumped 8.15 m. in his first attempt. Georgia Kokloni, the bronze medalist of the European Indoor Championships 2002, clocked 7.18 in the 60m, approaching her personal best,

t-and-f: London's Olympic dream in tatters

Key British officials admit Paris 'will win' as lack of funds for sport drains IOC support Denis Campbell and Helena Smith in Athens Sunday January 30, 2005 The Observer London has in effect abandoned hope of winning the 2012 Olympic Games, because it is so far behind Paris, key members of the

t-and-f: Holmes passes hunger test

By Simon Hart (Filed: 30/01/2005) A couple of hours before she pulled on a British vest for the first time since her double Olympic triumph last summer, a burst of There is nothing like a dame filled Glasgow's Kelvin Hall as the star turn of yesterday's Norwich Union International jogged around

t-and-f: Mosop, Kiprop take top spots in cross-country race

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=trackandfieldid=1979638 Associated Press ALBUFEIRA, Portugal -- Kenyans Moses Mosop and Nancy Kiprop won cross-country races Sunday at the Almond Blossom International. Mosop, seventh in the 10,000 meters at the Athens Olympics, won the 10-kilometer

t-and-f: Gebrselassie wins half marathon in Spain

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=trackandfieldid=1979669 Associated Press MADRID, Spain -- Haile Gebrselassie enjoyed an easy victory Sunday in the Almeria Half Marathon, a race the Ethiopian star said he would use to see if he's ready for the London Marathon. He covered the 13.1

t-and-f: Osaka International Women's Marathon results

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=trackandfieldid=1979583 Reuters Internet Delivery System OSAKA, Jan 30 - Leading results from the Osaka International Women's Marathon on Sunday (Japanese unless stated): 1. Elena Prokopcuka (Latvia) 2:22:56 2. Mari Ozaki 2:23:59 3. Harumi Hiroyama