3+ day, 9+ hour ago  (498+ words) On 29 March 1981, just over 7,000 " mostly male " runners set off on the 26.2-mile route from...Simonsen, a 27-year-old Norwegian, "officially" won the first London marathon in 2 hours 11 minutes 48 seconds yesterday, the...Brasher, modelled it on the 11-year-old New York marathon. His…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (327+ words) BBC viewers were left fuming after the coverage of the cross-country skiing during the Winter Olympics...frustration with this year's Winter Olympics coverage from Italy after being compelled to abandon a...Whilst the action transferred from iPlayer to live coverage…...

4+ week, 3+ hour ago  (570+ words) Shropshire man forced to withdraw from last year's London Marathon after undergoing emergency surgery is preparing...extended right hemicolectomy to remove a large part of his colon. Dave spent 10 days in hospital and faced a long recovery, forcing him to…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (99+ words) Top distance runner to miss London Marathon after sustaining freak injury - Olympic champion...Sifan Hassan has withdrawn from next month's London Marathon due to an Achilles injury. - The Dutch runner...5,000m and 10,000m double at Tokyo 2020 and won the London Marathon…...

6+ day, 10+ hour ago  (479+ words) The Sheffield Half Marathon is an infamously difficult course. Set in one of the hilliest cities in the country, it is only right...an extremely tough climb. For those who have never run the Sheffield Half Marathon, the hill can…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (37+ words) LIVE: Gate River Run finish line camera'News4JAX LIVE: Gate River Run finish line camera Gate River Run is sobriety checkpoint for one ultramarathon finisher...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (426+ words) events where the athletes put themselves at risk of serious physical harm. At the men's freestyle skiing halfpipe qualifiers there was plenty of attention on world champion Finley Melville Ives of New Zealand, but on his second run he…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (384+ words) Three people are taking on the London Marathon this April to raise vital funds for the South...based at Basingstoke Resource Centre, and community first responders Laura Herridge and Simon Donnelly are...line in April " and get across the finishing…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (439+ words) BBC(Image: PA) The BBC has suffered another setback ahead of this year's Boat Race, after it emerged the broadcaster will also lose its radio coverage of the historic sporting event. Channel 4's five-year...to replace the BBC as…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago  (289+ words) The Sheffield Half Marathon route included a hill climb and a downhill sprint - spot anyone...braved wind and rain to tackle the Sheffield Half Marathon earlier today (March 29). The race, which began...sprint section, and then crossing the finish line…...