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Sports book review: Take a swim on the wild side

A couple of hours into a country walk on a hot day when laden with a small rucksack that’s beginning to weigh a little too heavily, is there a more welcoming moment than happening upon a clear, shallow river, the water gushing rapidly over naturally contoured, dapple coloured rocks? Read

Sports book: The Grand National's unique sporting theatre

Given the furore the unexpected victory caused at the time, it’s a wonder no-one has written a book about Foinaven, winner of the 1967 Grand National, although following the publication of David Owen’s engaging account, the wait has proved worthwhile. Read

Win ringside seats to see Darren Barker fight in Betfair's 'London's Finest'

TWO lucky readers havethe chance to watch a night of top quality boxing, with a pair of ringside seats to Betfair's 'London's Finest' show at Wembley Arena.Read

Back to reality for Grey's Anatomy fan

BY NOW, Amber Simukonda should be close to the last episode of Grey’s Anatomy from the box set she took to the Olympic Games village.Read

Gunnersbury girl out in women's 400m heats

GUNNERSBURY girl Amber Simukonda’s Olympic dream was over pretty much as soon as it had begun in yesterday’s London 2012 women’s 400m heats.Read

Denly: One of my toughest innings

JOE DENLY labelled the first day of the County Championship clash with Warwickshire ‘On of the hardest day’s batting of my life.’Read

West London athlete sat oblivious 200 yards from start of Munich massacre

BY HIS own reckoning, Peter Marlow is a man who has managed to be in the right place at the right time.Read

Cyclist from London 1948 still cycles eight miles a day

IT IS a safe bet that the athletes at this summer’s Olympians will be chauffeured around in luxury, living in five-star accommodation and feasting on carefully tailored nutritional diets.Read

From swimming on a family holiday to Olympic bronze

SHE was to become an Olympic medallist just eight years later, but when Margaret Edwards first tried to join a swimming club as a nine-year-old in 1948 she was turned away.Read

Coach missed Linford's golden moment in Barcelona

IT MAY be 20 years old – but here is a world exclusive. The man who took Linford Christie to Olympic gold has finally revealed he didn’t actually see the race.Read

The athlete who made David Coleman forget himself

“AND who cares who’s third – it doesn’t matter,” screamed a delirious David Coleman as Great Britain claimed its solitary athletics gold in the 1968 Olympics.Read

Bradley Wiggins not just a Tour De France hero

TO DESCRIBE an Olympic gold medal as just another ‘high profile training run’ seems incredibly modest – but that is what the best in cycling do – provided they have the right people whispering in their ear.Read

The Hayes hod carrier who ended Britain's boxing drought

HER Majesty whispered in Chris Finnegan's ear she had stayed up late to see him win Great Britain's first Olympic boxing gold in 14 years.Read

Sly's silver took second billing to Budd-Decker clash

WHEN folk discover Wendy Sly is an Olympic silver medallist it’s easier if she tells them she was in the famous Zola Budd-Mary Decker final.Read

'Mighty Mouse' struck gold in a barren year for Britain

THE reason Don Thompson MBE is famous is because the bespectacled clerk had the good luck to win an Olympic gold for Britain when no one else did.Read

Tommie Smith inspires next generation in West London

AS the countdown to London 2012 reaches its climax, we take a look at West London's Olympic legacy - whether through Olympians from the area, or those who have had a lasting impact on it. Today, with 10 days left, Paul Warburton looks at how a former Olympic legend is helping the next generation of West Londoners fulfil their athletic potential.Read

How DeGale ripped up the form book to win Olympic gold

SO HOW was it than the 80-1 outsider won the 2008 Olympic middleweight gold medal?Read

Pietri was hero of original London Olympics

THERE is no doubt that sometimes the gallant loser lives longer in the memory.Read

Wimbledon: Murray won the heart of a nation

He may have lost a tennis match but Andy Murray's heroic effort to win Wimbledon has at last won him a place in the hearts of the nation, even though his efforts over more than three and half hours led to a four set defeat by the greatest tennis player ever in Roger Federer.Read

Wimbledon: Serena's extraordianry comeback

Serena Williams capped an extraordinary comeback - virtually from her deathbed - when winning a topsy-turvy Women's Final at Wimbledon yesterday. In a curate's egg of a match what looked like being a humiliation of her opponent Agnieszka Radwanska turned into a nailbiter of a FinalRead