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Caster Semenya to keep gold and decide own future, say South Africans

Caster Semenya is to retain the gold medal she won at the World Athletics Championships in Berlin. Photograph: Markus Schreiber/NY156 Caster Semenya, the South African athlete who was ordered to undergo gender verification tests following her victory ...

From ANNA KESSEL, Guardian Unlimited,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Caster Semenya,  Athletics South Africa,  ASA Limited

Athletics South Africa in damage control

The IAAF council will rule on Friday on the future of South Africa runner Caster Semenya, who won gold in the women's 800m at the World Athletics Championships. Photograph: Markus Schreiber/AP Ray Mali, the temporary manager in charge of Athletics ...

From ANNA KESSEL, Guardian Unlimited,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: ASA Limited,  Athletics South Africa,  Caster Semenya

James adamant he will pass fitness test

David James is confident he can regain the England goalkeeper's jersey in time for the World Cup. Photograph: John Sibley/Action Images David James says he will be fit for England's World Cup campaign in South Africa next year, despite missing the ...

From ANNA KESSEL, Guardian Unlimited,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: David James,  Fabio Capello,  Harry Redknapp

Sportsperson of the year: Jessica Ennis

A slightly smelly cupboard with no windows is a strange place to interview the darling of British athletics. But with the table tennis English Open on at Sheffield's English Institute of Sport, there is a shortage of space and even for the city's ...

From ANNA KESSEL, Guardian Unlimited,  14 Nov 2009

Related Topics: BBC,  Jenson Button,  Nick Griffin,  Kelly Holmes,  Usain Bolt

'The bad times make me stronger'

The Ethiopian runner and race winner Derartu Tula, left, consoles fourth-placed Paula Radcliffe at the end of the New York Marathon. Photograph: Peter Foley/EPA A tearful Paula Radcliffe has admitted that the psychological trauma of bouncing back from ...

From ANNA KESSEL, Guardian Unlimited,  2 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Paula Radcliffe,  Environmental Protection Agency,  Derartu Tulu

Radcliffe rejects suggestions of decline

Defending women's champion Paula Radcliffe reacts after finishing fourth in the New York City Marathon. Photograph: Kathy Willens/AP Paula Radcliffe suffered the third marathon defeat of her career yesterday when she finished fourth in New York and ...

From ANNA KESSEL, Guardian Unlimited,  1 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Paula Radcliffe

Radcliffe loses her New York crown

Paula Radcliffe shows her emotions after finishing fourth in the New York marathon. Photograph: Kathy Willens/AP Paula Radcliffe broke down in tears today as she suffered her first defeat in New York – a race she had been tipped to win for a fourth ...

From ANNA KESSEL, Guardian Unlimited,  1 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Paula Radcliffe,  Derartu Tulu

Radcliffe underlines commitment to GB

Paula Radcliffe celebrates winning the 2009 New York half-marathon, days before withdrawing from the Berlin championships. Photograph: Chris Trotman/Getty Images Paula Radcliffe says she is "hurt" by suggestions that lucrative races – such as today's ...

From ANNA KESSEL, Guardian Unlimited,  31 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Paula Radcliffe,  Derartu Tulu

Radcliffe may take a break for a baby

Paula Radcliffe is targeting a fourth New York Marathon win on Sunday but has plans of a bigger kind in store for 2010. Photograph: Getty Images Paula Radcliffe has given her strongest hint yet that she will take a break next year to have another baby ...

From ANNA KESSEL, Guardian Unlimited,  30 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Paula Radcliffe,  Grete Waitz

Tweddle bounces back to win gold

Beth Tweddle takes to the air during the floor routine that won her gold for Britain at the world championships. Photograph: Nick Ansell/PA Beth Tweddle has done it again, claiming Britain's second ever gymnastics world title today with a stand-out ...

From ANNA KESSEL, Guardian Unlimited,  18 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Elizabeth Tweddle

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