Summer Sports




Wright clinches Finn gold in Palma

April 2 - Ed Wright (pictured) bagged Britain’s only gold on the final day of the ISAF Sailing World Cup event in Palma, with British sailors picking up a total of five medals from the opening leg of the European regatta today.




Multi-million dollar deal to keep Jamaica on the right track

April 1 - Telecommunications company LIME have announced a J$21 million (£1.5 million/$2.3 million) three-year sponsorship of the Jamaica Amateur Athletic Association (JAAA) youth programmes to try to ensure that the success currently enjoyed by the country - thanks to the likes of Usain Bolt (pictured) and Melanie Walker - continues.




Simmonds holds off world champion Spofforth

By Tom Degun

March 31 - Loughborough swimmer Elizabeth Simmonds (pictured) tonight produced a major shock in the British Gas Swimming Championships when she held off world champion Gemma Spofforth in the 100 metres backstroke final at Ponds Forge in Sheffield.




Adlington holds off rivals to book place in Delhi

By Tom Degun

March 29 - Double Olympic champion Rebecca Adlington (pictured) could hardly contain her delight at seeing off close rivals Jazmin Carlin and Jo Jackson in the 200 metres freestyle on the opening day of the British Gas Swimming Championships at Ponds Forge in Sheffield.