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Thursday, 30 March 2017 :  Jo Pavey admits it will be a bittersweet experience receiving her first global medal after the 2007 World Championship silver medal result for Elvan Abeylegesse was annulled for a drug offence. The IAAF confirmed the Turkish athlete was guilty of committing a doping offence during …

Wednesday, 28 March 2017 :  Murray, 29, pulled out of the Miami Open almost a week before his opening match because of the problem. GB captain Leon Smith conceded it was “a big loss to our team” to be without the world number one. Dan Evans, Kyle Edmund, Jamie Murray …

Thursday, 16 March 2017 :  This year’s squad does include Gemili and Ujah, as well seven of the eight runners from Britain’s two Olympic bronze-winning women’s relay teams. British Athletics performance director Neil Black said the selection showed that “we are taking these championships incredibly seriously”. “We really only have …

Friday, 24 February 2017 :  The 28-year-old saved four penalties as Great Britain beat the Netherlands in a shootout to win Olympic gold in Rio. GB women’s coach Danny Kerry and assistant coach Karen Brown won the world’s best male and female coaches. Hockey players, coaches and fans vote for …

  Wednesday, 15 Feb 2017 :  Great Britain face a potentially tough test in Romania after the draw was made for April’s Fed Cup World Group II play-offs ties. The match will take place on 22 and 23 April as Britain bid to reach the competition’s second tier for the …

  Thursday, 9 Feb 2017 :  Singles wins for Heather Watson and Johanna Konta, and a doubles victory for Jocelyn Rae and Laura Robson, gave Britain a 3-0 win in Group C. They go on to face Latvia on Thursday and Turkey on Friday, with the group winners earning a …

Wednesday, 8 Feb 2017 :  The British Athletics Indoor Team Trials will be broadcast live on the BBC Sport website this weekend. The event, which will see athletes competing for places at next month’s European Indoors in Belgrade, takes place on 11-12 February at the English Institute of Sport in …

Monday, 28 August 2017 :  Great Britain’s Liam Heath has now completed the Canoe Sprint Grand Slam after taking gold at the World Championships in Czech Republic on Sunday. Heath – the Olympic champion at Rio 2016 in the K1 200m – triumphed over the same distance in Racice to …

Wednesday, 17 May 2017 :  The British number one beat Russia’s Yulina Putintseva 6-3 6-0 at the Rome International on Tuesday in a match lasting one hour and 48 minutes. Konta, who will celebrate her 26th birthday on Wednesday, saved four break points in the first set, before taking it …

Tuesday, 9 May 2017 :  The pair, who both compete for the City of Bristol, will turn out for their country at the European Junior Championships in June, before stepping up to senior level a month later. The European event will take place at the Tasmajdan Swim Centre in Belgrade …