Results tagged “Commonwealth Games”

Andy Turner had a golden year in 2010 but he knows his biggest tests will come over the next 12 months or so.

Turner, 30, won the European and Commonwealth 110m hurdles titles last year and now has his sights set on World Championship success in Daegu next month, followed by Olympic glory in London next year.

If you think making New Year resolutions is an easy thing spare a thought for squash player Nick Matthew.

The 30-year-old finished 2010 as World Champion, double Commonwealth Games champion and world number one, leaving him with a headache as to what to aim for in 2011.

The recent Commonwealth Games in Delhi came in for some heavy criticism over the last couple of months with a number of leading athletes pulling out and questions being raised over the facilities.

But legendary British 400m runner Roger Black said the championship was far from being a waste of time.

By Andrew Williams

There must have been some nervous faces in Canary Wharf as the PR disaster of the Delhi Commonwealth Games began to unfold.

The spectre of the London games becoming a similar mire of unfinished buildings, collapsed bridges and contaminated water will have caused sleepless nights at Games organiser Locog.

A former Commonwealth Games sprinter who defrauded Newham Council out of thousands of pounds has escaped a prison sentence.

Matthew Thomas, 34, of Purley in Croydon, took part in athletics events and ran coaching sessions while off sick with a back injury from his job as a payroll officer at the council.

Mo Farah and Christine Ohuruogu have both been named in the England squad for the Commonwealth Games.

The Newham & Essex Beagles athletes will both be strong contenders for medals at the Games, which start in Delhi on October 3, with Farah in fine form after breaking the British 5,000m record last week.

Britain's top female 800m runner wants London's Olympic stadium to be kept for athletics but would be happy to share it with West Ham.

Jenny Meadows, bronze medallist at last year's World Championships and new British indoor record holder, thinks the two sports can happily co-exist at the venue after 2012.

He's the sixth best squash player in the world but Limehouse's Peter Barker is targeting a tournament closer to home in his aims this year.

The 26-year-old ended 2009 with his highest ever world ranking but in 2010 there's one tournament he's desperate to win - the ISS Canary Wharf Classic.

England might have won the Ashes in last year's cricket series but the old rivalry wth Australia will be rekindled on the netball court next month.

The countries meet in the Co-operative international series, with the third and final match at The O2 arena on February 23.