Results tagged “world champion”

World and European 5,000m champion Mo Farah will replicate his successful preparations of 2011 as he builds up his bid for Olympic glory.

The Newham & Essex Beagles athlete, who is now based in the United States, will start his 2012 build-up with indoor runs at the Aviva Grand Prix events in Glasgow and Birmingham.

Former world heavyweight champion David Haye will be in Canary Wharf this lunchtime to sign copies of his biography.

The Bermondsey-born boxer quit the ring on his 31st birthday last month, having lost his WBA title to Witali Klitschko earlier in the year.

Former world heavyweight champion David Haye has officially announced his retirement from boxing.

The Bermondsey-born fighter celebrates his 31st birthday today, and kept his word that he would not continue in the ring when he reached that age.

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.

It's been another exciting sporting year and plenty of big names have appeared in the pages of The Wharf, including West Ham manager Gianfranco Zola, a quartet of England cricket captains and two heroes of the 1966 World Cup win.

We look back at what's been making the headlines locally and nationally over the last 12 months.

Squash fans should book dates in their diaries for next March after tickets for the 2010 ISS Canary Wharf Squash Classic went on sale.

The ever-popular event, which attracted eight of the world's top 10 players earlier this year, returns to the East Wintergarden between March 22-26.

David Haye is already planning the first defence of his world heavyweight title and it could be at The O2.

Bermondsey-born Haye won the WBA version of the crown when he defeated giant Russian Nikolai Valuev on points in Nuremburg on Saturday.

The Royal Docks becomes the focus of the triathlon world next week as thousands of competitors take part in one of the sport's showpiece events.

The Mazda London Triathlon takes place over the weekend of August 1-2 with some of the world's best in action, including former world champion Tim Don.