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Farah and Ennis in short lists for IAAF World Athlete of the Year

By Mike Rowbottom

October 11 - Mo Farah and Jessica Ennis, Britain's European Athletes of 2012, are both on the shortlist for World Athlete of the Year along with last year's winners Jamaican Usain Bolt, who retained his Olympic 100 and 200 metres titles this year and Australia's Sally Pearson, who added Olympic gold to her world 100m hurdles title, winning 25 of her 26 races last season.

Armstrong "ran sophisticated doping programme" reveals evidence

By Emily Goddard

By Mike Rowbottom

October 10 - Lance Armstrong's United States Postal Service (USPS) Pro Cycling team "ran the most sophisticated, professionalised and successful doping programme that sport has ever seen", according to the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA).

Aviva confirms split with UK Athletics after 13 years

By Emily Goddard

By Mike Rowbottom

October 10 - Aviva has today confirmed that it will relinquish its 13-year headline sponsorship of UK Athletics at the end of 2012.

FIFA to avoid empty seats at World Cup with new ticketing system

By Emily Goddard

By Andrew Warshaw at the Leaders in Football Conference at Stamford Bridge in London

October 10 - FIFA is to implement a new ticketing resale system for the 2014 World Cup designed to avoid the large swathes of empty seats that plagued the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics, and the 2012 UEFA European Championship finals in Poland and Ukraine.

Exclusive: I can take ITU to the next level, says Presidency candidate Yu

By Tom Degun

October 10 - South Korea's Yu Kyung-sun, who will challenge Marisol Casado for the Presidency of the International Triathlon Union (ITU) later this month, has outlined his ambition to take the world governing body to "the next level" if he is elected to the high profile position.

Moscow 2013 responds to Diack comment as IAAF World Championships tickets go on sale early

By Mike Rowbottom

October 10 - Moscow 2013 – which earlier this week declined the services of Usain Bolt in its promotional video after he was reported to have asked for too high a fee – said today it will start selling tickets online on October 15, almost a year before the International Associations of Athletics Federation (IAAF) World Championships get underway in the Luzhniki Stadium on August 10-18.

McIlroy can carry flag at Rio 2016 Opening Ceremony if he represents Ireland, says Hickey

By Tom Degun

October 10 - Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI) President Pat Hickey has claimed that golf star Rory McIlroy can carry the Irish flag at the Rio 2016 Olympic Opening Ceremony if he represents the country at the Games.

Renshaw appointed as acting head coach of Loughborough ITC

By Emily Goddard

By Mike Rowbottom

October 9 - Kevin Renshaw has been appointed as acting head coach at the British Gas Loughborough Intensive Training Centre (ITC) following the departure of head coach Ben Titley, British Swimming announced today.

Britons strike gold at Belarus Judo World Cup

By Emily Goddard

By Mike Rowbottom

October 9 - A four-strong, self-funded British men's team won three gold medals and a bronze at the Minsk World Cup in Belarus.

British Olympic football squad to be no more

By Emily Goddard

By Andrew Warshaw

October 9 - The Olympic football tournament will no longer feature a men's British team, the Football Association (FA) confirmed today.

Daley and Laugher team up to earn second British gold at World Junior Diving Championships

By Emily Goddard

By Mike Rowbottom

October 9 - Tom Daley teamed up in a new partnership with Jack Laugher in the 3-metre synchro event today to bring Britain its second gold at the FINA World Junior Diving Championships in Adelaide, Australia.

Bolt "too expensive" for Moscow 2013 video promotion

By Emily Goddard

By Mike Rowbottom

October 9 - Moscow 2013 has declined the services of Usain Bolt, who was supposed to appear in its promotional video for the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships, after the Jamaican star asked for too high a fee, it has been reported.

RFU chief rules out Sir Clive's return

By Tom Degun

October 9 - Rugby Football Union (RFU) chief executive Ian Ritchie has ruled out an imminent return to Twickenham for Sir Clive Woodward, who left his post as director of sport at the British Olympic Association (BOA) last week.

Caborn spearheads key changes Amateur Boxing of England

By Tom Degun

October 9 - Richard Caborn, the new chairman of the Amateur Boxing Association of England (ABAE), has spearheaded a number of key changes to the way the organisation is governed as part of an on-going process of modernisation.

London 2012 medallist Park Jong-Woo still under investigation by FIFA over political message dispute

By Andrew Warshaw

October 9 - FIFA has mysteriously postponed its verdict into Park Jong-Woo, the South Korean footballer who was banned from receiving his Olympic bronze medal for displaying a political message at London 2012.

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When British skaters Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean won the Olympic gold medal in ice dance at Sarajevo 1984 with 12 perfect 6.0s from every judge, for their interpretation of Maurice Ravel's Boléro, an important member of their team was singer-actor Michael Crawford. Crawford, who had played Frank Spencer in British sitcom Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em and the title role in the musical The Phantom of the Opera, had become a mentor to the pair in 1981 and went on to help them create their Olympic routine. Crawford said he “taught them how to act". He was present with their trainer Betty Callaway at the ringside at Sarajevo as they created one of the most iconic moments in Olympic history.

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