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Willis to chase double at Commonwealth Games

December 18 - Olympic 1500 metres medallist Nick Willis (pictured) says he wants to win the 800 and 1500 metres double at the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi next year, which will boost organisers of the event in the Indian capital following a succession of big-name athletes claiming that they would not compete.



Teenager to lead British curling hopes in Vancouver

By Mike Rowbottom

December 17 - Nineteen-year-old Eve Muirhead (pictured) – described by the British Olympic Association's (BOA) chief executive Andy Hunt as "probably the world’s best young player" - has been confirmed as skip for the British curling team at the Vancouver Winter Olympics in February.









Burton pulls off great victory in Tokyo

December 15 - Euan Burton (pictured) stormed to an incredible gold medal in the -81kgs category of the 2009 Tokyo Grand Slam, becoming one of only three non-Japanese winners in one of the toughest and most prestigious tournaments in the world.