Athletics





Angry Pistorius storms out of BBC interview

By Tom Degun

Oscar_Pistorius_head_and_shouldersSeptember 6 - South African four-time Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius today stormed out of a BBC Radio Four interview after being described as an "inconvenient embarrassment" to athletics authorities due to the controversy surrounding his prosthetic legs.











Greene claims Britain's first gold at World Championships

By Mike Rowbottom in Daegu

dai_greene_celebrates_gold_in_daegu_01-09-11September 1 - Dai Greene, with a gold medal in the 400 metre hurdles, and Hannah England, with an unexpected silver in the 1,500m, lifted British spirits that were beginning to droop ever so slightly here, despite the high merit of the silvers won by Jessica Ennis in the heptathlon and the silver in the 10,000m from Mo Farah, who qualified in searing heat for Saturday's 5,000m final.