If funding is about driving future success, and less about rewarding performances, then why not divert more towards those on the way up with the requisite talent?

Sebastian Coe seemed the best candidate for IOC Presidency. But change comes slowly at the IOC.

On Thursday, Delany celebrated his 90th birthday, and if there’s one thing that’s defined his life for the past 69 years, since that fateful day in Melbourne, it’s that he’s carried himself off the track with the same class and grace he showed on it.

Back in the 1950s, the journey towards the first sub-four mile captured the world’s attention in a way no athletic feat has before or since. Now it's women's turn. 

The timing of Jannik Sinner's incredibly 'convenient' ban is purely coincidental, we've been assured this week. Fine. Let's just add it to the list of Sharapova, Cilic, Errani, Swiatek, Halep and many more.

You’d have to think that if the Coghlan of 1983 could be transposed to 2025, with advances in so many areas, he’d have been right there with Jakob Ingebrigtsen. 

On Wednesday, Trump signed an executive order prohibiting transgender women and girls from competing in female sports.

It was a channel that elevated sports outside the mainstream bubble, giving us a helping of things we didn’t know we wanted, but which we came to love.

A coach who cares – about the person even more than the performance. Treasure them. They’re among life’s greatest givers.

The penny has taken a long time to drop but physical education is a core fundamental subject.