Mark Lewis-Francis celebrates winning the silver medal in the 100m final at the European Athletics Championships in Barcelona. Photograph: Andreu Dalmau/EPA In the hours after the men’s 100m final, and all through the night, Mark Lewis-Francis lay awake thinking about his European silver medal. After everything he has been through, from being an 18-year-old sprint [...]

Reuters China’s Dong Fangxiao competes on the balance beam at the University Games in Beijing in this August 24, 2001 file photo. Following the embarrassment of having its 2000 women’s Olympic gymnastics team stripped of a bronze medal after an investigation found one of its athletes was underage, China doesn’t want to take any chances [...]

David Beckham is currently recovering from the ruptured achilles tendon that kept him out of the World Cup. Photograph: Carl Recine/Action Images David Beckham has “no interest” in leaving LA Galaxy and has had no contact with West Ham United, a spokesman for the former England captain said today. Beckham became linked with a move [...]