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Among the seven British riders who arrived home on Monday laden with gold medals – four individual winners and the women’s team pursuit – the average age was just 21. Jason Kenny was the oldest at 24. A new breed – notably Becky James, Simon Yates and El

You could be forgiven for thinking that the recent retirements of Victoria Pendleton and Sir Chris Hoy would have negatively impacted the overall performance of the team Regevent reports on how GB Track Cycling secured top position in the medals table at

Becky James starred as part of a new generation at the Track Cycling World Championships in Minsk in a performance which provides an ominous warning for Great Britain's rivals ahead of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. The 21-year-old from Aberga

JOHANNESBURG—His head shrouded by a sports hoodie, the young man walked unnoticed through a bustling crowd outside the gates of the Olympic village in London last year. When he got close, I saw a familiar face smiling at me. In this photo taken Friday Ju

The No. 1 USC women's swimming and diving team (10-1, 6-1), which dispatched of UCLA in its dual-meet finale on Feb. 16, begins the postseason at the 2013 Pac-12 Women's Swimming and Diving Championships, Feb. 27-March 2, at the Weyerhauser King County A

Reuters editors' pick of our best photos. Slideshow REUTERS - The Japan Wrestling Federation (JWF) has launched an online petition site seeking 100,000 signatures to help the sport remain an Olympic discipline. The International Olympic Committee's (IOC)