Rowing: Cracknell takes year out to seek new challenges
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James Cracknell confirmed yesterday that he will be taking a year out from his rowing career, a day before his fellow gold medallist from the Olympic fours at this year&#39;s Olympics, Matthew
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Matthew Pinsent today called time on a glorious rowing career by announcing his retirement from the sport. The 34-year-old claimed his fourth Olympic gold medal in the summer as Great Britainâs coxless fours
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Boosted by a first strokeplay title in  more than a year, Tiger Woods is champing at the bit to mount a  fresh major challenge in 2005.
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Having narrowly missed consecutive NCAA Division 3 national titles, Williams will face a new challenge this season.
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Fearful they will no longer be allowed to compete in the event that now serves as a national championship for menâs rowing, coaches are putting together a competition of their own. The newly formed American Col
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Enfield & Haringey Athletic Club's Luke Fagan has put down an early marker for the indoor track and field season.
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Fearful they will no longer be allowed to compete in the event that now serves as a national championship for menâs rowing, coaches are putting together a competition of their own.  The newly formed American Col
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Kalon Dobbin's 500m time trial final at the world track championships in Italy last month had a semblance of rugby about it.
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British rowing is entering an exciting new era following the retirement of Matthew Pinsent, according to several of the sport&#39;s leading figures.
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Australian rugby player Ben Czislowski competed for more than three months despite the headaches that started after a clash with an opponent.
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MATTHEW Pinsent yesterday announced his expected retirement from rowing, calling time on a 15-year career which brought him four Olympic gold medals and ten world titles.
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The American men's elite eight crew ends a four-decade drought in rowing gold medals Sunday, pulling out to a big lead and fending off a late charge by the Netherlands.
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Boosted by a first strokeplay title in more than a year, Tiger Woods is champing at the bit to mount a fresh major challenge in 2005.
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Brian Barwick is said to relish a challenge. Quite whether he&#39;s capable of handling arguably the toughest one in British sports administration remains to be seen, but at least he will take up
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Eighteen crews from the United States are set to race today at Henley Royal Regatta, one of the worldâs oldest rowing events. A total of 467 rowing crews, including 114 non-British teams from 18 countries, will take part in the annual regatta â first held in 1839 â on the River Thames near London. There are 32 entries in each event, with finals Sunday.
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Athens was better than Olympus had ever been for US rowing octophiles. The men's eight won gold for the first time in 40 years and the women's took silver, their best showing at a non-boycotted Games. But the way the US Olympic Committee saw it, it was just two medals across 14 rowing events, as many as the Belarussians collected.
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The leaves swirling outside the Cambridge Boat Club yesterday weren't just a sign of the season to Fred Schoch , executive director of the Head of the Charles Regatta. They were a sign that he might have to shorten the race's 3-mile course today.