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Josh Kerr delights home crowd by claiming Commonwealth gold in mile race

Kerr had smashed Hicham El Guerrouj’s 27-year-old record in London last month.

The Independent UK

Josh Kerr will have to be in 'world record' to win Commonwealth Mile, says Cram

Olympic silver medallist Steve Cram reckons Josh Kerr will have to be in "world record" shape if he's to win the Commonwealth Mile.

The National (Scotland)

Echoes of 1954 as Kerr, Wightman and rising star Myers face off in mile race

Roger Bannister’s ‘Miracle Mile’ race 72 years ago is set to gain a worthy successor as Scottish pair take on the prodigious Australian

The Guardian - UK

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Unwanted and unloved – but here are 10 reasons to watch the Commonwealth Games

The Commonwealth Games may seem odd in the modern sporting landscape, but they remain a uniquely relaxed sporting event that will provide excitement and drama in Glasgow over the next 10 days

The Independent UK

I’m following in the footsteps of giants, says Josh Kerr after mile world record

Kerr’s time of three minutes 42.66 seconds took nearly half-a-second off the previous record.

The Independent UK

Commonwealth Mile route launched as city marks week until Glasgow 2026

The mile event is returning to the Commonwealth Games for the first time in 60 years.

The Independent UK

Canberra 44-year-old set for shock Comm Games comeback as rookies get shot

Four ACT debutants named in Aussie athletics team for Glasgow event.

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Adidas’ record-breaking super shoes have officially broken marathon running

Two sub-two-hour marathons later, it’s hard not to question where innovation ends and advantage begins

Sabastian Sawe’s sub-two hour marathon is the Roger Bannister moment of our time

Sunday’s landmark in London was not only unexpected, dramatic and historic – it was a once-in-a-generation moment

The Guardian - UK

How 2 men smashed through a marathon barrier long thought unbreakable

On May 6 1954, Sir Roger Bannister did what was deemed impossible in athletics: he ran a mile in less than four minutes.

The Conversation

London Marathon hails ‘greatest day’ as Sawe breaks two hours and records tumble

The London Marathon’s organisers have hailed the “greatest day” in the event’s 45-year history after huge crowds watched Sabastian Sawe become the first man to shatter the two-hour barrier in an official race

The Guardian - UK

Bread and honey for breakfast and 150 miles a week training: secrets of Sawe’s world record

The Kenyan, who became the first man to run a sub-two-hour marathon in winning the London Marathon, said: ‘I have shown that nothing is not possible’

The Guardian - UK

‘This record needs to be brought home’: Josh Kerr gunning for world mile landmark

Fresh from success at the world indoors, the 28-year-old believes the mile world record belongs in Britain and hopes to make history in London in July

The Guardian - UK

Faith not enough as Kipyegon misses four-minute mile barrier by six seconds

The 31-year-old Kenyan athlete Faith Kipyegon ran faster than her own world record but failed to be first woman under four minutes

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The National (Scotland)

Susan Egelstaff: Is now the time for a woman to break the four-minute mile barrier?

Men have been running sub-four-minute miles for decades but as yet, a woman has never broken the iconic four-minute barrier for the mile. That could…

The Guardian - UK

Faith Kipyegon’s audacious bid to be first woman to run sub four-minute mile

Faith Kipyegon plans ‘to make the impossible possible’ by becoming the first woman to run a sub-four-minute mile this summer

AAP

Echoing Landy, the mile returns to Commonwealth Games

The 2026 Commonwealth Games will feature the biggest swimming programme ever - and a return on the track of the mile event once graced by Bannister and Landy.

The National (Scotland)

David Smith: Ed Jackson, The Mountain Within Me and the power of vicarious experience

Vicarious experiences are key in giving us a sense of self belief that we to can achieve something.

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Sports Illustrated

Have We Reached Our Athletic Limits?

From the start, SI has chronicled the chase to redefine athletic potential. What frontiers will we explore in the next 70 years?

The Hindu

Daily Quiz | On Roger Bannister

A quiz on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the historic sub-four-minute mile run on May 6 by Roger Bannister

The Guardian - UK

‘Greatest sporting feat in the last 100 years’: Roger Bannister’s sub four-minute mile

Sebastian Coe’s description of the doctor’s record-breaking run in 1954 underlines its enduring significance 70 years later

The Guardian - UK

Sir Paul Fox obituary

Veteran television executive who served as controller of BBC One for six years and later became Yorkshire TV’s managing director

Sports Illustrated

Sportsperson of the Year 2023: Deion Sanders

Links to all of our Sportsperson of the Year coverage, including the main feature written by Pat Forde and sidebars from LeBron James, Jerry Rice and Sanders’s manager Constance Schwartz-Morini.

Sports Illustrated

Every SI Sportsperson of the Year, From 1954 to 2023

From Deion Sanders in 2023 to Roger Bannister in 1954, here is every winner of Sportsperson of the Year—including Muhammad Ali, Arthur Ashe, Michael Jordan, Billie Jean King and more.

Daily Mirror

England Lionesses winning 2022 Euros named the greatest sporting moment of all time

Other top moments in sporting history include Usain Bolt's 100-metre gold medal at the London 2012 Olympics, and Roger Bannister breaking the four-minute mile in 1954

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