BBC Films announced today the production of a screenplay based on The Perfect Distance, an account of the rivalry between Coe and Ovett 30 years ago, written by former Times athletics correspondent ...

Briton has private chef and one of most sophisticated backroom teams in sport as he aims to emulate Bannister, Coe, Ovett and ...

He is currently in negotiation with Athletics Australia to help prepare the country's middle and long distance runners for London 2012. Ovett, the 1980 Olympic 800 metres champion, moved from Britain ...

LONDON - Sebastian Coe's rivalry with Steve Ovett in which the two middle-distance runners took turns breaking the world record for the mile in the late 1970s and early '80s is going to be highlighted ...

“It’s amazing, crazy. I don’t think you’ll probably realise how good it is until it is done – that’s the sad thing,” says Jake Wightman, reflecting on a British middle-distance crop which, three weeks ...