Why Darren Campbell is telling the story of his rise from poverty to Olympic success – and brush with death – before it’s too late January 15, 2021 Darren Campbell was in no hurry to write a book until May 2018. A near-death experience has a way of rearranging priorities. Aged just 44, the British former Olympic champion sprinter needed intensive care after a bleed on the brain caused a series of seizures. The ordeal brought Campbell the stark realisation that he ought [...]
Chambers sets the legal ball rolling on challenge to BOA July 4, 2008 Dwain Chambers has formally begun his legal war with the British Olympic Association in an attempt to be granted permission to run in the Olympics. The sprinter is challenging a BOA bylaw which prevents athletes who have failed drugs tests from competing in the Games. Chambers served a two-year ban for testing positive for the [...]