Jemma Reekie's astonishing early-season form has continued with a third national record in the space of two races. The 21-year-old set new bests in the 1500m and mile in New York.

EXCLUSIVE BY DAVID COVERDALE: Alex Partridge won silver at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and bronze at London 2012. The 39-year-old now tells Sportsmail about his battle with depression.

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY RIATH AL-SAMARRAI: Daley Thompson doesn't break people and crush souls these days unless he absolutely has to. As it happens, he had to on the morning we met.

EXCLUSIVE BY DAVID COVERDALE: Ed Clancy has decided to delay his retirement by another year in a bid to win a historic fourth Olympic gold medal at the age of 36.

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY DAVID COVERDALE: Going from globe-trotting gymnast to stay-at-home dad was not part of Max Whitlock's career plan for at least another four years.

Food has been an essential part of my success, so healthy eating and cooking are important parts of my life and my kitchen is my second home after the gym.

Louis Smith is back on track with his exercise regime after being 'hurt' by pictures of him carrying more weight.

After returning to competitive action to take two Commonwealth medals, Louis Smith will go back to the small screen before launching an assault on the Great Britain squad next year.

MARTHA KELNER IN RIO: It is a sign of how far gymnastics in Britain has advanced that an Olympic medal was expected when the men's team took to the competition floor in Rio on Monday night.

Strictly Come Dancing star Louis Smith was accused of sulking when fellow Briton Max Whitlock won gold and knocked him down to silver in the pommel horse final at Rio 2016 yesterday.

Smith has announced his retirement from gymnastics at the age of 29. Smith was Great Britain's first individual Olympic medallist for a century when he won bronze in Beijing.

British heptathlete Katarina Johnson-Thompson is back in training after recovering from the freak foot injury which saw her miss this summer's Commonwealth Games.

British Athletics would not be making public any medal targets for the World Championships in Beijing. Here Sportsmail looks at where they are likely to come from.

Britain's Katarina Johnson-Thompson's World Championship medal hopes have gone up in smoke after she failed to record a distance in the long jump as Jessica Ennis-Hill stayed in front.

Greg Rutherford demanded critics lay off Katarina Johnson-Thompson after her long jump collapse cost her a heptathlon medal at the World Championships in Beijing.

MARTHA KELNER: Shara Proctor is expecting a carnival reception when she returns to Anguilla, the tiny Caribbean island where she grew up having to dodge cricket balls to pursue long jump.

DALEY THOMPSON: The achievement of Jessica Ennis-Hill in winning back-to-back medals in the Olympic heptathlon places her alongside the best British athletes in history.

RIATH AL-SAMARRAI AT THE LONDON STADIUM: Johnson-Thompson, there was a degree of redemption, considering it was this discipline that wrecked her chances in the heptathlon.

On the basis of her impressive performances in winning a European heptathlon silver medal in Berlin this week, the odds are finally shortening on her one day finding a way past Nafi Thiam.

Fresh from his triumphs in London, where he won two golds, two silvers and one bronze medal, the American swimmer took to the pool in Las Vegas.

He already scored big at the Olympics and now Ryan Lochte is winning over the ladies with his perfectly chiseled physique.

After admitting in January that he can't swim, at the age of 40, singer John Legend is taking baby steps, learning to swim from an Olympic champion.

The 27-year-old has now returned to England after his side's pool stage exit from the tournament in Japan but has devastatingly had shirts, medals and caps taken from his car in London.

It is scenes like this that sum up the magical quality of sport. Moments after making history with New Zealand by retaining the World Cup, Sonny Bill Williams gave his medal to a young supporter.

New Zealand star Sonny Bill Williams has been praised after gifting his coveted Rugby World Cup medal to a young fan who was tackled by a heavy handed security guard when he invaded the pitch.

After wowing the world of sport with his incredible gesture to a young fan, New Zealand's Sonny Bill Williams has been rewarded by World Rugby with a new medal.

Young supporter Charlie Lines, 14, was tackled by security before Sonny Bill Williams gave his Rugby World Cup winners medal to him after he had burst onto the field after Saturday's win.

The lucky fan who was handed a medal by All Black ace Sonny Bill Williams after running onto the field has been reunited with the centre ahead of the squad's return to New Zealand. 

Taekwondo star Jade, 23, today launches her bid to defend the Gold medal she won at London 2012, supported by her family including grandfather Martin Foulkes.

Russia's ambassador in North Korea, Alexander Matsegora, presented the award to foreign minister Ri Son-gwon on Tuesday at the Mansudae Palace of Congress in Pyongyang.

The London 2012 champion said accidents involving cars and cyclists 'aren't always the car's fault'.

After being named in the Team England cycling-squad bound for the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow – double Olympic champion Laura Trott is determined to write the wrongs of Delhi four years previously.

Laura Trott took an 18-point lead into the final points race on Sunday which allowed her to beat USA's Sarah Hammer into second place.

Britain's most decorated female Olympian Laura Trott, 24, slept with her gold medal after her volodrome heroics last night in Rio and found it this morning to realise it wasn't all just a dream.

Their haul of medals makes them equals on the bike, but off the track it is a different story for British cycling’s golden couple Jason Kenny and Laura Trott - at least when it comes to money.

Laura Kenny's dream of winning three gold medals at the Tokyo Olympics is in doubt after she was declared only fit enough to race in one event at next week's track cycling World Championships. 

DAVID COVERDALE IN BERLIN: Kenny was left with a bloodied face after crashing in the omnium scratch race at the Track Cycling World Championships on Friday.

Najim Laachraoui - now revealed as the second suicide bomber at Brussels Zaventem Airport - is the younger brother Mourad Laachraoui (pictured), who represents Belgium in Taekwondo.

Olympic gold-medallist Sally Pearson had to settle for the runner-up place in an Australian Sportswoman of the Year contest - after she was pipped at the post by a horse.

Australian sprinter Sally Pearson has shrugged off the weight of a tumultuous week at the Commonwealth Games by winning gold in her pet track event the 100m hurdles.

Australian athlete Sally Pearson is reportedly expected to call time on her athletics career due to persistent injuries.

ROAD TO RIO 2016: British diver Chris Mears, who won a gold Commonwealth medal in the synchronised 3m springboard event with Jack Laugher in Glasgow, talks about his success.

British heptathlete Katarina Johnson-Thompson is back in training after recovering from the freak foot injury which saw her miss this summer's Commonwealth Games.

MAX WHITLOCK: To return home from the World Championships in Nanning in China with a silver medal was fantastic. Competing out there was a great experience.

Max Whitlock has set his sights on becoming a ‘legend’ of the sport. That quest for greatness continues at the World Championships in Glasgow.

Max Whitlock has grown used to delivering on the biggest stage over the past four years but Britain's record-breaking gymnast admits he had to take a step back from the sport in order to refocus on Rio.

CHRIS MEARS: Rio has always been there driving me to train harder and to compete as well as I can. It’s really pushed me. Now it’s becoming less of a dream and more of a reality.

Training for the Olympic Games is going great off the back of a successful European Championships last month, it was important to make an impact there.

The 28-year-old was in imperious form to pip brother Jonny, with the siblings helping to design the course, once again as Leeds hosted a World Triathlon Series race for the first time.

Peter McAleese (pictured serving in the South African Defence Force) joined the British Army aged 17 and became a 'gun for hire' after nine years of service to recapture the 'buzz'.