In racing a familiar cast performing a different play on the same stage is what made the Golden Age of Hurdling so special in ...

That's because Great Britain's Sebastian Coe and Steve Ovett were at their peaks, riveting sports fans across the globe. The striking thing about their rivalry is that they traded the world mile ...

Steve Ovett is uniquely the only athlete to win major championship golds at 800m (Olympics), 1500m (Europeans) and 5000m (Commonwealth). His first mention in AW was 50 years ago in 1970 and his ...

WHEN Steve Ovett sent a simple message of love in 1980 to his girlfriend – written in the sky with his finger – it baffled the nation. Heading for Olympic gold in the 800 metres in Moscow ...

Freddy Ovett describes himself as ‘50-50’ British and Australian, though the soft Queensland accent seems a giveaway. It isn’t quite as simple as that, because Freddy is the son of Steve ...

Historically, getting Sebastian Coe and Steve Ovett together has never been easy. The two great middle distance rivals of the late Seventies and early Eighties actually raced each other just seven ...

However, for the uninitiated or those too young to remember, July 26 1980 was the day that Steve Ovett faced Sebastian Coe in the most eagerly awaited foot-race of all time.

The British-born Australian cyclist - who is the son of British Olympic gold medallist Steve Ovett - has rediscovered a love for sport as he prepares to run in his second ever marathon this weekend ...

Despite not being on the Olympic program, where races follow metric measurements, the mile holds certain prestige in the world of middle-distance running. Faith Kipyegon fell short of ...

Sebastien Coe and Steve Ovett competed at the Moscow Games 40 years ago The two British athletes built up a thrilling rivalry throughout the event ...

Ovett was the son of a working class market trader and was thus the blue collar ‘working man's’ pick, while 12 years before his election as Conservative MP for Falmouth and Camborne, Coe was ...