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Kate Walsh

Great Britain’s women’s hockey team go into the 2012 Olympics with genuine hopes of winning gold on home soil. Captain Kate Walsh reveals the secrets of their success ...

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Mark Cavendish

PODIUM gets an exclusive audience with Mark Cavendish–2011 BBC Sports Personality of the Year and cycling’s most recognisable face–ahead of the 2012 Tour and the Olympic Games ...

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Chemmy Alcott

I started skiing when I was 18 months old. All my family skied—one of my older brothers even represented Great Britain ...

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Jessica Ennis

It will definitely take a personal best to win the gold medal in London ...

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Rod Sheard

Rod Sheard, the Australian who designed the Olympic Stadium in London, gives his verdict on the legacy it should leave for the British capital ...

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Pele

Looking a decade younger than his 71 years, the world’s greatest footballer enthralls PODIUM with his wisdom and charm ...

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Marlon Devonish

“London 2012 would be the biggest and best experience of my life ...

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Frankie Dettori

Always the entertainer, Dettori joked, laughed and danced his way through an afternoon with the PODIUM team. ...

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Rise of the Sporting BRICs

When Russia won the right to host the 2018 World Cup in Zurich last December, the reaction in England, one of its defeated rivals, ranged from disbelief to anger. ...

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Face Off

Heather Fell, Olympic medallist in Beijing, lives an intriguing double life, combining top-class sporting achievement with relative anonymity, as PODIUM discovers ...

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Christian Horner

Red Bull is on course to retain both the Formula One drivers’ and constructors’ titles. The team’s supremo, Christian Horner, took time out of his hectic schedule to explain exclusively to PODIUM what makes the team tick ...

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The Big Question

We pick our Top 10 rivalries from around the world ...

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Calendar

Your guide to the world’s top sporting events over the next two months ...

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Hot Phillies

Baseball Digest’s online editor Mark C Healey looks ahead to the 2011 MLB World Series and is convinced there can only be one winner ...

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Screen Play

PODIUM brings together the leading players on the pitch in the competitive tablet game and assesses how they match up against each other ...

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Paul Deighton

LOCOG CEO on how the 2012 Games have redeemed Britain’s reputation ...

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The All Blacks

Can the All Blacks exorcise their demons and finally win the Rugby World Cup? ...

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The Big Question

Will Tiger Woods dominate golf again? Ewen Murray and Iain Carter start us off ...

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Re-jigging the F1 grid

Who would be in pole position if each F1 driver had the same car? ...

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Hayley Turner

The UK’s leading female jockey, fresh from her first Group One win, reveals how she keeps on getting ahead in what is still very much a man’s world ...

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Usain Bolt

The world’s fastest man is in the house—as you have never seen him before. He tells PODIUM how training is progressing for the Olympics next year and which British star has caught his eye ...

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Game Face

Whatever you sport, make sure you know just how many minutes are left ...