Athletics











Bedford hails near perfect 2011 London Marathon

By Tom Degun at the Tower Hotel in London

Mutai_marathonApril 18 - Virgin London Marathon race director Dave Bedford has claimed that yesterday's race was one of the best ever and turned out to be one of those near perfect days "when it all came together".




Huge financial impact of London Marathon revealed

By Duncan Mackay at the Tower Hotel in London

Virgin_London_Marathon_in_front_of_Buckingham_PalaceApril 15 - An extra £100 million ($163 million) is pumped into Britain's economy each year thanks for the Virgin London Marathon, which last year attracted a field of 36,549, a new report into the economic impact of the event has discovered.