Rio 2016: Tom Daley and Dan Goodfellow secure second Olympic spot for diving

Tom Daley and Dan Goodfellow scored 446.40 to finish third at the Rio World Cup diving this weekend and earn Team GB a synchronised 10m platform berth for this summer's Olympic Games.

Tom Daley, Olympic trials, Ponds Forge, Sheffield, 2012

Former Silverdale pupil Freddie Woodward also earned Team GB a second individual 3m springboard Olympic place by reaching the semi-finals to take the total of spots for Team GB at Rio to ten.

 

 Freddie Woodward, British Gas Diving Championships, Ponds Forge, Sheffield, 2014

Greg Rutherford to miss Glasgow International Grand Prix - hopes to be back for UK Indoors

Olympic and world long jump champion Greg Rutherford has pulled out of Saturday's Glasgow International Grand Prix with a "minor injury" sustained in Albuquerque, USA, last Friday.

Greg Rutherford, Grand Prix, NIA Birmingham, Feb 2014

He had been set to face Paralympic long jump champion Markus Rehm this weekend but we're all hoping that he will be fit to compete at the UK Indoor Athletic Championships in Sheffield on 27-28 February.

Ronnie O'Sullivan criticised for turning down 'too cheap' prize money for 147 break at Welsh Open

Ronnie O'Sullivan has been criticised by World Snooker chairman Barry Hearn after turning down the chance of a maximum 147 break at the Welsh Open because the £10,000 prize money was "too cheap".  Hearn described O'Sullivan's actions as "unacceptable" and "disrespectful" - "This is not a crime, but a shame.  Players have a duty to the fans to deliver the best standard and entertainment they can. Anything less than playing to their best ability is unacceptable and disrespectful to the paying public."

Ronnie O'Sullivan, World Snooker Championships 2014, Crucible, Sheffield

On-form Ronnie potted 14 reds and 13 blacks before then going for an easier pink as he made a 146 to beat Barry Pinches 4-1 in the first round, saying: "If it had been more, I'd have gone for the 147."

In a wonderful addendum today, Barry Hearn said:  "Some have said he has brought the game into disrepute but Ronnie brings the game into fine repute.....No-one is bigger than the game but Ronnie is close because he is a fabulous player and a fun personality."

Anthony Joshua faces Charles Martin for IBF heavyweight title

Olympic champion Anthony Joshua will fight reigning IBF champion Charles Martin for the world heavyweight title at London's O2 Arena on Saturday 9th April.

Anthony Joshua, Sheffield's Olympic send-off, Peace Gardens, Sheffield 2012

The Briton, 26, has 15 knock-outs from 15 professional fights while American Martin, 29, has won 23 and drawn one of his 24 fights and most recently beat Vyacheslav Glazkov for the vacant IBF belt in January.

Nestle to come clean with it's IAAF sponsorship deal?

Swiss-based food and drink giant Nestle has ended its sponsorship of the IAAF, as it fears the doping scandal engulfing the world athletics governing body could damage its reputation.  Ha!

IAAF president, Seb Coe, Olympic Torch Relay, Sheffield, 2012

Nestle has been a sponsor of the IAAF's global KidsAthletics scheme since 2012 which funds 15 million children aged 7-12 in 76 countries but is ending its involvement a year early. Some might say that it is a strange decision as it is sponsorship like this which may actually help Nestle's reputation which is globally sullied over numerous allegations of: promoting baby milk as better than breast in many African countries; asserting that access to water isn't a universal right; allegations of child labour; environmental pollution; price fixing; promoting and mis-labelling unhealthy food etc etc etc

Many people still believe that Seb Coe is still the best person to lead the IAAF forward - it just looks like another hurdle has been put in his path.

IAAF president Lord Coe has since accused Nestle of hypocrisy - pointing to Nestle's backing of the Tour de France during a time when cycling had notable doping problems.

Greg Rutherford sets new British indoor long jump record of 8.26m

Olympic, World, European and Commonwealth champion Greg Rutherford has set a new British indoor long jump record of 8.26m at a collegiate meeting in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Greg Rutherford, Grand Prix, Birmingham, Feb 2014

Rutherford, who has been training in the United States, improved Chris Tomlinson's previous best of 8.18m recorded in Stuttgart in February 2008.  The 29-year-old set the record with his second jump after opening with 7.96m. He fouled his third attempt and sat out the rest of the competition.

Jessica Ennis-Hill to miss indoor season

Olympic and World heptathlon champion Jessica Ennis-Hill has confirmed that she will will miss the indoor athletics season with an Achilles injury.

Jessica Ennis-Hill and coach Toni Minichiello, Great City Games, Manchester, May 2015

She has said that she is "really frustrated" but wants to be "100% ready" to defend her Olympic title in Rio in August.  This will be a disappointment to everyone hoping to see her at the UK Indoors on her home turf of the EIS, Sheffield on 27/28th Feb.