The British Olympic Association (BOA) has confirmed that it will appear at the High Court tomorrow, for a Directions Hearing in respect of the case issued against the BOA by the sprinter Dwain Chambers. What is a directions hearing, and what is this case about?
We now know that Chambers won't be at the Olympics, but there's much more to this than a cheat getting his just deserts. I feel sorry for the guy, who was seduced into throwing away his career and living a life of regret - and allowed to do it by UK Athletics.
Zara Phillips (, MBE is the second child and only daughter of HRH The Princess Anne, Princess Royal and her first husband, Captain Mark Phillips), or more accurately her horse Toytown, has been withdrawn from the Beijing Olympics due to injury.