One of the greatest sporting rivalries of modern times, the one-upmanship battle between Seb Coe and Steve Ovett, is to be brought to life on film, it has been announced . The pair enjoyed a ...

They don’t see so much of each other now, those two old boys. Never did, truth be told. But they know they will be together for ever, their names locked in one of sport’s eternal dances. Ovett and Coe ...

The controversial waves Steve Ovett gave to the crowds, as he raced for the line leaving rivals in his wake, were just a sign that he was enjoying himself. He did it several times during his career, ...

Daniel Radcliffe is set to play London 2012 boss Sebastian Coe in a film about his track battles with fellow athlete Steve Ovett three decades ago. The Harry Potter actor has signed up to appear in ...

Jamaican superstar Usain Bolt proved once again this week that the 100-meter sprint is the highest-profile track event in the world. But that hasn't always been the case. In the late 1970s and early ...

Steve Smythe charts the middle-distance runner's early years through the 1970s in the first part of an Ovett race history special Steve Ovett is uniquely the only athlete to win major championship ...

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 ...

But, more than 20 years after his 800m success, Brighton-born runner Steve Ovett has handed the treasured item over to be auctioned off to support charities in his home city. The middle distance ...

STEVE OVETT struck gold in only the fifth 5000m race of his career and then revealed: “My wife told me…..For God’s sake, don’t put me through that again.” Yesterday, Rachel Ovett was in the 20,000 ...

Athlete Andrew Osagie has revealed how a meeting with Olympic gold medallist Steve Ovett helped fuel his ambition to achieve glory in London. The 24-year-old from Harlow met Ovett, the 800m champion ...