Tanni Grey-Thompson does not think of herself as great, even though it seems pretty obvious to everyone else. After all, this is a woman who has won 16 Paralympic medals, 11 of them gold, in an international career that - she announced yesterday - will come to an end after she races at the Paralympic World Cup in Manchester on 13 May.

Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson, Britain’s most successful Paralympian, has announced her retirement from international competition. The 37-year-old will bow out after the Paralympic World Cup in Manchester in May.

Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson, Britain’s most successful Paralympian, has announced her retirement from international competition. The 37-year-old will bow out after the Paralympic World Cup in Manchester in May.

In a clash of three former shot put world indoor champions at the U.S. indoor track and field championships Sunday, Christian Cantwell tops the field.

Austrian Marlies Schild wins the slalom title Sunday, leaving her to concentrate on something bigger — the overall World Cup trophy.

Nick Symmonds is at the head of a rising U.S. running class and in the middle of a training renaissance that track officials hope will transform the sport over the next decade.

Erik Guay wins the downhill Saturday for his first World Cup victory and the first for Canadian men in 13 years.

Recent Howard graduate David Oliver is among a crop of U.S. youngsters who will contend for the high hurdles championship.

Olympic angst is not hard to find within British sport, whether generated by the rapidly approaching Games in Beijing or the challenge looming four years beyond them in London. While the centrepiece Olympic event of athletics in particular frets over its ability to deliver medals, other sectors of the domestic sport are operating with far greater confidence.

Olympic angst is not hard to find within British sport, whether generated by the rapidly approaching Games in Beijing or the challenge looming four years beyond them in London. While the centrepiece Olympic event of athletics in particular frets over its ability to deliver medals, other sectors of the domestic sport are operating with far greater confidence.

Michael Phelps breaks his own world record in the 200-meter butterfly Saturday at the Missouri Grand Prix race in Columbia, finishing in 1 minute 53.71 seconds.

After straining his knee during the first run of Friday’s slalom at the world championships, Bode Miller will leave Are, Sweden, without a medal.

Austria wins the team competition title Sunday and finishes with the most medals at the world championships in Are, Sweden.

Olympic wrestling champion Rulon Gardner loses a toe to frostbite after being stranded in the wilderness after surviving a plane crash.

Bode Miller is on the verge of being shut out for the second straight year at a major championship, this time at the world championship in Sweden.

Anja Paerson’s three-race winning streak at the world championships ends Tuesday when she falls in the giant slalom.

Anja Paerson captures the downhill in Sweden on Sunday, becoming the first skier to win gold medals in all five disciplines at the world championships.

Ask most young lads what they want to be when they grow up and the chances are that footballer and fireman will be mentioned. As a youngster, Andy Turner was no different, but he has become instead a world-class high-hurdler who now looks likely to claim a place on the podium at next month’s European Indoor Championships in Birmingham.

Kimmie Meissner wins the Four Continents women’s title on Saturday in Colorado Springs, rallying from sixth place in the free skate.

Ask most young lads what they want to be when they grow up and the chances are that footballer and fireman will be mentioned. As a youngster, Andy Turner was no different, but he has become instead a world-class high-hurdler who now looks likely to claim a place on the podium at next month’s European Indoor Championships in Birmingham.