Dai Greene

World, European and Commonwealth 400m hurdle champion Dai Greene has pulled out of Thursday's Diamond League meeting in Rome because of illness. Dai Greene wants Olympic gold to complete his medal collection (Picture: PA) Greene tweeted that he had woken up feeling unwell and was not in a state to race. 'Been in bed all day as feel so bad. Gutted,' he wrote. 'Such a horrible decision to make but have to be sensible. Hoping to recover quick to get back to training for the olympics. Just want...Read Full Story

Dai Greene insists he has no problem with his big track rival Bershawn Jackson as the pair prepare to go head-to-head in Rome tonight. Relaxed: Greene insists there’s no animosity with his American rivals (PICTURE: pa) World 400metre hurdles champion Greene had seemingly been caught up in a war of words with Beijing bronze medallist Jackson after? comments he made about his? American team-mate LaShawn Merritt. Merritt is back from a drugs ban in time to defend his Olympic 400m crown this...Read Full Story

Dai Greene is showing no sign of backing down in his confrontation with his American 400m hurdles rivals in the run-up to the London 2012 Games. Dai Green (right) hopes to add Olympic gold to his world title this summer (picture: PA) The world champion said it was strange not to see any Americans on the podium at last year's world championships in Daegu but his rivals such as 2005 world 400m hurdles champion Bershawn Jackson and two-time reigning Olympic champion Angelo Taylor have misquoted...Read Full Story

There had been a nervous moment at the beginning when a false start was called but after considerable deliberation for the judges, none of the runners were singled out. When finally away at the third attempt after another interruption, Culson paid the price for pushing hard too early and, though there were five in the hunt for the title coming off the final bend and Greene was a little concerned that he was not taking close enough order, he trusted in his strength to count. He was still...Read Full Story

Britain Dai Greene gave next year's Olympic hosts their first gold medal at the world championships on Thursday, powering home to win the 400 metres hurdles title.Read Full Story