More than 200 competitors drag themselves across an Essex estuary in one of Britain's wackiest races.

Former world 100m champion Kim Collins will be among the competitors at the Aviva International Match at Glasgow's Kelvin Hall.

The Sydney to Hobart yacht race sees a dramatic first day after the crew of a stricken vessel is rescued by fellow competitors.

A French sailor who broke his leg in the Vendee Globe round-the-world solo yacht race is rescued by an Australian Navy frigate.

Why is the BBC being so generous, offering to give away the iPlayer, other digital technology and its regional news footage to its commercial competitors?

Three rally competitors are treated hospital after the Wales Rally GB opens in treacherous conditions.

A look at the final three contenders for the BBC Young Sports Personality prize.

The Daily Mail's publisher reports a 9% fall in full-year profit, while competitors announce a pay freeze and job cuts.

In gadget-crazy Japan, Sony president Ryoji Chubachi is somewhat of an aristocrat who insists the company has no direct competitors, yet lesser rivals are snapping at its heels.

Participants in the Original Mountain Marathon give their accounts of conditions during the weather-hit event in the Lake District.

Organisers of a Lake District fell run abandoned in treacherous weather had been warned about the risks, police say.

Thousands of runners who took part in a Lake District race hit by treacherous weather are now accounted for, police say.

Several hundred people taking part in a run in the Lake District are reported to be stranded by flooding and torrential rain. BBC News website readers sent us their accounts of the race.

A Jersey mobile phone firm asks a competition watchdog if one of its competitors can to offer iPhones with 18-month contracts.

Stoke City will be watched on Saturday by some of the area's Olympic competitors who represented Great Britain in Beijing.

Tate & Lyle loses a court case to defend its Splenda artificial sweetener from Chinese manufacturers producing generic competitors.

More than a hundred competitors from around the country have entered this weekend's Duchy of Cornwall Badminton Open.

Competitors battle for just desserts at a pudding throwing competition in Greater Manchester

Sark's shooters pay tribute to one of their leading competitors at the funeral of John Jackson, who died last week.

Competitors who will be chasing success in Beijing