The study, published online in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, included Britain’s Sir Roger Bannister who was the first to achieve the landmark feat. It marks the 70th anniversary of ...

A "mass mile" run will fill the streets of Oxford to mark the 70th anniversary of Sir Roger Bannister's record-breaking four-minute mile. The city, which played host to Sir Roger's feat ...

Oxford City Council wanted to rename the ward after Sir Roger Bannister A proposal to rename part of Oxford in memory of the late athlete Sir Roger Bannister has been rejected. Oxford City Council ...

An area of Oxford could be renamed in memory of the late athlete Sir Roger Bannister. Oxford City Council has proposed changing the name of St Clement's as part of a review of city council wards.

Here I feel I am part of the mile's history,' he said. A tablet Sir Roger Bannister presented to him last year, inscribed with the signatures of 16 world record-holders, has pride of place at his ...

Sir Roger Bannister's historic running of the sub-four-minute mile is celebrated in Four Minutes, an inspiring and respectably authentic TV movie about breaking the most famous barrier in the ...

Who’s the Fairest of Them All? Why 7 Percent of North Carolina Early Voters Are of ‘Unknown’ Gender A week has passed since Roger Bannister died. The legend of the race to break the four ...

Ever since Sir Roger Bannister ran the first mile under four minutes back in 1954, it's become the ultimate athletics record. Morocco's Hicham El Guerrouj holds the current record at 3:43.13. In the ...

Among those who have been recognised are a few surprising names you might know. Sir Roger Bannister is a noted physician, academic and former athlete who is most well-known as the first person to run ...

“The Impossible Man,” by Patchen Barss, depicts the British mathematical physicist and Nobelist Sir Roger Penrose in all his ...

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The Oxford Half attracted a record number of runners and thousands came to watch yesterday. It was a perfect sunny autumn morning for the race, which started at Broad Street in the city centre and ...