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 ...

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 ...

The mile is to replace the 1500m while the mixed 4x400m will be added to the athletics programme for the Glasgow 2026 ...

Next year’s Commonwealth Games will pay homage to the legendary Roger Bannister by including the mile on the athletics programme for the first time in 60 years. The four-lap contest will replace ...

A BREAKFAST cafe named after Sir Roger Bannister is celebrating after it leapt from a one-star food hygiene rating to four-stars. Bannister's at Iffley Road sits just half a mile from the spot ...

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 ...

Revd Bannister-Parker - daughter of athlete Sir Roger Bannister - was made the first woman to lead the University Church of St Mary the Virgin in High Street last January. She attended her first ...