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Image by @Doug88888 in the Londonist Flickr pool.

Where To Play Sport In London: Part Q and R

Quad roller skating, roller blading, roller hockey, rounders, rowing, rugby, and running.

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Where To Play Sport In London: Parts N And O

Netball, Nordic skiing, orienteering, outdoor swimming and outdoor rowing.

Photo via British Rowing

Preview: The Head Of The River Rowing Race

500 boats in a time trial on the Thames.

Blue plaque to Olympic athlete Harold Abrahams. Photo courtesy of English Heritage

New Blue Plaque For “Chariots Of Fire” Coach, Sam Mussabini

London’s newest blue plaque is dedicated to a suitably sporty subject.

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Watch Out For Death At Kingston Regatta

275 races on the river to watch and one Grim Reaper to look out for.

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The Head of the River Race: St. Patrick’s Day On The Thames

400 boats battle from Mortlake to Putney

London Rowing Club photo by solstråle_flicka

Olympic Sport Lowdown: Rowing & Paralympic Rowing

Row, row, row your boat… and don’t catch a crab*

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Messing About on the Thames: The Great River Race

The River Thames is likely to be a bit busy this Saturday….

Experienced spectators staked out the territory three quarters of the way along the 2000m course, but towards the start, where we presume most general admission punters will picnic next year, there was plenty of room to get a good view of the action.

Olympic Test Event: World Rowing Junior Championships @ Eton Dorney

Sampling a test event for the 2012 Games.

Boat race 2009 by Simon-K

Fancy A Pint: Ten Top Pubs For Boat Race Watching

This Saturday at 4.30pm the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race shoots off down the river. There will be big screens in Bishops Park, Fulham and Furnival Gardens, Hammersmith and there are plenty of spots along the route where you can catch a glimpse of the …

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Our Four To Follow At London’s Paralympic Games

Dervis Konuralp, Tom Aggar, Andy Barrow & Sophie Christiansen Time flies by when you have the world’s two greatest sporting events – the Olympic Games and the Paralympic Games – heading your way. It seems only yesterday that London knocked out Paris to win the …