Live Athletics: Anniversary Games (BBC2, 8pm)

Your spoiler free guide to tonight's TV.

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As Olympic fever gripped the nation over the last few weeks, we bore witness to some of the greatest athletic feats in history.

1. Ailis McSweeney revealed Derval O’Rourke’s preparations in intimate detail: “She was in her own bed with her coaches in comfortable surroundings until two days ago.”

Major sporting moments tend to result in historic commentary that echoes through the ages. Even when we don’t really want it to.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge arrived tonight at a star-studded gala dinner celebrating the Britain's Olympic and Paralympic athletes.

Kate Moss is set to star in 'Absolutely Fabulous'.

USAIN BOLT was overwhelmed after becoming the first man to win the Olympic sprint double for 24 years with his second amazing world record in five days in Beijing.

DERVAL O’ROURKE’S defence of her world indoor 60m hurdles title was in jeopardy last night after she withdrew from next weekend’s Woodies DIY Irish indoor athletic championships at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast with a foot injury.

DERVAL O’ROURKE will follow the same path that took her to world indoor gold and European outdoor silver medals last year when she launches her indoor season at the Irish indoor championships at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast at the end of January.

World championship 400metres finalist Tim Benjamin has described the rigours of training under Colin Jackson as leaving him physically sick.

DERVAL O’ROURKE broke her national 100m hurdles record with a 12.92 secs run for fourth place at last night’s Grand Prix meeting in Lausanne with a promise of better to come at Friday night’s Golden Gala meeting in Rome.

Millions of viewers will be tuning into the reality TV clash of the year tonight when The X Factor takes on Strictly Come Dancing.

Formula One organisers today announced a minute’s silence will be held before Sunday’s British Grand Prix as a mark of respect to those who died and were injured in the terrorist attacks in London.

CIARAN Ó LIONAIRD posted the qualifying standards for both the world youths championships in Marrakech and the European Youth Olympics, which had been his target, in one fell swoop when he won the junior 1,500m race in a sensational 3:50.86 at the Cardiff indoor international at the weekend.

Liu Xiang of China equalled Colin Jackson’s 11-year-old world record by clocking 12.91 seconds to power to Olympic gold in the 110metres hurdles.

Ten celebrities will undergo a live fitness test tonight to mark the launch of TV reality show The Games.

Colin Jackson claims Jason Gardener can build on his World 60m success and win the Olympic 100m title.

AAA champion Mo Sillah-Freckleton produced a solid performance to progress into the 60m hurdles semi-finals on the second day of the World Indoor Championships in Budapest.

JASON GARDENER showed world-class form yesterday as he sprinted to victory over 60 metres in a time of 6.52 seconds at an indoor meeting in Erfurt, Germany.

Colin Jackson today revealed how it will be “business as usual” when he bids farewell to international athletics at the World Indoor Championships in Birmingham in March.

Sprint hurdler Colin Jackson is not winding down now he has announced his decision to retire.

Colin Jackson roared to a fourth successive European Championships 110metres hurdles victory to complete a quickfire golden double for Britain in Munich today.

Colin Jackson moved effortlessly towards a fourth-successive European Championships 110 metres hurdles title.

Kelly Holmes was backtracking quicker than she performed on the track in Munich today as she unsuccessfully attempted to extricate herself from a drugs row.

SAM TORRANCE made his tee-off time with 10 seconds to spare by ‘‘doing a Colin Jackson’’ and leaping over a fence at the Celtic Manor Wales Open.

IAN THORPE launched his bid for seven Commonwealth Games gold medals by smashing the world 400m freestyle record at the Aquatics Centre in Manchester last night.

Allen Johnson powered his way to a third world title beating Olympic champion Anier Garcia in the men's 110m hurdles final.

Colin Jackson has stoked up controversy ahead of tomorrow’s 100 metres final at the world championships in Canada by claiming it is inevitable that some competitors will have taken drugs.