On the opposite side you find athletes like 19-year-old Kenyan Pamela Jelimo who, having been thrust into sporting superstardom in her home country after winning 800m gold in Beijing, had a tough winter and is only just beginning to get back into shape.

BBC: Steve Cram column

This gave Cemex important scale economies, enhanced its pricing power in its home market and parried Holderbank's thrust.

FORBES: Cement meets the cyberworld

The memo said then Home Secretary Douglas Hurd intended to welcome the "broad thrust" of the report.

BBC: UK Politics

Argentina's players will have plenty of microphones and tape recorders thrust under their noses in the next few weeks - but far fewer than usual will be from home.

BBC: Bielsa's men go it alone