He now lives in Australia and was part of the BBC commentary team at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne in 2006. Steve’s son Freddy Ovett, incidentally, was a promising middle-distance runner ...

WHEN Steve Ovett sent a simple message of love in 1980 ... explaining that I didn’t expect to be at the Commonwealth Games and I wasn’t interested in public appearances.

Heading for Olympic gold in the 800metres in Moscow 32 years ago, Steve Ovett crossed the line and ... trying out for the Auckland 1990 Scottish Commonwealth Games team. But the plan never ...

Steve Ovett is uniquely the only athlete to win major championship golds at 800m (Olympics), 1500m (Europeans) and 5000m (Commonwealth). His first mention in AW was 50 years ago in 1970 and his ...

So much for deadly rivals – Steve Ovett says Sebastian Coe was his toughest ... Q&A session at a businessmen’s breakfast during the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne six years ago,” said ...

Steve Ovett is uniquely the only athlete to win major championship golds at 800m (Olympics), 1500m (Europeans) and 5000m (Commonwealth). His first mention in AW was 50 years ago in 1970 and his ...