Greg Rutherford was victorious today in his first competition back on home soil since last year. He triumphed in the long jump at the Great CityGames, Manchester, in trot of a packed crowd in the City’s Albert  Square. His winning jump of  7.99m was just ahead of Chris Tomlinson who finished with a best of 7.69m. [...]

Greg Rutherford finished third in an unpredictable competition in his first Diamond League meeting of the season in Shanghai yesterday. Chinese youngster Li Jinzhe was the unexpected winner as he leapt out to a world-leading 8.34 metres, three centimetres further than Greg’s gold-medal winning jump in London. Li, 23, who was only 20th in qualifying [...]