A NEW BOOK about the 1924 Olympic 400 metres champion Eric Liddell was launched in London today with Sebastian Coe declaring he hoped it inspired a new generation in the run-up to 2012.

More than 62 years after his death in a Japanese internment camp, the Eric Liddell legend lives on. Indeed, it is still growing. Yesterday it was confirmed that the iconic 1924 Olympic 400 metres ...

A largely Chinese production will downplay Olympic runner Eric Liddell's Christianity while another will not. By Paul Bond Two movies that are billing themselves as sequels to Chariots of Fire are ...

Eric Liddell did indeed decline ... Almost 100 years since winning Olympic gold, Liddell remains a cause for celebration, and a true inspiration. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to ...

Eric Liddell took his starting ... the spotlight and led to numerous inspirational biographies focused on his Christian legacy. The son of missionaries, Liddell was born in China but spent most ...

Luke Davidson won the 800m at the Eric ... after Liddell - a century after his Olympic gold and in the year when the Games returned to the French capital. "He has always been an inspiration ...

Show more Eric Liddell was one of Scotland's great Olympic champions and an inspiration for the film Chariots of Fire. In 1924 he was the fastest man in Britain and was picked to run in the 100m ...

Paris, 1924. Eric Liddell is poised at the starting line of the 400m track, a union jack sitting proudly on the breast of his white running kit. It took him 47.6 seconds to make history that day ...

Scottish athlete Eric Liddell won the 400m gold at the Paris Olympics on 11 July 1924 – but he's just as famous for a race he didn't run. In History looks at the real story behind the Chariots ...