Phillips Idowu steps back from triple-jump to 'pursue other interests'

• Londoner failed to make European Team event squad• Idowu had been expected at world championships trials Phillips Idowu, the former triple-jump world champion, will not compete at this summer's championships after taking a "step back" from athletics, raising concerns that he has hung up his spikes permanently and will never again represent Great Britain. The charismatic 34-year-old failed to make the Olympic final at last year's Games and has competed sporadically since then, dropping out ...