From sprinting in the 1924 Olympics to working as a missionary in China, Eric Liddell lived a life dedicated to Christ.

So Eric Liddell saying, ‘When I run fast, I feel his pleasure. So, I'm going to turn that over to God for his glory. Not for money, not for fame, not for power. But I'm going to give it to God.'" ...

Eric Liddell was born in 1902 in China to missionary parents from Scotland. He was favored to easily win the 100 meter race. However, as a devout Christian, he said that he could not run his race ...

Eric Liddell, seen in an undated photo, won gold in the men’s 400 metres at the 1924 Paris Olympics in a saga that was chronicled in the Oscar-winning movie Chariots of Fire.

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 ...

In the summer of 1924 at the Olympic Games in Paris, Eric Liddell, a Scottish sprinter and devout Christian, announced that he would not run on a Sunday, since he believed doing so would amount to ...

Liddell out-raced American Horatio Fitch, winning by 0.8sec in a pair of black plimsolls. He, a proud Scot, prepared for Paris by running in a public event at Hawick, in the Borders.

The other was Eric Liddell who, as a devout Christian, refused to compete on a Sunday, and was thus prevented from taking part in the qualifying rounds of the 100 metres, for which he was the ...

It is 100 years since Eric Liddell won the 400m at the Paris Olympics. It is fitting then to reflect on what he did and how this extraordinary man lives on in a substantial way.

Eric Liddell's feats at the 1924 Paris Olympics inspired Chariots of Fire, the only real-life sports story to win Best Picture at the Oscars Credit: Alamy Stock Photo ...