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Thompson gold confirms potential
England's Shaunna Thompson wins Commonwealth Youth Games 100m gold in a championship record of 11.46 seconds.
Holmes wants more GB medals
Olympic gold medallist Dame Kelly Holmes says Great Britain should target more medals in athletics.
Montgomery sent to jail
US sprinter Tim Montgomery is jailed for five years for dealing in heroin, months after being convicted of fraud.
Ohuruogu backs Britain to improve
Olympic 400m champion Christine Ohuruogu believes Team GB can improve on their medal haul from Beijing 2008.
Radcliffe to make Great South bow
Paula Radcliffe will compete in the Great South Run, as part of her preparations for the New York Marathon.
UK Athletics hand Weir 2012 role
Former British discus and hammer record holder Robert Weir is appointed as heavy throws coach for UK Athletics.
UK Athletics hand Weir 2012 role
Former British discus and hammer record holder Robert Weir is appointed as heavy throws coach for UK Athletics.
Woods pipped to Great North title
Canada's Diane Roy edges out Britain's Shelly Woods in the women's wheelchair race at the Great North Run.
Great North Run photos
Photos from the world's biggest half-marathon
Great North Miles photos
BBC Tyne's pictures from Saturday's elite races
Great North Run finish-line photos
BBC Tyne captures the joy of the world-famous race
Dobriskey & Farah win mile races
Britain's Lisa Dobriskey and Mo Farah sprint to victory in the Great North Miles on the Newcastle-Gateshead Quaysides.
Pavey third as Wami seals victory
Ethiopia's Gete Wami claims a thrilling Great North Run triumph as Britain's Jo Pavey comes third.
Running scared
BBC Sport's Alex Trickett has mixed feelings about the Great North Run
Steve Cram column
"The Great North Run is a good one to run a fast time and Jo Pavey's capable"
Bekele out of Great North meeting
Double Olympic champion Kenenisa Bekele withdraws from the Great North Miles meeting on Saturday.
Radcliffe will race in New York
Paula Radcliffe says she will run at next month's New York marathon to defend the title she won last year and also in 2004.
Great Run sets new entry record
A record number of entrants are accepted for the 28th annual Great North Run on Sunday.
New world record for Gebrselassie
Ethiopian Haile Gebrselassie breaks his own world record as he wins the Berlin Marathon for the third time in a row.
Chambers gives up Olympic fight
Dwain Chambers tells BBC Sport he is looking forward to competing for Britain next season but will not launch a new appeal against his lifetime Olympic ban.
