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Kelly Sotherton set for pre-Olympic battle Mar 13 2008

KELLY Sotherton and Jessica Ennis are set for a pre-Olympic battle in a four-event challenge at this summer's Norwich Union London Grand Prix.Read

Kelly Sotherton is so near and yet so far Mar 08 2008

BIRMINGHAM'S Kelly Sotherton was left frustrated yet again in Valencia after failing to win her first ever global title at the World Indoor Championships.Read

Blind Dave Heeley to run London as part of his marathon challenge Mar 06 2008

THE eyes of the world were on blind Dave Heeley as it was announced that 2008 Flora London Marathon will be a part of his attempt to run seven marathons, on seven continents, in seven days.Read

Kelly Sotherton remains focused Mar 06 2008

BIRMINGHAM'S Kelly Sotherton plans to do her talking on the track this weekend but it is the subject of drugs that continues to engulf Team GB at the World Indoors.Read

Brum's ace as olympic base Mar 04 2008

FORMER Olympic gold medalist Jason Gardener has backed Birmingham to become a prime venue as a pre-2012 games training camp.Read

Collins wants Dwain caught Feb 27 2008

NATIONAL performance director Dave Collins insisted Dwain Chambers' domestic rivals were closing in on the sprinter after confirming the Great Britain and Northern Ireland squad for the World Indoor Championships in Valencia next month.Read

Meghan Beesley is a class act in title triumph Feb 26 2008

POLESWORTH High School pupil Meghan Beesley ran a faster indoor 400m in the national junior championships than she had in winning the senior title a fortnight ago.Read

Birmingham team for Inter-Varsity Challenge Feb 19 2008

BIRMINGHAM University have named the following team for the Inter-Varsity Challenge indoor athletics match tomorrow against Bath, Brunel, Loughborough and the University of Wales Institute Cardiff (UWIC) at the National Indoor Arena, Birmingham:Read

National boost for Tom Humphries Feb 19 2008

TOM Humphries’ hopes of ‘home’ success in the Saucony English National Cross Country Championships at Alton Park on Saturday soared with news that title holder Frank Tickner is struggling to make the start line.Read

Tyson Gay: No warm welcome for Dwain Chambers Feb 18 2008

TYSON Gay insists rules are rules as far as the Dwain Chambers furore is concerned, but he will not welcome back the disgraced British sprinter with open arms.Read

Athletics wrestling with fate, says Sebastian Coe Feb 18 2008

SEBASTIAN Coe has warned athletics is in danger of ending up like WWE wrestling where the action is fake and nobody cares.Read

Kelly Sotherton

Kelly Sotherton pipped again by Carolina Kluft Feb 18 2008

CAROLINA Kluft and Kelly Sotherton have made it clear they like each other and it's easy to understand why the Swedish world and Olympic champion should feel such friendship towards the mercurial British heptathlete. She always beats her.Read

Kenenisa Bekele

Bekele breaks Gebrselassie's last record Feb 18 2008

WHETHER or not Kenenisa Bekele regards re-writing every one of Haile Gebrselassie's world records as a mission, he broke the third and last of his Ethiopian fellow-countryman's at the NIA with a two-mile run of pure brilliance.Read

USA will be based in Birmingham for 2012 Olympics Feb 16 2008

USA Track and Field have signed a memorandum of understanding to use Birmingham as their preparation base for the 2012 Olympic Games in London.Read

Sprinter Craig Phillips is out of the reckoning Feb 15 2008

CRAIG Pickering's hopes of representing Great Britain at the World Indoor Championships next month have suffered a major setback after he was ruled out of tomorrow's Birmingham Grand Prix through illness.Read

Phillips Idowu leads GB challenge Feb 15 2008

EUROPEAN indoor champion Phillips Idowu and Kelly Sotherton will be among the top names on the track as Birmingham's NIA hosts the Norwich Union grand prix.Read

Tom Humphries' national boost Feb 14 2008

TOM Humphries’s hopes of being the major local hero at the Saucony English National Cross Country Championships at Alton Towers on 23 February have received a massive double boost.Read

I'll Lagat back to Brum, says ace Feb 14 2008

THE Olympic Games may be later this year, but double World Champion Bernard Lagat has already set his sights on London 2012 and cannot wait to return to Birmingham in four years time.Read

Promoter: Dwain not welcome Feb 14 2008

DWAIN Chambers' attempt to make a living from athletics was looking precarious after a leading promoter insisted the 29-year-old would not be welcome at any of Europe's top meetings.Read

Brum snub for Dwain Feb 13 2008

DWAIN Chambers will not be given the opportunity of using Saturday's Norwich Union Grand Prix at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham as preparation for the championships.Read

Coe: Chambers won't change Feb 13 2008

LORD Sebastian Coe insists it is too late for Dwain Chambers to seek redemption by re-establishing himself as a role model.Read

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